Orphan Foal Behavior
Nancy Diehl, VMD, MS
February 1, 2024
An equine behavior expert offers advice on raising and training an orphan foal to reduce future unwanted behaviors.
An equine behavior expert offers advice on raising and training an orphan foal to reduce future unwanted behaviors.
Proper nutrition is essential to giving your foal a healthy start to life. Learn how to feed a foal that has been orphaned, rejected, or born to a mare with no milk.
Rescue volunteers along with the staff at Bend Equine Medical Center spring to action to save an abandoned Mustang foal in Oregon.
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.
How can you collect colostrum and save it for future use, and how long can you keep it? A veterinarian weighs in.
Orphan foals raised with a correct balance of nutrients and monitored for growth, food consumption, and weight gain can be every bit as tall, strong, and athletic as foals raised by their dams.
Veterinarians share their recommendations for managing orphan foals, including diet challenges and behavior issues.
Your horse needs a strong immune system to stand up to the challenges that come with living outdoors, commingling with other equids, and more. Critical to that immune system are infection-fighting proteins called antibodies (immunoglobulin G, or IgG). How much do you know about your horse’s IgG levels?
Here’s how to construct an automatic milking device with four parts, some tools, and less than $400.
From physical restraint to pharmaceutical intervention, learn how veterinarians manage this uncommon phenomenon.
An equine behaviorist offers advice for managing an orphaned filly who exhibits dangerous behaviors.
Birth to 6 months is a time of rapid change for foals. Nutrition, disease prevention, and much more are all vital to foal health. Learn how to help your young one thrive and get your questions answered during our hour-long special event!
Dr. Mary Rose Paradis discusses options and methods for feeding orphan foals. Learn about inducing lactation in barren mares, using milk substitutes, feeding orphans with milk from other species, and more.
The New York City Police Department mounted unit will be called upon to observe the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
The fairly new concept of e-verification for immigration workers was one of the topics at a March 8 forum hosted by Blue Grass Farms Charities in conjunction with attorneys from Wyatt, Tarrant and Combs in Lexington, Ky. About 40 Thoroughbred
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