1Equine Production Campus, National Research Centre on Equines, P.B. No.80, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
2Principal Scientist, ICAR-NRC on Equines, Hisar, Haryana, India
Vulva acts as the first effective barrier to combat the external environmental infections and to protect the internal reproductive organs from ascending infections. Any abnormality in the shape and structure to the vulva may compromises the mare's healthy reproductive status and may lead to the infertility. Vulvar conformation plays a major and crucial role not only during selection and purchase of mares but also in predicting the future fertility status. Caslick's index gives estimation about the calculation of good vulval conformation. In the present study, we applied the same to our breedable mares present at the farm and correlated with fertility. The study confirms the positive correlation between the vulval confirmation and fertility status of the mares.
Caslick index, Mare, Fertility, Cervical abnormalities, Vulvar conformation
