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
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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.
