Ambulatory equine embryo flush

As a part of my equine-repro work, I do embryotransfers.
Usually ET takes place at my surgery, but in some cases I flush and transplant as an ambulatory service.

This mare is a former showjumper, and for some reason she has lost 3 early pregnancies.
This was for her owner a reason to try embryotransfer on her and let a recipient-mare carry Jamaica's foal.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• equine
• reproduction
• ET
• embryo
• transfer
• jeroen
• flush
• horse
• breeding
• work

[MeetDarlingNikki]

I hate to be critical, but I am an ET tech and we do this every day during breeding season on average of 8-12 flushes a day.. Howcome the tech doing the washing cleaned the mare from anus to vulva instead of vice versa? Also, there was still alot of Smigma on the paper towel too..

[woodenshoesjeroen]

You are absolutely right, but there was a LOT of editing done on the original vid. I guess we removed some essential parts. but the vid wasn't meant for experts in particular ;)

[KWPNhorses]

Very intresting!

[woodenshoesjeroen]

Thanks! Great name you have! I guess that makes you a part of this vid. cheers

[Okie2424]

Wow......that has got to be the neatest vid I've seen. How often do you check? And was there an embryo found? I do hope you can keep us up to date. Thanks so much for sharing.

[woodenshoesjeroen]

Thanks, unfortunately no embryo YET! The mare is bred again, I promise to inform you in case of a pregnancy.

[lucykjones]

Hey did you get a pregnancy from this mare in the end? ET is only just becoming available in New Zealand and at huge cost is isnt viable for a lot of people yet- extrememly interesting video - thanks for sharing!

[UncleKennybobs]

I hope this is the last video I see of a man cleaning a horse's vagina.

But then, this is the Internet.

[woodenshoesjeroen]

Thank you. There was a recipient mare available. I had synchronised her with Jamaica. If I hadn't, I could have frozen the embryo, but this procedure gives quality-loss.

[kalacaw]

This is very interesting, Jeroen. If you had found an embryo, was a recipient mare located, or would the embryo have been preserved until a transfer could be arranged?