Symposium - November 6th and 7th
Session name | Chair | Start | End | Duration | Speaker | Topic |
Day 1 | ||||||
| Registration | 7:00 | 8:00 | 1:00 | |||
| Welcome | 8:00 | 8:10 | 0:10 | Dr. Pouya Dini | Welcome | |
| Session 1: Stallion Management | Dr. Squires | 8:10 | 8:40 | 0:30 | Dr. Charlie Scoggin | Stallion Preparation for Breeding Season |
8:40 | 9:10 | 0:30 | Dr. Kristina Lu | Managing Stallion Reproduction Emergencies in the Field | ||
9:10 | 9:40 | 0:30 | Dr. Igor Canisso | Ejaculatory Dysfunction and Low Fertility Stallion | ||
BREAK | 9:40 | 10:30 | 0:50 | |||
| Session 2: Reproductive Diagnostics I | Dr. McCue | 10:30 | 11:00 | 0:30 | Dr. Alan Conley | Endocrinology in Practice (GCT, Cryptorchids, Pregnancy Health): Value of Endocrine Diagnostics |
11:00 | 11:30 | 0:30 | Dr. Peter Daels | How to Manage Seasonal and Non-Seasonal Anestrus in Mares | ||
11:30 | 12:00 | 0:30 | Dr. Tom Stout | Management of mares for chilled or frozen-thawed semen AI | ||
LUNCH | 12:00 | 13:30 | 1:30 | |||
| Session 3: Reproductive Diagnostics II | Dr. Daels | 13:30 | 14:00 | 0:30 | Dr. Mats Troedsson | 40 Years of Endometritis Research (including antimicrobial Resistance) |
14:00 | 14:30 | 0:30 | Dr. Kristina Lu | New Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies for Endometritis | ||
14:30 | 15:00 | 0:30 | Dr. Ryan Ferris | Post-breeding magics! PBIE - New Clinical Approaches | ||
BREAK | 15:00 | 15:30 | 0:30 | |||
| Session 4: In Vitro Embryo Production (IVP) and Embryo Transfer | Dr. Dini | 15:30 | 15:55 | 0:25 | Dr. Karen Von Dollen | Recipient Management for In Vivo and ICSI Embryos |
15:55 | 16:20 | 0:25 | Dr. Antony Claes | The Current State of IVP and Factors that Impact Pregnancy Rate with Cryopreserved ICSI Embryos | ||
16:20 | 16:45 | 0:25 | Dr. Ryan Ferris | Options for the OPU procedure and What is best ET or OPU/ICSI? | ||
16:45 | 17:10 | 0:25 | Dr. Charlie Scoggin | O-P-Uh-Oh: Complications During the Oocyte Collection Process | ||
17:10 | 18:00 | 0:50 | Multiple Speakers | New Findings in the Field (see below)* | ||
Platinum Performance Dinner | ||||||
Day 2 | ||||||
| Session 5: Pregnancy Health and Diagnostic Monitoring | Dr. Meyers | 8:00 | 8:20 | 0:20 | Dr. Anthony Claes | Twin Management: Early Pregnancy |
8:20 | 8:40 | 0:20 | Dr. Tom Stout | Fetal Sexing | ||
8:40 | 9:00 | 0:20 | Dr. Catherine Renaudin | Ultrasound Examination of the Late Pregnant Mare | ||
9:00 | 9:20 | 0:20 | Dr. Jenny Sones | Management of Pregnant Mares, Including the High-Risk Metabolic | ||
BREAK | 9:20 | 10:10 | 0:50 | |||
| Session 6: Peripartum Emergencies | Dr. Renaudin | 10:10 | 10:40 | 0:30 | Dr. Igor Canisso | Placentitis Diagnosis and Treatment |
10:40 | 11:10 | 0:30 | Dr. Rana Bozorgmanesh | Pre- and Postpartum Emergencies – Medicine (Including Colic) | ||
11:10 | 11:40 | 0:30 | Dr. Margo Macpherson | Management of Dystocia and Retained Placenta | ||
11:40 | 12:10 | 0:30 | Dr. Carter Judy | Postpartum Reproductive Surgeries | ||
LUNCH | 12:10 | 13:40 | 1:30 | |||
| Session 7: Foaling and Postpartum Management | Dr. Sones | 13:40 | 14:10 | 0:30 | Dr. Karen Wolfsdorf | Postpartum Management of Mares and Foals (including Postpartum Hemorrhage) |
14:10 | 14:40 | 0:30 | Peter Daels | Induction of Lactation and Foal Adoption | ||
14:40 | 15:00 | 0:20 | Pat McCue | Evaluation and Proper Use of Colostrum | ||
BREAK | 15:00 | 15:30 | 0:30 | |||
