| dc.description.abstract | Summary
Background: Equine neonatology focuses mainly on perinatal period from the
terminal phase of pregnancy throughout the first few weeks of life. The delayed
recognition of abnormalities in the early postpartum period can lead to severe
consequences, or it may affect the future performance of the expected equine
athlete. This specialty has gained attention in the last 30-40 years close proximity
to the substantial Thoroughbred-breeding centres of the world.
Objectives: The aim of this review is to provide a practical approach to equine
veterinarians, students, horse breeders and owners about the hallmarks of the
most important disease entities in this age-group of foals using our own experiences and published data.
Results and Discussion: In our second article we summarize and discuss disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, the urinary, locomotive, nervous, endocrine and
immune systems of the young foals, based on the latest literature. The following
diseases are detailed: meconeum impaction, gastric ulcers, different diarrhoeal
diseases of foals, uropoeritoneum, septic synovitis and osteomyelitis, white muscle disease, perinatal asphyxia syndrome, meningitis and meningoencephalitis,
congenital defects of the nervous system (such as cerebellar abiotrophy, levander
foal syndrome, occipito-atlantoaxial malformation, juvenile idiopathic epilepsy),
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction, goiter, hypothyreosis, neonatal
isoerythrolysis, severe combined immunodeficiency, immune-mediated thrombocytopenia. The authors will discuss the neonatal septicaemia in a later manuscript. | en_US |
