TOBA Breeding Clinic Concludes in Lexington
Melaina Phipps
June 3, 2013
Presentations topics ranged from the physiological details of reproduction and foaling to diets and nutrition.
Horse breeding from planning through foal care
Presentations topics ranged from the physiological details of reproduction and foaling to diets and nutrition.
Brad LeaMaster, DVM, PhD, advised owners to protect their horses against WNV and EHV-1 this spring.
Current feeding recommendations might be overestimating fecal inevitable phosphorus losses in growing horses.
Officials implemented equine import restrictions after CEM was confirmed in a horse in Puerto Rico.
Drs. Nathan Slovis and Peter Morresey present unique medical and surgical cases involving foals, including heart murmurs, ivermectin overdose, sepsis, foals post dystocia, hernias, fractured ribs, kidney problems, and more.
Subsequent to the nocardioform placentitis surge in 2011, research in this field has progressed.
Long-term study results show that under certain conditions, stallions can successfully be pastured together.
A behaviorist describes mare and foal behavior and how to avoid perpetuating undesirable orphan foal behavior.
Two Standardbred horses have tested positive for equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).
During the breeding and foaling season, lush fescue pastures could create problems for pregnant mares.
Lecture topics will include planning a mating, nutrition, foaling, farm and pasture management, and more.
Equine Guelph will offer a 12-week equine genetics course in the fall of 2013.
Researchers say not all biosecurity protocols owners use will protect horses from infectious diseases.
Cloning science advanced when the world?s first filly produced by a clone and out of a clone was born.
One of three EHV-1 positive horses at Vernon Downs has been euthanized, a May 8 statement said.
Laboratory tests indicate at least four horses stabled at Vernon Downs are positive for EHV-1.
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