Foaling Advice
Normal foaling: Stage I Labor: 1-6 hrs (mare heating up) Stage II Labor: 15-30 minutes (from time water breaks to foal on ground) Stage III Labor: Placenta must be passed within 3 [...]
Newborn Foal Care
It is important to know what is normal in the newborn foal so any problems can be easily identified and promptly treated. After birth, a foal should: Be standing within the [...]
Rattles In Foals
Rattles is a serious lung disease of foals that causes pneumonia and abscess formation in the lungs causing affected foals to develop respiratory signs. Rattles is caused by the bacteria Rhododcoccus [...]
Cushings Disease
Equine Cushings Disease (also called Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction) is one of the most common hormonal diseases that affects older horses and ponies. It causes excessive cortisol to be released into the horse's bloodstream. Clinical [...]
Hendra Virus
The Equivac HeV vaccine is the single most important step in protecting your horse and your family against the deadly Hendra Virus. Newcastle Equine Centre strongly recommends that all horses are [...]
Guide To Worming Horses
Worms that affect horses are everywhere and all horses are continually being exposed and infected with worms. For this reason, prevention of worm problems in horses is one of the most [...]