I have learned a hard lesson today and need to find out more info on the RH Factor problem in horses. This happen with one of my APHA paint mares but was told it can happen with any breed. She foaled a big pretty filly yesterday and the foal was all white so I assumed a LWO foal. So I petted and did what I could for the foal all day. Well late she passed stool but the foal was getting weaker at this point so I realized this wasn't the problem. So my neighbor's aunt who is a vet came over to help me with the foal. She took some blood from the foal to test for this, mean time she tubed her and we give her some colosturms and milk from mom. After this she looks over and sees the blood had separated. Well this finished off the foal. With in the hour she died. She told me I would have this problem unless I found a stallion that she is compatable with. Well this info hitting me all at once with me beating myself up in my mind the whole time that I could have avoided all of this if I had just only known about testing the blood right off, so I only remember bits and pieces of what she said.
Now my question is I need more info. I know how the blood and the mothers milk doesn't mix. I just need to know what to test for or maybe if someone knows of a site that can better tell me how to find more info on how to get the right stud for her in the future.
This mare and I have had a hard road together and I'll never part with her. I can't ride so a riding mare is out. She had broken her skull last year to make this story short and I was told she wouldn't live or if she did she would have brain damage. So after a long road of keeping meds in her and treating her, she managed to carry this foal and keep it past all the months of meds she was on that I was told that she would loose the foal just from that only but didn't. This mare has beaten so many odds and now this. What a kick in the teeth.
Any advise would be appreciated.
Now my question is I need more info. I know how the blood and the mothers milk doesn't mix. I just need to know what to test for or maybe if someone knows of a site that can better tell me how to find more info on how to get the right stud for her in the future.
This mare and I have had a hard road together and I'll never part with her. I can't ride so a riding mare is out. She had broken her skull last year to make this story short and I was told she wouldn't live or if she did she would have brain damage. So after a long road of keeping meds in her and treating her, she managed to carry this foal and keep it past all the months of meds she was on that I was told that she would loose the foal just from that only but didn't. This mare has beaten so many odds and now this. What a kick in the teeth.
Any advise would be appreciated.