Veterinarians with equine-owning clients should urge late-gestation ultrasounds for pregnant mares. At the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) Equine Reproduction Service, specialists are ...
With foaling season right around the corner, specialists in the UC Davis Equine Reproduction Service are urging their clients ...
Cesarean sections, or C-sections, are performed on approximately 15%-25% of pregnant mares admitted to equine hospitals for dystocia (difficult or abnormal labor or delivery). C-sections are also ...
A mare was expected to have a difficult time giving birth and had been checked by veterinary staff in Georgia throughout her pregnancy. Despite those checks, no one realized she was pregnant with ...
Nearly as important as a mare having a foal is getting her bred back to have next year’s baby. Breeding on foal heat is an old management strategy aimed at doing just that. It is the first heat cycle ...
The twin foals needed splints to straighten and stretch their legs because they had limited space in the womb, according to their owner. Screengrab from Melissa Jarvis' Facebook video A mare was ...