Use of Transcutaneous Ultrasonography in Complicated Latter-Middle to Late Gestation Pregnancies in the Mare: 122 Cases
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Transcutaneous ultrasound is useful in the diagnosis, management, and prognosis in mares with complicated pregnancies. Although normal and abnormal ultrasound findings were fairly well correlated with the ultimate survivability of the foal, the practitioner should be aware that in our experience thus far, over 15% of the time ultrasound findings will not be predictive of foal survivability. Author’s address: Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, 2150 Georgetown Rd., P. O. Box 12070, Lexington, KY 40580. r 1997 AAEP.
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