Do Foals, Yearlings Need Fecal Egg Counts of Zero?
Katie Navarra
July 5, 2016
Study foals and yearlings had good body condition scores and growth rates even when their fecal egg counts weren’t zero.
Study foals and yearlings had good body condition scores and growth rates even when their fecal egg counts weren’t zero.
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