Clinical Case A newborn male Welsh pony foal, born without an anal opening, was admitted for treatment (Figures 1 and 2). On presentation, the foal displayed signs of mild abdominal discomfort indicated by intermittent uneasiness, looking at the abdomen, and stretching into a “sawhorse” stance. The foal was observed to urinate normally. Pulse, mucous membrane color, and capillary refill time we...

The FOAL workshop in its tenth edition continues to attract foundational work on aspect-oriented software development. As in previous years, we were pleased to assemble yet another outstanding program committee for FOAL 2011. The members of the program committee were: • Hridesh Rajan — Program Committee Chair, Iowa State University, USA • Werner M. Dietl — University of Washington • Juergen Din...

The objective of this exercise was to develop a practicum-based pilot course to instruct undergraduate students interested in equine reproduction with specific emphasis on the pregnant mare, parturition and postnatal foal. The course was offered as a Special Topics in Animal Science, but open to students from across campus with an interest in the equine species. Forty three students enrolled (4...

To the Editor: Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) is an acute, generalized, and usually fatal disease previously thought to be restricted to mammals of the order Artiodactyla, often members of the subfamilies Bovinae, Cervidae, and Suidae (1). Although animals of the order Perissodactyla, family Equidae, have previously been considered not susceptible to ovine herpesvirus 2 (OvHV-2), we show that ...

History: Placental tissues submitted were from a 12-year-old, multiparous, Quarterhorse mare. The mare produced a live foal in 2006. The mare was pregnant in 2007 with a thickened placenta detected by ultrasound at 290 days of gestation. The animal was treated medically for placentitis and delivered a live foal naturally at 310 days of gestation. The placenta was submitted for laboratory analysis.

25 Susceptibility of foals to R. equi pneumonia is exclusive to the first few months of life. The 26 objective of this study was to investigate immediate immunologic response of foal and adult horse 27 antigen presenting cells (APCs) upon infection with R. equi. We measured the activation of antigen 28 presenting molecule MHC class II, co-stimulatory molecules CD40 and CD86, the cytokine IL-12 ...

The objective of this study was to compare the course of parturitions induced with sole oxytocin with those induced with the combination of intracervical prostaglandin E2 jelly and oxytocin. For this purpose 13 mares in advanced pregnancy were allocated to the groups pretreated with either intracervical PGE2 (experimental group) or saline (control group) two hours before intravenous oxytocin (5...

Transcutaneous ultrasound is useful in the diagnosis, management, and prognosis in mares with complicated pregnancies. Although normal and abnormal ultrasound findings were fairly well correlated with the ultimate survivability of the foal, the practitioner should be aware that in our experience thus far, over 15% of the time ultrasound findings will not be predictive of foal survivability. Aut...

A 2-month-old foal with septic shock and severe respiratory distress was referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Due to poor prognosis, the foal was euthanized. Histopathology showed lesions suggestive of Rhodococcus equi infection associated with a diffuse interstitial infiltrate of foamy macrophages and syncytial cells presenting large acidophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies, fibrin e...