Sentences with phrase «mare foals»

Nurse mare foals are difficult and expensive to raise, and their survival rate is low if there is not intervention.

give to critical and post surgical patients as well as the mares we foal out each spring.

This adds to the highest possible service the hospital can give to critical and post surgical patients as well as the mares we foal out each spring.

Not exact matches

«I think a healthy, fit mare has a better chance of getting in foal than one that's been lying around and doesn't have any muscle tone,» says Lukas.

You can take a stud here that stands for only $ 1,000, breed him to the same mare, raise the foal properly and get a better racehorse.»

You can breed a $ 10,000 stud to a good mare, and if you don't raise the foal right, you don't get a good racehorse.

The colt is the first live foal of Genuine Risk, the 16 - year - old mare who as a 3 - year - old won the 1980 Kentucky Derby but has had nine failed pregnancies since then.

Not long ago, Leavitt agreed to purchase two mares, both purportedly in foal, for a sky - high $ 400,000.

At the last minute, two things happened: owner Bob Mumma of Harrisburg, Pa. decided he really didn't want to part with Somolli, the dam of Speedy Somolli; then Pizzaz, the second mare, turned out not to be in foal.

Of three mares Northern Dancer impregnated early in 1987, just before his breeding career ended because of a lack of interest, two delivered foals, both colts.

And with him he took 200 of the bestThoroughbreds to be found in Czarist Russia, including brood mares and foals, enough horseflesh to start one of the great racing stables of history — exceptthat quite a few of the better prospects were eaten along the way.

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 colt was the first foal of the mare Missile Toe, who is owned by Beissinger.

A mare may walk right away from a nursing foal to reach a better patch of grass.

Many have ribs showing and Richardson says it is likely that some of the mares have lost their foals.

Social bonding and reproductive success were highly correlated: Mares with the weakest social ties had about half as many surviving foals as those that were the most sociable, the researchers report online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

When two mares and a foal were killed by wolves, Louise, wanting to ensure that some of the horses would be kept safe, arranged for eight of them to be exported to Britain in 1977.

Love to watch the new foals run circles around «momma mare»...

Have been around horses most of my life and have a Fresian mare that is due to foal in a few months can't wait.

But when she agreed to take care of an abused mare and foal, she got more than she bargained for.

A veterinarian should be consulted for affected mares and their foals.

In these mares, the foal should be closely monitored to be sure he is nursing and gaining weight.

The mare's 3 - month - old foal was not affected.

A poor appetite in foals can be the result of an aggressive mare that might be trying to share the mother's food attacking the foals.

A new foal is a wondrous thing when the delivery goes well, the mare - foal pair bond, and nursing successfully happens soon after foaling.

Major equestrian organizations committed their support for the NEHS this year, including the ABRS, BEF, BETA, BHS, BSJA, Equestrian Needs, HAPPA, Horses4Homes, Horse Trust, LANTRA, Mare and Foal Sanctuary, Metropolitan Mounted Police, NEWC, Pet id equine, Redwings, Rossdales, RSPCA, SWHP, TBA, WHW and WPCS.

The Center offers monitoring of foaling for high risk mares and uses the FoAlert ® birth monitoring system.

Services include embryo transfer (including recipient mares), management of the stallion and mare, diagnostic reproduction evaluations, breeding soundness examinations, semen collection and shipment, surrogate mares (nurse mares) for orphaned foals, and treatment of the sub-fertile mare and stallion.

Wrapping the mare's tail will make it easier to see underneath the body prior to foaling.

Foaling happens quickly once it begins, so closely monitor your mare in the days leading up to the expected foalinFoaling happens quickly once it begins, so closely monitor your mare in the days leading up to the expected foalingfoaling date.

Mares should be immunized four weeks in advance of foaling with vaccines specifically approved for pregnant mMares should be immunized four weeks in advance of foaling with vaccines specifically approved for pregnant maresmares.

Advanced planning will make the foaling process go as easily as possible for both you and your mare.

PARASITE CONTROL PROGRAM: All horses should be included in a regular parasite control program with particular attention being paid to mares, foals and yearlings.

The lactating mares are then used as surrogate mothers for foals from other horses.

In order to have milk, the nurse mare has to give birth to her own baby, and their foals become orphans.

Postnatal wellness examinations are typically done on the mare & foal within 24 hours of giving birth to check that:

the foal's immunoglobin (IgG) levels are high enough to confirm that enough antibodies are being delivered through the mare's colostrum

Equine influenza is a highly contagious respiratory disease in horses that typically is not fatal, but is a particular concern to foals and pregnant mares.

They were hospitalized for 18 days post-birth, until both mare and foal were able to be discharged.

The next morning, she was examined — an ultrasound was performed to evaluate the mare and fetus, and tests were performed to determine if Ceilki was close to foaling.

After consulting with her veterinarian — who recommended Ceilki be foaled out at a hospital during her next pregnancy — owner and Arabian breeder Sara Bagg decided to breed her mare again, and have Ceilki give birth under the watchful eye of UC Davis» Large Animal Clinic.

The mare was placed on foal watch, and the 24/7 team of veterinarians, technicians and students were ready to assist with her impending foaling.

We usually also draw a small blood sample to check immunoglobulin levels which tells us if your foal received sufficient colostrum from the mare.

Unfortunately, it is occasionally necessary to try to foster a foal onto a mare that is not its natural mother.

Ideally, help and advice should be sought from your veterinarian or someone with experience in foaling mares, in good time before the event.

Developing a Prevention Strategy for Foal Pneumonia Researchers will investigate if vaccinating mares will protect their newborn foals against pneumonia caused by the bacterium Rhodococcus equi.

She is passionate about equine medicine, more specifically, dentistry, internal medicine cases and mare and foal care.

It can be transmitted to a foal from the mare in utero but not through milk or saliva.

Spirit's mother was blind and not able to provide the important early mare / foal interactions and equine socialization Spirit needed.

The Equine Hospital facilities were designed to accommodate horses and their specific needs, including large and well - ventilated stalls, safe and comfortable flooring and bedding, padded stalls for neurologic cases, a special perinatal ward for mares and foals, an equipped and air - conditioned intensive care unit, turn - out paddocks, and state - of - the art imaging and surgical facilities.