My mare is at day 306 and yesterday her bag was noticably large. when I 'milked her', there was a clear fluid - so no worries. Tonight however, is a different story. Her bag is HUGE, she is waxed up and when she walks, she drips milk. Her milk is like cream - very thick and sticky - not yellow. Like real milk. I spoke with her previous owners and this is rather out of character for her as she is always 'on time' with her foalings. Her tailbone is quite high as everything around it has sunken and she is really loose in her hind quarters. Her vulva is a bit longer, but not as long as most when foaling. Good thing we had her caslicks removed yesterday!!! This mare is 15 and this is her 8th foal. So lots of history, but not any good!!!
kel Posted From: 209.226.106.69
Posted on Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 11:09 pm:
i hope all goes well with your mare, i have heard that they can drip milk for days prior to foaling.... is it possible to collect the milk, just so she doesnt loose too much colostrum?
shf Posted From: 64.114.144.68
Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 12:42 am:
I am sad to say that our mare aborted on Saturday night. It turns out she was carrying twins and the vet did not catch it. It was not my regular vet as I had the horse bred where I bought her from. They had checked her once at day 16 and she showed a single embryo and only one follicle on ovulation. It is my feeling that they should have re-checked at about 18-19 days just to be sure as these big mares can do strange things. Most unfortunate, but at least the mare is ok.
Jos Posted From: 158.252.212.25
Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 02:01 am:
FYI - if there are asynchronous ovulations (i.e. two or more ovulations more than 24 hours apart), then one can end up with very different sized conceptuses - sometimes with as much as 6 days difference. Consequently we recommend ultrasound at 15 days (before conceptus fixation) when it is easier to deal with twins if identified, and then again at day 28 (no later!) when one would identify a 28 and 22 day pregnancy if there were 6 days difference (as opposed to attempting to identify a 15 and 9 day pregnancy at day 15, which would be just about impossible).
Note that it is still essential to do the day 15 check as there is a far superior success rate at eliminating a singleton in a twin pregnancy at that stage; and no later than day 28 as some structures called endometrial cups form shortly after that, which will interfere with return to estrus in the event that a twin pregnancy is reduced with the loss of both twins.
Hi! I am concerned about my mare. She was bred at the beginning of June, but then she came back into season in July. I was told she may have been in foal with the June breeding, but when we had her palpated our vet said she was approx. 3 months along, also she let the stallion breed to her in July, but she was only in season for 1 day. Could she be pregnant with twins? how long is too long before you cant tell on the ultrasound if she is carrying twins. Is there any other way? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
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