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Pregnant Mare Care and Nutrition
by Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Introduction
Introduction
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First 6 Months
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The Last 5 Months
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Travel
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Exercise
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Management
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Vaccinations and Preventing Disease
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Deworming
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Housing
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Mammary Development and Lactation
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Ventral Midline Swellings
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In Conclusion
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Birth and Early Care
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More Info
The same basic principles of feeding and care of the mature horse apply to the pregnant mare during the first six months. The foal makes few demands on the mare the first six to seven months of pregnancy. However there are other considerations than just nutrition and there are some management changes you can make to protect the foal the first seven months. After the 6th month we do need to make nutritional changes to help the mare and foal.
Gestation, the time the mare is pregnant, varies in horses depending on the season of expected foaling, specie, and breed. Even when this is taken into account there can be still quite a bit variation in gestation length. Regular sized horses and ponies have an average gestational length of 340 days but may vary from 320 days to over 365 days. Donkeys typically have a year long gestation. Miniature horses average about 320 days. Foals bred early in the breeding season will usually gestate a little longer than those bred late in the season. This article discusses feeding and caring for the pregnant mare and getting prepared for your foal's birth.
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~Last Updated: May 28, 2008;
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 | In foal or not | 1 | 12 | Aug 10, 08 |
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| International Shipping with Pregnant Mare | 1 | 9 | Mar 10, 08 |
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| Mare in last trimester off feed | 1 | 3 | Feb 27, 04 |
| Sanitizing pasture to introduce foal? | 1 | 4 | Jan 17, 04 |
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| Pregnant maiden mare, neighbor | 1 | 7 | Oct 20, 03 |
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| Diarhea and Shaking Mare, Due April 19th, 2003 | 1 | 2 | Mar 3, 03 |
| My 71/2 mo. pregnant mare cut her leg pretty bad. | 1 | 21 | Feb 22, 03 |
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| Supplements for Pregnant Mare | 1 | 1 | Dec 3, 01 |
| Vitamin supplement for mom | 1 | 7 | Sep 6, 01 |
| Prenatal Vitamin Supplements | 1 | 4 | Aug 14, 01 |
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