Studies in horse breeding; an illustrated treatise on the science and practice of the breeding of horses . eans of saving a foal. This is all the more necessaryin the early season. Late in the spring and during thesummer months, there is very little danger of infection. The Proper Nourishment of the foal is the nextthing to interest the breeder. Whether the foal to be fed, it should be given the first milk of themare. This first milk is known as colostrum, and hasa purgative effect upon the foal, very much needed atthis time. If the foal is reasonably strong, it will findthe teat a
Studies in horse breeding; an illustrated treatise on the science and practice of the breeding of horses . eans of saving a foal. This is all the more necessaryin the early season. Late in the spring and during thesummer months, there is very little danger of infection. The Proper Nourishment of the foal is the nextthing to interest the breeder. Whether the foal to be fed, it should be given the first milk of themare. This first milk is known as colostrum, and hasa purgative effect upon the foal, very much needed atthis time. If the foal is reasonably strong, it will findthe teat all right. If it should appear too weak to dothis, the mare should be milked and the foal fed whilethe milk is warm. A¥ith one to hold the foal and anotherto do the feeding, this can be accomplished with a des-sert spoon better than anything else. One or two feed-ings will usually result in giving the foal sufficientstrength to find its own food. During the first twelvehours of its life, it should be known that the foal hasvoided its urine, and that its bowels are working nor- THE CAKE OF THK FOAL 147. .Sr <ll in C& -^ ^ -^-d Ph ^ 148 STUDIES IN IIOKSIC JiKKKDlNG mally. The bowels are more likely to give the greatertrouble. If there is trouble in starting the feces, a littleolive oil injected into the rectum will generally starteverything moving all right. If this does not bring aboutthe desired results, one should not stop until all thefoetal matter has been removed from the bowels. Thismay take several hours, but there is no need of losinga foal from trouble of this nature. In obstinate casesan ounce of castor oil may be given, and the rectum wellirrigated with a warm soap suds, using only pure castilesoap for this purpose. The first symptoms of this troubleis in the foal standing with its back arched, its tail erectand later its head and ears will begin to droop. Dysentery at this time is not unknown although nota very frequent trouble. This is usually brought aboutby the
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