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Fluid Therapy for the Collapsed and Compromised Foal
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Effective fluid therapy is an essential part of any care plan for a critically ill foal. Foals are not just small horses and a number of important physiological differences must be considered when formulating a fluid plan. • Foals have higher body water content than adult horses (approximately 75% of body weight compared to 60%) with a relatively larger extracellular fluid compartment. • Foals have a higher metabolic rate and surface area which leads to increased insensible fluid losses. • Healthy foals have a high fluid intake. An average foal will consume between 20–25% of their body weight in milk daily. • Foals have a reduced renal concentrating ability and a reduced ability to excrete excess water and sodium ...
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Rossdales Equine Hospital, Cotton End Road, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7NN, UK
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