Study: Winter Foals Smaller Than Spring, Summer Foals
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
August 4, 2017
There was no difference in birth weight, but placenta weight was lower and size was smaller in winter-foaling mares.
There was no difference in birth weight, but placenta weight was lower and size was smaller in winter-foaling mares.
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