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Post by cadeby on Feb 23, 2009 11:54:53 GMT -1
For anybody expecting a first time foal who may be interested in seeing what an expelled placenta should look like, here's a photo of Lass/Raider's: This could be considered sensitive by some folks, so don't scroll down if you don't like this sort of thing!Hope that's ok mods? It's hopefully educational?  Helen |
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Post by valerie n scout on Feb 23, 2009 12:04:42 GMT -1
wow thats is brilliant,I understand it ALL needs to be evident,hows the little fella and mummy today x
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Post by SuzieP on Feb 23, 2009 12:15:42 GMT -1
Gosh - is that it? I thought it would look like a lump of bloody liver or something. That looks like the foetal sac (is that what's it's called - or amniotic sac or something....dur! LOL)
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Post by valerie n scout on Feb 23, 2009 14:23:40 GMT -1
Actually dont some countries women eat their own placenta ! didnt Tom Cruise eat his childs  |
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Post by harleydales on Feb 23, 2009 15:48:36 GMT -1
Sheep eat theirs. They get quite obsessive about it!!
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Post by cadeby on Feb 23, 2009 18:12:25 GMT -1
Suzie - The bit in the top of the photo is the outer sac - the allantois chorion which adheres to the uterus and absorbs the nutrients that the foal needs to grow. You can see the tear where the foal comes out. The lower part is the inner sac - the amnion, which is the white membrane that appears at the mare's vulva at the start of the birthing process. The thin straggly bit in the middle of the photo is the umbilical cord. It's vital that you check the expelled placenta for missing parts as just a tiny bit left inside the mare can cause a fatal septacemia  If youre not confident about checking the afterbirth - bag it up and get your vet to check it  Valerie - Lass and Raider are thriving thankyou  Jane - I think lots of "prey" animals gobble up their placentas. I suppose it's a survival mechanism to keep predators off the scent. Rather them than me! |
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Post by greydales on Feb 23, 2009 18:18:14 GMT -1
I also thought there would a lot more 'substance' to it - it looks like a membrane! I know my own afterbirth(s) were rather more solid LOL!!
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Post by Rowndan on Feb 23, 2009 19:43:08 GMT -1
wow thats great to see laid out like that, iv seen one being looked at by a vet but never seen it like that
dont you some times get a little bit that looks like a piece of lumpy liver floating round in it??
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Post by SuzieP on Feb 23, 2009 20:07:08 GMT -1
Wow - thanks for the explanation, Helen. My own afterbirths were so substantial (as Gill says) that I expected a horse one to be the same, but bigger.
VERY interesting - thanks for posting.
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Post by harveydales on Feb 24, 2009 6:25:16 GMT -1
Interesting to see it laid out like that. Thanks.
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Post by cadeby on Feb 24, 2009 19:30:24 GMT -1
It got ceremonially burnt in Christophe and Martin's inferno today. Very pagan  Row - the livery looking bit would be the hippomane. You can see a photo of Raider's hippomane on his "Introducing" thread in Horsey Chat |
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Post by Rowndan on Feb 24, 2009 21:04:12 GMT -1
iv found it now in the other thread, no idea how i missed it!!!
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Post by bevbob on Mar 23, 2009 20:08:00 GMT -1
Ooo thats fantastic! thanks for pic Helen, I find these things facinating....something I would never get to see normaly. I remember asking Karen to take pics of the testis after gelding and she did lol! very interesting.
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Post by SuzieP on Mar 23, 2009 21:29:38 GMT -1
ROFL Bev!!
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Post by cadeby on Mar 24, 2009 5:38:42 GMT -1
Well Lucy keeps threatening that Tim's are coming off, so you never know what photo you may find on here next No-one can complain that dalesfans is boring! Would Lucy need to use the MACRO lens ;D My French neighbour was mortified that I had thrown away my Angora goat's testicles after castration. They would have been in his frying pan. Yuk! |
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