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Semen Collection and Handling Course
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Key information
The Equine Semen Handling course is a one-day, pre-symposium course consisting of lectures, practical exercises and demonstrations on all aspects of semen collection, handling of cooled and frozen, semen, transport and cryopreservation. This course will take place on Wednesday October 9, 2024 at the ERC De Morette in Asse, Belgium.
This course is designed for veterinarians with prior knowledge and clinical skills in stallion and semen management. The course will provide new insights and help participants to optimize and increase efficiency of semen collection, management and transport of cooled semen as well as the handling, shipping and storing frozen semen. The laboratory session will provide hands-on opportunities for semen evaluation, semen preparation for cooled storage, cryopreservation, and shipment of semen. Additional time will be dedicated to cryopreservation of epididymal sperm following sudden death or castration. This course is limited to 12 veterinarians.
Practical exercises and demonstrations will include:
- Semen collection
- Semen evaluation
- Semen preparation for cooled storage/transport
- Semen cryopreservation
- Cryopreservation of epidydimal sperm
- Equipment required for handling and storing frozen semen
- Thawing, assessment and insemination techniques for frozen semen
- Shipping frozen semen
- How to handle frozen semen brought in by clients
- What to look out for should there be a problem with a straw
- How to maintain your nitrogen tanks correctly & safely
- Handling and safety working with liquid nitrogen
- Paper work and health papers explained
- Common problems and troubleshooting
The Equine Semen Handling course is organized in collaboration with the Equine Reproduction Center ERC De Morette, the Schockemohle Stud and Stallion AI Services, three of the leading stallion centres in Europe.
Participants in this course can purchase access to the video recordings of all other pre-symposium workshops (except the ET and Semen Handling courses). Videos can be viewed online for three months after the ESER symposium. For purchasing access to these recordings, go to the registration section below.
Speakers
- Peter De Blende - DVM - ERC De Morette, Belgium
- Bart Kools - Guest speaker - Schockemöhle’s Stallion Station, Germany
- Tullis Matson - FRAgS - Stallion AI Services, UK
Venue
The lectures and wet labs will take place at the ERC De Morette in Asse (between Ghent and Brussels). Transport from the city-centre of Ghent to ERC De Morette, and back, is included in the registration fee.
Date
9 October 2024. Transport from downtown Ghent to De Morette will depart at 8:00. Lectures start at 9:00 at ERC De Morette. Transport from ERC De Morette back to Ghent is scheduled to arrive in Ghent by 18:30.
Registration
The course is limited to 12 participants (strict full-is-full policy).