Where can you buy a pregnancy test for a horse?

Answer 1

There are three do-it-yourself pregnancy tests. Two use blood you obtain by making a tiny nick on the lip with an enclosed lancet. The other requires you to get a non sterile small urine sample. One of the blood tests can be found by searching for "pregamare (bloodtest)". Another, search for "weefoal (urine test)". The blood test is only valid up to about 150 days into the pregnancy. The urine test is valid after 150 days (some say as early as 80 days) and will show if the foal is aborted or dies en utero.

If at all possible get an ultrasound a few days after the breeding or suspected breeding to eliminate the possibility of twins. Call your vet to get the optimum time for the ultrasound. Twins not only rarely survive but giving birth to twins is very dangerous for the mare. The general practice is to pinch off one of the twins a short time after conception to save the second twin and the mare. Call an experienced equine reproduction and embryo transfer facility to check on the possibility of doing an embryo transfer on the second twin if you wish.

If you have been instructed as to how to safely palpate a mare, tether the horse, in stocks or firmly against a gate in such a way that it cannot move or kick behind it (better yet use a crush) and put on one of the long latex gloves. Put your hand gently inside the horse's rectum just past the elbow. You should be able to feel the foal if the mare is pregnant, but it takes practice - you have to know what you're looking for. Doing rectal exams also grosses a lot of people out.