Baby foal Patrick is dead

Did they ever figure out what it was that decimated the "crop" of baby
horses in Kentucky 2-3 years ago? This couldn't be that again, could
it?


Regards,
Jeanne Hedge



On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 19:49:17 -0500, "Pat"
wrote:

Some mushrooms, maybe. I'll post here when I know the answer.

"Karen Chuplis" wrote in message
...
in article , Pat at
wrote on 6/26/04 6:30 PM:

Mostly, they drink from the ponds, but a few of the fields don't have
ponds.
All the water troughs here are PVC. The pipes are all PVC too.

The vet was here earlier today and said their gums don't look anemic to
him.
He took blood from Patrick's dam. We'll see what the results say....

Gosh, maybe there was just a concentrated spot or something the colt ate
(do
colts pick junk up off the ground like cats do?) that maybe affected him
much more quickly since he was so young? I'm glad the vet didn't think the
horses looked too pale.

Did they ever figure out what it was that decimated the "crop" of baby
horses in Kentucky 2-3 years ago? This couldn't be that again, could
it?


Regards,
Jeanne Hedge



On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 19:49:17 -0500, "Pat"
wrote:

Some mushrooms, maybe. I'll post here when I know the answer.

"Karen Chuplis" wrote in message
...
in article , Pat at
wrote on 6/26/04 6:30 PM:

Mostly, they drink from the ponds, but a few of the fields don't have
ponds.
All the water troughs here are PVC. The pipes are all PVC too.

The vet was here earlier today and said their gums don't look anemic to
him.
He took blood from Patrick's dam. We'll see what the results say....

Gosh, maybe there was just a concentrated spot or something the colt ate
(do
colts pick junk up off the ground like cats do?) that maybe affected him
much more quickly since he was so young? I'm glad the vet didn't think the
horses looked too pale.

Did they ever figure out what it was that decimated the "crop" of baby
horses in Kentucky 2-3 years ago? This couldn't be that again, could
it?


Regards,
Jeanne Hedge



On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 19:49:17 -0500, "Pat"
wrote:

Some mushrooms, maybe. I'll post here when I know the answer.

"Karen Chuplis" wrote in message
...
in article , Pat at
wrote on 6/26/04 6:30 PM:

Mostly, they drink from the ponds, but a few of the fields don't have
ponds.
All the water troughs here are PVC. The pipes are all PVC too.

The vet was here earlier today and said their gums don't look anemic to
him.
He took blood from Patrick's dam. We'll see what the results say....

Gosh, maybe there was just a concentrated spot or something the colt ate
(do
colts pick junk up off the ground like cats do?) that maybe affected him
much more quickly since he was so young? I'm glad the vet didn't think the
horses looked too pale.

in article , Jeanne Hedge at
wrote on 6/26/04 9:54 PM:

Did they ever figure out what it was that decimated the "crop" of baby
horses in Kentucky 2-3 years ago? This couldn't be that again, could
it?


Regards,
Jeanne Hedge

As far as I have heard they really never came to a conclusion on that. They
*think* the damaging Mare reproductive loss syndrome of the 2001 crop was
caused by the Eastern Tent Catipillar. They still are not sure *how* the
mares were affected by them, but are pretty certain that was the main cause.
Very bizarre.

Karen

in article , Jeanne Hedge at
wrote on 6/26/04 9:54 PM:

Did they ever figure out what it was that decimated the "crop" of baby
horses in Kentucky 2-3 years ago? This couldn't be that again, could
it?


Regards,
Jeanne Hedge

As far as I have heard they really never came to a conclusion on that. They
*think* the damaging Mare reproductive loss syndrome of the 2001 crop was
caused by the Eastern Tent Catipillar. They still are not sure *how* the
mares were affected by them, but are pretty certain that was the main cause.
Very bizarre.

Karen

in article , Jeanne Hedge at
wrote on 6/26/04 9:54 PM:

Did they ever figure out what it was that decimated the "crop" of baby
horses in Kentucky 2-3 years ago? This couldn't be that again, could
it?


Regards,
Jeanne Hedge

As far as I have heard they really never came to a conclusion on that. They
*think* the damaging Mare reproductive loss syndrome of the 2001 crop was
caused by the Eastern Tent Catipillar. They still are not sure *how* the
mares were affected by them, but are pretty certain that was the main cause.
Very bizarre.

Karen

"Pat" wrote in message
...
We don't know why yet. We just found him laying in the pasture. He was not
acting sick in the least, and his body did not appear to have been injured
in any way. He was already stiff and cold when we found him, and he had a
small amount of white foam in one nostril. Gloria will be taking him to
Columbia for an autopsy. See his pic at
http://friesianlover.com/nursery.html

He was a gorgeous baby, indeed. This has to be quite a shock.
I've never heard of this breed of horses. The pictures are beautiful.
Condolences to all of you.
Annie

"Pat" wrote in message
...
We don't know why yet. We just found him laying in the pasture. He was not
acting sick in the least, and his body did not appear to have been injured
in any way. He was already stiff and cold when we found him, and he had a
small amount of white foam in one nostril. Gloria will be taking him to
Columbia for an autopsy. See his pic at
http://friesianlover.com/nursery.html

He was a gorgeous baby, indeed. This has to be quite a shock.
I've never heard of this breed of horses. The pictures are beautiful.
Condolences to all of you.
Annie

"Pat" wrote in message
...
We don't know why yet. We just found him laying in the pasture. He was not
acting sick in the least, and his body did not appear to have been injured
in any way. He was already stiff and cold when we found him, and he had a
small amount of white foam in one nostril. Gloria will be taking him to
Columbia for an autopsy. See his pic at
http://friesianlover.com/nursery.html

He was a gorgeous baby, indeed. This has to be quite a shock.
I've never heard of this breed of horses. The pictures are beautiful.
Condolences to all of you.
Annie

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 03:26:29 -0500, "Pat"
wrote:

We don't know why yet. We just found him laying in the pasture. He was not
acting sick in the least, and his body did not appear to have been injured
in any way. He was already stiff and cold when we found him, and he had a
small amount of white foam in one nostril. Gloria will be taking him to
Columbia for an autopsy. See his pic at
http://friesianlover.com/nursery.html

Aww, sorry to hear about the poor baby. ;-( Like Adrian said, a sad
day here in RPCA

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