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Posted on Thursday, Apr 13, 2000 - 3:57 pm:

My arabian mare foaled an absolutely beautiful warmblood/arabian filly early Sunday 4/9. As per usual, she performed the trick without help-she seems to be able wait till I can't be there to foal. I arrived on the scene approximately 30 min to an hour after the fact-the foals head and ears were still damp, but she was up on her feet looking for breakfast. The placenta was not delivered for another 4hrs. My mare seemed to be in great pain. A friend who manages a thoroughbred farm came over and gave banamine and oxcytocin. The banamine did wonders, she relaxed and began to eat hay and allow the foal to nurse. The problem arose the next day; she was warm when I came home from work, I turned her and the foal out into a paddock and she cooled off considerably. She remained lethargic though and did not play with the foal as she has with her previous offspring. She ate no grain that night and was in worse shape the next morning. I took her in to the vet Tues. morn and the he flushed her, saying the there was quite a bit of debris, but that the mare was doing well and need only stay one more day. Wed. afternoon he called and suggested that she stay an additional day, due to the fact that she was still releasing a sugnificant amount of debris. The question is.... What causes retention of the placenta and is there anyway to prevent or at least minimize the chance of it occurring again? She should be coming home today-
thanks,
Lorri

Posted on Thursday, Apr 13, 2000 - 5:45 pm:

Retained placentas are most often associated with a problem birth but as you have found out can happen to anyone. We do not know why they occur and currently it is hypothesized there is an unusually strong connection preventing release. We have an article on this condition at: Equine Diseases: Reproductive Diseases: Birthing Problems: Retained Placenta.
DrO
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