Thoroughbred industry leaders, veterinarians, researchers, and farm managers met with the media at the Gluck Equine Research Center in Lexington, Ky., for a press briefing on the current fetal/foal loss syndromes happening in the state. While there are no answers as to the cause of current situation, there are defined paths being taken that everyone involved hopes will lead to the cause of the tremendous losses of late-term foals and early embryos in Kentucky broodmares.

One of the main thrusts of the meeting was to call on all farms that receive a survey from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers Club and researchers at the Gluck Center to return the information promptly. Only through this broad gathering of information can the facts of this situation be revealed.

“We need to identify factors that could be contributing to this problem,” said Dr. David Powell, an experienced epidemiologist from the Gluck Center. “This has happened quickly over a wide extent of farms, but there are a number of farms that have not experienced problems. It will help us to get information from all farms