Clinical management of the equine oviduct

Abstract

Macroscopic and microscopic anomalies of the oviducts are common (87.69%), but infertility is rarely attributed to oviductal problems.1 One should consider evaluation of the oviducts after other genital tract abnormalities have been dismissed as the cause of a mare’s infertility and the mare has been properly bred with adequate amounts of good quality semen at the optimal time over several estrus cycles. Certain oviductal problems may be treated to allow a mare to become pregnant and carry a foal to term. Assisted reproductive techniques that involve harvesting oocytes may be required to produce foals from mares that have permanent bilateral oviduct abnormalities.