Understanding the Broodmare
Schweizer, Christine M.
The role of the broodmare on any farm is to produce a live, healthy foal, and thereby pass her genes on to a new generation of horses. All of an owner's hopes and management efforts culminate in that hour when the mare begins to labor to deliver her foal, and success is measured in the foal's first breaths and unsteady steps. Understanding the Broodmare gives invaluable information on how to see a mare through pregnancy and a safe delivery.
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