Neonatal maladjustment syndrome is a diagnosis of exclusion that must be reached quickly to save the foal. Learn about commonsense approaches to nursing “dummy foals” back to health.
Some developmental disorders can be dangerous and performance-limiting if not treated promptly and properly.
Researchers: Understanding the impact of early exercise on growing horses could help prevent bone fractures in the future.
Two important bacteria cause lung infections in foals; here’s how the body and your vet battle these pathogens.
A 10-day-old foal in Switzerland became the world’s first horse to undergo successful balloon valvuloplasty to correct a faulty pulmonary artery valve.
Our nutritionist offers advice on feeding foals both before and after they’re weaned from their dams.
As you consider ways you can help your foal—and his dam—through the weaning process, examine proven methods based on research findings to formulate a plan.
Researchers compared foals born and raised in “traditional” breeding programs that included stabling with those in a free-roaming herd.
Give your new foal the best chance for a healthy start to life by understanding the red flags—and the green lights—of neonatal health.
Dr. Nathan Slovis covers new technologies in accurately diagnosing the causes of infectious diarrhea in foals.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) causes rapidly progressive and severe respiratory failure and is associated with high mortality in affected patients.
What would be the best plan for handling a foal whose dam is being covered by a stallion?
Every year horse owners across the United States and Canada whose mares have lost foals or whose foals have been orphaned turn to Facebook to connect with one another.
One researcher describes what we know about the receiving mare’s effect on the foal in embryo transfer scenarios.
Vitamin E and selenium are often packaged and marketed together in supplements. Find out why from researcher Dr. Carrie Finno of the University of California, Davis.
Newborn foals are easy targets for every kind of bacterium, virus, and other pathogenic organism. Here are some steps you can take to maximize your foal’s immunity from gestation to weaning.
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