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What is the purpose of pregnancy diagnosis in the mare

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  1. To confirm pregnancy
  2. Distinguish between single and multiple conceptus
  3. Detect early embryonic death and manage a return to oestrus where early embryonic death is recorded
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What are the methods of pregnancy diagnosis in the mare

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  • Behavioural assessment
  • Lab tests
  • Rectal palpation
  • Ultrasonogrpahy
  • Abdominal ballottement
  • Oberservation - udder, change in shape of abdomen
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What does behavioural assessment indicate

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  • Non-specific indicator of pregnancy

- Mares normally return to oestrus 16-20 days post ovulation

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What does failure to return to oestrus indicate

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Pregnancy

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Behavioural assessment: false positive

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Persistent luteal function, early embryonic death, failure to show signs of oestrus, anoestrus

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Behavioural assessment: false negatives

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Some pregnant mares can show behavioural signs of oestrus

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What is a tease negative

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Tease out - mare is visibly resistant to stallion

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What is tease neutral

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Passive - mare is indifferent/passive in presence of stallion

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What is tease positive

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Tease in - mare is interested in stallion; may urinate; wink vulva, squat, lean into stallion

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What is the vaginal speculum examination

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Examination of cervix 18-21 days after ovulation. It is non-specific indicator of pregnancy

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What does a high, dry, tight and white cervix suggest

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Dioestrus

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What is progesterone produced by

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CL

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What do you collect with lab test and when

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Test milk or plasma at time of expected return to oestrus

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What do high concentrations indicate of progesterone

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Presence of CL

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How do you get a false negative with lab tests

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Persistent CL function, embryonic death

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When is equine chorionic gonadotrophin first produced by

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Endometrial cups from days 36-40 of gestation

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How long is equine chorionic gonadotrophin secreted for

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up to 120 days of gestation

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When do chorionic girdle cells develop around

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25 days of gestation

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When can cells from the chorionic girdle invade the endometrium

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eCG - how you get a false positive

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Foetal death occurs after endometrial cups have formed

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eCG - how you get a false negative

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Testing outside of the range of normal time for eCG production - sample taken too early

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Explain Oestrgens of horse

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Concentrations rise after day 60, peak at by 180 to 240 and then decline until parturition

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What do oestrogen’s produce

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Foetal-placental unit

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What does a positive test of oestrogens indicate

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Viable foetal-placental unit, so it can be test for foetal viability

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How can you measure oestrogens
Serum, faeces and urine
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What to test serum for
Oestrone sulphate
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What to test urine for
Cuboni test. May not be used by many labs
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What are the common times for pregnancy diagnosis
12-18: days after ovulation 24-30: detect normal growth rate, heartbeat, confirm single conceptus 45 - Confirm normal development 60 - Most pregnancy loss occurs before 60 so reconfirmation at or after Day 60 is advisable 120 - Conformation of pregnancy to enable management strategies to be developed
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What is required before performing a rectal palpation
- Understanding of the breed - Owner consent - Good restraint - Remove all faecal material before beginning examination
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What technique is required for rectal palpation
- Dont rush - Use lube - Place hand cranial to the structure to be palpated before moving caudally onto the structure - Do not palpate during peristaltic waves - If straining persists consider the use of a twitch, anticholinergic drug Propanthelene bromide (Propan B) or Buscopan IV or intarectal lignocaine infusion can facilitate rectal relaxation
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Rectal examination on horse: day 18-20
Increased tone, easier to palpate the outline of the uterus - Prominent, firm cervix, feels like a pencil - Transrectal ultrasound is needed to confirm diagnosis
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Rectal examination on horse: day 25-30
- Prominent uterine tone and outline - Palpably elongated cervix - Small bulge palpated on ventral aspect of uterine horn close to bifurcation - Thinning of the uterine wall, milk fluctuation detected particularly on the ventral aspect of the bulge - False positive - large uterus with low tone
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Rectal examination on horse: day 35-40
Prominent uterine tine and outline Palpably long cervix Spherical bulge, tennis ball/lemon palpable at the base of uterine horn
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Rectal examination on horse: day 45-50
Increased uterine tone, prominent cervix, softball/grapefruit sized swelling at the base of uterine horn
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Rectal examination on horse: day 60-65
Progressive filling of uterus with fluid results in less tone Bulge associated with pregnancy located closer to the body of the uterus Size of rockmelon
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Rectal examination on horse: day 100-120
Bulge volleyball or basketball size Need to trace swelling back to cervix or the ovaries to differentiate from fluid pilled bladder Cranial margin of uterus cannot be felt Ballottement of the foetus is sometimes possible
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Rectal examination on horse: day 150-210
Ovaries drawn into a more media-ventral location as the heavy, descending uterus pulls on the broad ligament Cannot palpate the full extremities of the uterus due to larger size Foetus usually palpable by ballottement
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Rectal examination on horse: day 240 - term
Foetus is easier to palpate but can be difficult to precisely age by palpation Foetal dimensions e.g. eye socket diameter/circumference can be used to estimate age of foetus
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When doing rectal palpation what is the size to look for in the mare
28d - hens egg 35d- lemon 42d - orange 49d - softball/grape 56d - cantaloupe/rockmellon by 90d - it is hard to delineate the cranial margin of uterus Foetal ballottement per rectum becomes consistent after 150d
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List the advantages of transrectal ultrasonography
- Early pregnancy diagnosis - Diagnosis of multiple foetuses - note that in mares if a twin is detected, early embryonic reduction of one twin is preferred due to <15% of twin pregnancies surviving to term and if they do, many surviving twins will be weak - Uterine pathology - Determine stages of gestation, foetal sex, foetal viability - Assess postpartum uterine involution - Ovarian cyclic status and ovulation rate - Stage of the oestrus cycle Ovarian pathology
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What is the aim of using an ultrasound to diagnose pregnancy at 14-16 days
Diagnose pregnancy and to detect twin pregnancies if present
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Why must the whole track be checked with an ultrasound at 14-16 days
Conceptuses are mobile | Twin pregnancies - wait for conceptuses to separate or separate conceptuses and crush smaller one
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Why must you use an ultrasound at 21-22 days pf pregnancy
- Confirm pregnancy diagnosis and presence of a singleton | - Distinguish embryos form uterine cysts
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Why must you use an ultrasound at 24 days pf pregnancy
- A heartbeat within the embryo becomes detectable | - Identification
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Why must you use an ultrasound at 35 days pf pregnancy
Confirm diagnosis, verify viability before endometrial cups are formed and eCG is produced
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What can endometrial cysts can be confused with
Early pregnancy
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What are the ultrasound land marks (size and shape of embryonic vesicle)
12-14d - spherical vesicle visible 16d vesicle fixation 20-21d embryo proper visible 24-26d - Heartbeat visible 28d embryo located at centre of vesicle 36d embryo located at the top of vesicle 47d embryo positioned near the bottom of the vesicle

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