Discussion on 9 year old mare does not come into heat
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Elizabeth Ebner (Ebner)
| | Posted on Sunday, Nov 4, 2001 - 9:49 pm: |   |
It is hard to tell which discussion this question belongs in. I Have a 9 year old mare that has not come into heat for at least 3 years. She came into heat once a month and it has been at least this long since I have seen her in heat. We have ongoing health problems and I can best describe her as being off or just not quite up to what I consider normal. What could cause a horse to quit coming into heat. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM (Dro)
| | Posted on Monday, Nov 5, 2001 - 9:41 am: | |
Hello Elizabeth,
we have a whole article on this subject see, Equine Diseases: Reproductive Diseases: Trouble Settling Mares & Stallion Infertility: Abnormal Heat Cycles (Estrus). You will find several ideas in here.
DrO |
Steven Constantino
New Member
Username: Cashmere
Post Number: 2
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, Dec 10, 2006 - 3:59 pm: | |
Ten year old mare, has shown signs of going into heat (near stallions , lifts tail squirts urine), but has never fully gone into heat. Palpatated ovaries, the ovaries were small like lima beans. Just recently did chromosome testing and were told the mare had an XO chromosomes. Can she still be coaxed going into heat? If so what can we do? |
Christine Holmes Bukowski
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Username: Canyon28
Post Number: 149
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, Dec 10, 2006 - 4:45 pm: | |
Steve, I hope your mare is broke to ride, she can never be bred. I had a mare with the same thing, I think it is fairly common, and with the advent of vets commonly using ultrasound it is being found more often. My mare was a super bred cutting mare, luckily she was a finished cutting horse, a blast to ride, and super gentle and I used her for everything, trail riding, reining, etc. I lost her to a heart attack when she was only 13 in 2005. I was riding her on a morning trail ride up in the mountains while attending a rodeo and she fell over with me on her. Anyhow, she was very similar to a gelding and I wish she was still alive, I miss her everyday and would buy her all over again if I had the chance. I would have your vet also check your mare for a heart murmur, which my mare had, I dont know if this goes along with the xo problem but its sure something to check on. chris www.canyonrimranch.net |
