Foal Rejection - Characteristics and Therapy of Inadequate Maternal Behaviour in Mares

Urszula Żurek; Janusz Danek

doi:10.2478/v10220-012-0011-9

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Foal Rejection - Characteristics and Therapy of Inadequate Maternal Behaviour in Mares

Annals of Animal Science

Volume 12 (2012): Issue 2 (April 2012)

By: Urszula Żurek and Janusz Danek

Open Access

|Apr 2012

Abstract

The bond between the mare and her newborn foal is usually a strong one. However, some factors can lead to aberrations of maternal behaviour. Failure to protect and nurse the foal is defined as foal rejection. With a long period of gestation and increasingly high value of foals, foal rejection causes severe losses to breeders. Horse owners and breeders should have knowledge of risk factors, types, prevention rules and treatment of inadequate maternal behaviour. In the case of foal rejection it is important to use fostering techniques in raising such foals.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10220-012-0011-9 | Journal eISSN: 2300-8733 | Journal ISSN: 1642-3402

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Language: English

Page range: 141 - 149

Published on: Apr 20, 2012

Published by: National Research Institute of Animal Production

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Publication frequency: Volume open

Keywords:

mare,

foal,

Related subjects:

Zoology,

© 2012 Urszula Żurek, Janusz Danek, published by National Research Institute of Animal Production
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Volume 12 (2012): Issue 2 (April 2012)