Prognostic factors in the sick neonatal foal

Abstract

In the foal, the most common neonatal diseases are responsible for an high non-survival rate. Since intensive care for neonatal foals is usually very expensive an early prognosis for survival at admission or during hospitalization is recommended, as well as a prognosis for future athletic potential. Therefore, prognostic factors for prematurity, septicaemia, other infectious diseases and hospitalized foals are revised and discussed on the base of literature and authors experiences. The advantages and limitations of retrospective and perspective prognostic factors is also presented, and the possible role of new expected factors deducted by the recent advances in the knowledge of main neonatal foal diseases pathogenesis proposed.

Plasma Leptin Level in Hyperlipidemic Mares and Their Newborn Foals

“…(1992b). The mortality rate of hyperlipemia is approximately 65% (Castagnetti and Veronesi 2008). The direct relationship between the occurrence of hyperlipidemia in mares and their offspring, however, remains unknown.…”

“…Horses are a species characterized by late maturity and large generation gaps, as well as low proliferacy and fertility. This poses important problems in equine breeding practice, when combined with high juvenile mortality rate (Castagnetti and Veronesi 2008). The fact that obtaining a healthy foal is not possible without having a healthy breeding mare, combined with the fact that there has been a steep increase in the number of mares suffering from hyperlipidemia during periparturient period in the recent years (Waitt and Cebra 2009), have motivated the authors of this study to look into the subject of hyperlipidemia in foaling mares in more detail.…”

“…This disorder is still a serious problem in veterinary practice because hyperlipemia is considered the primary cause in about 20% of cases studied by Watson et al (1992b). The mortality rate of hyperlipemia is approximately 65% (Castagnetti and Veronesi 2008). The direct relationship between the occurrence of hyperlipidemia in mares and their offspring, however, remains unknown.…”

Prognostic examinations of neonatal foals with perinatal asphyxia syndrome (PAS)

“…Bei neonatal erkrankten Fohlen wurden verschiedene Parameter untersucht, wobei sich eine Leukopenie oder eine Hyperlaktatämie als wertvolle prognostische Parameter herausgestellt haben (Castagnetti und Veronesi 2008, Corley et al 2005, Gayle et al 1998, Wotman et al 2009 …”