I imagine I'll give her something after foaling, if she ever does again:), to make sure this doesn't happen. I'm going write that name down so I"ll remember. Thanks.
Becky
You give it in the vein. I had never given an IV shot, but the vet showed me how and I got it pretty easy. I'm glad I learned, just in case I need to give a shot of Banamine or something like that.
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.