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Embryo recovery undertaken close to when the embryo enters the uterus (Day 6\u20136.5) helps in the recovery of embryos \u2264300\u2009\u03bcm. However, flushing early can mean missing an embryo not yet in the uterus, whereas later can result in embryos &gt;300\u2009\u03bcm.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To evaluate if repeated embryo flushing on consecutive days from Day 6.5 would increase the number of embryos \u2264300\u03bcm recovered.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Study Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Retrospective case series.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Four hundred and ninety\u2010six inseminations with cooled (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009339) or frozen (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009130) semen were undertaken in 91 mares over a three\u2010year period; pre\u2010ovulatory for cooled and post\u2010ovulatory for frozen semen, with mares checked for ovulation daily or every 6\u2009h, respectively. At a presumed Day 6.5 (cooled semen) or 7 (frozen semen), mares' uteri were flushed, with flushing repeated 24 and 48\u2009h later if no embryo was recovered. Linear mixed\u2010effects models and likelihood ratio tests were used to investigate factors potentially influencing embryo diameter, embryo grade, and oviduct transport time (e.g., semen type, ovulatory drug, stallion age, mare age, season and flush number).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Using repeated flushing, 98.8% (243\/246) of embryos recovered were \u2264300\u2009\u03bcm. Second and third flushes yielded 61 embryos (24.8% of recovered embryos). The only variable that influenced embryo diameter was flush number (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.003); for embryo grade, no variable was significant, whereas oviduct transport time was affected by semen type (p\u2009=\u20090.003), ovulatory drug (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.029) and stallion age (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.005).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main Limitations<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Noncontrolled clinical study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Embryo flushing on consecutive days from the time of expected entry of the embryo into the uterus was effective in collecting embryos \u2264300\u2009\u03bcm and resulted in additional embryos being retrieved compared with a single flush. 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