VMP 420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Foal, Festuca, Amnion
24 Jan 2020
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Placenta is expelled in stage 3 of labor. Mares in the last trimester should not be ingesting fescue: can result in fescue toxicosis. After a foal is born, we should test for igg to see if they have the antibodies from the passive transfer during gestation. Mares need deworming 6weeks or 1 month before foaling and then also afterwards: does not necessarily lead to death. Equine herpes virus: leads to abortion; can lead to an abortion storm, or stillborns, need to be vaccinated 3 times during gestation. Foal dod: developmental orthopedic disease: their risk factors include. Lameness in horses: growth rate and body size, exercise balance, diet, carb (concentrate) excess, types (4, angular limb deformities (ald) Identified from the front of the foal: you want to be able to draw a straight line down to the ground from their limb.
