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Eastern NE KS | Bred mares and fescue don't mix but your neighbor should know the following already.
Easy cases, the mare foals with a thickened or retained placenta. If you are nearby, you can help the foal get air. Mares normally expel the placenta very quickly after a birth. Fescus screws this up and if the placenta is not expelled in 30-45 minutes the mare needs a shot of oxytocin. A retained placenta creates a toxic condition for the mare and can be fatal if not treated. Another outcome, the foal is born and rises to nurse but the mare has only yellow fluid for milk. The vet with give the foal IGg by IV. This replaces the missing antibodies. Plus you will have to feed the foal milk replacer until weaned. The most extreme case is when the foal becomes larger than normal leading to dystocia, death of foal or mare or both.
We never lost a mare but experienced everything else while fescue pushed into our pastures.
Edited by Doug61 4/21/2024 22:34
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