Table 1.

General information on participants in the survey.

Years of professional experience		1–2 years	3–5 years	6–10 years	11–20 years	21–30 years	>30 years
Total number (n = 116)		5	7	17	43	29	15
Geographical region of practice in Germany		Lower Saxony	North	East	Central	South	West
Total number (n = 116)		52	11	16	10	17	10
Number of managed mares per year	<20	21-40	41–70	71–100	101–150	151–200	>200
Total number (n = 114)	33	23	20	13	10	5	10

Years of professional experience, geographical region of practice in Germany and number of managed mares per year as reported by the participants in the survey. Geographical region of practice: Lower Saxony = Lower Saxony; North = Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schleswig-Holstein; East = Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt; Central = Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Thuringia; South = Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria; West = North Rhine-Westphalia.