FoalWatch Test Kit

Predict Foal Birth to Within 24 Hours

CHEMetrics FoalWatch™ is the world's leading colostrum test kit used by equestrian breeders for over 30 years. Veterinarian recommended, non-invasive and based on proven chemistry. Eliminates the need for nightly foal sitting in the weeks prior to a mare's expected foaling date.

Safe and easy to use. Use of FoalWatch kits require no specialised training. Allows safe and comfortable movement of mare prior to foaling. Each kit contains everything you need to perform 20 tests.

The FoalWatch test kit predicts foal birth within 24 hours by measuring the daily Calcium levels in the mare's colostrum, which rises sharply before birth, providing a reliable result in about 3 minutes. Simply begin testing once or twice a day about 2 weeks before the mare's expected foaling date.

The FoalWatch™ Test Kit is based on water analysis testing technology developed by CHEMetrics in Midland, Virginia, and was developed in cooperation with Dr. William B. Ley, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACT, of Virginia Tech’s Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences. The FoalWatch test kit helps determine when a mare is likely to foal through the detection of changes in the calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) levels within pre-foaling mammary secretions.

In his groundbreaking study The Use of a Prefoaling Milk Calcium Test Kit in the Foaling Management of Mares, Dr. Ley reported on accuracy and repeatability of FoalWatch kits while comparing them with other foaling test kits on the market.

Galgo (UK) Ltd is the official CHEMetrics representative for UK and Ireland since 1980, supplying FoalWatch to equestrian breeders and suppliers since 1990.