One of our most time sensitive emergencies is a dystocia, in which the foal is malpositioned within the mare during the birthing process and requires manipulation, or sometimes a c-section, to be born. Foals quickly start to lose their intrauterine life support system...
Please join us here at the clinic on December 13 at 6:30 p.m. for our first client continuing education session of the season! Foaling season is right around the corner believe it or not, and Dr. Gemma Cock, our board certified internal medicine specialist, will be...
Make Sure She’s Producing Adequate Colostrum and Milk If the mare is not producing milk, the foal will need supplemental milk for nutrition and a plasma transfusion to provide adequate immunity to prevent a blood infection (sepsis). The mare might need additional feed...
Learn how we detected and treated one filly’s meconium impaction. When foals are born, they must pass their first manure — called meconium — within 12 hours to avoid a painful and serious impaction. We recently performed routine new foal bloodwork on a filly just 20...
