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Neila Swaynie
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Username: Neilas
Post Number: 2
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, Feb 18, 2006 - 9:58 pm: |   |
I have an older mare (23), she foaled last year at 316 days. The colt seemed like it would have been okay but her placentia was very tough and didn't break and the foal sufficated. This year at 302 days the same thing happened, again the filly looked like it would have been okay. Do older mares have this problem with a tough placentia or did I do something wrong. Both times the mare gave no signs she was going to foal, we had just moved her that day to the foaling stall.
Thank you
Neila |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 14847
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Sunday, Feb 19, 2006 - 9:49 am: | |
Hello Neila,
My sincere condolences Neila. A tough placenta was not the only problem, both foals were premature so it is possible they were too weak to break out of even a normal placenta. A 302 day old filly is not going to be OK. Even intensive care does not bring most of those back.
There are many possibilities and the first thing to be done is to have a thorough necropsy done on the foal and placenta for abnormalities. Then a careful review of the management the last half of the pregnancy should be undertaken, see Equine Reproduction » Pregnancy, Foaling, & Neonatal Care » Pregnant Mare Care and Nutrition.
If you will have this done and list the lesions found and the management that differs from our article we may be able to help. To answer your first question, no older mares do not have a tougher placenta and we don't know the answer to the second until we review the above information.
DrO |
