Introduction: Bone quality is an important attribute for performance horses. Accrual begins in utero, where the fetus depends on the dam for calcium and other minerals. Maternal cancellous bone resorption is a feature of pregnancy in many species. Aims: We hypothesised that in pregnant mares, the bone accretion marker osteocalcin and resorption marker pyridinoline would vary through gestation. Methods: Serum osteocalcin and
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