18 Facts About High-Risk Pregnancies

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Breeding a mare is an exciting and painstaking endeavor fora horse owner. A healthy foal results from years of planning, preparation, and financial and emotional investment: selecting the perfect stallion, working with breeding managers and veterinarians, settling and confirming the mare’s pregnancy, and ensuring a healthy gestation and foaling. With all the effort breeding requires, losing the pregnancy, the newborn foal, or even the mare is a devastating prospect. Identifying high-risk pregnancies early can help safeguard against those losses.

Learn more about high-risk equine pregnancy and its causes in our special download, and don’t forget to watch Dr. Barry Ball’s presentation “Identifying High-Risk Horse Pregnancies,” which is part of our Vet on Demand lecture series organized in partnership with the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center. 

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Michelle Anderson is the former digital managing editor at The Horse. A lifelong horse owner, Anderson competes in dressage and enjoys trail riding. She’s a Washington State University graduate and holds a bachelor’s degree in communications with a minor in business administration and extensive coursework in animal sciences. She has worked in equine publishing since 1998. She currently lives with her husband on a small horse property in Central Oregon.

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