Mare with Eye Infection

Our welfare assistant came across a mare on Yeoland Down that had a severe eye infection, Our welfare officer was at the yard so came to assess the mare immediately. The mare was heavily in foal so it was decided, with advice from a vet, we would treat her on the down and not drive her into the yard for treatment, this would have caused her great distress and could have resulted in a late stage miscarriage. The mare was quite tame so she was happy to eat food with antibiotics and after a few days allowed our welfare staff to administer eye ointment directly into the infected eye. It became apparent the mare is completely blind in that eye but seems happy enough to stay with the herd. We Will, of course, monitor this mare to ensure her and her foal are happy and well and if she needs further treatment we will see she gets it.

 Update - After antibiotic treatment, both orally and directly into the eye, this mare has made a recovery. She is blind in that eye but we are sure she will adapt extremely well. We are still waiting for her foal to arrive.