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

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.

Lif Strand
Quemado NM  USA
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