No Heartbeat at day 27

[David1411]

Hi folks, just got my mare scanned this morning but didn’t show a heartbeat, the embryo is still visible (the vet didn’t really know what to say - could neither confirm nor deny if it was still growing, but doesn’t give much hope- he doesn’t really do much equine work)she was covered 27days ago, scanned at day 16 and proved infoal, mare is very healthy and has a good healthy April foal with her.
Anyone come across this before ?

 

[TheMule]

How good is your vet?
Probably worth another scan next week to have another look and short cycle if you want to try again

 

[AmyMay]

Get a proper equine vet to look at her.

 

[David1411]

Ah he’s more of a cattle vet..only does a few horses now and then

 

[David1411]

Get a proper equine vet to look at her.

That’s the plan now anyway, thanks

 

[Quigleyandme]

Good luck. I hope you have the outcome you‘re hoping for. ??

 

[David1411]

Good luck. I hope you have the outcome you‘re hoping for. ??

Thanks..the embryo is still very visible and the vet has been wrong with scanning her before so I’m still holding onto some hope by using a proper equine vet at day 40

 

[windand rain]

Had more than 1 mare scanned empty that went on to foal so would rescan later

 

[David1411]

Scanned mare yesterday evening with an equine vet…mare still in foal with strong heartbeat so that’s good news..will scan again at day 60.
Thanks to everyone who replied to the thread?

 

[Errin Paddywack]

Excellent news.

 

[Four Seasons]

Great news. A heartbeat sometimes won't be clear until day 28 at least, even the most experienced vet will struggle with trying to find that early on. Best to scan for a heartbeat (in my experience) is 32 days +.

 

[sport horse]

You can understand the frustation of stallion owners who send semen to mare owners who do not use a proper equine breeding vet. Total waste of money and time. I am not a stallion owner!!

 

[TigerTail]

My sister is a v good farm vet, primarily cattle. She was astonished the equine vet could see the heart beat at 14 days, the earliest they can see calves is 28 days and even then it can be hit and miss so it really shows the difference between vet knowledge between species and the importance of an equine vet for horses!