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Dr. Tom Riddle: One Practitioner’s Experience With Foal Loss Problem
I have been asked to speak about my experience with the recent early fetal loss syndrome in Central Kentucky. I saw my first two cases on April 26 when I was asked to fetal sex six mares on a farm in Jessamine County. Fetal sexing
Pericarditis Causing Problems With Foals, Other Horses
Fluid is drained from the pericardial membrane surrounding the heart of a horse with Pericarditis.
Photo: Stephanie
Preliminary Test Results Suggest Possible Causes, Preventative Measures
After testing numerous pasture samples for mycotoxins, endophytes, and other possible causes to the problems in Kentucky, tests have shown higher than expected levels of a mycotoxin called zearalenone, according to Dr. Steve Jackson, a consultan
Foal Losses ‘Devastating’ to Family-Run Jonabell Farm
John A. Bell III reached into his pocket and pulled out two sheets of paper with the cold, hard facts. “Well, here’s the bad news,” he said. Bad news, indeed, for the family-owned and operated Jonabell Farm that Bell founded in 1956. Of 76 mares
Diagnostic Lab Numbers Update
As of noon today (May 9), the University of Kentucky’s Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center stated that a total of 371 aborted/stillborn fetuses had been submitted for diagnostic testing/evaluation since April 28, 2001. That total includes 25 submitted by noon today, and 28 submitted yesterday (May
Breeding Sheds All Set to Rally
So far it looks as if many Kentucky breeding sheds will stay open as long as they have clients who want to book their mares…or until the stallions must head into quarantine for trips to Southern Hemisphere locations. Those trips usually take
Keeneland To Stream Meeting About Fetal Loss Live On Internet
Keeneland will offer live streaming on its Internet site of the informational meeting Thursday, May 10, organized by the Kentucky Farm Managers’ Club and the Kentucky Association of Equine Practitioners. The meeting will be held in Keeneland’s sales pavilion to address the serious problem of late-term abortions and early fetal death that is affecting broodmares in Kentucky.
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Veterinary FAQ on the 2001 Foal Loss Syndrome
With Doug Byars, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, Dipl. ACVECC, head of the Kentucky-based Hagyard-Davidson-McGee veterinary firm’s Medicine Unit in Lexington that includes neonatal intensive care. Of his comments, he said, “For all of these following recommendations, we don’t know if they are useful or futile because we don’t know when the ‘hammer’ hits these horses. Whatever you do hopefully helps prevent
Latest Numbers Presented on Late Term Abortion/Early Foal Loss Syndromes
The University of Kentucky Disease Diagnostic Center reported Thursday that a total of 386 aborted/stillborn equine fetuses/foals had been submitted for diagnostic testing/evaluation since the problem first arose late last month.
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Epidemiologist Q&A on Excessive Foal Losses
Dr. David Powell, an epidemiologist at the University of Kentucky’s Veterinary Science Department in the Gluck Equine Research Center, was interviewed Monday by The Blood-Horse about the unusually high number of early fetal loss and late-term abortions among broodmares at Central Kentucky farms. Following are transcripts of the interview:
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Ohio Vet: Problems Not Just in Kentucky
While Kentucky horse farms are at the epicenter of the foal loss crisis, the problem is not contained to the Bluegrass region according to a Northern Ohio veterinarian. Dr. Richard Novak drove 7 1/2 hours from his practice in Novelty, Ohio, to
Two Ohio Counties Experiencing Similar Syndromes
Now two counties in Ohio are seeing syndromes similar to those being presented in Kentucky, according to an update Thursday by Dr. Grant Frazer, associate professor at Ohio State University. Frazer said there is no way to make a confirmation tha
Cases of Foal Loss Syndrome Reported in Ohio
An equine practitioner in Morgan County, Ohio, suspects that five cases of red bag delivery within the past week–plus 10 pregnant mares that are now empty–could be the same thing that veterinarians in Kentucky are dealing with, according to
Veterinarians in Some States Report No Problem With Foal Losses
As of May 10, the states of Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana seem to be clear of the problems of foal losses facing Kentucky horse breeders. Since Tennessee’s foaling season tends to coincide with Kentucky’s
Foal Loss Reported in Simpsonville, Near Louisville
Simpsonville, Ky., is experiencing the same problems that are plaguing horse breeders in Lexington, according to William Rhoads, DVM, and Scott Bennett, DVM, of Equine Services Hospital. Both equine practitioners said that some farms
Foal Losses: View From the Field
Actually, the view from the field in Central Kentucky was rather lonely this Thursday, May 10. There were acres and acres of fresh-mown–or being furiously mowed–pastures that are beginning to resemble putting greens. The
