Over week and a half ago we noticed that the new born filly was lame in a back leg.
Had a vet come out and check her out. Stifle joint injury he thought.
We took her to a vet in town with an x ray.
No injury but a suspected infection.
Failure of Passive Transfer the vet figured.
Once in a while the foal does not receive antibodies from the mare. Maybe she leaked her colostrum.
This condition often presents itself as joint infections.
Joint infections are quite often fatal.
Good news just now. Vet called and after being in his care for a week, the infection seems to be clearing up!
The fluid drained off was very nearly clear last night.
We can bring them home today.....if we keep them in a box stall....clean and dry.
Guardedly optimistic! The wife and daughter were VERY attached to this filly.
Wife and I were very down at the idea of euthanizing the filly. Like what else was gonna go wrong this year??????
I will post some pictures later when we get them home.
How does the mare look?A newborn can be hurt pretty easily by a new mother. Tough to tell unless hands on and even then it can be a guessing game. Maybe the stifle was poor from the get go. If the baby nursed it should of got sufficient colostrum, but who knows .Good luck
