: This report presented a brief overview of the literature on the perinatal asphyxia syndrome (PAS) in foals as a prelude to a description of the investigation and treatment of acute onset seizures in a 24-hour-old Thoroughbred colt foal.PAS can cause a wide variety of clinical abnormalities, of which seizures due to encephalopathy are the most significant. The structural and biochemical compon...

Hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia have been implicated in the pathogenesis of osteochondrosis (Glade et al., 1984; Ralston, 1995). More specifically, foals that experience an exaggerated and sustained increase in circulating glucose or insulin in response to a carbohydrate (grain) meal may be predisposed to development of osteochondrosis. In vitro studies with fetal and foal chondrocytes sugge...

A foal with a history of diarrhea and fever was presented to the Equine Clinic of the University of Cordoba for acute onset of abundant serous nasal discharge. On endoscopic examination the oesophagus was found to be atonic and ulcerated, the cardia was permanently open and the stomach showed extensive ulceration. In addition, the nasal discharge was identified to have a gastric origin (gastroe...

Infectious disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the neonatal foal with approximately 8% of foals affected by some form of infectious complication in the first 30 days of life in one recent study. Early recognition and treatment of infectious complications in the neonatal period is important to maximise outcome. The purposes of this article are to review antimicrobial sele...

PROLIFERATIVE enteropathy caused by the obligate intracellular organism Lawsonia intracellularis has been described in a number of domestic and wild animal species (Lawson and Gebhart 2000). In horses, the disease is known as equine proliferative enteropathy (EPE) and has been reported from North America (most American states and Canada), Europe (Great Britain, Belgium and Switzerland) and Aust...

Nephrolithiasis was incidentally diagnosed in 2 Arabian horses, a young foal and an adult mare, from Maybod, Yazd province, Iran. The foal had bilateral neophrolithiasis, as multiple sand like stones in renal papillary area. Large nephroliths were found in the left kidney of mare. Prominent composition of those nephroliths was magnesium ammonium phosphate. Risk factors and other aspects of neph...

The effects of fenoldopam mesylate, a dopamine-1 receptor agonist, are unknown in the foal, as is the distribution of dopamine1 receptors. The aim of this study was to document the effects of fenoldopam on the systemic circulation and renal function of the normotensive neonatal foal. Fenoldopam is licensed as an anti-hypertensive drug for humans in the USA. It decreases systolic and diastolic a...

The management of equine strongyles has become problematic over the last decade because an increased prevalence drug-resistant isolates worldwide. Therapeutic options are therefore limited, leaving macrocyclic lactones as most often effective drug class. However, their lipophilic properties result in a long-lasting elimination that could favour resistance selection. As result, ivermectin treatm...

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...