Here we are in the neighbours fieldwith three mares and a newborn foal. The neighbor Tanya and Mick came racingover to our house to help as the newborn foal had not stood up o his own,therefor he had not had a drink.
我们在邻居家的牧场上，这里有三匹母马和一匹新生小马驹。一大早，邻居Tanya和Mick就冲到我们家来求助：新生的小马驹站不起来，因此到现在都还没吃奶。
Approach the new mother carefully asshe will want to protect the foal. Say hello to the other mares first andquietly approach the mare and foal.
我们小心翼翼的靠近这个新妈妈——保护马驹的母性使它特别具有攻击性。先同其它母马打招呼，在静静的靠近马妈妈和小马驹。
The new foal is very tall and becausehe had been cramped so tight in utero his front leg tendons are a bitcontracted. So we wrapped his legs in very thick cotton wool and elasticbandages to help straighten them out and support the legs. Next, we had to movehim and his mother away from the other mares and into a safe level area.
新生马驹个头很大，由于在妈妈肚子里蜷缩了太久，它的前蹄的肌腱收缩的太紧了点。于是我们用厚实的药棉和绷带将它的腿包扎起来，在迫使它的前腿伸直同时还起支撑作用。紧接着，我们将马驹和妈妈带离了其它母马，将它们放在了更安全的小围场。
Now it is time to put splintson him. A piece of plastic pipe cut in half and the edges rounded and smoothedare nice and light, safe and stiff enough to support the legs. Help keep themstraight. We just leave the splints on for a few hours at a time as they caneasily cause pressure sores.
现在，该给它上夹板了。被一切二的塑料管不但形状正合适，还非常轻巧，安全，能给腿足够的支撑。为了避免夹板给腿造成的长时间压力所导致压疮，我们将在几个小时后取下夹板。包扎的时候一定要注意，不要太紧。
Wrap carefully, not too tight. Youalso need a lot of help to keep the foal still..
此外你需要很多帮手来稳住小马驹……
and more help to get him on this feetand using his newly splinted legs.
以及……更多的帮手来扶起它，让它靠新的“夹板腿”走路。
We want him to nurse on his own,however, in this case we milked the mare and fed the foal with a babies bottleso he got the valuable colostrum so important for newborn mammals to get toensure they have a good start in life. Colostrum from the mare gives the foal'simmune system a huge boost, without colostrum foals can get sick and die.
通常我们希望小马驹能自己吃奶。然而目前这种情况下，为了让马驹摄取对新生哺乳动物来说营养价值极高的初乳，从而能确保它的生命有个好的开始，我们只能人工取奶，然后用奶瓶喂给小马驹。母马的初乳能很大程度上增强小马驹免疫系统的功能，如果没有摄取初乳，小马驹可能会生病甚至夭折。
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