Small Animal Reproduction I, Nantes / France, 31 August - 4 September 2009 held

Parturition monitoring

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PROGRAM

Monday, 31 August 2009: Reproduction management

- Introduction
- Case report: Management of the heat to obtain a pregnancy in the bitch
- Case report : Interests and limits of hormonal assay in breading management
- Practice: Carrying out and interpretation of vaginal smear and hormonal assay

08.30 – 09.00 Registration, welcome and introduction
09.00 – 10.30 Physiology and endocrinology of the ovarian cycle
11.00 – 12.30 Breeding management
14.00 – 15.00 Practice : Vaginal smear
15.00 – 16.00 Practice : Progesterone assay
16.30 – 17.30 Interests and limits of hormonal assay in breeding management
17.30 – 18.30 Natural breeding and failures

Tuesday, 01 September 2009: Mating, assisted mating, and artificial insemination

- Case report: How to manage the natural mating and the unsuccessful natural mating
- Case report: Utility of artificial insemination to obtain a pregnancy when the bitch refuses natural breeding
- Case report: Legal and zootechnical aspects concerning semen banking and international exchanges
- Practice: Collection and examination of semen, spermogramme / Preparation of fresh, chilled or frozen semen for insemination
- Practice : Insemination training.

09.00 – 10.00 Collection and assessment of fresh semen
10.00 – 11.00 Semen preservation: chilling and freezing-thawing
11.30 – 12.30 Techniques for artificial insemination in the bitch
14.00 – 15.00 Practice : Collection of semen
15.00 – 16.00 Practice : Determination of the mating time clinical cases
16.30 – 18.30 Legal and zootechnical aspects of semen banking and exchange

Wednesday, 02 September 2009: Control of reproductive cycle and infertility of the bitch

- Case report: How to investigate ovarian and uterine function
- Case report: How to manage the infertile bitch
- Case report: When and how induce or prevent the oestrus of the bitch
- Practice: Vaginal and uterine endoscopy
- Practice: Interest of the ultrasonography in the investigation of normal and pathologic genital tract
- Practice: Reasoning about infertility case report

08.30 – 09.00 Permanent anoestrus – silent heat
09.00 – 10.30 Infertility with regular and irregular ovarian cycles
11.00 – 12.00 Induction and prevention of estrus of the bitch
12.00 – 12.30 Pregnancy prevention and termination
14.00 – 16.00 Practice : Insemination training vaginal and cervical
16.30 – 17.30 Practice : Insemination training cervical endoscopy

Thursday, 03 September 2009: The pregnant bitch

- Case report: Pregnancy diagnosis and monitoring
- Case report: Parturition monitoring
- Case report: Management of unwanted mating in a bitch
- Case report: Mammary gland tumuors
- Practice: Ultrasonography of the pregnant bitch
- Practice: Pregnancy diagnosis by relaxine assay

08.30 – 09.15 Investigation of ovarian and uterine function
09.15 – 10.00 Ultrasonography of the non pregnant female genital tract
10.00 – 10.30 Physiology and endocrinology of the pregnancy
11.00 – 11.30 Pregnancy diagnosis by palpation, radiograph and relaxin assay
11.30– 12.30 Pregnancy diagnosis by ultrasonography
14.00 – 15.00 Parturition monitoring
15.00 – 15.45 Physiopathology and treatment of pseudolactation
16.15 – 17.45 Practice : Ultrasonography of the pregnant and non pregnant bitch
17.45 – 18.15 Practice : Pregnancy diagnosis by relaxine assay

Friday, 04 September 2009: Management of fertility and infertility of the male dog

- Case report: How to investigate the male reproduction function
- Case report: Management of the infertility in the male dog
- Practice: Ultrasonography of the male genital tract
- Practice: Biopsies of the prostate and the testes
- Practice: Reasoning about case report with infertility

08.30 – 09.30 How to investigate male reproductive function
09.30 – 11.00 Diagnosis of infertility and treatment
11.30 – 12.30 Round table : Early spaying in dog and cat
14.00 – 15.30 Practice : Ultrasonography of male genital tract
15.30 – 16.15 Practice : Biopsy and sonography of prostate
16.15 – 17.00 Practice : Semen examination
17.00 – 18.00 Coffee break Closing and … follow up

Course Program: Small Animal Reproduction I 2009

ATF credit hours (Akademie fόr Tierδrtzliche Fortbildung, Germany): 35
(for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg)

CPD points (Continuing Professional Developement): 40
Please also see ESAVS Certficate Program (ECSAVP)

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ONLINE MATERIAL

Course Notes

Distance Learning

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COURSE LOCATION

Hotel and Travel Information

Hotels starting from 57,00 Euros per night:



Hostels ranging from 21,00 Euros per night:

(Please enter Nantes, France as location and select hostels
in the city centre for easiest public transport to the course location)

REGISTRATION

Tuition fee: EURO 1.700,--
Early registration: EURO 1.600,-- (deadline for early registration: 31st March 2009)