title: Birth of live triplets in a mare.
abstract: An 11-year-old American Buckskin mare gave birth to live triplets unattended at approximately 300 days gestation. All foals were small and dysmature, requiring intensive care. The smallest foal died 4 days after admission, the second was subjected to euthanasia 24 days after admission due to poor healing of a third metatarsal fracture. The remaining foal survived to discharge and was considered small but otherwise normal at age one year.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, University of California, Davis, California, USA.
authors.forename: A D J
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Hodder
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Coyne
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Madigan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000662:veterinary; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000662:veterinary; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple