Feeding Broodmares During Lactation
Roy A. Johnson, MS
December 27, 2013
Broodmares require proper nutrition while lactating to aid in milk production and body condition maintenance.
Broodmares require proper nutrition while lactating to aid in milk production and body condition maintenance.
Here are some general feeding guidelines to keep in mind when managing pregnant mares.
Traveling with a mare and foal sometimes is a necessary evil, but if one follows a few tips from researchers, veterinarians, and horsemen, most problems can be avoided.
Reef will explain why ultrasound is critical to assessing foal viability during a high-risk pregnancy.
Many owners seek to eliminate estrus behavior when there is a negative effect on the mare’s performance.
Horses rely far more on chemical messages in the air than on their relatively indistinct eyesight.
Pasture breeding mares is something of a dying art in the equine industry. Yet this technique can bring with it benefits for breeders large and small.
Officials drew blood from horses in a third quarantined barn Dec. 5, with test results expected Dec. 10.
During pregnancy, a broodmare’s body and hormones go through many changes. And the endocrine changes associated with pregnancy might actually increase the mare’s risk of developing laminitis.
Here are just a few highlights from the comprehensive equine sessions at this year’s ACT Conference.
Two barns at Parx Racing are under quarantine as a result of a positive test for equine herpesvirus.
Dr. Patricia Sertich will review mare anatomy, physiology, and abnormalities known to cause behavior changes.
While EMPF is considered a rare disease, researchers found that it appears to be related to a very common one.
The events will feature lectures on university programs, equine reproduction, and horse management issues.
Oxytocin injections allowed the corpus luteum to keep producing progesterone and the mare to stay out of heat.
Neurologic equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) has recently been reported at two premises in northwestern Wyoming.
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