The foal’s immune system is almost a blank slate at birth; researchers are figuring out how to best protect horses as they grow.
The process of building immunity against disease-causing pathogens for a horse begins with a foal's first sip of colostrum after birth. Foals are born without much protection against the world outside the uterus. The mare's immune system
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