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Foaling Out Your Mare Foaling time can be one of the most anxious times that a mare owner will ever experience. Let the Burleson Equine Hospital relieve you of that stress by having your mare/s foaled-out by our professional staff with 24 hour a day surveillance. We now have FOAL ALERT. You will automatically receive a call when your mare starts to deliver. Foaling out Fee $300.00 This fee includes assisted delivery if needed, five days of board, enemas as needed, chlorohexadine naval treatment for five days and a mare and foal general examination. Your mare will be bedded in a clean straw foaling stall. The average size mares will be in a 12 x 24 foot stall, and the miniature mare will be in a 12 x 12 foot stall. You will be called as soon as possible after the mare foals. Plasma $250.00 per liter We strongly recommend that every foal receive one liter of plasma as soon as possible after delivery. A foal is born with no immunity due to the type of placental attachment that foal has with the mare. Foals must nurse the first milk (colostrum) within the first 12 to 18 hours post-delivery or the foal may be immune-deficient. If the mare leaks milk prior to foaling, this foal may also be immune-deficient. Some foals simply cannot absorb the large antibody molecule, and in other cases, the mares do not transfer their antibodies to the colostrums. In either case, the foal will be immune-deficient. Immune-deficient foals do not survive the onslaught of germs to which they will be subjected following birth. Plasma prevents immune-deficiencies. Foals that have a less than 800mg/dl antibody titer at the 24 hour post nursing, whether or not plasma had been administered, should receive an additional liter of plasma 3 weeks after the first liter. Pre-Foaling Vaccination Recommendation for your Mare Rhinopneumonitis + 1b be given at the 5th, 7th and 9th months of pregnancy. Vaccinations given 2 to 4 weeks prior to foaling Influenza/Rhinopneumonitis VEE, WEE, EEE West Nile Tetanus Toxoid Strangles (intra nasal) Potomoc Horse Fever Rabies Note: A 10% discount will be given on all additional services to the mare and foal that the Burleson Equine Hospital foals-out. Post-Foaling Recommended Services for your Mare 1. Intrauterine lavage, 8 liters $57.00 The lavage is performed daily for 3 days depending on the response. The procedure is essential if the mare is to be bred back on foal heat. 2. Caslicks procedure, if needed $48.00 3. Deworming $17.00 4. Rabies vaccination $13.00 (If not given pre-foaling) Post-Foaling Recommended Services for your Foal 1. Plasma 1 liter $250.00 2. Penicillin and Gentacin for 3 days per day $30.00 3. Complete blood count $30.00 4. IgG Blood Test $37.00 Board (Additional Board over the 5 days included in $24.00 per day the foaling fee) |
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