Lecture Schedule Theriogenology VMED 5361
Date Time Title Mentor
Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10 Course Introduction Eilts
Wednesday, September 02, 2009 11 General: Female Anatomy - Pathways to Pregnancy and Parturition Chapter 2 Embryology Ch 4  Eilts
Wednesday, September 02, 2009 1P General: Endocrinology of estrous cycle: Hormones: GnRH, FSH, LH, hCG, eCG, inhibin, prostaglandin, steroid hormones (structure, function, production of, mechanisms,...) Pathways to Pregnancy and Parturition Chapter 5 Eilts
Wednesday, September 02, 2009 2P General: Physiology of estrous cycle: proestrus, estrus, metestrus, diestrus. Pathways to Pregnancy and Parturition Chapter 7 - All species estrous cycles Eilts
Wednesday, September 09, 2009 10 General: Physiology of estrous cycle: proestrus, estrus, metestrus, diestrus. Pathways to Pregnancy and Parturition Chapter 7 - All species estrous cycles - 2 Eilts
Wednesday, September 09, 2009 11 General: Ovarian function: folliculogenesis, ovulation. Pathways to Pregnancy and Parturition Chapter 8; CL formation, function, demise. Pathways to Pregnancy and Parturition. Chapter 9 Eilts
Wednesday, September 09, 2009 1P General - review/makeup time Eilts
Wednesday, September 09, 2009 2P General: Fertilization, capacitation, zona reaction, early pregnancy Pathways to Pregnancy and Parturition. Chapter 12 Len
Friday, September 11, 2009 10 General: Physiology of pregnancy and parturition (maternal recognition of preg, hormones of pregnancy and initiation of parturition) Pathways to Pregnancy and Parturition Chapter 13,14 - All species pregnancy and induction of parturition. Lyle
Friday, September 11, 2009 11 General: Physiology of pregnancy and parturition (maternal recognition of preg, hormones of pregnancy and initiation of parturition) Pathways to Pregnancy and Parturition Chapter 13,14 - All species pregnancy and induction of parturition. - 2 Lyle
Friday, September 11, 2009 1P General: Puberty, environment, seasonality. Pathways to Pregnancy and Parturition. Chapter 6 Lyle
Friday, September 11, 2009 2P General: Physiology & hormonal control of lactation Lyle
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 8 Male Physiology: spermatogenesis Eilts
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9 Male Physiology Eilts
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10 Semen evaluation/packaging Eilts
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11 When can I tell if my mare is ready to breed?' Equine: Clinical exam Physiology: estrous cycle, transition Eilts
Thursday, September 17, 2009 8 My mare has funny cycles' Equine: Physiology: pregnancy, abnormal cycles Eilts
Thursday, September 17, 2009 9 Lab 1 Semen evaluation and Equine  
Thursday, September 17, 2009 10 Lab 1 Semen evaluation and Equine  
Thursday, September 17, 2009 11 Lab 2 Semen evaluation and Equine  
Friday, September 18, 2009 1P Lab 2 Semen evaluation and Equine  
Friday, September 18, 2009 2P How can I breed my mare? Equine:Breeding Mgmt: estrous cycle control, etc Len
Friday, September 18, 2009 3P How can I breed my mare with shipped semen?' Equine: Breeding Mgmt (fresh cooled semen, frozen semen), AI, ET Len
Friday, September 18, 2009 4P Equine: Infertility: CEM, hormonal Lyle
Monday, September 21, 2009 1P  'My mare did not get pregnant, what is wrong?' Equine: Infertility: granulosa cell tumor, endometritis, genetic, seasonal Lyle
Monday, September 21, 2009 2P Male Equine Surgery: castration, squamous cell, cryptorchids Burba
Monday, September 21, 2009 3P Male Equine Surgery: castration, squamous cell, cryptorchids Burba
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1P Equine: Female Surgery: perineal lacerations, Caslick's, (OVX?) (C-section?) Burba 
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 2P Equine: Female Surgery: perineal lacerations, Caslick's, (OVX?) (C-section?) Burba 
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3P What happens when my mare is pregnant?' Equine: Pregnancy/Parturition; preg diagnosis, induc. of parturition, twinning, uterine torsion Lyle
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 4P I have a problem with my mare foaling.' Equine: parturition, dystocia Lyle
Thursday, September 24, 2009 8  'What happens after my mare foals?' Equine: Postpartum: retained palcenta, metritis, uterine prolapse, trauma, eclampsia, mastitis Lyle
