Q: How soon can you pregnancy check my mare?
A: We ultrasound the mares at 14 to 16 days, and again at 25 days to check for a heartbeat.   It is important to check the mare to see the progress of the embryo and also to check for twins.   Mares usually go home after this.  We will continue to check mares again at 30 - 35 days, 45 days and 60 days.  We will keep checking every 30 days until we no longer will breed the mare.  In the fall we will check any pregnant ranch mare acting like she is in heat or exhibiting any signs to make us think she is not in foal.  We will check all the pregnant ranch mares in November to see if any have slipped so we can get them under lights by December 1st.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 May 2006 )
 
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