Horse breeding from planning through foal care
The studies have been done, the jury is in, and the verdict is unanimous: if you want your foals to achieve their optimum growth, with the least risk of developmental orthopedic disorders like contracted tendons and physitis, plan to creep feed”he studies
Europe’s first successful intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) foals were recently born in Newmarket, England, as a part of a research program designed to create better sport horses. The foals were born March 21 and 28.
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Results from the survey of 133 farms in Central Kentucky regarding the early fetal loss and late-term abortions that occurred this spring substantiated some of the preliminary ideas held by researchers and veterinarians. The survey also put to
This survey was to identify risk factors, not causes, emphasized Roberta Dwyer, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVPM, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center. Dwyer led the team that surveyed 133 Central Kentucky farms. Some farms were”P>This survey was to identify risk factors, not causes, emphasized Roberta Dwyer, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVPM, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center. Dwyer led the team that surveyed 133 Central Kentucky farms. Some farms w”>This survey was to identify risk factors, not causes, emphasized Roberta Dwyer, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVPM, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center. Dwyer led the team that surveyed 133 Central Kentucky farms. Some farms”This survey was to identify risk factors, not causes, emphasized Roberta Dwyer, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVPM, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center. Dwyer led the team that surveyed 133 Central Kentucky farms. Some farm”This survey was to identify risk factors, not causes, emphasized Roberta Dwyer, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVPM, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center. Dwyer led the team that surveyed 133 Central Kentucky farms. Some farm”his survey was to identify risk factors, not causes, emphasized Roberta Dwyer, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVPM, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center. Dwyer led the tea”is survey was to identify risk factors, not causes, emphasized Roberta Dwyer, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVPM, of the University of Kentuc”s survey was to identify risk factors, not causes, emphasized Roberta Dwyer” survey was to identify r
How young is too young to breed a colt?
The same survey questions used to look at risk factors in mares with late-gestation and early fetal losses in Central Kentucky are being used to investigate the outbreak in Southeastern Ohio.
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One reader wants to know more about the genetics linked to PSSM in order to make informed breeding decisions.
In the past two years, researchers have more than doubled the known number of landmarks for the equine gene mapping project, bringing the total mapped markers and genes to nearly 1,000. Horse geneticists
An equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) outbreak has affected nearly 50 horses and caused the deaths of seven horses in Wyoming. The outbreak occurred at Paradise Ranch in Johnson County near Buffalo.
Readers ask questions of equine reproduction experts
Earlier this year, The Horse made a request to its Horse Health E-Newsletter subscribers: What questions do you have for specialists about breeding your mares? Our e-mail
Several states, especially Kentucky, were struck this spring with a series of mysterious syndromes, the worst of which caused early fetal loss and late-term abortions in a large population of mares in Central Kentucky. The losses in the
At the end of April in Kentucky, we suddenly started seeing a large number of foals with an unusual combination of signs admitted to the Hagyard-Davidson-McGee Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Most were slightly premature–maybe a
A variety of topics, ranging from the sophisticated to the mundane, were discussed by presenters who offered their findings under the umbrella subject–The Foot.
Opening the session was Tracy A. Turner, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS, of the
The scene at a horse sale is familiar. The smell of coffee fills the air as early morning enthusiasts walk through the barns. A first-time-off-the-farm filly whinnies as her dam is trotted down the aisle for a group watching her stride. A man”P>The scene at a horse sale is familiar. The smell of coffee fills the air as early morning enthusiasts walk throug
Among the many factors that determine the success of a foal as a sales yearling or as a mature athlete are management decisions about its feet and limbs during its first four months of life. Because a solid foundation for performance in the
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