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 ...

While breeders might try anything to get their mares into heat, some other mare owners will try anything to keep their mares out of heat. From aggressive behavior to performance problems, some mares ...

Officials are advising that mare’s milk should be heat treated to kill Brucella, despite the low risk of brucellosis in Germany. The joint opinion from Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and ...