| Session 8: Sick Foal Management and Treatments | Dr. Wolfsdorf | 15:30 | 16:00 | 0:30 | Dr. Gary Magdesian | Fluid and Antibiotic Therapy of Sick Foal at the Farm |
16:00 | 16:30 | 0:30 | Dr. Rana Bozorgmanesh | Use of Ultrasound in Foals (including Umbilical Conditions) | ||
16:30 | 17:00 | 0:30 | Dr. Carter Judy | Umbilical Surgery and Limb Deformities | ||
17:00 | 18:00 | 1:00 | Multiple Speakers | New Findings in the Field (see below)* | ||
Closing Remarks by Pat McCue | ||||||
Dinner at the Hotel | ||||||
New Findings in the Field | ||||||
| New Findings in the Field* | 0:15 | Dr. Soledad Martin-Pelaez | Early Pregnancy Losses in ICSI embryos | |||
| New Findings in the Field* | 0:15 | Dr. Claudia Fernandes | ICSI ET in Cyclic vs. Non-cyclic Mares | |||
| New Findings in the Field* | 0:15 | Dr. Juan Samper | Sexed Semen in ICSI and Reverese sexing | |||
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| New Findings in the Field* | 0:10 | Dr. Yatta Boakari | Updates on PPID and MS in Breeding and Pregnant Mare | |||
| New Findings in the Field* | 0:10 | Dr. Babiche Heil | Microbiome and Reproduction | |||
| New Findings in the Field* | 0:10 | Dr. Camilo Jaramillo-Morales | Rhodococcus in Practice | |||
| New Findings in the Field* | 0:15 | Dr. Margo Macpherson | Safe Drugs for Pregnancy | |||
Wet labs - November 8th
Each module has an AM and PM component and lasts a full day - please select only one.
Session | Brief rationale / skills focus |
Module 1 - General Stud‑Farm | |
| Pregnant‑mare ultrasound: fetal evaluation & sexing | Hands‑on transabdominal (and demonstration of rectal) ultrasonography of mid‑gestation mares; identification of viability parameters (heartbeat, bone maturity, placental thickness) and fetal sexing. |
| Foal resuscitation (dummy) & placental examination | Protocols for neonatal airway management, ventilation, chest compressions; systematic gross placental evaluation (frozen placentas). |
| Cytology & culture prep (biopsy interpretation) | Collection of uterine sample, on‑farm Gram‑ and Diff‑Quik smears, culture plating, and interpretation. |
| Semen evaluation | Manual assessment of motility, concentration, morphology and extender preparation. Use of Microfluidics device VetMotl. |
Module 2 - OPU (TVA/IVP) | |
| Equipment & media set‑up | Assembly of transvaginal aspiration system; preparation of the system and comparison of the available systems. Note to things to prepare before the procedure. |
| TVA demonstration (Full Repro tracts & mare) | Demo of OPU and discussion about the techniques to improve recovery rate |
| Oocyte search & packing | Aspiration fluid filtration, Oocyte searching under stereomicroscope, cumulus assessment, transfer to holding medium and packing for shipment. |
| IVP‑embryo thawing | Thawing (warming) and quality grading of day‑7/8 IVP embryos. Load of embryos in straws/gun for transferring. |
| Post‑mortem gamete retrieval (optional) | Ovary scraping and epididymal flush (frozen samples) |
Module 3 - Embryo‑Transfer (ET) | |
| Embryo flush | Non‑surgical transcervical lavage, filtration and recovery. |
| Embryo search & evaluation | Identification, stage grading and embryo rinse. |
| Embryo transfer (Wilsher forceps) | Loading into 0.5 cc straw; ET with Wilsher forceps. |
| Embryo vitrification & warming | Cryolock vitrification of ≤300 µm embryos; rapid warming and dilution. |