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Feeding Foals and Young Horses

Sarah Ralston, VMD, PhD, Dipl. ACVN December 15, 2010

Proper nutrition, of course, is a critical factor in raising a healthy, sound foal–both for the broodmare before the foal is born as well as for the mare and foal throughout the foal’s development.

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Gestational Weight Gain in Mares

University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment December 16, 2009

It’s generally known that a mare gains weight during gestation, but University of Kentucky (UK) researchers are studying how much weight a normal mare should gain for the health of the fetus.

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Preventing Metabolic Disorders through Early Nutrition

Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc June 12, 2009

Maternal nutrition and early foal nutrition could impact the development of the organs and systems that control energy metabolism later in life, suggest the authors of a recent research report. “In other species, it has been demonstrated

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Stopping the Flow

A.C. Asbury, DVM November 1, 2007

I have a mare that is still lactating heavily months after weaning her foal. What is the cause of this?

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Endophyte-Infected Fescue

Heather Smith Thomas April 1, 2006

Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) is a nutritious cool-season perennial grass that grows on more than 35 million acres in the United States. Introduced from Europe more than 100 years ago, it didn’t become popular until the mid-1940s afte

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Developmental Orthopedic Disease (DOD) and Mare Nutrition

Marcella M. Reca Zipp, MS March 24, 2005

A seminar for veterinarians on developmental orthopedic disease (DOD) in horses and ways it can be controlled through feeding and management practices was presented by Dan Burke, PhD, director of equine nutrition for Buckeye Nutrition, on Feb. 9

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Nutrition and Reproduction

Christy M. West November 11, 2002

“Sex is truly a luxury in the body–you’ve got to be productive before you can be reproductive,” began David Pugh, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACT, Dipl. ACVN, a professor of reproduction at Auburn University, in his presentation, “Nutrition and Its Effects

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Purina Veterinary Conference 2002

Les Sellnow October 16, 2002

Only 20 miles from downtown St. Louis, Mo., is a 1,200-acre research farm owned by the nutrition company Purina Mills. On Oct. 3-5, 140-plus veterinarians and another 50 Purina Mills representatives gathered to tour that research facility and

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Eastern Tent Caterpillars Cause Early Fetal Loss

The Horse Staff June 11, 2002

A recent study funded by Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, and several other entities, identified an association between the administration of starved Eastern Tent Caterpillars (ETC) and early pregnancy

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