Birth of live triplets in a mare |
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| Authors: | A D J HODDER C P COYNE J E MADIGAN |
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| Institution: | 1. Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, University of California, Davis, California;2. Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University;3. and;4. Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, USA. |
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| Abstract: | An 11‐year‐old American Buckskin mare gave birth to live triplets unattended at approximately 300 days gestation. All foals were small and dysmature, requiring intensive care. The smallest foal died 4 days after admission, the second was subjected to euthanasia 24 days after admission due to poor healing of a third metatarsal fracture. The remaining foal survived to discharge and was considered small but otherwise normal at age one year. |
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| Keywords: | horse mare pregnancy triplets twins foals |
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