foaling

Horse giving birth

Foaling is the act of giving birth in horses.

A mare foals when she delivers a foal.

The term applies specifically to equines—horses, donkeys, and zebras.

Breeders monitor mares closely during foaling season, typically spring: The mare started foaling around midnight.

birth

parturition

Act of giving birth

gestation · placenta · afterbirth · umbilical · neonate · newborn · presentation · colostrum · imprinting · bonding

offspring

filly

Juvenile female equine

suckling · imprinting · leggy · wobbly · first steps · meconium · standing · nursing · growth · development

veterinary

obstetrics

Childbirth medicine branch

repositioning · vaccination · deworming · colostrum · enema · meconium · veterinarian · intervention

breeding

stallion

Intact male breeding horse

  • sireMale animal parent
  • studUpright wall framing
  • damWater-holding barrier

bloodline · pedigree · lineage · genetics · heredity · progeny · offspring · thoroughbred · Arabian · warmblood

mare

broodmare

Mare kept for reproduction

conception · fertility · udder · bagging up · waxing · maternity · lactation · milk · nursing · nurturing

facility

paddock

Small fenced animal enclosure

camera · monitor · heat lamp · clean · disinfected · quiet · shelter · barn · enclosure

Categories
Opposites
reproductive stage

foalingconception

Formation of an idea

impregnation · fertilization · breeding · covering · mating

life cycle direction

foalingdying

Ceasing to live

death · euthanasia · slaughter

Phrases
Family

foal, foals, foaled

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