Thursday, September 24, 2009 9 Equine: Neonatology; management, examination, prematurity, maladjustment syndrome, bladder rupture, meconium retention, failure passive transfer, patent urachus, septicemia, respir dis, GI dis McConnico
Friday, September 25, 2009 10 Equine: Neonatology McConnico
Friday, September 25, 2009 11 Equine: Neonatology McConnico
Monday, September 28, 2009 8 Equine: Neonatology McConnico
Monday, September 28, 2009 9 Lab 3 Semen packaging, Equine  
Monday, September 28, 2009 10 Lab 3 Semen packaging, Equine, Stallion  
Monday, September 28, 2009 11 My mare aborted, what happened?' Equine: Abortion: herpes, EVA, lepto, placentitis Lyle
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1P I want my stallion checked' - Male Equine: BSE, infertility, urospermia, hemospermia, genital trauma, habronemiasis, squamous cell, paralysis Lyle
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2P My stallion is not getting mares pregnant' - Male Equine: BSE, infertility, urospermia, hemospermia, genital trauma, habronemiasis, squamous cell, paralysis Lyle
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3P Lab 3 Semen packaging, Equine, Stallion  
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4P Lab 3 Semen packaging, Equine, Stallion  
Monday, October 05, 2009 8 I want to breed my dog' Canine: reproductive physiology, estrous cycle, vaginal cytology Eilts
Monday, October 05, 2009 9 I want to breed my dog' Canine: breeding mgmt  Eilts
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 1P Lab 4 Semen packaging, Equine, Stallion  
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 2P Lab 4 Semen packaging, Equine, Stallion  
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 3P I want to breed my dog.' Canine: pregnancy - physiology, diagnosis, pseudopregnancy,  Len
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 4P I think she is having problems having pups' Canine: parturition - normal, dystocia  Len
Thursday, October 08, 2009 1P She did not get pregnant and might be sick' Canine: canine postpartum - retained placenta, SIPS, eclampsia, etc, pyometra, infertility - vaginal strictures, hyperplasia, prolapse; abnormalities of cycle; herpes, mycoplasma, ureaplasma Eilts
Thursday, October 08, 2009 2P Canine: mismate and estrous cycle control  Eilts
Thursday, October 08, 2009 3P I do not want my dog pregnant and she got bred' Canine: mismate Eilts
Thursday, October 08, 2009 4P I want to breed my dog' Canine: brucellosis Eilts
Friday, October 09, 2009 8 I want my dog dog checked to see if is OK.' Male Canine: BSE, infertility, phimosis, paraphimosis, azoospermia Eilts
Friday, October 09, 2009 9 My cat is a pain!' Feline: reprod physiol, pregnancy, breeding mgmt,mammary hypertrophy, infertility -endocrine, nutritional, infectious Eilts
Monday, October 12, 2009 8 My cat is sick!' Feline: reprod physiol, pregnancy, breeding mgmt,mammary hypertrophy, infertility -endocrine, nutritional, infectious Eilts
Monday, October 12, 2009 9 My cat is sick!' Feline: reprod physiol, pregnancy, breeding mgmt, mammary hypertrophy, infertility -endocrine, nutritional, infectious 2 Eilts
Monday, October 12, 2009 10 Male Canine: prostatic disease Ogden
Monday, October 12, 2009 11 Small Animal Surgery (male) Ogden
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 1P Small Animal Surgery: OHE, C-sec, vaginal surgery, mammary tumors  Ogden
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 2P Small Animal Surgery: OHE, C-sec, vaginal surgery, mammary tumors Ogden
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 3P How does the beef and dairy cattle industry work?' Bovine: beef, dairy management Eilts
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4P I want to breed my cows.' Bovine: estrous cycle, estrus detection Eilts
Thursday, October 15, 2009 1P Bovine: control of estrous cycle Eilts
Thursday, October 15, 2009 2P How can I pregnancy check my cows?' Bovine: clinical exam, preg Dx Eilts
Thursday, October 15, 2009 3P How can I pregnancy check my cows?' Bovine: clinical exam, preg Dx Eilts
Thursday, October 15, 2009 4P My cows are not getting pregnant, what is wrong?' Bovine: disturbances of cycle: anestrus, pyometra, EED (trich, vib, environment); repeat breeders (BVD, ureaplasm) Eilts
Friday, October 16, 2009 8 Lab 5 Equine, Small Animal Cytology  
Friday, October 16, 2009 9 Lab 5 Equine, Small Animal Cytology  
Monday, October 19, 2009 8 My cows are not coming into heat' Bovine: cystic follicular degeneration Eilts
