8.00am

Registration – meet and great

Tea and Coffee

8.30-9.00am

Introduction of the course, the registrants, the staff and speaker introductions

Drs Jen Clulow, Chelsie Burden, Joan Carrick,

Dave Ahern

9.00 – 10.00am

Understanding the mare’s reproductive anatomy & physiology

Lecture 1

Dr Clulow

10.00 – 11.00am

Cyclicity and hormones – How can we use them to our advantage

Lecture 2

Dr Clulow

11.00 – 11.30am:

Morning Tea

11.30 – 2:30pm:

Safe handling and restraint of mares for reproduction

Palpation and ultrasonography of the mare’s reproductive tract

Practical 1

Drs Clulow, Burden, Carrick, Ahern

2.30 – 3.30pm:

Lunch

3.30 – 6.00pm:

Stallion breeding soundness and safe handling techniques

Semen collection

Basic semen handling

Practical 2

Drs Clulow, Burden, Carrick, Ahern

6.00 pm

Close

7.00 – 9.30pm:

Bonus lecture from Dr Ahern

- Some unusual case presentations

Dinner

Lecture 3

Dr Ahern

7.30 – 8.30am

How to manage the broodmare for routine breeding

Fresh/cooled/frozen semen

Commonly used medications in equine reproduction

Lecture 4

Dr Clulow

8.30 -9.30 am

How to recognise and treat common reproductive problems in the mare

Lecture 5

Dr Burden

9.30–10.00 am

Morning Tea

10.00- 1.00 pm

Mare breeding soundness exam – sampling techniques

Palpation and ultrasonography of the mare’s reproductive tract

Artificial insemination techniques

Practical 3

Drs Clulow, Burden, Carrick, Ahern

1.00 – 2.00pm:

Lunch

2.00- 4.00 pm

Semen collection

Semen analysis

Semen processing and handling techniques (cooled and frozen)

Practical 4

Drs Clulow, Burden, Ahern

4.00-4.30 pm

Afternoon Tea

4.30-5.30 pm

How to improve pregnancy rates with the post foaling mare

Lecture 6

Dr Clulow

5.30 – 6.30 pm

Caslicks demonstration and possibly practice on cadaver specimens?

Practical 5

Drs Clulow and Burden

7.30 – 9.30pm

Bonus Dinner Lecture from Dr Ahern

- Foaling and post foaling issues

Dinner Lecture 7

Dr Ahern

7.30 – 9.00 am

How to manage the stallion and semen processing to maximise pregnancy outcomes

Lecture 8

Dr Clulow

9.00 -9.30 am

Morning Tea

9.30–10.30 am

What is special about the Equine Pregnancy?

Lecture 9

Dr Carrick

10.30am-12.00 pm

How to successfully incorporate assisted reproductive technologies into your clinic

Lecture 10

Dr Burden

12.00 -1 pm

Anti-Microbial Stewardship and post breeding management

Lecture 11

Dr Clulow

1.00 -1.30 pm

Lunch

1.30-5 pm

Palpation and ultrasonography of the mare’s reproductive tract

Pregnant mare examination – transrectal and abdominal ultrasounds

Post breeding treatments

Hysteroscopy demonstration

Practical 6

Drs Clulow, Burden, Carrick, Ahern

5-5.30 pm

Afternoon Tea

5.30 – 6.00 pm

Case Studies – Difficult mares

Lecture 12

Drs Burden and Clulow

7.00-9.30 pm

Dinner and Bonus Lecture from Dr Ahern – Managing Twins

Dinner and Bonus Lecture 13

Dr Ahern

7.30 -8.30 am

Problems during pregnancy and what you can do about them

Lecture 14

Dr Carrick

8.30-9.30 am

Case Studies – Stallions and pregnant mares

Lecture 15

Dr Clulow, Burden and Carrick

9.30-10 am

Morning Tea

10.00 am – 1.00 pm

Palpation and ultrasonography of the mare’s reproductive tract

Post breeding management of broodmares

Practical 7

Drs Clulow, Burden, Carrick, Ahern

1.00-1.30 pm

Lunch

1.30-3.30 pm

Mares and Stallions wrap up – Final questions panel

Marketing of your Equine Repro Services

Lecture 16

Drs Clulow, Burden, Carrick, Ahern

3.30 – 4 pm

Afternoon Tea

4.00 pm

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