Horse breeding from planning through foal care
Every foal must be weaned from its dam at some point. However, when and how the weaning process is undertaken may have significant effects on the growing horse.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine received funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for a three year study to identify the causes of abortion and pregnancy wastage in
Police are continuing their search for the shooters of 33 wild horses in Nevada just outside of Reno, Nev. Currently, authorities are X raying carcasses for metal, specifically bullets, and performing ballistics tests.
Foals born to mares which do not receive proper nourishment during gestation could be born weak.
Plans for a permanent home for two-time Horse of the Year Cigar are no closer to completion than in November when The Blood-Horse reported the decision was in the hands of management of Assicurazioni Generali, the
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is amending user fees for the inspection and approval of embryo collection centers.
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service charges user fees fo
Two horses died and seven others were injured from stab wounds in the morning hours of Dec. 5, 1998, according to police in the rural western Arkansas town of Barling. Sergeant Powell of the Barling Police Department said thi
Having mares come into estrus at regular intervals can be an important assist in maintaining his fertility.
It’s nearing the best time of the year again–foaling season. Although most foals are born in the spring of the year, between February and June, sometimes we see foals in late December or early January. Often these tiny newborns delivered to our
Genetic testing in horses helps us learn about their physical characteristics, diseases, and much more.
Your three-month-old foal has made it through the birthing process and the vulnerable neonatal period and now seems to be carefree–your little one just has to grow up to fulfill his destiny as a performance
Acute leptospirosis in horses is characterized by fever of 103-105° Fahrenheit for two to three days, depressi
The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed today that Georgia is approved to receive certain mares and stallions imported into the United States from regions affected with contagious equine metritis, a serious venereal
Dr. Sue McDonnell discusses observations of stallions in the wild and domestication.
Through the collaborative efforts of Colorado State University, USDA, MoFlo, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Cytomation the world’s first sex-selected filly was born August 6, 1998. The filly, Call Me Madam, was
The rarest of the rare has happened at Tempel Farms, home of the prized Tempel Lipizzan stallions. Twin Lipizzan foals have been born—an improbable occurrence that takes place in fewer than one percent of all horse births, and is made even more
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