jelibean
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Anyone any experience good or bad with EHV in foals or mares in foal?
EHV??
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Anastasia
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Basically you dont want EHV in your mares or foals! We vaccinate against it at 5,7 and 9 months. The vaccine does not stop them getting the virus altogether but can stop an abortion storm from happening if the mares take it.
JanetGeorge
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Anyone any experience good or bad with EHV in foals or mares in foal?
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There ARE no good experiences with EHV in in-foal mares. In mid-pregnancy, mares who get it inevitably abort. In late pregnancy, the will give birth prematurely to foals who are born ill and who are VERY likely to die.
Even a mild infection - showing no obvious symptoms in the mare - can result in abortion 2 to 12 weeks later (which is why you often don't hear about EHV abortions - if the foetus is not PM'd, the owner may be unaware of the cause.
Anyone any experience good or bad with EHV in foals or mares in foal?
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There ARE no good experiences with EHV in in-foal mares. In mid-pregnancy, mares who get it inevitably abort. In late pregnancy, the will give birth prematurely to foals who are born ill and who are VERY likely to die.
Even a mild infection - showing no obvious symptoms in the mare - can result in abortion 2 to 12 weeks later (which is why you often don't hear about EHV abortions - if the foetus is not PM'd, the owner may be unaware of the cause.
Spyda
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Wondering if I should have my mare done. She's coming up to her fifth month. In what instances should I consider having it done? Isn't it required by some studs when you want to foal a mare down with them?
JanetGeorge
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Wondering if I should have my mare done. She's coming up to her fifth month. In what instances should I consider having it done? Isn't it required by some studs when you want to foal a mare down with them?
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Circumstances - if she's pregnant!
I never USED to - then I had two horses who'd never been out, hadn't had contact with outside horses (or each other) come down with 'a virus'. Just after that a friend had a mare foaled prematurely (foal died very shortly after birth) and it was determined to have been caused by EHV. The cost is trivial considering the total cost of getting a mare in foal - NOT vaccinating is a false economy.
Wondering if I should have my mare done. She's coming up to her fifth month. In what instances should I consider having it done? Isn't it required by some studs when you want to foal a mare down with them?
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Circumstances - if she's pregnant!
I never USED to - then I had two horses who'd never been out, hadn't had contact with outside horses (or each other) come down with 'a virus'. Just after that a friend had a mare foaled prematurely (foal died very shortly after birth) and it was determined to have been caused by EHV. The cost is trivial considering the total cost of getting a mare in foal - NOT vaccinating is a false economy.