pinkgirl
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got my mare scanned at 25 days back in july,vet says she in foal but couple of folks that have since seen scan says NO....
YOUR ADVICE PLEASE
YOUR ADVICE PLEASE
Does this scan show mare in foal
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GinnieRedwings
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Surely your vet knows better than "a couple of folks"?
star
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why would you believe "a couple of folks" over your vet????
of course that is a positive pregnancy scan - i think your vet might have learnt that during his training/career.
of course that is a positive pregnancy scan - i think your vet might have learnt that during his training/career.
Eriskayowner
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Sorry - no idea! Post in breeding as well - they will have more of an idea!!! Fingers crossed for you x
MurphysMinder
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^^^ This. Vets train for a long time, I think I would take their opinion over a layman.
TheMule
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Lol- horsey people can be great know-it-alls can't they. Yes, it shows in foal
pinkgirl
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young vet was very indecisive,said no a few times before yes...
*hic*
village idiot :D
I can't get my head round why you would wait for five months before asking advice . . .
benson21
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If the scan was done in July, she would be around 6 months into her pregnancy. Does she look any bigger? I dont have much knowledge about it, but would it not start to show by now?
pinkgirl
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she looked like she was in foal when turned out 24/7 but now that she is in at night she has lost tummy.
but this is a maiden mare and wouldnt be due till beginning june.
but this is a maiden mare and wouldnt be due till beginning june.
jendie
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I've never scanned a horse but Ido scan dogs and that looks like a very obvious pregnancy to me!! You can clearly see the foetus in the sac of amniotic fluid.
nikkiportia
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It certainly looks like a pregnancy to me.
Don't pay too much attention to the size of her belly. A lot of maidens can look small until the last few weeks, and she has a while to go as yet
Don't pay too much attention to the size of her belly. A lot of maidens can look small until the last few weeks, and she has a while to go as yet
lauraandjack
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Yes that is a positive pregnancy scan - but at 25 days you are still in the danger zone of what is referred to as early embryonic loss. That is, the mare has conceived but the pregnancy has been lost before becoming properly established. I would normally recommend that mares that are scanned this early are re-scanned at 8-12 weeks to make sure the pregnancy has been maintained.
I would have the mare either manually palpated (if she is pregnant it will have gone too far to scan by now) or blood tested to see if she is still in foal.
I would have the mare either manually palpated (if she is pregnant it will have gone too far to scan by now) or blood tested to see if she is still in foal.
pinkgirl
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are the urine tests you can buy online for 120 - 300 days any good.
jaypeebee
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I agree. The couple of folks I am guessing are not breeders?
Bedlam
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Scan shows a clear foetus inside amniotic sac. No doubt about it.
Whether or not your mare is pregnant now is a completely different question.
Whether or not your mare is pregnant now is a completely different question.
AMW
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as the scan was done a while ago, if you are unsure if she is still in foal you would be better getting her tested or rescanned
FanyDuChamp
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QR
Could you not get the vet out again to check her? The 2 mares in foal at our yard are showing they are both around 6 months. One is a maiden.
Hope you get sorted and are able to show us some piccys of a lovely nes foalie soon
FDC
Could you not get the vet out again to check her? The 2 mares in foal at our yard are showing they are both around 6 months. One is a maiden.
Hope you get sorted and are able to show us some piccys of a lovely nes foalie soon
FDC
loz9
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To me that scan looks like a positive result, but if you are at all worried get a vet out to do another exam.
These pics might make you feel a bit better. This is my maiden mare about 8wks before she had foalie (she had been in work up until 4wks earlier hence the clip)
& her again at most 2wks before she had him:
I was forever doubting if she was in foal during her pregnancy, but I now have a strapping 14.2 yearling
These pics might make you feel a bit better. This is my maiden mare about 8wks before she had foalie (she had been in work up until 4wks earlier hence the clip)
& her again at most 2wks before she had him:
I was forever doubting if she was in foal during her pregnancy, but I now have a strapping 14.2 yearling
Fairynuff
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its either a morula or a cyst. Your vet will know better that we could ever do!
JanetGeorge
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It certainly looks like a 25-28 day vesicle to me!
tristar
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looks ok to me, i would'nt examine internally, i would avoid all uneccessary poking about, if they are at grass the gut is usually larger due to the gases and when inside more its normal to see the belly become smaller,
i find they can change in attitude and become careful and more docile gererally and are good at concealing the pregnancy, many a person has had a big unexpected surprise, around 6 7 months the loins can suddenly look wider especially when viewed from above, and in the evening after the feed and water that is the time to see the foal move, look at the gap after the end of the rib cage.
i find they can change in attitude and become careful and more docile gererally and are good at concealing the pregnancy, many a person has had a big unexpected surprise, around 6 7 months the loins can suddenly look wider especially when viewed from above, and in the evening after the feed and water that is the time to see the foal move, look at the gap after the end of the rib cage.
gwenllian
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you can clearly see the foal ( tiny beginings of one) its the light blob at the bottom of the big dark circle