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Baby being offered baby food. Weaning is the process of gradually introducing an infant human or other mammal to what will be its adult diet while withdrawing the supply of its mother's milk. In the UK, weaning primarily refers to the introduction of solid foods at 6 months; [1] in the US, it primarily refers to stopping breastfeeding. [2]
A newborn foal A foal will be able to run alongside of its dam within a few hours of birth. Foals are born after a gestation period of approximately 11 months. [1] Birth takes place quickly, consistent with the status of a horse as a prey animal, and more often at night than during the day. Labor lasting over twenty-four hours may be a sign of ...
A weanling horse is a foal that has been weaned, usually between four and six months old. Once it is a year old, the horse is referred to as a yearling. Weanlings are separated from their dam and often grouped with other weanlings to keep each other company. Weaning is a very stressful time for a foal. [4] [5]: 231
Baby horses are back in the saddle at Budweiser. After more than a decade-long absence, a Clydesdale foal has returned to the beer brand's Super Bowl commercial. Budweiser's 2025 Super Bowl ad ...
Neonatal maladjustment syndrome (NMS) is a syndrome where newborn foals exhibit uncommon behaviors, occurring in three to five percent of live births. These behaviors can include aimless wandering, hypersensitivity to loud sounds and brightness, weakness or coordination issues, and the incapability to nurse.
[6] [7] A postal survey in 2009 found that an average of 4.4% horses in the US are cribbers, but 13.3% of Thoroughbreds perform the behavior. [8] Young Thoroughbred and part-Thoroughbred horses fed concentrated food after weaning are four times more likely to become cribbers than foals not fed concentrate.
In horses prone to the condition, it usually occurs when a day of rest on full grain ration is followed by work the next day. This pattern of clinical signs led to the archaic nickname "Monday morning sickness". The condition may also be related to electrolyte imbalance. Proper diet management may help minimize the risk of an attack.
Naked foal syndrome (NFS) is a genetic disorder specific to the Akhal-Teke horse breed. A rare genodermatosis , it is characterized by almost complete hairlessness and mild ichthyosis . The condition is inherited as a monogenic autosomal recessive trait, and affected horses typically die between a few weeks and three years of age.