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    Re: [RC] [RC] pregnancy tests - Lif Strand


    Quoted from a 07:33 PM 6/2/02 message:
    WOW! Why not just pay the $17 to get her palpated? Or a sonogram you can do after 15 days of cover.

    Ever experience how quickly a horse can die after the rectal walls are perforated? I have - it took just 45 minutes when it happened to a mare we had sold. A very experienced and skilled vet, too. Even though it's a common procedure that doesn't mean it's risk free - *every* palpation or ultrasound carries that very risk. Always keep in mind that no matter what the odds are, someone (or some critter), some time, somewhere has to be the one who is that small percentage that makes the odds. No way am I ever going to casually have a mare palpated again. If I absolutely had to know, I'd pay the bucks for the blood test.


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