10 Foal Care Resources on TheHorse.com
The Horse Staff
February 8, 2018
Ensure your foal has a smooth start to life and prompt treatment of any issues that might arise.
Ensure your foal has a smooth start to life and prompt treatment of any issues that might arise.
Do you have a foal due? Learn how to prepare your mare for foaling, care for your newborn, and spot issues early.
Researchers found that surgical correction of a patent urachus or infected umbilical remnants often has a good outcome.
If foals are diagnosed and treated early they generally have a fair to good chance to make a full recovery.
Researchers compared foaling prediction methods and recommend using a combination of available techniques.
Is rice bran or coconut (copra) meal a better option to help a horse gain weight? Our nutritionist shares her thoughts.
Dr. Elizabeth Santschi recaps research on hock injections, nerve blocks, castration, osteochondral lesions, and more.
Lecture topics will include parasitology, gastric ulcers, fescue management, respiratory conditions, and more.
Foal Patrol’s webcams will allow the public to view real-time streams of mares during pregnancy through foaling.
Among other results, scientists found that foals born to light-therapy mares were more mature at birth and grew faster.
How can you make sure your horse is getting the nutrition he needs during the cold months? Ask our equine nutritionist!
Cesar is studying neonatal immunology with a focus on R. equi and young foals’ immune responses to it.
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a serious disease in foals less than 4-6 days of age that’s associated with a high death rate, despite therapeutic interventions.
A nutritionist can tell you if you’re over- or underfeeding or supplementing and address other equine diet concerns.
Vets are using serum amyloid A, a naturally produced protein, to detect equine infections and monitor treatment.
Scientists examined how the pairs’ spatial distance evolve between each other, as well as between other herd members.
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