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Miniature
Ventures
Breeders of beautiful Miniature Horses with Action! Quality Breeding ~ Quality Transport |
| Larry,
Maryann & Brianna Cerullo 5643 SW Minson Rd. Powell Butte, OR 97753 Phone: 541-447-6870 E-mail: miniv@coinet.com |
| So, your
mare is pregnant. Over the course of eleven months, she goes from
looking like a normal, healthy horse to a bulging barrel with four
legs. Have you ever wondered what was going on inside of the
mare's body with the growing foal? Kim Landis, of Crayonbox
Miniatures, through a lot of hard work and digging up photos from
breeders all over, has a GRAPHIC
couple of photo web pages showing the development of a miniature fetus
from about 33 days of gestation. Nearly all the photos are taken
of aborted fetuses. Remember, nature has her reasons to have
mares abort their foals...usually because of health problems either in
the mare or the baby. I have been graciously given permission by
Kim to link to her pages. There is no way I would want to
duplicate her wonderful work. Again, these photos are extremely graphic in nature but also very fascinating. Those of us who are horse and pony breeders see this sort of thing far too often but never have we seen them shown in such detail and completeness through the cycle of pregnancy in our mares. This is an example of what you will see. This is an aborted foal at about 60 days of gestation. It is 3 1/2 inches long. The photo is courtesy of Crayonbox Miniatures and Kickapoo Acres: |
