Mare and Foal Nutrition
Carey A. Williams, PhD
November 16, 2016
Can I use alfalfa pellets or beet pulp to meet my mare and her 7-month-old foal’s calcium requirements?
Horse breeding from planning through foal care
Can I use alfalfa pellets or beet pulp to meet my mare and her 7-month-old foal’s calcium requirements?
Twelve horses at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center remain in quarantine.
Of the 758 respondents, only 106 (14%) said they weigh everything their horse gets to eat.
No other horses at the Thoroughbred track and casino have presented with clinical signs consistent with EHV-1 infection.
Nine horses currently reside in quarantine at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center related to an EHV outbreak.
Researchers say studs have better-quality semen when housed next to other stallions before being stabled next to a mare.
A horse that was previously quarantined for a fever and initially tested negative for EHV-1 has been confirmed positive.
The horse at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center was febrile and displaying mild neurologic signs.
Three additional horses at the index premises tested positive for EHV-1 late last week.
Take steps to prevent your horse from contracting potentially deadly diseases such as EHV or rabies during competitions.
Two Saddlebred horses tested positive for the non-neuropathogenic strain. One of the horses has been euthanized.
The Reproductive Diseases in Horses Symposium will take place Nov. 19 in Lexington, Kentucky.
Because the mare’s uterus is not designed to support two pregnancies, veterinarians have developed methods for detecting and reducing twins.
A French genetics team determined a common breeding pool is not only realistic but also preferable.
Genomic tools could help address horse health problems that couldn’t be resolved with earlier technologies.
Asymptomatic carrier stallions maintain infectious agents in the breeding population from one season to the next.
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