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Polo mare showing physical signs of mouth pain (eye rolled back, ears back, mouth open and tongue visible) The whole of a horse's mouth is sensitive to pain. [10] Wearing the bit stimulates numerous sensory receptors, particularly those in the interdental space, tongue, labial commissures and buccal mucosa. [1]
The acute symptoms of contagious equine metritis include acyine inflammation of the uterus, an obvious thick, milky, mucous vulvar discharge 10 to 14 days after a live covering by a stallion. Chronic symptoms include milder uterine inflammation that will cause less obvious vulvar discharge, and then the infection may be more difficult to eliminate.
Following infection, the first sign is fever, [7] peaking at 41 °C (106 °F), [8] followed by various signs such as lethargy, [7] nasal discharge, [8] "pink eye" (conjunctivitis), [7] swelling over the eye (supraorbital edema), [7] urticaria, [4] and swelling of the limbs and under the belly (the ventral abdomen) which may extend to the udder ...
The flehmen response (/ ˈ f l eɪ m ən /; from German flehmen, to bare the upper teeth, and Upper Saxon German flemmen, to look spiteful), also called the flehmen position, flehmen reaction, flehmen grimace, flehming, or flehmening, is a behavior in which an animal curls back its upper lip exposing its front teeth, inhales with the nostrils usually closed, and then often holds this position ...
Taylorella equigenitalis is a sexually transmitted disease more frequently transferred from an infected stallion to a mare through natural mating where coitus involves close physical contact of infected tissues and fluids increasing the risk of transmission; infected mares are also known to transmit the disease to stallions. [29]
While a mare licks her foal extensively immediately after birth, there is limited research on the gustatory sensitivity of horses and the social functions of their tongues. Equestrianism involves potential contact between the horse's tongue and a bit , necessitating precautions to prevent injury to this sensitive, highly vascularized organ.
The vulval discharge from the mare in oestrus was also referred to as Hippomanes in antiquity and was used equally for love potions and love spells. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In a Greek mythology tale, Glaucus , the son of Sisyphus , is devoured by his horses at the funeral games for Pelias , the father of Acastus , during the chariot race, because Aphrodite ...
A broodmare. Note slight distension of belly, indicating either early pregnancy or recent foaling. A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. [1] In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger.