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Urinary Defects in Foals – Are You Sure It’s a Ruptured Bladder?
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Foals with a ruptured bladder usually present at around 2–3 days of age. Colts or fillies can be affected. Clinical signs usually include an increased heart rate, shallow rapid respiration, progressive abdominal distension and generalised lethargy and depression. Signs of urination are variable. Some foals will strain and pass small volumes of urine whilst others will be seen to urinate quite normally. Blood work reveals a high creatinine concentration (usually with a relatively normal urea concentration), hyponatraemia, hypochloraemia and hyperkalaemia. There are also often signs of inflammation (neutrophilia and increased serum amyloid A concentration). The clinical signs and blood work changes can be milder in foals that are receiving intravenous fluids ...
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Rossdales Equine Hospital, Cotton End Road, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7NN, UK
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