Foal Vaccination Strategies
Jeffrey Cook, DVM
September 1, 2011
Protecting a foal from infectious diseases begins before birth.
Protecting a foal from infectious diseases begins before birth.
When a horse needs surgery, what’s his prognosis for a full recovery? What problems can occur during recovery?
The second year of a horse’s life brings significant changes not only in his development but also his use.
Cornell University researchers are examining the use of degradable pins for treating OCD lesions in horses.
University of Kentucky researchers examine the genetics of congenital flexural limb deformities in foals.
Special considerations should be made when evaluating a colicky foal as opposed to an adult horse.
Dr. Sue McDonnell answers a reader’s quesion about foal imprint training.
Foals are small enough to fit in the gantry of a CT machine, which is helpful in assessing lung disease.
Meconium impaction, ulcers, diarrhea, and other GI problems can arise in foals.
Craig N. Carter, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVPM, received a prestigious award at the 2011 AVMA Convention.
Why should foals eating feces be classed as normal behavior when the foal is obviously lacking some nutrient?
Study revealed that exposure equine proliferativ enteropathy’s causative bacterium can continue into March…
Adjusting what a horse consumes can help prevent or squelch some equine ailments.
In the last two months of a high-risk pregnancy, this technique can help determine whether the unborn foal is healthy.
One of the most dangerous organisms that can sicken horses is the bacterium Clostridium difficile.
Foals should start a course of vaccinations as soon as the antibody levels obtained from the mare’s colostrum
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