mare
horse
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classification of horses
- In horse: Form and function
…employed as riding horses, while mares were kept for breeding purposes only. Geldings were used for work and as ladies’ riding horses. Recently, however, geldings generally have replaced stallions as riding horses. Young horses are known as foals; male foals are called colts and females fillies.
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rate of foaling
- In livestock farming: Management
…for a large band of mares to be average. Most large horse farms employ resident veterinarians to check for abnormalities or disease before breeding and to check mares for pregnancy 40 to 45 days after breeding. Because many mares conceive only every other year, expert assistance at foaling time is…
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