{"title":"Foal Rejection","authors":"P. McCue","doi":"10.1002/9781119556015.ch194","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Rejection of a foal by its dam can take several forms. The mare may avoid the foal, prevent the foal from nursing, or may become aggressive toward the foal. Mares in the latter category may assume a threatening posture, pin their ears back when the foal approaches, charge or chase the foal, squeal at the foal, or in more serious cases, may kick at or bite the foal. Mares have, on rare occasions, seriously injured or killed their foals in the first few days after giving birth.","PeriodicalId":236835,"journal":{"name":"Equine Reproductive Procedures","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Equine Reproductive Procedures","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119556015.ch194","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Rejection of a foal by its dam can take several forms. The mare may avoid the foal, prevent the foal from nursing, or may become aggressive toward the foal. Mares in the latter category may assume a threatening posture, pin their ears back when the foal approaches, charge or chase the foal, squeal at the foal, or in more serious cases, may kick at or bite the foal. Mares have, on rare occasions, seriously injured or killed their foals in the first few days after giving birth.