Emergency repairs of rectal prolapse. Mares that present with rectal tear need immediate medical treatment to avoid severe peritonitis; in this article’s case study is demonstrated how quickly repairs may be accomplished using 2-layer stapled primary closure technique.
A mare’s clitoral glans is held within its protective pouch (clitoral prepuce), located just inside the ventral commissure of her vulva. It features wrinkled skin with some amounts of sebaceous gland secretions from within its sebaceous glands; additionally it may host some amount of smegma produced by its sebaceous glands. Her sphincter of the vulva acts to control fecal contamination and urine pooling within her vagina; having an intact sphincter helps ensure her vagina remains undamended during anestrus; rate of increase will usually accelerate near breeding season’s conclusion until finally it will wane near summer solstice.
Androgens released during her reproductive cycle stimulate the mare’s follicles to mature. When exposed to an androgenic environment, follicles become stimulated to grow thickened and expanded; as her androgen levels increase and thickening occurs more readily receptively to androgenic stimuli.