Archive for May, 2007
- A full grown horse that weighs about 1,000 pounds contains approximately 13.2 gallons of blood.
- A horse’s hoof grows at a rate of about 1 cm per month.
- A horse’s leg joints are not fully fused (grown) until around the age of 3 1/2.
- According to superstition in Lincolnshire, England, if you see a white dog, you should stay silent until you see a white horse.
- Gray horses are supposed to be lucky, while piebalds are unlucky.
- Horses can see everywhere, except directly in front or behind them.
- Horses can see in two directions at once.
An important test to be sure your foal is well protected against disease is an IgG test. This test will make sure the foal received adequate antibodies from the mares milk. An IgG test on the foal 16 hours after he first nursed would seem prudent to me. IgG is shorthand for the type of immunoglobulin the foal receives from the mares colostrum. An immunoglobulin is a protein that is produced by the cells of the immune system that circulates in the blood and provides defense against infectious diseases and toxins. So, if everything goes well, the mare secretes her own IgG into the colostrum or first milk to the foal.
Look no further than our very own 340-Day Horse Gestation Tables!
