A client who wanted her to adjust
a foal born with an S - curve in its back approached Weisel and she agreed to take a look at the horse and give it a try.
The Rahy
foal born last week had to undergo minor surgery for an intestinal blockage but reportedly was doing fine.
Generally speaking,
foals born to vaccinated mares (who pass on some immunity at birth for a short period of time) should start an initial core vaccination schedule at six months.
Other breeders may use the same first letter to designate all
the foals born on the farm in a given year.
Not exact matches
Our biggest influences to this point have been the band we've toured with...
Foals,
Bear in Heaven, and others who have inspired us by osmosis over the course of months on the road.
Two years after her Derby triumph, Genuine Risk was bred to Secretariat, but her
foal was
born dead and she has remained barren ever since.
Some 40,000 thoroughbred
foals are
born each year in North America, but there is something special about the colt that was delivered at 5:05 p.m. last Saturday in an equine hospital near Lexington, Ky..
There was an allowance for horses
born in Russia, soMantacheff, who could afford such practices, would send his mares to Englishstuds and then bring them back to Russia to
foal.
The
foals were
born using two different advanced breeding techniques.
This miracle
foal,
born under the «supermoon,» was appropriately named «Moonstruck.»
We recommend that regular dental exams begin as soon the
foal is
born to check for congenital abnormalities.
When her
foal was
born, we asked you to help us name him.
Brave, a newborn male
foal, was
born five weeks premature and immediately brought to the UC Davis veterinary hospital with his dam, Ally, who was also experiencing a life threatening condition with uterine artery bleeding.
Foals are
born front feet first, soles pointed downward; head next, nose forward; then the shoulders, and so on.
Still -
born foals should be packaged in heavy plastic, refrigerated (not frozen) if possible, and delivered to the veterinarian or diagnostic laboratory as soon as possible for examination and a confirmation of EHV.
Born to be Special was
foaled on April 21, 2001.
So when a
foal is
born, it's a big deal!
Imprinting of new
born foals and the overseeing of weanling and yearling handling, grooming and feeding