Raising a foal for optimal value at foal auctions or future athletic performance is a complex undertaking that is riddled with obstacles and inherent risks. In this workshop, experts and delegates participants will explore together the genetic, epigenetic, nutritional, parasite, and other risk factors and how to deal with them.
This workshop will offer the perfect forum to discuss the latest insights into the best choice of broodmare and ET recipient, environmental factors that affect pregnancy outcome, foal size, and performance, anthelmintic strategies in mares and foals, weaning procedures, exercise protocols, and many more. This workshop is aimed at veterinarians who frequently advise horse breeders, large broodmare farms, and breeding organizations on how to optimize the equine breeding industry.
Topics included:
- Epigenetics in horses, the actual impact on the foal
- Effect of environmental factors
- Age and parity in broodmares: how and why does it matter?
- Gametes, embryos, and their epigenome: Considerations when using IVP in equine reproduction
- Medical risk factors in the growing foal
- Anthelmintic strategies for the pregnant mare and the nursing foal
- How to deal with anthelmintic resistance on the broodmare farm
- Incidence of disease, injury and mortality in Thoroughbred foals and yearlings on stud farms in the United Kingdom and Ireland
- How to reduce risk of injury through adequate daily management of mare and foal
- Primary vaccination in foals: what is the adequate age, what is the adequate protocol?
Participants in this workshop 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
Venue
ICC-Ghent Conference Center – top floor meeting rooms
Date
9 October 2024. Registration starts at 13:00, workshops start at 13:30 and end at 17:00. A coffee break with hot and cold beverages will be offered half-way the afternoon.
Registration
The course is limited to 40 participants (strict full-is-full policy). Registration fee includes coffee breaks. Participants must register for the ESER 2024 Symposium to access this workshop. Participants in a workshop can purchase access to the video recordings of all pre-symposium workshops (except the ET and Semen Handling courses) for online viewing three months after the symposium.
Fee
Workshop 195€ (excl. 21% VAT) / Access to the video recordings of the other workshops during three months 95€ (excl. 21% VAT) / Residents-in-Training: workshop plus recordings 95€ (excl. 21% VAT).
