BLACKSBURG, Va., May 18 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
Continentalcongres arrived at the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg on a chilly February evening, accompanying her distressed newborn filly.
The emergency team, led by Megan Marchitello, clinical instructor of equine medicine, started their initial evaluation on the foal - and then Marchitello recognized the mare.
Similarly to her filly, Continentalcongres was born on the coldest day seven years earlier in February 2019 and required urgent veterinary care within the first hours of her life, her emergency team also led by Marchitello.
After unexpected complications during her foaling, Continentalcongres su...