VETERINARY QUERIES.
[Answered by a duly qualified Veterinary Surgeon. Queries must bo received by SATURDAY night to ensure reply In the succeeding Issue.] Farmer, Lochiel, says his draught niaro, served on February 9, 1912, only foalad on April '2, 1913. It is a good foal in every respect, and the image of the sire>. Tho mare is six years old, and as she has been working and never off tho farm could
not have had another service. Have you ever heard of a mare carrying a foal so long? —Answer: The average period is about 840 days, but that period may vary with individual mares and with breeds, with the sex of the offspring, the age of the dam, and her strength and condition. Some mares carry their young for an abnormal period, either shorter or longer, and the habit may become characteristic of them. Cases such as yours have l>een chronicled from time to time.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3085, 30 April 1913, Page 47
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156VETERINARY QUERIES. Otago Witness, Issue 3085, 30 April 1913, Page 47
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