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- Title
Investigation and management of a cluster of cases of equine retained fetal membranes in Highland ponies.
- Authors
Hudson, N. P. H.; Prince, D. R.; Mayhew, I. G.; Watson, E. D.
- Abstract
Four at-risk Highland ponies on the same premises all retained their fetal membranes in the same breeding season. The ponies were treated with a combination of oxytocin, infusion and distension of the allantochorionic sac with fluid, gentle traction in one case, and supportive therapy. The possible causes of the condition were investigated with clinicopathological tests and analyses of the herbage for its species composition and fungal contamination. No obvious possible causative abnormalities were identified apart from a Iow total serum calcium level in one case. No fescue grass was found and no pathogenic fungi were detected.
- Subjects
FETAL membranes; HIGHLAND pony; FETAL tissues; BIOLOGICAL membranes; PONIES; HORSES
- Publication
Veterinary Record: Journal of the British Veterinary Association, 2005, Vol 157, Issue 3, p85
- ISSN
0042-4900
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1136/vr.157.3.85