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Discussion on Foal heat
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New Member:
Dallas
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Posted on Wednesday, Apr 30, 2003 - 10:48 pm:
my foal had foal heat when it was 12 days old. kaopectate and probios cured it in a week. now my mare is in heat for the second time since foaling and she has it again. is this normal? i am treating it the same way. she is in a pasture during the day, nibbles at hay but has not been introduced to food other than mamma's milk. she is 6 weeks old.
peggy outly
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Tagloili
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Posted on Wednesday, Apr 30, 2003 - 11:01 pm:
Our foal who is now three weeks old, went thru foal heat at two weeks, only required two 25cc doses of kaopectate.
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DrO
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Posted on Thursday, May 1, 2003 - 4:21 am:
No Peggy, it is not usual to go through 2 foal heats. It would be better not to look at this second bout as a "normal event" and have it investigated as a possible infectious event, see Equine Diseases » Foal Diseases » Infectious Diarrhea in Foals.
Cute foal Lynn!
DrO
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Dallas
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Posted on Thursday, May 1, 2003 - 8:30 pm:
Thanks Doctor. Yes i've read the infectious disease articles. She is as frisky as they come, shows no signs of depressions, lethargy, fever etc. which is why i wondered at the second heat foal. she did not have diarrhea today but does have alot of gas. i don't give her kaopectate when there is no watery discharge. i'll continue to watch her. thanks for the advise!
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Dallas
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Posted on Thursday, May 1, 2003 - 8:32 pm:
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Tagloili
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Posted on Thursday, May 1, 2003 - 9:25 pm:
and Peggy, she is a real cutie.
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DrO
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Posted on Thursday, May 1, 2003 - 10:18 pm:
Without a feed change, I still think infectious diarrhea most likely...coccidia sp. and rhodococcus cause diarrhea without other clinical signs: fecal, direct smear, and culture might reveal the cause and a way to stop it early. Many infectious diarrheas without clinical signs do resolve on their own. Without specific information on the cause, so antibiotics of known efficacy can be used, antibiotics may make things worse.
Baby has beautiful color. Right now we have 4 babies (none mine) on the farm and one mule (which will be mine) on the way, I love this time of the year.
DrO
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Hwood
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Posted on Thursday, May 1, 2003 - 10:19 pm:
Lovely, Peggy. Beautifully marked.
Holly
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Paul303
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Posted on Friday, May 2, 2003 - 1:57 am:
oooooooooooo TOO CUTE!!!!!
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Roboski
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Posted on Friday, May 2, 2003 - 6:50 am:
A (hopefully) gaited mule, DR.O? I know you have Walkers, so I wondered....I've always said if anything - God forbid - happens to Magic I'd love a gaited mule! Just curious.
Sharon
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DrO
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Posted on Saturday, May 3, 2003 - 7:31 am:
Thats what we are hoping, the mare is well gaited and Lonesome the Jack is supposed to throw nicely gaited mules.
DrO
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Dallas
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Posted on Monday, May 5, 2003 - 11:54 pm:
when should a foal be wormed? i have heard 7 days, 4 months and everything in between if it needs it.
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DrO
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Posted on Tuesday, May 6, 2003 - 5:41 am:
Check out the article Care for Horses » Disease Prevention and Health Care » Deworming and Parasite Control. It is fairly large article so to help you find the pertinent information look under "Good Deworming Programs / If You Have Foals".
DrO
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Aidan
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Posted on Monday, Jun 2, 2003 - 10:55 pm:
This may be a duplicate post: a 3 week old foal that still has diarrhea (which began on day 9) -
he is growing very well, no fever, very active and playful, eats exceptionally well. This diarrhea is not as watery as before, much more stool like but still squirty. Any advice very much appreciated!
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DrO
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Posted on Tuesday, Jun 3, 2003 - 7:22 am:
Yes you need to read the article associated with this forum Jo Ann. Go to the top os the page and click on, » Foal Heat Diarrhea » it will take you to the article.
DrO
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Dallas
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Posted on Tuesday, Jun 3, 2003 - 8:20 am:
after foal heat, mine continued to have diarrhea. had fecals done for worms on mom and baby and finally a culture on baby. all negative. my vet advised me to give her probiotics daily for 3 weeks. she is now 9 weeks and the problem has gone away.
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DrO
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Posted on Tuesday, Jun 3, 2003 - 10:53 pm:
Lets not forget: foal heat diarrhea has nothing to do with the mare’s foal heat. See the article for more.
DrO
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