Guide To Nurse Mare Farms
The following farms provide nurse mares. If your nurse mare farm is not listed here or your listing needs to be updated, fax us at 859/276-4450 or e-mail us at Read More
Guide To Foal Critical Care Clinics (U.S. and Canada)
The following university and private clinics are equipped to accept and treat critically ill foals. If your clinic is not listed here or your information here needs to be updated, please send us your information by fax at 859/276-4450 or e-mail
Long Gestations
Can you explain why some mares have prolonged gestations and premature placental separation?
Power Lines and Horses
Have you ever published anything on the effects of power lines and electromagnetism around broodmares?
Ready To Assemble: Barns, Stalls, And Run-In Sheds
Ready-to-assemble kits can yield impressive savings and offer you control over the quality of workmanship and materials.
AI Training For Stallions
Given the choice, a stallion wouldn’t choose to mate with man-made devices. His instincts drive him to breed a mare; yet he can learn to transfer his sexual focus to a phantom mare and an artificial vagina (AV). In order to train a stallion fo”P>Given the choice, a stallion wouldn’t choose to mate with man-made devices
Neonatal Isoerythrolysis–The Silent Stalker
Neonatal isoerythrolysis is a silent stalker of foals. At birth, the foal is normal. In some cases, the foal shows subtle signs as an internal enemy attacks and the disease progresses to a point of no return; in others, it takes only hours for
The Risk of EIA In Foals
From Equine Disease Quarterly, a publication funded by Underwriters At Lloyd’s of London, Brokers, And Their Kentucky Agents
Although it seems counter to logic, acquiring equine infectious anemia (EIA) by being alongsid
Filly or Colt? Find Out Before It’s Born
Knowing the gender of a foal before it is born helps the horse owner or breeder better manage several different aspects of the horse business. This new management tool is very safe, accurate, and can be incorporated into most breeding programs
Reproductive Problems in the Draft Horse
Draft mares usually make excellent mothers, providing a large amount of milk and rarely rejecting a foal. Because of these traits, draft mares make good nurse mares; some mares can even support and feed two foals. Also, the tendency for multiple
Semen Evaluation
Breeding horses today often involves the use of artificial insemination (AI) with fresh, cooled, or frozen semen (except for Thoroughbreds). But whether you are using AI or live cover, the main goal is to get a viable sperm to fertilize a mature
Foal Eats Manure
What about our foals that eat manure? Why do they do it?
Overo Lethal White Syndrome
Overo Lethal White Syndrome (OLWS) is a condition that occurs in newborn foals. The condition is genetic, and both parents carry the defective gene. Horses which carry this gene are most commonly overo white patterned horses (frame overos), but
Imprinting Foals
Editor’s Note: Nothing is without controversy, especially in the equine world. Some equine behaviorists question certain aspects of Dr. Miller’s theories and practices, and their opinions regarding foal imprint training appear below.“P>Editor’s Note: Nothing is with
How Well Do You Know Your Stallion?
When a breeding fails, many times the mare is blamed. A large volume of information exists to help breeders understand infertility in the mare, and veterinarians are using the latest technology to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of
Tying-Up in Horses: Causes and Management
In this article, we’ll discuss some of the specific causes of exertional rhabdomyolysis (ER) or tying-up, along with methods that can be used to prevent repeat episodes. of tying-up in horses. predisposed to recurrences.
