It may be your first foal, or you may be an experienced horse breeder but are both you and your mare foaling ready? Feeding the pregnant broodmare All too often as an equine nutrition ..

Meconium Retention Meconium is a newborn foal’s first manure and is composed of intestinal secretions and fluid ingested by the foal while in utero. Meconium can range from firm pellets to pas ..

‘There is nothing better than Mother’s Milk’, but why is this first milk known as colostrum so important to our newborn foals? What is colostrum? Colostrum is the thick, sticky, yellow-wh ..

Knowing the normal stages of labour in your mare can be crucial in knowing when you need to call your veterinarian. Read below the 3 stages of labour in a step by step guide. STAGE 1 Init ..

Chlamydia psittaci is a bacterium carried by birds. It can cause a respiratory disease in people called Psittacosis and has also been linked to abortion in mares. Since the 2015 Stud Seas ..

The arrival of the first foals of the stud season brings a smile to the face of everyone connected with the breeding industry. It is a symbol of the eternal optimism that characterises those peopl ..