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| I'm doing a speech topic on how there should be regulations on equine breeding sooo i need to know from expierenced people to awnser some questions What are some complications that can go wrong during pregnancy? What is an estiment of the cost of owning a mare during pregnancy (asuming the owner is taking care of expected vet visits.) thanks and the quicker the replys the better
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anyone??? i need awnsers fast!!!
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Well my mare right now is pregnant and she has been having some problems... they can have like gi pains, infections, the baby can move around and make them hurt really bad, the baby can twist the uterus and it can cause problems... thats all that i really know right this min... but maybe some more people can help u out lol...
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| Mares must be regulary checked at some point of the pregnancy, making sure the foal is in the correct position and usually this is done by a vet, wich means be preppared to pay alot of money. also mare's diet must be well looked for. if the mare is to thin, she will have problems, if the mare is too fat, she will have problems as well. You'd be amazed by all the diseases foals can get witouth even being borned, they can get infected inside their mothers before being borned. Now another huge problem about having babbies are --- dummy foals--- or prenatal foals, or neonatal foals, wich means that by the time this foal is born it lacks of motor skills to move, or act like a normal baby foal. the reasons that cause this can be many, the most common being that oxygen was prived from getting to the foals brain at some point, or the foal was born prematuraly. these foals will walk aimesly, wont follow their mom, wont eat, will look sleepy, will stick toungue out etc. in most cases, quick vet intervention is required to use blood transfucion and pass vital imunoglobine, wich will help the foal develope a healthier imune system and avoid from getting an infection of any sort. i dont know much about the cost. it depends. but be prepared to spend lots of mola, since horses are and always will be expensive to keep and care for properly.
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| What can go wrong? ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. Costs equal: - Stud fees, just to get her pregnant; those vary tremendously
- Vet fees if it's AI
- Mare Care fees if it's live cover
- Other Vet fees for sonograms
- Some mares need special diets when pregnant
Some mares colic more when pregnant (I've LOST two mares who never colicked unless they were pregnant....both with twisted gut because of the pregnancy). Other Costs: - Vet care if the birthing process gets ugly (as in dystocia, bad presentation or dead foal)
- Vet care even if everything goes fine....still need to check out baby
- Bedding for mare and foal....we use sawdust except for mares and foals; we've found that sawdust harbors the rhino virus and have had 2 babies get sick from that, so we use straw for them.
All these costs vary, depending on where you are and what you have available. Bottom line is: unless you are breeding top-notch animals, DON'T. It's expensive enough for the local grade mare to be bred to a mediocre stud, and the risks (if you are also riding them) aren't really worth it. As a breeder (Percherons) it's not unusual for me to have spent $5,000-10,000 all told for care of pregnant and birthing mares.....and we HAVE our own stallion. Heck, the Vet check of the new-born is generally close to $500. Hope this helps you.
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