de merrie heeft wel genoeg aandacht voor het veulen....
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Er is een Fries op de cam met een speciaal verhaal:
My first up is an 11 year old mare Sjoukje fan Bommelstyn who is due on February 25th. Although we feel she could go anytime. She has tested positive for NI and we need all help watching her. If anyone should happen to see her lay down please call or alert us. Being NI will mean that her foal will need to be muzzled so that she doesn't nurse for 48-72 hours. We will be milking the mare and bottle feeding the foal.
Equine neonatal isoerythrolysis (NI) is a condition of foals that are born healthy, but develop a possibly life-threatening hemolytic anemia within hours to a few days after the ingestion of their mare’s colostrum. This condition occurs as a result of a hypersensitivity reaction between the mare’s antibodies in the colostrum and inherited antigens from the sire that are present on the foal's red blood cells.
the foal can eventually nurse. The colostrum will have to be milked from the mare and the baby fed replacement colostrum and milk replacer. Different literature states it should be done for different lengths of time. The antibodies against the foal's blood type are in the colostrum which is full of antibodies. Antibodies to the foal's blood type destroy the foal's red blood cells. If not caught in time, the foal might not survive. And if not caught in time, it is a very expensive endeavor to try to save the foal.