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Discussion on Blood tinged discharge post breeding
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juliem
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Posted on Sunday, Apr 24, 2011 - 1:17 am:
Dr. O, my mare was bred this afternoon AI about 5:00. She had a 41 folicule and her cervix was "open enough to drive a Peterbilt through" according to my vet! He gave her a shot of HCG right after imseminating. At 9:00pm she had a "spurt" of fluid, blood tinged (not orange) and it wasn't as if she was urinating--she was walking at the time, raised her tail and out it came, ran down the inside of her thighs. It was serum like when I wiped it off. There was quite a lot on the ground. I checked her at 11:00pm and she has a more viscous "seepage". She is supposed to go back Monday to check for fluid in her uterus, but do I need to be concerned and do something prior to that? They didn't send two vials of semen, so we can't inseminate her again tomorrow. Would she have lost that first "dose"? Yikes, what was I thinking--this breeding thing is not for amateurs or for people who worry! I think I did read something to that effect at the beginning of your article on repro!
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DrO
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Posted on Sunday, Apr 24, 2011 - 7:58 am:
Hello Julie,
If there was excessive fluid in the uterus, even if semen, it is better out than in. Clearing excessive fluid through expulsion is a natural way of dealing with the normal post breeding inflammation.
DrO
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sdms
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Posted on Sunday, Apr 24, 2011 - 8:26 pm:
Hi Julie. I think it's very unlikely that she cleared all of the semen and I think you're in pretty good shape. Shipped semen always scares me, though! Like Dr. O said, if there was fluid in the uterus it's good that she's getting it out. It's also possible that, during the AI process, she may have gotten a small tear or abrasion and the fluid was only tinted with blood after it left the uterus on it's way out.
I imagine that while your vet is checking for fluid tomorrow he'll also check for ovulation, although it might be just a bit early. HCG usually takes at least 36 hours to cause ovulation. If there is fluid, in my experience, a dose of oxytocin the day after breeding is usually SOP.
Good luck!! We'll be doing our 14 day checks about the same time.
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juliem
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Posted on Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011 - 12:50 am:
Well, no fluid and she did ovulate--probably yesterday, so checking in 15 (??) days. Hoping for the best for all our mares Sara!
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sdms
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Posted on Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011 - 8:04 am:
I'm so excited for you, Julie! Fingers and toes crossed!
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