Embryo Transfer (ET) is an excellent solution for breeding your top mare while allowing her to continue competing. This process involves breeding your donor mare—the mare you want to breed—and allowing her to carry the pregnancy for approximately seven to eight days. At this point, the embryo (the early-stage foal) is carefully removed (flushed) from the donor mare and transferred to a recipient mare (surrogate) for the remainder of the pregnancy.

Neurologic issues can affect horses at any age, and clinical signs can result from infectious and non-infectious causes. Increased understanding of equine neurologic conditions has enabled earlier diagnosis and improved outcomes, and vaccines have reduced the spread of infectious diseases. However, diagnosis and treatment remain challenging in some cases.

Using an objective fear assessment, fearful horses can be identified early on in their lives, before they are weaned from their dams, reports a recent study. This early identification presents an opportunity to place these more fearful horses in the care of experienced handlers from the start, which could help reduce the risk of accidents and enhance the overall well-being of the horse.

A rare Przewalski’s horse named Kurt, produced by cloning in 2020, is thriving at his home at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park and learning the language of being a wild horse from Holly, a young female of his own species.