Seventy-two estral cycles of 37 mares, aging from four to 20-year-old, were randomly distributed in two experimental groups (G I and G II). The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of the semen deposition placed in the female genital system on the fertility. The inseminations in uterine horn tip (G II) were carried out by deep intravaginal way, using the pipette of insemination IVI pippette (75cm), containing 1/5 (3mL) of the inseminant dose of that utilized in uterine body or horn (15mL-G I). The mares were daily teased and inseminated on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, starting from a follicle from 3.0 to 3.5cm diameter, with fresh semen diluted in skim milk glucose extender. Only one 20 year-old stallion with wellknown fertility was utilized. The conception rates/cycles for inseminations carried out in the uterine body (42,9%-15/35) and in the uterine horn tip (45,9%-17/37) utilizing average concentrations of 489 and 102 million of mobile spermatozoa, respectively, did not present difference (P>0.05).
mare; fertility; fresh semen; artificial insemination
