Every course I've had in equine science at Colorado State University has exposed me to a wealth of topics that I might not have otherwise known about. This includes equine reproduction, which on the surface seems pretty straight forward, but the interplay of biological factors and living animals is far from ordinary and involves a lot of memorizing and understanding normal physiology.
Last fall I had the opportunity to begin working with Dr. Patrick McCue and Dr. Ryan Ferris from Colorado State University's Equine Reproduction Laboratory on the production of an eBook on equine reproduction case studies. They supplied all the materials, the chapters, photos, and raw video footage and I began editing the videos and compiling the book in the iAuthor program. Besides honing my production skills, I learned a lot about disease states that can interfere with normal reproduction, how the veterinarians diagnose the cases, and the methods they employ to increase fertility, manage disease, find mares who will accept orphan foals, and a variety of fascinating cases that they handle on a daily basis. As a student, I appreciate the eBook platform where I can not only read about a case, but also see photographs, videos narrated by an equine reproduction specialist, and be directed to other research on the specific topic. It truly is a living textbook. The eBook was completed at the end of August and uploaded onto iTunes and includes a sample chapter for free download. I've started work on compiling a second volume of all new cases for Dr. McCue and Dr. Ferris and I'm grateful to be learning even more about equine reproduction. https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/clinical-cases-in-equine-reproduction/id1032555868?mt=11
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This year’s 10th anniversary Legends of Ranching Performance Horse saleincluded a futurity and maturity demonstration on Friday night. Four consignors were invited to show horses in the demonstration, which included dry work and cattle work. Dr. Denniston, the horse-judging instructor and judging team coach, narrated each horse’s run, which highlighted their exceptional qualities.
Horses that are sold during this year’s sale will be eligible to compete in next year’s inaugural futurity and maturity event during the 11thannual legends of ranching sale. During the preview on Saturday morning, aged horses did dry work and worked cattle. The consigned colts were ridden in the arena by their student trainers, giving potential buyers a chance to see them in action before the one o’clock sale start time. The fast-paced auction took just over two hours to sell approximately 50 horses. The top selling aged horse, Docs Tequila Snort, consigned by Singleton Ranches went for $16,000. Dyllan Freeburg, who was also the winner of last week’s Wagonhound Land and Livestock student competition, trained the top selling colt SCR Peptos Parton who sold for $14,000, and was consigned by Spur Cross Ranch. (See all the sale results on the Equine Sciences website). |