By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:27:06 +0000

Too bad i didn’t read this article 4 months ago… my neighbor’s mare gave birth and the foal died. 🙁

By: Ruth

Ruth — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:43:22 +0000

The article was very informative. Last night we had to have our 3 month and 1 week old TB foal euthanized. He had been hospitalized for the past week, after fighting a pneumonia for the past 6 weeks. He was foaled at Vessels Stallion Farm, Bonsall, CA and given two plasma IV’s to build up his immune system. The IV’s are routinely given to all foals at Vessels. We brought him home to Arizona when he 7 weeks of age, once his mother was pronounced in foal for her second pregnancy. He commenced antibiotic treatment on Kentucky Derby day, May 5, 2007. He died last night five weeks later on Belmont Stakes day.
The vets at AZ Equine Diagnostic are still working on his case to see exactly what infection he was harboring.
It is so sad and heart-breaking. Other past TB foals we’ve bred were never sick, but they were foaled at home and not in a situation of several hundred other horses. I would like to find out exactly what was wrong with our foal, and why it could not be effectively treated. Our vets are still awaiting results of culture samples, and will perform an autopsy. He did not have rhoddococcus.
Thank you for the article.

Comments on: Pneumonia is major killer of foals

By: Mackenzie

By: Ruth