Pregancy Testing with MANURE!!!

[Mona]

WOW, I was shocked when I stumbled across this while looking for more info about blood tests for pregnancy for Debbie. Apparently they have now also figured out a way to check for pregnancy using manure from the mare! Here is what I read... (found at: http://www.equineer....reg-testing.pdf)

Pregnancy test using manure

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There is also an exciting totally non-invasive pregnancy test that

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provides an accurate determination of whether a mare is in foal or not,

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without the expense of a visit by a vet, the taking of blood or patiently

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waiting for the mare to urinate. A fresh sample of a mare's manure

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is collected at least 160 days from ovulation or the known last date

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of service (or the assumed last date of service in the case of paddock-

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bred mares), placed in a container provided with a test kit and

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sent to a laboratory and the result of the test is then available within a

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few days. The test also works by measuring the amount of oestrone

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sulphate present in the manure. As mentioned above, the hormone

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is only present when the mare is carrying a living foal and by 160

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days there is enough of the hormone present in manure to determine

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pregnancy. This is a breakthrough for mare owners but unfortunately

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the test kit is not yet available in Australia. However, if enough mare

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owners demand access to it the manufacturer may be encouraged to

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find a local distributor. Contact www.promarlabs.com

 

 

[mini horse mania]

Wow.what will they come up with next? Thats pretty cool instead of chasing your mare all day to try to catch her peeing.lol

 

[Eagle]

If it becomes easily available it will be great.