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Chasity Price
Nursing Foal
Username: Chasntom
Post Number: 20
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 02:22 pm: | 
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HI! I've been on a few threads here lately, so you all know about my mare that has me stumped on being bred or not. If not, you can read about it from a few days ago on the "Is she or isn't she" thread.
Another thing that coud be a factor with her is that at 19 days, when she was first checked in foal, the embryo was only the size of a 13 day old embryo. A month later at checking, it looked fine and healthy, but still a little "behind" size wise. One possibility is that she either did not ovulate before she stopped showing estrus or that she did ovulate, but she "held it" before it came down to the "meeting place". Either way, I was lucky that the semen was viable enough to live that many days to concieved that many days after the last breeding.
This mare would just now be 343 days NOW if yuo look at how many days old the embryo was rather than how many days it was since her last breeding. I have read about mares who don't develop the foal at the normal rate and that it takes longer when this happens. Has anyone heard of this? |
Jos
Board Administrator
Username: Jos
Post Number: 10662
Registered: 10-1999
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 11:45 pm: |
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It's called "delayed uterine development" and may not have a definable cause.
It doesn't really matter what day you count the mare as being pregnant from, as there is no such thing as a due date in the equine! Read the article about "overdue" mares for more details. |
Chasity Price
Weanling
Username: Chasntom
Post Number: 21
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 08:29 am: |
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Hi Jos. Thanks for the reply. I completely understand about the "no due date" thing. I had a mare three years ago that forced me into realizing that  . She went well over a year and everything was perfectly fine. I guess you just have a mare for a few years and you get used to how long she normally carries and then wham! She doesn't even look CLOSE by that point and you wonder. THanks for the article! I also enjoyed reading the one that is linked inside it about Predicting Impending Parturion. Very helpful!
Thanks! |
Chasity Price
Weanling
Username: Chasntom
Post Number: 23
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 09:44 am: |
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Jos~ one more thing. This mare that I was concerned about is not making a very large udder. She does have the clear/white fliud that I can easily milk out, but her bag is not very full. I am getting the mare checked Saturday to be sure she's even bred, but what is the chance that she'd produce this fliud if she weren't bred? It's a white fluid, but if you were to put it on black plastic, you'd be able to easily see the black through it.
Thanks! |
Jos
Board Administrator
Username: Jos
Post Number: 10664
Registered: 10-1999
| | Posted on Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 12:33 pm: |
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Some mares don't get large mammary development until - in some cases - even after they have foaled. Other mares may not be pregnant and yet still have milk present. |
Chasity Price
Weanling
Username: Chasntom
Post Number: 24
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 01:03 pm: |
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Thanks! |
Stormy Rood
Breeding Stock
Username: Stormyrood
Post Number: 259
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 02:35 pm: |
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Chasity, Keep your head up and try to keep your sanity through this! It'll all be over soon....then you'll have something else to stress over! {hehe}  |
