Twin Pregnancy in the Martina Franca Donkey Breed Managed by Natural Reduction and Post-Fixation Manual Crushing.
Maria Cristina VeronesiIppolito De AmicisBrunella Anna GiangasperoJasmine FusiDomenico RobbeFrancesco CastelliAugusto CarluccioPublished in: Animals : an open access journal from MDPI (2024)
The success rate of natural reduction within 20-21 days after ovulation, the 28-days-after-ovulation pregnancy rate, and the live foal rate suggest that waiting for the natural reduction of one embryo and choosing the post-fixation manual crushing of one embryo could be considered as an alternative to traditional early pre-fixation manual crushing in the Martina Franca donkey breed.