Comments on: Horse Lactation

By: Danielle U

Danielle U — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:50:57 +0000

I have a 14 yr old mare. She is pregnant for the third time. First pregnancy resulted in twins, both passed right after birth. Second was a great wonderful big filly. now she is supposedly five months pregnant I have not ultrasounded. but I was grooming her today and felt her teets, well i squeezed one just to see what was going on and it squirted out a milky liquid. and alot of it. is this okay do I need to call the vet?

By: Mallory H

Mallory H — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:43:33 +0000

My mare is due the 13th,and this is my first foal right now she is walking wierd in her stall, lactating to the pointt where her teets are dripping, but is this an actuall sign, or a false alarm? Common sense tells me that the babys coming, but shes been doing the same thing for 4 hours, and she has been alone (without me in the barn) for 2 but still the same thing. I dont know wat to do? ANY ADVICE?

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By: jody

jody — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 03:05:06 +0000

i have a 11 yr old mare whos now bread for the forth time 1st she had a live single the second time she had a set of twins ultra sound didnt show full term but lost them both foaled on her own while we were at my sons graduation both nice size we think suffication any way this time she was ultra sounded but shes as big as she was with twins the closest place for a ultra sound is around two hrs away and she about 8 mo bread so i realy dont want to haul her with all this bad weather we have in wisconsin we can handle most situations we have pulled tubed you name it we have done it but my question it can a mare produce enough colostrum for twins she has allways produced plenty of milk and has never leaked prior to foaling she will be watched 24/7 the more i read the more confused i get and most vets around here havent dealt that much with this subject she is vac. reg and wormed has a grass alph alpha mix hay anh a mare foal grain raition and we have auto waters so theres allways fresh water thanks for any help you can offer

By: miguel

miguel — Sat, 22 May 2010 04:06:51 +0000

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By: Jody

Jody — Thu, 20 May 2010 19:33:37 +0000

Karen, we forwarded your question to AQHA Corporate Partner Farnam. Here is an answer from their experts:

Anthelmintics of the benzimidazole class, like Panacur, are gone from the animal’s system within a very few days, no more than three. Ivermectin stays in the system for more than three weeks, so no dewormer should be given to the mare at this time.

The foal should be dewormed, preferably with a pyrantel pamoate paste or liquid to treat for ascarids.

Seeing live worms in the feces of the mare after Ivermectin is unusual. Either the mare had an extremely heavy worm load or dietary change caused her to shed large numbers of strongyles. This will happen after treatment with benzimidazoles or pyrantel, as the worms are moved more quickly with those drugs than with Ivermectin.

I hope this answers your question.

Dr. Tom Kennedy, senior vice president, R&D, Farnam Companies

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:46:57 +0000

I recently bought a mare and foal about a month old, the mare was wormed by the seller just prior to our leaving with Ivermection paste wormer, over the next few days many live worms were seen in the feces of the mare, I wormed her again with panacure, how long should I wait before I worm her again, and should I worm the colt, who is soon to be 2 months old? What should I use on her/and or the colt?