Ridecamp: [RC] Re:[RC] pregnancy tests

> 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.

Breeding horses is a risky business, there are several hundred things which can
go wrong killing either the mare or fetus/foal, or both. If you consider all
the possible risks involved, most people would never breed... its all a matter
of risk management.  Palpation and US allow management of several things which
put the mare at high risk, including Twinning. As an aside, bovine vets tend to
rougher [which increases your chance of perforation] with palpating/US because
cows have a stronger rectal wall.

CD



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