Description
Estimated Time: 12 hours of virtual theoretical classes
Date: April 15, 2024
Language: Spanish
Modality: virtual (theoretical) and face-to-face (hands-on)
Contents
Reproductive program planning in a system. Process control and evaluation. Common issues. Scheduling and control of births and postpartum in semi-intensive and intensive breeding conditions. Environmental management as a cause of subfertility and loss of overall reproductive and productive efficiency. Techniques and procedures applicable to intensive reproductive programs.
What is and is not a genetic improvement program in horses? Fundamentals of designing and controlling a genetic improvement program in practical breeding conditions. Technologies applied to improvement and genetic diagnosis in horses. Basics of quantitative genetics and genomics in competition horses. What, how, and when to measure. Using data in improvement programs. The model of Purebred Spanish Horse, Arab, Anglo-Arab, and Warmbloods.
Instructors
Agustín Ruiz
DVM, MSc, Dip ACT
Gouburn Valley Equine Hospital, Australia
Celina Checura
DVM, MS, PhD, DACT
Clemson University, USA
Emmeline Hill
DVM, PhD
University College Dublin, Ireland
Juan Cuervo-Arango Lencina
DVM, MSc, PhD, Dip ECAR
Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Spain
Luis Losinno
DVM, PhD
Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Argentina
María José Sánchez-Guerrero
DVM, MSc
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
María Mercedes Valera Córdoba
DVM, PhD
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Patrick McCue
DVM, PSc, PhD, Dip ACT
Colorado State University, USA
Sebastián Demyda-Peyrás
Ing Zoot, PhD
Universidad de Córdoba, Spain
Available at the beginning of the Diplomate.
Available at the beginning of the Diplomate.
