Description:
Course Description: This course is designed for horse owners, foaling attendants, and other breeding farm personnel with responsibilities for foaling out mares. The two-day course will consist of classroom lectures in the morning and a hands-on wet lab each afternoon. Topics to be covered in lecture include care of the late-term pregnant mare, prediction of foaling, normal foaling, routine care of the newborn foal, complications of pregnancy and foaling (e.g., dystocia), problems encountered in the post-partum mare, and diseases of the newborn foal. Laboratory sessions will include training in techniques to predict foaling, use of labor alert devices, evaluation of colostrum quality, assessment of passive transfer of antibodies, proper on-farm methods to assist with delivery of foals, and when to call for assistance with a difficult foaling. Please register by December 10, 2010. Fee: $500. Enrollment Limit: 50. CE Hours: 8 lecture hours, 8 laboratory hours. Instructors: Drs. J.E. Bruemmer, P.M. McCue, and graduate students. For more information, visit: http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/bms/ERL/erl_sc.htm.