Description:
All horse owners, mare and/or stallion managers, foaling attendants, and other breeding farm personnel will benefit from this program. Topics to include Mare management, hormonal patterns & influences on the reproductive tract; Body Condition and Reproductive Efficiency; Estrous cycle and lighting; Control of the Estrous Cycle; Progesterone Assays; Care of the Pregnant Mare; Prefoaling Management of the Mare; Late Term Pregnant Mare Care; Predicting Parturition, Foaling Procedures & Management; Complications of Pregnancy and Foaling; Post-parturient Foal Management; Foal Care; and Advanced technologies in reproduction. For more information, visit www.extension.iastate.edu/livestock/horses or contact Dr. Peggy M. Auwerda peggy@iastate.edu, 515-294-5260.