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Dystocia in the Standardbred Mare: A Retrospective Study from 2004 to 2020.
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- Equine dystocia in Sweden (2006-2022): a retrospective analysis of mare and foal survival.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- An exploratory study on the placental efficiency, histomorphometric characteristics, hormonal shifts, and oxidative stress in dromedary camels with dystocia.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Detection of mare parturition through balanced multi-scale feature fusion based on improved Libra RCNN.PloS one · 2025Article
- Exploring Relationship Between Immunocompetence, HPA Axis Functioning and Performances of Preweaning Dairy Calves.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Commentary on the Adaptive Significance of Sociality Around Parturition Events, and Conspecific Support of Parturient Females in Some Social Mammals.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Smartphone-based ECG assessment of heart rhythm at birth in healthy foals born after spontaneous or induced parturition: is there a potential difference?Veterinary research communications · 2024Article
- Isolated and multiple causes of equine dystocia.Acta veterinaria Scandinavica · 2024Article
- The effects of obesity and insulin dysregulation on mare reproduction, pregnancy, and foal health: a review.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Review
- Study on NGF and VEGF during the Equine Perinatal Period-Part 2: Foals Affected by Neonatal Encephalopathy.Veterinary sciences · 2022Article
- Retrospective Evaluation of Dystocia in Miniature Equids: 78 Cases (2002-2023).Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001)Article
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Abstract
Dystocia as a prolonged stage II parturition (>30 min) was associated with a higher risk of complications. The hypothesis of the study was that any type of dystocia could affect the foal’s health, even when the stage II was <30 min. Clinical reports on 222 Standardbred mares and their foals hospitalized at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the University of Bologna from 2004 to 2020 were reviewed. Mares were divided into the Eutocia Group (165, eutocic delivery) and the Dystocia Group (57, dystocic delivery). The incidence of dystocia was 4.9%. Stage II was longer in the Dystocia Group (median 20 min) than in the Eutocia Group (median 12 min). All occurrences of dystocia were retrospectively classified into three categories of severity: mild, moderate and severe dystocia. The occurrence of postpartum complications in mares and neonatal diseases and failure of passive transfer of immunity in foals was higher in the Dystocia Group. Foal venous lactatemia and serum creatine kinase were significantly higher in the Dystocia Group (median 3.9 mmol/L; 262 UI/L respectively) than in the Eutocia Group (median 3.1 mmol/L; 187 UI/L respectively). The APGAR score was lower in the Dystocia Group (median 8) than in the Eutocia Group (median 10) and significantly lower in severe dystocia (median 3). The duration of stage II should not be considered the only parameter of dystocia in mares: even a rapid resolution of dystocia could pose health risks to the foal and the mare.
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