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Informative articles on horse breeding and equine husbandry.

Breeding 

Familiar mares can help reduce weaning stress

October 6, 2011March 26, 2012 Horsetalk.co.nz 2593 Views 0 Comments

Familiar adult female horses can less the stress of weaning on foals.

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Pregnant mares more receptive to younger foals

August 15, 2011March 14, 2012 Horsetalk.co.nz 2419 Views 0 Comments

Are foals short-changed by their mothers if they become become pregnant again shortly after giving birth?

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Scientists get to bottom of foal diarrhoea

August 8, 2011July 31, 2015 Horsetalk.co.nz 3128 Views 0 Comments

A major switch in intestinal bacteria within the first two weeks of life appears to be directly responsible for diarrhoea

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August 1, 2011April 14, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 4054 Views 0 Comments

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Family of rare ‘intersex’ horses discovered

March 31, 2010May 12, 2021 Horsetalk.co.nz 17855 Views 4 Comments

Equine researchers at a Canadian university have identified a family group of horses with a rare genetic abnormality which means they are termed as ‘intersex’.

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Renowned equine veterinarian Dr Peter Rossdale has died at the age of 94, after a short illness.
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Home pregnancy tester for horses breaks new ground

April 28, 2008May 24, 2021 Neil Clarkson 8700 Views 0 Comments

“Instead of having to spend $100 to $120 to have a vet pregnancy-test their mare, breeders can buy our test for just $30 and test their mare(s) themselves.”

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A Caspian stallion. Photo: Heather Moreton CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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Tiny Caspian horse breed back from the brink

July 19, 2007November 2, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2980 Views 0 Comments Rare breeds

These finely built horses are now known, through DNA testing and other research, to be the forerunners of the native wild horses of Persia, and a key breed in the development of the Arabian horse by the Mesopotamians in the Third Millennium BC.

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Przewalski horse breed may soon thrive in the wild

July 16, 2007November 2, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 2282 Views 2 Comments Przewalski's horse, Rare breeds

The birth of a Przewalski foal at Toronto Zoo is another welcome step towards the ultimate dream: To have the primitive breed of horse restored to healthy numbers in the wilds of their native Mongolia and surrounding territories.

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