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Discussion on Mare not developing follicles
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New Member:
Thebridl
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Posted on Friday, Sep 27, 2002 - 8:41 am:
Hi, I'm a new member: thank you for this site. My 16 year old Hannoverian mare has foaled once four years ago. It was a hand breeding and no probs with pregnancy. Within a year after foaling, she has developed chronic diarrhea, and has been treated with homeopathic tinctures with occasional successes. We were 8 months through cold season to spring and she developed diarrhea again mid summer. This is a two- fold question: she has not been able to conceive since the last foal. We ultra-sounded her and the vet felt she was in foal but absorbed it. I am going to try the Pepto-Bismol treatment to see if we can arrest the diarrhea, but could this condition prevent a mare conceiving? (She will also have more normal stools interspersed with the diarrhea. She has not lost condition. She is the "alpha mare" at the farm and seems easily stressed by having other horses in her space. Extremely dominant!
Thanks
Kelly
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DrO
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 29, 2002 - 11:08 am:
Possibly the diarrhea is contaminating the vulva and the increase bacteria is resulting in a low grade endometritis? How to go about diagnosing this and other causes of infertility see our infertility subtopic: Equine Diseases » Reproductive Diseases » Trouble Settling Mares & Stallion Infertility.
For information on chronic diarrhea see: » Equine Diseases » Colic and GI Diseases » Diarrhea in Horses » Diarrhea an Overview.
For information on homeopathy see: BULLETIN BOARD members only » The Lounge: Kick back and relax. » Alternative Medicine and Epistomology » Homeopathy: The Research.
DrO
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