As one new foal is born, Assateague Island National Seashore is on the lookout for more in the near future. The filly, known as N2BHS-JQ until it is given a more formal name, was born mid-November to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Equine metabolic syndrome--defined as obesity, insulin resistance, and high insulin levels circulating in the bloodstream--is a dangerous condition for any horse, but it puts pregnant mares in an ...

Researchers are successfully taking a page from human medicine when it comes to treating one common cause of pregnancy loss in mares: cervical incompetence. Recently, Stefania Bucca, DVM, of the Qatar ...

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 ...