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AS 375: Equine Reproductive Management Lab Schedule

  • Place: 128 Animal Sciences Bldg, UW- Madison then move to barn
  • Read lectures and complete questions assigned before coming to class. Click on the Lecture link at top of the page for access to lecture material.
  • Do on-line labs before the associated class period.
Lab Date Laboratory On-Line Lab Material
1 Jan 27
  • Meet mares and stallion
  • Become familiar with the barn setting and schedule
  • Introduction to handling methods
  
2 Feb 3
  • Reproductive Exam of the Mare
3 Feb 10
  • Estrus Detection
  • Reproductive Exam of the Mare
4 Feb 17
  • Hormone Manipulation
5 Feb 24
  • Review of the Mare approches
6 March 3
  • Insemination Technique
7 March 10
  • Insemination Technique
  • Anatomy of the Stallion
  • Reproductive Exam of the Stallion
  March 17 Spring Break  
8 March 24
  • Pregnancy Detection
9 March 31
  • Semen collection, evaluation and processing (group 1)
10 April 7
  • Semen collection, evaluation and processing (group 2)
11 April 14
  • Cooled Semen Preparation (group 1)
  • Training a Stallion to a Phantom (group 1)
12 April 21
  • Cooled Semen Preparation (group 2)
  • Training a Stallion to a Phantom (group 2)
13 April 28
  • Processing of Frozen Semen
  • Breeding contracts
  • Nutrition of Stallion, Stallion Behavior
  • Management of the Pregnant Mare
  
14 May 5
  • Parturition and Foal Management, Milk Calcium Test for Foaling
  • Venereal Diseases, Pregnancy Loss and Reproductive Technologies