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|q1= What is your clinical diagnosis and what prognosis would you give the foal?

|q1= What is your clinical diagnosis and what prognosis would you give the foal?

|a1= Tetanus. With a slow onset of clinical signs, appropriate aggressive therapy

|a1= Tetanus. With a slow onset of clinical signs, appropriate aggressive therapy and no rapid deterioration, the foal has about a 50% chance of survival.

and no rapid deterioration, the foal has about a 50% chance of survival.

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|q2= What factors may have led to the foal being susceptible to this disease?

|q2= What factors may have led to the foal being susceptible to this disease?

|a2= (1) Inadequate vaccination of dam with failure to give a tetanus toxoid ‘booster’ 1–3 months prior to parturition.  

|a2= (1) Inadequate vaccination of dam with failure to give a tetanus toxoid ‘booster’ 1–3 months prior to parturition.  

(2) Failure to recognise the above and hence administer tetanus antitoxin at birth and 3–6 weeks later would lead to inadequate passive immunity.  

(2) Failure to recognise the above and hence administer tetanus antitoxin at birth and 3–6 weeks later would lead to inadequate passive immunity.  

(3) Failure of passive transfer at birth without checking the tetanus status of a colostrum or  plasma donor.  

(3) Failure of passive transfer at birth without checking the tetanus status of a colostrum or  plasma donor.  

(4) Waning of passively derived tetanus antibodies prior to initial vaccination.

(4) Waning of passively derived tetanus antibodies prior to initial vaccination.

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