title: [Weak viability syndrome in newborn foals. Retrospective studies of the etiological clarification and chance for recovery].
abstract: This review of therapeutic results involved 115 foals with delayed viability syndrome (DVS). The foals were up to four days old. It could be shown that prognosis quoad vitam depended very much on the severity of illness, which could be determined primarily by the foals' ability to stand (SA) and secondly by the presence of the suckling reflex (SR). Those foals that were (still) able to stand--while the suckling reflex was/was not present (anymore) (SA+, SR+; SA+, SR-)--had good prospects of recovery regardless of the causal disease. The chances for survival were significantly poorer if the foals were unable to stand--even if the suckling reflex was still present and especially if it was not present (anymore) (SA-, SR+; SA-, SR-). Glucose and IgG levels were measured following hospitalization and proved to be excellent prognostic indicators, no matter what the causal disease. DVS can vary in severity, but symptoms are rather non-specific. Non-infectious causes for DVS were--at a ratio of approximately 3 to 1--significantly more common than primarily infectious causes. The latter--except for diarrhoea--carried a very poor prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Ambulatorischen und Geburtshilflichen Veterinärklinik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sobiraj
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Warko
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bostedt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006736:Horses; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013391:Sucking Behavior
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose
vernacular_title: Das Lebensschwächesyndrom (LSS) bei neugeborenen Fohlen. Retrospektive Untersuchungen zu dessen ätiologischer Abklärung sowie zu den Heilungsaussichten.