Course dates
05 Feb 2025 09:45 - 05 Feb 2025 16:15
Twemlows Stud Farm, A.I. and E.T. Centre, SY13 2EZ
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About this course
Join us for an introduction to assessing mares prior to and during the breeding season for natural covering and AI programmes. You will leave the course with a better understanding of how to identify and treat the problem mare, diagnose a pregnancy and investigate an abortion.
Prior to the practical day you will have access to online lectures covering performing breeding soundness examinations including swabs and health requirements, the oestrous cycle and its management, preparing the mare for natural covering or AI, post-breeding treatments and the problem mare, ultrasonography of the uterus and ovaries and investigation of abortion.
You’ll then join us at Twemlows Stud Farm for our practical day. You will get involved in small-group practical sessions where you’ll get to grips with breeding soundness examination, the sub fertile mare, hormone use and routine scanning. Our speakers will use their extensive experience to provide advice and share their knowledge with you.
This course is part of our Fundamentals of Equine Practice series. By working with leading equine practices we’ve developed 10 practical courses that provide the essential skills necessary to thrive in equine practice.
See the rest of the series.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course you will...
- have gained an understanding of managing mares in both natural covering and artificial insemination (AI) breeding programs
- be able to perform a thorough breeding soundness examination of a mare
- be able to identify problem breeding mares and formulate effective plans for their investigation and treatment
- have developed the skills to interpret ultrasound examinations of the mare's reproductive tract for routine fertility management and pregnancy diagnosis
- be able to investigate an abortion, analyse the findings, and create a comprehensive plan for addressing the situation
RCVS modules
This course is suitable for the following RCVS modules:
C-E.9 Mare Reproduction and Breeding Management
C-E.16 Basic Equine Practice Part 2
Our speakers
- Course Organiser: John Spencer BVSc MRCVS
- Frederic Barrelet DipVMS DrMedVet (Bern) MRCVS
- Charlie Cooke BVetMed MScCertEM (StudMed) MRCVS
- Kelly Harrison-Tait BSc(Hons) BVSc CertAVP(ESM) MRCVS
- Monica Morganti Dr Med Vet DACT DECAR MRCVS
Course prices
- Vet member: £340
- Non member: £680
Terms and conditions
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Payment and transfers
- All payments must be made in pound sterling. Your place on the course is not guaranteed until full payment has been made.
- Booked places can be transferred to another person free of charge if requested two weeks before the start of the course. If the transferee is not a BEVA member, they will be liable for the difference between the member and non-member rate. If a transfer is requested less than two weeks prior to the start date a 10% administration charge will apply.
- A full refund will be made, less a 10% administration charge, if cancellation is more than six weeks before the start of the course.
- A refund cannot be guaranteed if cancellation is less than six weeks before the start of the course. A full refund will be made if we are able to resell the place, less a 20% administration charge.
- In the unlikely event that we are required to cancel or postpone the course you can opt to receive a full refund or receive a CPD credit. The CPD credit is valid for one year from the date of issue and can be used on any BEVA CPD event.
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- To be eligible for the BEVA member price you are required to be a BEVA member at the time of the course. If your membership expires before the course date you will be invoiced the difference.
- For all non-member bookings a 12-month digital BEVA membership is included in the course price and will be set up within five working days of receiving payment. If you cancel your place after the membership is set up any refund given will be minus the number of months membership you have already had. If you transfer your place the membership can be transferred at the same time, however the length of the membership will not be extended.
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