February 22 to 24, 2019, Lüsche, Germany

in cooperation with Tierklinik Lüsche

This course shall provide participants with state-of-the-art lectures on the management of stallions and their semen and provide unique opportunities to improve hands-on clinical skills.

Continuous Professional Education certification by Akademie für Tierärztliche Fortbildung (Academy for Veterinary Continuous Education) is being requested.

Program:

Friday, February 22, Tierklinik Lüsche: Lectures and wet labs with Tullis Matson, Ahmed Tibary and Dickson Varner

  • 10:00 – Stallion handling. Dickson Varner
  • 11:00 – Coffee break
  • 11:30 – Ultrasonography and endoscopy of the reproductive tract in stallions. Ahmed Tibary
  • 12:30 – Semen collection techniques for fertile and sub-fertile stallions. Tullis Matson
  • 13:00 – Lunch
  • 14:00 – Epididymal semen harvesting. Tullis Matson
  • 14:30 – Evaluation of stallions with infertility due to ejaculatory disorders. Ahmed Tibary
  • 15:30 – Coffee break
  • 16:00 – Wet labs on subjects lectured (participants will be divided in 3 groups to go through the wet labs of 90 minutes duration each)
    Wet lab A: Stallion handling including semen collection
    Wet lab B: Ultrasonography and endoscopy of the reproductive tract in stallions
    Wet lab C: Epididymal semen harvesting, processing and assessment
  • 18:00 – End
  • 18:30 – Barbecue

Saturday, February 23, Tierklinik Lüsche: Wet labs and lectures with Tullis Matson, Ahmed Tibary and Dickson Varner

  • 9:00 – Continue wet labs of February 22
  • 12:30 – Lunch
  • 13:30 – Processing semen for fresh and chilled. Dickson Varner
  • 14:30 – Freezing, handling and thawing of frozen semen. Tullis Matson
  • 15:15 – The optimal sperm dose for fresh, chilled & frozen. Tullis Matson
  • 15:45 – Coffee break
  • 16:15 – Wet labs (participants will be divided in 3 groups to go through the wet labs of 90 minutes duration each)
    Wet lab D: Processing semen for fresh and chilled
    Wet lab E: Freezing, handling and thawing of frozen semen
    Wet lab F: Breeding soundness evaluation
  • 18:00 – End
  • 18:30 – Visit of Stallion presentation at Stallion Station Böckmann

Sunday, February 24 Tierklinik Lüsche: Wet labs and lectures with Tullis Matson, Ahmed Tibary and Dickson Varner

  • 8:30 – Continue wet labs of February 23
  • 12:00 – Lunch
  • 13:00 – Stallion case studies including reproduction emergencies. All
  • 14:30 – Coffee break
  • 14:45 – Evaluation of breeding records. Dickson Varner
  • 15:45 – Discussion round
  • 16:30 – End