An invitation to Horse Owners to attend the...
Equine Reproduction Seminar for Horse Owners
Sunday, February 1, 2004
Date and Time
Sunday,
February 1, 2004
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Location
Frick Auditorium, Mosier Hall, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1800
Denison, Manhattan, KS
Frick Auditorium is located on the second floor of Mosier
Hall. Enter at the Emergency Entrance. Signs will be posted to direct you to registration.
Conference Objectives
The Equine Reproduction Seminar for the Horse Owner will focus on
management of mares during breeding and pregnancy. It will also offer
exposure to assisted reproductive techniques such as artificial
insemination with cooled shipped semen or frozen semen.
| Schedule | |
| 8:30 am |
Registration |
| 9:00 am |
Welcome |
| 9:15 am |
The Benefits of a Veterinarian in Your Breeding
Operation – Terry Blanchard |
| 10:15 am |
Uterine Infection – Kelly Stich |
| 10:45 am |
Refreshment Break |
| 11:00 am |
Pregnant Mare Management – Kevin Hankins |
| 11:30 am |
Fescue Toxicity – Kelly Stich |
| 12:00 noon |
Question and Answer |
| 12:30 pm |
Lunch (included with registration) |
| 1:30 pm |
Pregnancy Complications – Terry Blanchard |
| 2:15 pm |
Parturition and Dystocia – Andres Estrada |
| 3:00 pm |
Refreshment Break |
| 3:15 pm |
Breeding Mares with Cooled Shipped Semen or
Frozen Semen – Terry Blanchard |
| 4:00 pm |
Question and Answer |
| 4:30 pm |
Adjourn |
Conference
Speakers
Terry Blanchard, DVM, MS, DACT
Professor of Theriogenology, Large
Animal Surgery and Medicine, Texas A&M
Dr. Blanchard received his DVM degree in 1976 from Kansas State
University and his MS in 1983 from the University of Missouri. Terry's
special interests include stallion fertility, including methods of
treatment and management to improve fertility. Other clinical interests
include mare infertility, and the foaling and postpartum mare. His
research interests involve diagnosis and treatment of stallion
infertility, including testicular degeneration.
Andres
Estrada, DVM
Resident, Equine Theriogenology, KSU
Dr. Estrada completed his veterinary studies in 1997 at Universidad de
La Salle Bogota, Columbia. He studied the German language and then
completed practical training in reproduction and embryo transfer at JCS
Veterinary Service in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Before
joining the KSU faculty in 2001, Andres completed two internships in the
field of equine reproduction.
Kevin Hankins, DVM
Veterinary Technical Consultant, Fort
Dodge Animal Health
Dr. Hankins received his DVM from Kansas State University in 1996. He
completed an internship in Equine Surgery and Medicine at Washington
State University before returning to Kansas State University as an
assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences. Dr. Hankins
joined Fort Dodge Animal Health as a Veterinary Technical Consultant in
October 2003. He will complete his MBA from Colorado State University in
December 2004.
Kelly Stich,
DVM
Assistant Professor, Equine
Theriogenology, KSU
Dr. Kelly Stich received her DVM in 1994 from Kansas State University.
She then participated in a large animal medicine and surgery internship
at Texas A&M University. Dr. Stich entered private practice in an all
equine private practice in the heart of Quarter Horse country,
Whitesboro, TX. She returned to Kansas State University in 2000 to begin
an ABVP residency and transferred to Texas A&M in the equine
theriogenology program to complete a residency in theriogenology. Dr.
Stich joined the faculty at Kansas State University in 2003. Dr. Stich's
area of interest is equine reproduction.
Questions
If you have any questions please contact Linda Johnson by phone at 785-532-5696 or email
her at
VMCE@vet.k-state.edu, Veterinary Medical Continuing Education at the College of
Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University. If you have questions regarding registration information, call Rebecca
at 785-532-5569.
Manhattan area information
www.vet.k-state.edu/index/local.htm
Visit our conference web site at:
www.vet.k-state.edu/CE/index.htm