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.
Act of giving birth
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- contractionsShortened word forms
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
placenta · afterbirth · umbilical · neonate · newborn · presentation · colostrum · imprinting
Juvenile female equine
- coltImmature male equine
- weanlingRecently weaned young animal
- yearlingAnimal aged one
- sucklingUnweaned infant mammal
imprinting · leggy · wobbly · first steps · meconium · standing · nursing · growth
Childbirth medicine branch
- palpationMedical examination by touch
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- neonatologyCare of newborn infants
- repositioningMoving to new spot
vaccination · deworming · colostrum · enema · meconium · veterinarian · intervention
Intact male breeding horse
- sireMale animal parent
- studUpright wall framing
- damWater-holding barrier
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
pedigree · lineage · genetics · heredity · progeny · offspring · thoroughbred · Arabian
parturition
Act of giving birth
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- contractionsShortened word forms
- deliveryConveyance of goods
gestation · placenta · afterbirth · umbilical · neonate · newborn · presentation · colostrum · imprinting · bonding
filly
Juvenile female equine
suckling · imprinting · leggy · wobbly · first steps · meconium · standing · nursing · growth · development
obstetrics
Childbirth medicine branch
- palpationMedical examination by touch
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- neonatologyCare of newborn infants
repositioning · vaccination · deworming · colostrum · enema · meconium · veterinarian · intervention
stallion
Intact male breeding horse
bloodline · pedigree · lineage · genetics · heredity · progeny · offspring · thoroughbred · Arabian · warmblood
broodmare
Mare kept for reproduction
conception · fertility · udder · bagging up · waxing · maternity · lactation · milk · nursing · nurturing
paddock
Small fenced animal enclosure
camera · monitor · heat lamp · clean · disinfected · quiet · shelter · barn · enclosure
- horseshorse, mare, mares, stallion, stallions
- livestock farmingcattle ranch, dairy farm, stud farm, sheep shearing, pig farm
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- animal husbandrybreeding, sire, dam, stud, captive breeding
- animal breedingbreeding, dog breeding, mating, gestation, crossbreeding
- animal cycleshibernation, migration patterns, breeding season, mating season, mating seasons
foalingconception
Formation of an idea
impregnation · fertilization · breeding · covering · mating