lack of colostrum may delay postnatal intestinal development in foals. Therefore, in this
study, the effect of colostrum withdrawal on duodenal development of newborn foals was
investigated. Shetland foals were fed either colostrum (group COL, n ¼ 5) or milk replacer
(group MR, n ¼ 8) by nasogastric tube over the first 24 hours of life, and all foals received
one liter of hyperimmune plasma