Animal Science 375
Equine Reproductive Management
Lec-001 and Lab-301

2 Credits

Course URL

Syllabus, lectures, labs: http://www.ansci.wisc.edu/jjp1/equine/index.html
Assignment submissions/grades: https://canvas.wisc.edu/courses/134858

Course Designations and Attributes

Honors, general education, graduate credits available.

Meeting Time and Location

Monday 3:30 – 5:30, room 134, Animal Science Building
Class meeting includes lecture discussion and lab.

Instructional Mode

Combination of online and face-to-face (ie. Blended)

Specify how Credit Hours are met by the Course

The credit standard for this course is met by an expectation of a total of 95.5 hours of student engagement with the course learning activities, which include regular scheduled discussion session (30 min/week * 13 weeks = 6.5 hr), on-line reading and study of lecture material to be reviewed in the discussion (2 hrs/week * 14 weeks = 28 hr), 10 hrs for 2 take home exams, hands on lab (1.5 hr/week * 13 weeks = 19.5 hrs), and 31.5 hours of interaction with on-line course learning activities related to lab.

INSTRUCTORS AND TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Instructor

John Parrish
Professor
Department of Animal Sciences

Instructor Availability

In addition to in class activities the instructor can be contacted via email from 9 – 5 PM, M-F.

Instructor Email/Preferred Contact

jjparris@wisc.edu

Teaching Assistant

Jodi Berndtson <jberndtson@wisc.edu>

TA Office Hours

Contact for appointment via email

TA Email/Preferred Contact

Email provided above

OFFICIAL COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Description

An introductory course in reproductive management of the mare and stallion.  A blended learning course that also includes hands-on labs.

Requisites

None but Animal Science 434 – Reproductive Physiology may be helpful

LEARNING OUTCOMES
Course Learning Outcomes

• Students will identify, formulate and solve problems using basic principles of reproductive management of the mare and stallion.
  
• Students will be able to summarize critical features of equine anatomy, breeding soundness exams, semen collection, artificial insemination, pregnancy detection, endocrinology and hormone manipulation in both the mare and stallion.
  
• Students will be able to collect semen be able to collect semen from a stallion, process that semen for artificial insemination, breed mares with artificial insemination using semen you collected, understand the principles of pregnancy detection in the mare, be able to manage the pregnant mare, be able to elucidate the problems that can occur with foaling and how you can prevent or minimize these problems and demonstrate management of the newborn foal.

Grading

• The grade structure of the class will be determined on the basis of 2 take-home exams (exam 1 before spring break, exam 2 at the end of class), the breeding experience, a self-reflection on the breeding experience, and participation in discussions and lab.

• Grading structure will be based on the % of total possible points in the class and the final grade assigned as follows:
  
  A > 90%, AB > 85%, B > 80%, BC > 70%, C > 60%, D > 50%.
  
  
• For graduate credit, graduate students will be required to complete a written paper on an agreed upon topic in the literature related to reproduction in the equine.

LECTURE

An online text is used as the lecture material and is to be read outside of class. The lecture schedule and links to individual lectures can be found for 2019 at:

http://www.ansci.wisc.edu/jjp1/equine/course_specific/undergrad-19/lecture.htm

DISCUSSION SESSIONS

A 30 minute discussion will be held on each Monday of class. You are responsible for coming to class with:

• an outline of the key points of the lecture readings and videos.

In class, you will be presented with questions/topics to answer/describe in small groups (4 - 6 students) and prepare answers/responses on the white boards. You will not be allowed to use cell phones or other electronic devices to answer the questions but rather it is expected the group will discuss among themselves the potential answers/responses.

LABORATORY SESSIONS

• Place: 128 Animal Sciences Bldg, UW- Madison then move to barn.
  
• Do on-line labs before the associated class period. You should know and understand what you are doing before coming to class.
  
• The labs periods last until 5:30 so do not plan for early release.
• The laboratory schedule can be found for 2019 at:
  http://www.ansci.wisc.edu/jjp1/equine/course_specific/undergrad-19/lab_schedule.htm

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK, SOFTWARE & OTHER COURSE MATERIALS

• Course website: http://www.ansci.wisc.edu/jjp1/equine/index.html
• None