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Author (up) Kirkpatrick, J.F.; Turner, J.W. doi  openurl
  Title Changes in herd stallions among feral horse bands and the absence of forced copulation and induced abortion Type Journal Article
  Year 1991 Publication Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Abbreviated Journal Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol.  
  Volume 29 Issue 3 Pages 217-219  
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  Abstract Forced copulation and induced abortion were investigated in a herd of feral horses inhabiting a coastal barrier island. Eight mares were diagnosed pregnant in August and October 1989 by means of urinary and fecal steroid metabolites, prior to documented changes in herd stallions. These mares were observed for harassment and forced copulation by the new stallions and for the presence of foals during the spring and summer of 1990. No incidents of harassment or attempts at forced copulation were witnessed and seven of the eight mares produced foals in 1990. These data indicate that forced copulation and induced abortion are not common events among all feral horse herds and suggest reinvestigation of this hypothesized phenomenon.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 2327  
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