TRANSVAGINAL PUNCTURE OF A TWIN IN A MARE

Twinning in the mare is a frequently occurring phenomenon which should be noticed on time. The earlier the diagnosis is made, the better the results from treatment which may be given. When the diagnosis is made after the formation of endometrial cups (around the thirty-fifth day of pregnancy), only a few options are available: manually rupturing on e vesicle, starvation of the mare, performing abdominal surgery in ord er to remove one conceptus or attempting a puncture of one of the vesi cles or fetuses. Vesicle or fetus puncture is a relatively new techniq ue which at the current time has not yet been refined. In this case re port a mere is discussed with a forty-seven days old unilateral twin p regnancy with contact between the two embryonic vesicles. In this mare the tain pregnancy was successfully reduced by a transvaginal ultraso und-guided puncture of one of the twins.