Foal

Foal care In McCurnin's Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians, 8th Edition on “Neonatology of foals” (Bassert, 04/2013, pp. 797-809), states that foal care does not just start when the foal hits the ground after birth but instead starts after conception in the mare takes place. Throughout the reading it stresses the importance of history taking and through examinations. Any and all abnormal findings should be written down as it may help diagnose or treat any illnesses that may arise in the foal or mare. Further reading, gives a deeper insight into the perinatal period, neonatal periods between normal and sick foals, and continues with the nutrition of neonatal foals. Regular veterinary checks during the perinatal period will ultimately…

After a 37 year drought, American Pharaoh Had won the elusive Triple Crown. The age of this champion, only 3 years old, that is below the proven age of a horse reaching full maturity. The age limit for the prestigious race should be raised from 3 to 4-6 years of age. This low age of raced can cause behavioral problems, shortened career, and it goes against the scientifically proven age of a fully developed horse. The horses being started and raced at a young age creates major behavioral…

In the book The Guardian Herd: Stormbound the main Starfire, or just Star has to go through some pretty tough times, after all he is the black foal. The black foal, star is a foal that harnesses power from the hundred year star, “ The Hundred Year Star was gone from the sky, but in its place has star himself, the black foal of Anok, the most powerful pegasus alive.”. On your first birthday the hundred year star can give you the power of a healer, which will renight the herds. Or, you get to be…

The plains zebra lives in a tree less grasslands and woodlands of the eastern and the southern Africa. Mountains zebra arte found in south Africa, Namibia and Angola. They carry their baby 12 to 14 mouths. They call a baby zebra a foal. When the foal is born it weight for around 55 to 88 pounds. When the foal is born they are able to stand up and walk. The young foals get nutrition milk. The foal continue throughout the first year. The foal will become a fully mature at 3 to 6 years old.…

testimony is generally required. In McGee v Smith, the defendant veterinarian was treating the plaintiffs foal for a cut. The defendant treated the wound and prescribed antibiotics. Because the plaintiffs were going out of town, they left the foal in the care of the defendant. A few days later, the defendant switched the foal to a once-a-day formulation of the same antibiotic he had previously prescribed, and left the foal in the care of a technician. The foal began to exhibit signs of colic and…

Osteochondrosis is a significant developmental disorder, often associated with young horses, with importance put on the nutrition of the mare in foal and developing foal, the training protocols of horses, especially those known to have osteonchondrosis lesions and dissecans, and the genetics of breeding stallions and mares for further developmental integrity of foals. While treatment options are available through use of surgery, or simply turning the horse out to further develop and allow the…

it are extracted(Pascoe, 1999). Anderson has said that the horses are raised on around 490 Pregnant Mare Urine (PMU) ranches in Canada and the Northern U.S, and the urine is collected everyday(Andersson,2004). The people taking this drug have to weigh the benefits, and consequences of using this drug. The benefits of using this estrogen replacement drug is the prevention of hot flashes, heart disease, osteoporosis, and other menopause symptoms, but the mares and foals have to endure abuse to…

There’s no doubt in my mind that King & Country was a good horse. 16 starts, 11 wins, 1 place, and 3 shows is pretty respectable, among all crowds, not just here in-game. However, King & Country put even more in his offspring than he did on the track. Of 8 foals, all are winners, half have a 100% record, and he has 3 (and arguably 4) major competitors in Country Girls, Thee Wild Child, Pay Your Dues, and now maybe Catalyst. All together, they have 3 track records, though none still standing.…

related to Blue and his harsh experiences and feelings. Premarin including Prempo, Premphase, Prempac and Premelle is a drug made up of conjugated estrogens obtained from the urine of pregnant mares put out in many forms such as pills, creams, injections, patches and is used to reduce the symptom of menopause in women with extremely high side effects in human body. Premarin lies in the incredibly cruel methods used to produce this drug. The mares that are used for premarin are kept continually…

The best villain I know is from one of my favorite books, “Horses of the Dawn”. The villain in this story is the ship owners because they abused the horses and the ones that were useless they threw out at sea. This really isn’t my favorite villain, but this was the only one I could think of. Before you go ranting about how I’m a so called animal hater. I’m not because I actually love animals for their true potential, not as slaves held captive. The story all started when a horse was having a…