Oh, and another thing it might be good for is when the mare's labor slows down and you need to get the baby out fast. My sister uses it when one of her Irish Setters has prolonged labor. She calls them "pop shots" and apparently you can give several of them during the course of one delivery. The guy who owns the stud that I just bred Bluebell back to had a mare to lose her foal this way last Thursday. Said she never would lay down and when she finally did, it was too late, the foal had suffocated. If it works on dogs, it should work on horses. I know that when I gave it to Truly, within a minute she was having really hard contractions and layed down for about 30 minutes, so you would think it would work during labor too. I'll be sure to ask the next time I'm at the vet's.
It's what they give women to increase contractions during labor. We do an IV drip though to regulate.
So do you give it after the foal is born, but before the afterbirth is expelled? Or just after everything?
Becky