An invitation to Veterinary Medical Practitioners, Technicians, and Students to attend the...
Equine Reproduction Conference for Veterinary Practitioners
Saturday, January 31, 2004
Conference Contact Hours
7 Clock Hours
Date and Time
Saturday, January 31, 2004
9:00 am – 5:30 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.
Questions
If you have any questions please contact Linda Johnson by phone at 785-532-5696 or email 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.
Objectives
The Equine Reproduction Conference for Veterinary Practitioners will
focus on management and treatment of the common issues faced in equine
reproductive practice. It will also offer exposure of the veterinarian
to the new technologies available in equine reproduction. The day will
end with a session of case presentations with audience participation and
discussion.
| Schedule | |
| 8:30 am |
Registration |
| 9:00 am | Welcome |
| 9:15 am |
Hormonal Manipulation of the Reproductive Cycle – Terry Blanchard |
| 10:00 am | Uterine Infection – Kelly
Stich |
| 10:45 am |
Refreshment Break |
| 11:00 am | Pregnancy, Parturition,
and The Post Partum Period – Andres Estrada |
| 12:00 noon |
Questions & Answers |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch (included with
registration) |
| 1:30 pm | The
Stallion: Breeding Soundness Evaluation and Diagnostics Available
for the Sub-fertile Stallion – Terry Blanchard |
| 2:45 pm | Refreshment Break |
| 3:00 pm |
Assisted Reproductive Techniques – Kelly Stich |
| 3:30 pm | Update on MRLS – Terry
Blanchard |
| 4:00 pm | Case
Presentations with audience participation – All Instructors |
| 5:30 pm | Adjourn |
Guest Speaker
Terry Blanchard, DVM, MS, DACT
Professor of Theriogenology, Texas A&M,
Large Animal Surgery and Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine
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.
KSU CVM Speakers
Andres Estrada, DVM
Resident, Equine Theriogenology
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.
Kelly Stich, DVM
Assistant Professor, Equine Theriogenology
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. Kelly practiced 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. Kelly joined the faculty at
Kansas State University in 2003; her area of interest is equine
reproduction.
Conference
Sponsors
Thank you to the following companies for their contributions to this
conference.
Aloka
Ultrasound
Classic Medical
Universal Medical Systems
Fort Dodge Animal Health
Exodus Breeders Supply
Manhattan area information
www.vet.k-state.edu/index/local.htm
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