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Fetal Development and Foal Growth

Les Sellnow January 1, 1999

Foals born to mares which do not receive proper nourishment during gestation could be born weak.

Predicting Foaling

Christina S. Cable, DVM, Dipl. ACVS February 1, 1998

Eleven months is a considerable length of time to anticipate the birth of a foal. A great deal of hope, excitement, dreams, and financial investment can accompany the arrival of a newborn. Because of the long wait, most owners want to monitor th

Endophyte-Infested Fescue: Hidden Dangers

Les Sellnow March 1, 1997

Horse breeders noticed that they were having foaling problems with some mares which were grazing fescue grass or being fed fescue hay. Cattle producers reported that steers on fescue pastures or being fed fescue hay appeared to be unthrifty and that

Breaks At Birth

Jacalyn Carfagno January 1, 1996

In humans you tape them. In dogs you can fix them with a cage that fits outside the chest. But in foals, cracked or fractured ribs can be hard to find, present no easy solutions, and can be life-threatening.

Each winter and spring as foals

Jaundice

Jacalyn Carfagno January 1, 1996

Each year a small percentage of foals are born to mares whose immune systems, in an odd twist of nature, are prepared to battle their own foals. Antibodies from the mare, delivered to the foal in the colostrum it drinks soon after birth, attack

Dummy Foals

William Bernard, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM January 1, 1996

My mare suffered a dystocia and the foal had to be taken to a local veterinary hospital for care. The veterinarian termed him a dummy foal, but said his chances of being a normal adult were very good. What can you tell me about a dummy foal?