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vaginal bleeding after breeding

Posted by Phebe on February 14, 2016 at 10:46am in Breeding

I have a doe who is in heat right now. I'm trying to stagger breeding for year round milk production. My doe has been bred and kidded before. After she stood for the buck twice I took him back to his buck pen. Shortly after breeding I noticed she had a fair amount of blood dripping from her vagina. They are both NDs and both of equal size. I've never noticed this with breeding my other does before. There is no chance she could have already been bred earlier and miscarrying. Any advise from more experienced goat breeders would be appreciated!

Thank you

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  • Phebe February 17, 2016 at 8:41am
    I spoke with the vet. She said it is not "normal" but it can happen sometimes. She said to wait until next month so see if it happens again or if she settles. She advised me to bring her in for an exam if it occurs again with the next breeding. She said as long as the doe is eating and drinking and acting normal she is not too alarmed by the blood.
  • Deborah Niemann-Boehle February 14, 2016 at 8:57pm

    Yeah, that's very strange. I've never seen it before. Let us know what the vet says.

  • Phebe February 14, 2016 at 5:45pm
    There is no chance she could be miscarrying because she was not around a buck at all. I cannot think of any possible injury to her. It was right after breeding that she had a bloody mucous discharge. After I removed the buck it quickly resolved. Today I tried one more round since she is still in heat. I checked her "parts" prior to breeding. I was not going to attempt a second round with any visible issues. All looked fine, so I put her with the buck again. She stood for him again, and she bled again right away after breeding.
    I will not be trying her again this heat cycle. I will be calling the vet tomorrow.



    Deborah Niemann-Boehle said:

    I have never seen that. If you know she was bred in the last month or two, she could be miscarrying, as you don't normally see anything at all at that point, but a little blood would be the most that you'd see, if you happened to be around at the right moment. Any chance that it could have been some type of skin injury?

  • Deborah Niemann-Boehle February 14, 2016 at 5:24pm

    I have never seen that. If you know she was bred in the last month or two, she could be miscarrying, as you don't normally see anything at all at that point, but a little blood would be the most that you'd see, if you happened to be around at the right moment. Any chance that it could have been some type of skin injury?

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