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 ...

If the fetus is in an abnormal position, such as posterior (hindquarters first) or transverse (sideways), the tail, thighs, ...

One of the unique pleasures of living in the Ocala/Marion County area is driving down our country roads and enjoying the fields of mares and foals in the springtime. Foaling season for the ...

Seventy rare-breed Icelandic horses and foals have been rescued in a 15-month welfare operation by animal charities. Public ...

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When foaling complications arise, owners and veterinarians’ focus is often simply getting the precious cargo on the ground safely. But do not forget that the mare’s life might also be in peril during ...

Foaling in horses is extremely fast. Labor and the active part of foaling, resulting in delivery of the foal, take 10 to 20 minutes and are considerably shorter than giving birth in humans or in cows.

Mares can make the entire birthing process look easy; some mares produce a healthy foal in as few as two hours, and most have a foal by their side within five to six hours. But Ahmed Tibary, DVM, PhD, ...

The little guy must have felt like a foundling. He was alone. He was confused. He’d been taken from his birth mother in late February after she kicked at him every time he tried to nurse. Then, a most ...

Horse trainer Carrie Brogden tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro a heartwarming tale from Machmer Hall Farm in Paris, Ky., about placing an orphaned foal with a bereft mare. Every once in a while, a news ...