Monday, October 19, 2009 9 My cows are not getting pregnant, what is wrong?' Bovine: disturbances of cycle: anestrus, pyometra, EED (trich, vib, environment); repeat breeders (BVD, ureaplasm) Eilts
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 1P Lab 6 Equine, Small Animal Cytology  
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2P Lab 6 Equine, Small Animal Cytology, TCI  
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 3P Bovine: pregnancy, parturition, induction Lyle
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4P My cow's having  problems calving'. - Bovine dystocia Eilts
Thursday, October 22, 2009 8 Lab 7 Equine, Small Animal Cytology  
Thursday, October 22, 2009 9 Lab 7 Equine, Small Animal Cytology  
Monday, October 26, 2009 8 My cow is supposed to be pregnant, but something is wrong.' Bovine: problems of pregnancy - hydrops, uterine torsion, fetal mummification/maceration, uterine/vaginal lacerations. Lyle
Monday, October 26, 2009 9 What can I do to check to see if my cow is OK after she calves?' Bovine: postpartum - normal involution, RFM, metritis Lyle
Monday, October 26, 2009 10 Bovine: Abortion - Infectious and Non-infectious: IBR, BVD, Lepto, Brucella, Listeria, Neospora, toxic Elzer
Monday, October 26, 2009 11 Bovine: Abortion, cont'd. Elzer
Monday, October 26, 2009 1P I want my bull checked.' Male Ruminant: BSE, infertility, epididimytis Eilts
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 1P Lab 8  Equine, Obstetrics  
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2P Lab 8  Equine,  Obstetrics. Bull, Fetotomy  
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 3P Male LA Surgery: hematoma, preputial injuries, hydrocele, hernia, frenulum, strictures Gill
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4P Male LA Surgery: castration, vasectomy, hematoma, preputial, teasers, frenulum Gill
Monday, November 09, 2009 8 Pathophysiology and treatment of mastitis (all spec.) Olcott
Monday, November 09, 2009 9 Pathophysiology and treatment of mastitis (all spec.) Olcott
Monday, November 09, 2009 10 Small Ruminants  / Sheep and goats Olcott
Monday, November 09, 2009 11 Small Ruminants  Olcott
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10 Ruminant Neonatology: bovine, caprine, ovine Olcott
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11 Ruminant Female Surgery: C-section, vaginal & uterine prolapse Gill
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1P Lab 9  Equine, Bovine,  Obstetrics. Bull, Fetotomy  
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2P Lab 10  Equine, Bovine,  Obstetrics. Bull  
Thursday, November 12, 2009 1P Lab 11 Equine,  Bovine Bull, Stallion, Obstetrics  
Thursday, November 12, 2009 2P Lab 11 Equine, Bovine,  Obstetrics. Bull, Stallion  
Monday, November 16, 2009 8 Biotechnology Godke
Monday, November 16, 2009 9 Biotechnology Godke
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10 Lab 12 Equine, Bovine,  Obstetrics. Bull,  Stallion  
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11 Lab 12 Equine, Bovine,  Obstetrics. Fetotomy  
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1P Lab 13 TCI, Bovine, Bull, Fetotomy  
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2P Lab 13 TCI, Bovine, Bull, Fetotomy  
Monday, November 23, 2009 8 Porcine: physiology and endocrinology of estrous cycle, puberty, anestrus Olcott
Monday, November 23, 2009 9 Porcine: mating systems, pregnancy Dx, induction of parturition, mastitis Olcott
Monday, November 23, 2009 10 Porcine: infertility, early embryonic death, abortion, stillbirth, repeat breeders, infectious infertility, surgical problems Olcott
Monday, November 23, 2009 11 Porcine: infertility, early embryonic death, abortion, stillbirth, repeat breeders, infectious infertility, surgical problems Olcott
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10 Lab 14 TCI, Bovine fetotomy  
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 11 Lab 14 Bovine fetotomy  
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 1P Lab 15 Bovine fetotomy, SA Practical Exam  
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 2P Lab 15 Bovine fetotomy  
Friday, December 04, 2009 8 Final - Comprehensive Eilts
Friday, December 04, 2009 9 Final - Comprehensive Eilts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 





contributed by Bruce E Eilts on 13 September 2009



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