“…Even during the breeding season the interval between the PG and hCG injections may need to be modified. An interval of 6 days which was effective in May was too long in July and resulted in ovulations before the hCG injection in a large number of mares (Palmer, 1976a (Allen & Cooper, 1975;Nelson, 1976), progesterone (Loy & Swann, 1966), hCG (Loy & Hughes, 1966) or combined treatments (Holtan et al, 1977;Palmer, Saint-Quentin &Thimonier, 1976) have never been shown to decrease fertility significantly in experimental or in farm animals. However, comparison between inseminating once after synchronization and multiple insemination of treated or control animals (Holtan et al, 1977) (Palmer, 1977b …”