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Janesville Equine
Hospital & Clinic
a division of
Janesville Animal Medical Center
           
Foaling
Your Mare
at
Janesville Equine Hospital & Clinic
When your pregnant
mare arrives at
Janesville
Equine
Hospital
and Clinic, she will receive quality veterinary service and around the clock
monitoring until she foals. After
the foal is born, both the newborn foal and the mare will continue to receive
quality care and the attention needed to assure a healthy foal and mare.
This information sheet will cover what happens to your mare when she
arrives to foal and what service we provide after the foal is born.
Upon arrival at
Janesville
Equine
Hospital
and Clinic, a general examination is performed on your mare to detect any
potential problems and estimate how close the mare is to foaling.
The thickness of her placental membranes is determined by ultrasound to
determine if she is a high risk pregnancy.
At this time, a Foalert
transmitter is sutured to the mare’s vulva.
When the mare is close to foaling, a tail wrap is placed on her tail and
her vulva and udder are cleaned.
When the mare begins to foal, the foal’s front feet trigger the transmitter
which sends a signal to the Foalert
system. The system then pages the
veterinarian. Every foaling is
attended by a veterinarian. If the
mare is a high risk mare, two veterinarians will be at the foaling.
After the mare foals, the newborn
foal’s navel is dipped in nolvasan and an enema is administered.
The foal is given a tetanus toxoid injection, vitamin E, selenium,
vitamin A & D injection, and antibiotics as needed.
The mare is given oxytocin to expel the placenta three hours post
foaling. The expelled placenta is
carefully examined for any abnormalities.
The mare’s colostrum is measured with a refractometer to assess the
quality. The foal is then monitored
closely for any signs of disease or problems.
If the foal does not nurse on its own within two hours, the mare’s
colostrum is fed with a bottle or stomach tube.
The foal is handled and worked with until it is nursing from its mother.
A Foal CITE test is
performed on the foal 8 – 12 hours after it nurses to ensure the foal has proper
blood IgG levels from the colostrum.
The mare is dewormed within 24 hours of foaling and given a tetanus
toxoid injection if needed. The
mare and foal may go home providing everyone is healthy and the foal is nursing
well.
Mare care is $19.00 per day prior
to foaling. The foaling cost is
$475.00, which includes all the services mentioned above.
After the mare foals, mare care is $27.00 per day.
If you are
interested in having your mare foal at
Janesville
Equine
Hospital
and Clinic, please let us know as soon as possible.
Ideally, we prefer the mare to be at the clinic 3 – 5 days prior to her
due date. We calculate due dates at
340 days from the last breeding date or eleven months and one week.
Call us if you have questions as to the time your mare should arrive.
Please have your mare vaccinated four weeks prior to her due date with
Eastern & Western Encephalomyelitis, Influenza, Tetanus, Rhinopneumonitis, and
West Nile Virus.
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