Cleft Palate
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Quality of Life with a Cleft Palate?
I work on a stud farm in South Africa. We have a 2-year-old that has a cleft
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Congenital Cleft Palate
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Congenital cleft palate in horses is an uncommon deformity affecting approximately 0.1-0.2% of the equine population. The condition is a malformation of the soft and sometimes hard palate where the left and right side fail to unite, forming a cleft... Read More
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Cleft Palate in Horses
January 01, 1998
My filly, which is only a few days old, dribbles milk from her nose when she nurses her dam. The veterinarian who delivered her has been back out to check this, and he tells me that she has a cleft palate. Does this mean the same as it does... Read More
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Quality of Life with a Cleft Palate?
Q. We have a 2-year-old filly with a cleft palate. It is affecting her soft palate and a bit of her hard palate. The owners want to put her down, but I'm looking for a "stand around companion" for my own horse. Would she be comfortable enough?
Cleft Palate in Horses
Q. My filly, which is only a few days old, dribbles milk from her nose when she nurses her dam. The veterinarian who delivered her has been back out to check this, and he tells me that she has a cleft palate. Does this mean the same as it does in humans? What kind of problems am I going to have with this filly? A cleft palate is an uncommon congenital defect in the foal that
