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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 26
  • Meet the stallions
  • Become familiar with the barn setting and schedule
  • Introduction to stallion handling methods
  • Anatomy of the stallion
  • Reproductive exam of the stallion
2 Feb 2
  • Semen collection, evaluation and processing
3 Feb 9
  • Semen collection, evaluation and processing
4 Feb 16
  • Reproductive Exam of the Mare
  • Estrus Detection
  • Reproductive Exam of the Mare
  • Hormone Manipulation
5 Feb 23
  • Review of the Mare approches
6 March 2
  • Insemination Technique
7 March 9
  • Insemination Technique
  • Anatomy of the Stallion
  • Reproductive Exam of the Stallion
  March 16
  • Pregnancy Detection
8 March 23
9 March 30

Spring Break

 
10 April 6
11 April 13
  • Cooled Semen Preparation (group 1)
  • Training a Stallion to a Phantom (group 1)
12 April 20
  • Cooled Semen Preparation (group 2)
  • Training a Stallion to a Phantom (group 2)
13 April 27
  • Processing of Frozen Semen
  • Breeding contracts
  • Nutrition of Stallion, Stallion Behavior
  • Management of the Pregnant Mare
  
14 May 4
  • Parturition and Foal Management, Milk Calcium Test for Foaling
  • Venereal Diseases, Pregnancy Loss and Reproductive Technologies