A Murine model of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome

Session 2 Laboratory Correlates of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome

Field and Clinical Observations on Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome

Invited review: the role of caterpillars in mare reproductive loss syndrome: a model for environmental causes of abortion.

A new abortigenic disease, now known as mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS), significantly affected the horse industry in the Ohio River Valley of the United States in late April and early May of 2001 and 2002. In 2001, approximately 25% of all pregnant mares aborted within several weeks (over 3,000 mares lost pregnancies), and abortion rates exceeded 60% on some farms. Mare reproductive los...

The Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome (MRLS) and the Eastern Tent Caterpillar: Immunological Testing of Aborting Mares

Mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS) describes a condition of equine early-term and late-term fetal losses in which the etiology has not been fully characterized. Involvement of Eastern tent caterpillars (ETC) has been highly considered because oral administration of ETC rapidly induces abortion in pregnant mares. Pathologic lesions observed in placental and fetal tissues of horses with chara...

Session 5 Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome and Associated Syndromes: Toxicological Hypotheses