Opie
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Wanted to share our recent event, the arrival of a filly born at 411 days gestation.
The mare started to run milk at 274 days along with all other signs of impending abortion, it was suspected that she had placentitis as the vet was confident that it was a single pregnancy and not caused by twins. Treatment started with double dose of regumate antibiotics and anti-inflamatorries. The regumate was decreased by 2mls at 310 days and stopped at 320 and she remained on the antibiotics and anti inflamtorries.... we waited.. and waited... we reached 365 days and thought surely soon... 380 days ... 400 days.... and eventually she reached 411 days and went into labor at 145am on Wednesday. She delivered a very small dark buckskin filly with assistance as was determined to get that baby out as quickly as possible.. the vet came immediately and mum was given a shot of oxitocin and she passed the placenta again with assistance as it appeared to be stuck behind the vulva.. upon examination it became clear as to why... a twin, the size of a small dog/rabbit in a somewhat decomposed state, not a pleasant sight
The continued antibiotics had obviously suppressed infection... and the regumate had supressed abortion..
The vet felt little could be done for her, her hind limbs are so contracted but I insisted that we give her a chance as new just how advanced neonatal care has become these days when in the right place, so she was given a shot of oxyitetracyclin and bandages applied, arrangments were then made to have her transferred.
There was no way that she was going to be able to stand, so stomach tubed her. Two hours later she accepted the bottle and I stayed with her feeding on demand... at 9am we hitched the trailer and transferred her to the Royal D-I-C-K veterinary hospital, she had x-rays taken to establish if her bones had ossified sufficently... on a scale of 4 she was a 3 and the vets felt prognosis was good. She was showing signs of being a dummy, head flailing a little and red mouthed... IgG taken and it was 400 so she was given a plasma transfusion... anyway to cut a long story short... she is making remarkable progress now able to stand on her own and nurse. The vets at the hospital feel that she has passed the "failing" stages and it is likely that she will be coming home shortly...
she truly is a little miracle...
The mare started to run milk at 274 days along with all other signs of impending abortion, it was suspected that she had placentitis as the vet was confident that it was a single pregnancy and not caused by twins. Treatment started with double dose of regumate antibiotics and anti-inflamatorries. The regumate was decreased by 2mls at 310 days and stopped at 320 and she remained on the antibiotics and anti inflamtorries.... we waited.. and waited... we reached 365 days and thought surely soon... 380 days ... 400 days.... and eventually she reached 411 days and went into labor at 145am on Wednesday. She delivered a very small dark buckskin filly with assistance as was determined to get that baby out as quickly as possible.. the vet came immediately and mum was given a shot of oxitocin and she passed the placenta again with assistance as it appeared to be stuck behind the vulva.. upon examination it became clear as to why... a twin, the size of a small dog/rabbit in a somewhat decomposed state, not a pleasant sight
The continued antibiotics had obviously suppressed infection... and the regumate had supressed abortion..The vet felt little could be done for her, her hind limbs are so contracted but I insisted that we give her a chance as new just how advanced neonatal care has become these days when in the right place, so she was given a shot of oxyitetracyclin and bandages applied, arrangments were then made to have her transferred.
There was no way that she was going to be able to stand, so stomach tubed her. Two hours later she accepted the bottle and I stayed with her feeding on demand... at 9am we hitched the trailer and transferred her to the Royal D-I-C-K veterinary hospital, she had x-rays taken to establish if her bones had ossified sufficently... on a scale of 4 she was a 3 and the vets felt prognosis was good. She was showing signs of being a dummy, head flailing a little and red mouthed... IgG taken and it was 400 so she was given a plasma transfusion... anyway to cut a long story short... she is making remarkable progress now able to stand on her own and nurse. The vets at the hospital feel that she has passed the "failing" stages and it is likely that she will be coming home shortly...
she truly is a little miracle...
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