Clepottage
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Doing a bit more research into the above - does anyone know of any good information on the net, or have any they'd like to share please? I know a bit about it but am keen to learn more.
Equine Placentitis
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I was told recently by a vet that a mare with placentitis or suspected placentitis should be scanned from the 5 th month of pregnancy to check the thickness of the placenta and every 4 weeks thereafter until birth.A treatment of antibiotics for one week in every month during pregnancy and the use of regumate may also be advised.That is about as much as I am aware Cleopattage.Hope it is of some help.
trumdella
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the stud i work on will scan mares with suspected placentitis from approx 5--6 months pregnant.... this determines the thickness of the placenta and the health of the unborn foal... - we take heart rate and activity of the foal, and other measurements from these scans... and they check the amniotic fluid too....
depending on what they find... - the mares will start on antibiotics... again depending on the severity of the placentitis depends on the antibiotic.. our mares that seem to be more susceptible to it ( get it every year) start on a course of trimidine every month for a week until they foal. - not all of them get scanned though.. anything with alot of thickening of the placenta will be put on a course of pen and gent for 10 days and then carry on with the trimidine.. - again - it all depends on what the vet finds...
with regards to regumate.. most of our problem mares will be put on regumate anyway from the start and are weaned off 3 weeks before their due date.. normal dose is 12mls.. but usually our placentitis mares are on 20mls. - the dose depends on what the vet finds... we had a mare on 120mls of regumate for a week that dropped down to 80 mls until she foaled...
if the mare is a couple of months from her due date when she develops signs of placentitis... she will be started on pen and gent, and finadyne 3 times a day, and a high dose of regumate! everything will be done to try and prevent her from foaling.. she will be kept stress free away from a big mob of mares...
hope that helps?
depending on what they find... - the mares will start on antibiotics... again depending on the severity of the placentitis depends on the antibiotic.. our mares that seem to be more susceptible to it ( get it every year) start on a course of trimidine every month for a week until they foal. - not all of them get scanned though.. anything with alot of thickening of the placenta will be put on a course of pen and gent for 10 days and then carry on with the trimidine.. - again - it all depends on what the vet finds...
with regards to regumate.. most of our problem mares will be put on regumate anyway from the start and are weaned off 3 weeks before their due date.. normal dose is 12mls.. but usually our placentitis mares are on 20mls. - the dose depends on what the vet finds... we had a mare on 120mls of regumate for a week that dropped down to 80 mls until she foaled...
if the mare is a couple of months from her due date when she develops signs of placentitis... she will be started on pen and gent, and finadyne 3 times a day, and a high dose of regumate! everything will be done to try and prevent her from foaling.. she will be kept stress free away from a big mob of mares...
hope that helps?
Clepottage
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Yes, very helpfull thanks both 
I don't suppose anyone could comment on vulval discharge in placentitis mares?
I don't suppose anyone could comment on vulval discharge in placentitis mares?
Adina
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My mare had a vulval disharge just over 2 months before her due date, which was 3 months before she foaled. It was thick yellow pus. But the cervix was still closed and the pus was located away from the cervix. There was the possibility of placentitis. I could have had her scanned to check the placenta, but would have had to box her to the clinic. As treatment was going to be the same anyway - I decided not to stress her. She was on Regumate for 2 weeks and antibiotics until she foaled. She was also brought in every night, although she normally lives out. I took her temperature every night at same time, so as to monitor any changes.
Her foal was (and still is) a strong healthy colt.
Hope this info is helpful.
Her foal was (and still is) a strong healthy colt.
Hope this info is helpful.