Carries Presentation

Horse Production By: Carrie Delvaux

Baby?

✦ Purpose ✦ After Birth? ✦ Lots of Work

Selection of Mare & Stallion ✦ Bloodlines ✦ Performance records ✦ Appearance ✦ Temperament ✦ Health-General exams

Selection Continued... ✦ Conformation ✦ Feet, teeth, legs, back ✦ Genetic Diseases ✦ SCID, GBED, OLWS

Breeding Process ✦ Teasing ✦ Calculate Estrous ✦ Winking, urination, posture ✦ Receptive of Stallion ✦ Prepare for Breeding ✦ Safety ✦ Birth Date

Winking Vulva

Natural Breeding-Mare Receives Stallion

Getting Prepared ✦Disinfect ✦Routine ✦Lighting ✦Foal Checks ✦Exercise ✦Feed ✦Bedding & Supplies

Signs of Foaling ✦Udder development ✦Honey& Wax (Secretion from teat) ✦NOT Textbook time ✦Vulva Swelling ✦Loosening of Ligaments ✦Nesting

Problems during ✦ Dystocia (difficulty) Foaling ✦ Malpresentati on ✦ Check Vitals ✦ Colostrum: Very important ✦ Infection

Breech Birth w ww.shenandoahmini.com/situations.html

Care for your Baby & Mare ✦ Enemas ✦ Weight ✦ Body Temp ✦ Proper intake of milk/water/fee d ✦ Diarrhea ✦ Vaccines

Foal Heat ✦Rebreeding your mare? ✦Consideration s... ✦Health of Baby and Mare ✦Mare Response

Enjoy! ✦Lots of Work ✦Get ready for more! ✦FUN ahead