mare reabsorbing?

Have you spoken to your vet about this? If the mare is struggling to hold her pregnancy it could be for any number of reasons, and your vet should help you to get to the bottom of it. Possible reasons are systemic infections, uterine/sexually transmitted infections, poor health status and uterine fluid accumulation. Blood tests, swabs and ultrasound scans should rule these out.

Regumate is a prescription-only-medicine in the UK, so you wouldn't be able to use it without consulting a vet. It can help with progesterone deficiency, but as this is not top of the list for recurrent embryo resorption it would be unlikely to be of much use anyway.

I, personally, would not use a supplement to maintain a pregnancy. I would however look to trying some Reiki with her, or perhaps homoeopathy. There is obviously something going on in there but it might be an emotional issue rather than a medical one. (If her last foal was weaned to early or she had a harsh delivery? lots more besides)). It may also be that she is not feeling high enough in her pecking order. This all may sound rather odd to you if you are of the conventional way of breeding/horse care but I have had some success with the same problem. is she a dominant mare? (does she have canine teeth/tushes? If she does then she is a dominant mare, if none, then she isn't)

Hope this helps. You can contact me for any advice or to answer ant further questions you have if you need to know more...

I don't have much experience in breeding - but I do see alot of brood mares and I have a friend who has a mare that had stopped conceiving after she slipped a foal.

This mare had always been sent away to stud and handled conventionally - ie tied up and held in place for the stallion. She always found the process highly stressful and on one occasion suffered a ruptured vagina.

My friend gave her a couple of seasons off and then sent her to a stud where the stallion runs with the mares and she was covered naturally. That time she conceived and carried a healthy foal to term.

I don't know how you manage the insemination of your mare but as you will know - in nature - the mare dictates when and whether she will mate. In busy studs, they work on when they think she's ready - which can be hugely stressful if she's not. This may well account for a number of conception and pregnancy issues

As do badly cared for feet. Some of the most dreadful feet I see are on brood mares. Given the importance of healthy hoof form to good hoof function, and the importance of that to overall health, I think that maintaining their feet well is essential.

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Here is another odd suggestion. Apple Cider Vinegar. I am not sure about the success of it in horses, but, there are some dairy farms that are having some pretty amazing results with using it. With dairy cows, some add it to a water source, others put a few tablespoons directly onto the feed. There is a large dairy ( in Vermont? ) which has dramatically lowered the costs associated with infertility and has a success rate rise about 25%.

Hi there !!

My mare went to stud and was there for five weeks, the stallion teased and she was not the slightest bit interested, in the end I bought her home having the thought that it was just not meant to be, two weeks later she came into full blown season, so I called the owners of the stallion and asked if they would bring him to me, which they did, two perfect coverings later managed to produce a lovely foal. But I firmly believe that if I had loaded her into the box and taken her back to stud nothing would have happened.

good luck and fingers crossed!!!

If your asking about regumate let me tell you my personal experience. I have had plenty of mares absorb and abort while on regumate. If they are going to lose it, they will. Now, I do believe its beneficial the first 90 days but after that, its anybodys guess. I would begin regumate immediately after ovulation and continue it for 90 days at least. Its 10cc once a day. Its up to you if you want to continue her on it after that time. The vet on the farm was a superb reproduction specialist and this is exactly what he would do first. I'm pretty sure this will help your situation out with her next time.

have you had blood tests done? It takes a lot out of a mare having foals, so something may show up. It is also possible that she is ready for a rest from breeding, and would benefit from a year or two out.

We have a very good vet, who specialises in breeding and if she belonged to me, I'd ring her for some advice.

My knowledge of regimate would not indicate its use in this circumstance at all, again, I'd seek the advice of your vet.

Good luck with her :-)

I used regumate with success for several years on Thoroughbreds. I'm not sure what our success rating would have been without it, but I know that we have a high success rate with it. It was standard, at least in the 80's, to use it on TB mares in Kentucky...

Have you done ultrasounds on her at about day 17 post breeding? And if so, did they pull blood at that time to check her progesterone levels? If so, and her progesterone is low, regumate may in fact help her to maintain her pregnancy. I'd find a good repro vet to help if it were me.