Alpaca Pregnancy Ultrasound Scans
November 29, 2025
We confirmed 8 pregnancies today in Maidstone, Kent. Most of them were between 50 – 70 days, and it is surprising how tiny the foetus still is even at that
Had fun with Yvette at the Museum of Kent Life today. Even after 6 years, I always learn something new when scanning, and learnt today that scanning non dairy cows is considerably more difficult! Cows are, of course, scanned rectally, and whilst ultrasound happily propagates through liquid faeces, it doesn’t travel so well through the more solid variety that results from the different diet of these show cows. Without writing a whole essay on cow poo, let’s just say we did work out a solution to the problem soon enough, and were able to get some nice images of the uterine horns, ovaries, and very some full bladders.
We confirmed 8 pregnancies today in Maidstone, Kent. Most of them were between 50 – 70 days, and it is surprising how tiny the foetus still is even at that
Dolly attended ten days ago for a 25-day scan. 25 days is too early to confirm pregnancy for an owner, but in Dolly’s case, she was scanned on the understanding
Nala came for her pregnancy scan today. We saw at least 6 (probably 7) foetuses, at around six weeks of gestation.
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