Newborn Foal Exam: Ensuring a Healthy Start
A brand-new life deserves a healthy start. Today, Dr. Jenna visits Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm to perform a routine newborn foal examination on Mayday, a filly born just hours earlier. From evaluating the placenta to checking her physical development and drawing bloodwork, every step helps ensure both mare and foal are off to the best possible start.
While not every veterinary visit involves an emergency, these early examinations can provide valuable information about a foal’s health, immunity, and future development. Join us behind the scenes for a peaceful morning farm call and meet one of the newest members of the equine world.
In this episode, we show the examining of the placenta after foaling, assessing a newborn foal’s health, checking conformation and development, collecting CBC and IgG bloodwork, and meeting Maven on her very first day.
Filmed at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm, King City, Ontario, Canada If you enjoy equine veterinary medicine, horse health, foaling season, and behind-the-scenes farm calls, be sure to subscribe and follow along with Equine Vet Life.
