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>Hi everybody,
>I'm interested to your experience about the temperature system in order to
>detect the foaling time.
>I was told by a friend that by taking the temperature in the morning and in
>the evening you could detect that your mare will probably foal soon as soon
>as the t=B0 has decreased by +- 1=B0.(I'm speaking about celsius=
> degrees...).
>Does any of you have some experience with that? Is is really accurate.
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>I have an arabian mare,Batida Bint Shaber, crabbet/egyptian, 10 Year old, in
>foal for the first time. She was bred the 10 of mai last year. I was
>expecting the foaling for the 10th of april. We are the 24 and no news. I'm
>putting every day the babyphone in her stall, bandaging the tail, etc... but
>nothing is happening.=20
>I read in a US book about arabians (don't remember the author) that 310-360
>days of gestation is considered to be normal.
>What do you think about that?
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>Thanks in advance (from Belgim under the spring sunshine)
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>Leoanard
>Leonard LIESENS (liesele@dg1.cec.be)
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