EQS125 Equine Breeding Management

An introduction to all aspects of equine breeding management including: heredity, selection, the reproductive system of mares and stallions, live cover and artificial insemination, physiology of gestation and fetal development, parturition and dystocia, care of the neonate, care and handling of breeding stock and foals, and breeding farm design and management. Prerequisite: EQT 116 or permission of the director of equestrian studies.