Sick Feral Foals Recover Thanks To Dedicated Team Effort

 The six weanlings rescued from auction received vital emergency care at Marion DuPont Scott EMC
Six weanling foals were transported last year to the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center EMC in Leesburg Virginia for emergency evaluation and treatment after being purchased at an auction by Colbys Crew Rescue based in Keswick Virginia. 
Treating a sick foal is a challenge in itself but when foals arrive one after the other in quick succession and are completely unhandled and feral it adds a whole different level of complexity.
Fearful and in poor health
These feral foals are the offspring of formerly domesticated animals that had either escaped from or been set free by their owners. They had been held at a slaughter holding facility before being offered at auction an experience that left them fearful and suffering from numerous lifethreatening health issues.
Megan Marchitello clinical instructor of equine medicine with two of the weanling foals
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The first two foals to arrive at the EMC which is a teaching hospital of the VirginiaMaryland College Veterinary Medicine were referred by Gary Kubala of Littlestown Veterinary Hospital in Littlestown Pennsylvania.  
Janice a 3 to 4monthold filly was suffering from bronchopneumonia and an umbilical hernia. Morocco a 4 to 5monthold filly had swelling on her left hind limb and other minor scrapes and scratches as well as a disfigured right ear tip thought to have been caused by frostbite. Morocco also showed signs of facial trauma. 
As they were recently pulled from an auction the foals were taken directly to the isolation barn due to the likelihood of exposure to several highly infectious diseases. 
Two by two
The remaining four as yet unnamed 3 to 4monthold foals arrived soon after all suffering from bronchopneumonia and superficial wounds one also had the added complication of an orthopedic