XRAY

[DellaDane]

<--- MERLIN -- http://www.angelfire.com/blues/greatdanes

Out of curiousity, what day is the earliest you can Xray a pregnant bitch the abolute safest?


Cindy N Merlin

[MuchAdo]

RE: XRAY

><--- MERLIN -- http://www.angelfire.com/blues/greatdanes
>
>Out of curiousity, what day is the earliest you can Xray a
>pregnant bitch the abolute safest?


About 45-47 days after the LH surge, according to all the info I have. However, as far as I understand the issue is not the safety, it's whether the skeletons of the puppies have calcified enough to show up on a radiograph.

Joanna Kimball

[HKDanes]

RE: XRAY

Joanna is right about the skeletons calcifying. I do it on day 55...Jo