Erm, could she be preggers?

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Hi all. Please forgive very noddy question but I know nothing about breeding, mares in foal etc.

I've had my mare for a little over 3 months now and she is super. However, when we got her she was a right porker and unfit. Queue diet and rigourous exercise regime and she is looking much better except for what I think is an expanding tummy. Worm counts have been done so that's been ruled out, and I know she was regularly wormed previously. Also, even though she's getting fitter, she seems more tired all the time. I'm sure I'm being ridiculous but is there any chance she is pregnant?? Previous owner a bit odd and old field not well contained (in fact the yard was total chaos). I have the vet coming out on Thurs but is there any way to have a rough guess in the meantime?

Thanks!
 
Fides said:
Care to expand and actually be helpful rather than being dismissive of another poster? Your post doesn't add anything of value :P
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I suspect she probably means that blood tests are not only expensive but notoriously unreliable for checking pregnancy in mares. OP have the mare palpated (or scanned depending on stage) by a proper repro vet then you'll know for sure.
 
Exactly. mMare will be far gone enough that vet will easily tell . Im afraid F was in a rush and merely stating the obvious.
 
popsdosh said:
Exactly. mMare will be far gone enough that vet will easily tell . Im afraid F was in a rush and merely stating the obvious.
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It's not always the case. My friend's mare was palpated and scanned at 5 months and she was told her mare was not in foal. Mare was injected and sent back to stud. Miscarried a 5 month old foetus :(

Blood tests are reliable if done correctly. One can identify pregnancy, 2 can identify miscarriage. They aren't that expensive... Palpating and scans can fail dependent in gestation, ECG is present during pregnancy so if they are pregnant you get a positive result. I don't understand why anyone could claim it isn't accurate. If I am wrong here, please enlighten me?
 
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OP has no breeding dates on which to work on. Blood tests are known to be unreliable at certain stages of pregnancy and can throw out false negatives/positives. A repro vet who cannot palpate/scan and state categorically whether the mare is pregnant or not (regardless of stage) would not be a repro vet I would ever use!
 
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