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RE: [RC] Slightly OT: breedng/foal question - Rae Callaway

Well, this was fun.  I went ahead and had her ultrasounded today – day 25 from the last breeding date.  All 3 vets at the clinic looked at her, but all we got was “she feels pregnant, but those cysts are HUGE.  We can’t tell for sure.”  Apparently, they also couldn’t see her ovaries clearly enough to tell if she was close to a heat cycle.  So, we’ll just keep teasing and then if she never comes back into heat, we’ll try ultrasounding again at 45 days.  They say by that time, the embryo should definitely be larger than any of the cysts.

 

Rae

 

From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rae Callaway
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 5:07 AM
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Subject: [RC] Slightly OT: breedng/foal question

 

I’d like to pick some experienced brains here.  I have a mare that has uterine cysts.  The vets gave her about a 50% chance of getting pregnant and told me to either breed the heck out of her and hope it takes, or go to TAMU and have some laser surgery done.  At the time, I was disappointed that she wasn’t pregnant and made plans to go to TAMU the following spring for the surgery.  That didn’t work out as planned, as the mare turned out to be pregnant after all and popped out a really cute colt. 

  So, my questions. 

1.        About how far along after breeding can this mare be ultrasounded to see if she’s pregnant and the foal will be identifiable from the cysts?  I’m assuming that’s why two vets (one a surgical repro specialist) both told me she wasn’t pregnant the previous year.  She had been ultrasounded at 18 & 25 days

2.       Would the presence of these cysts retard the foals growth in any way?  Just wondering because the colt is the smallest this mare’s ever had.  It could be the breeding match up, but the stallion has produced large foals from other, smaller mares.

 

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Rae

 


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