Question of the Day

The mare will need an episiotomy (a surgically planned incision on the perineum and the posterior vaginal wall) prior to foaling.

Sometimes an episiotomy may be needed prior to breeding by stallion if the remaining vulvar cleft is too small to permit intromission.

A Caslick operation (vulvoplasty, a superficial form of the episioplasty) is used to treat pneumovagina in horses to prevent genital infections and infertility.

Click here to see a horse that has had a Caslick operation.

Image courtesy of Julie Storme, BSc (hons), BVMS, MSc, DACT, MRCVS.