Re: RC: not really endurance

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Thanks for info--now I won't feel so bad if I can't find my chart for
Maggie
Bette

Anne Hanson wrote:
> 
> In the book Mares, Foals and Foaling by Friedrich Andrist there is a
> table with the following information on page 14 titled Chapter 3 weight
> and dimensions of unborn foal.
> Month      length poll        weight  develop-
>                to root of dock               ment
> 
> 1             1 1/2 in.   minute  all internal organs present
> 
> 2             3-3 3/4 in. minute Limbs distinct Sex recognizable.  1 oz.
> fluid inside membranes.
> 
> 3              5 in.        4 1/2-6 oz. The villi or tufts of the outer
> membrane are forming and so are the hoofs.  Ends of cannon bones
> ossifying.
> 
> 4              8-9 in.      2 lbs.  Some fluids present in feotal
> stomach.  First traces of hair round lips.  Union between maternal and
> foetal systems complete.
> 
> 5              8-9 in.       4 lb. 4 oz. Traces of hair above eyes and
> on tip of tail.  External sexual organs formed.
> 
> 6               22 in.        12 lb. 12 oz. Hair much more apparent.
> 
> 7               23-25 in.    29 3/4-34 lb.  Mane growing.
> 
> 8               27-29 in.     36-42 lb.  Hair all along spine.
> 
> 9               30-33 in.      51-57 lb.  Short hairs all over body.
> Might just survive if born now.
> 
> 10             34-37 in.       64-74 lb.  Coat and long hairs fully
> grown.
> 
> 11             43 in. plus     85-107  Milk molars through gums.
> Sometimes nippers also.
> 
> This is an excellent little book on pregnancy and foaling.  It is a
> British book published by J.A. Allen & Co.  (my edition is 1973)
> 
> Anne H.  Central Oregon
> 
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Bette Lamore
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