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Pre-conference News & Notes |The Physiology of Pregnancy | Estrous Synchronization | AI in Your Operation | Management, Environment and Nutrition | Embryo Transfer | Post-Conference Coverage

segment 1: Pre-conference News & Notes

Segment 2: The Physiology of Pregnancy

• Making a Calf: The Process, by Lannett Edwards, University of Tennessee
  • Summary | PowerPoint (256 KB pdf) | Audio | Proceedings (1.1 MB pdf) | Speaker bio
    
• Physiological Principals of the Estrous Cycle, by Michael Smith, University of Missouri
  • Summary | PowerPoint (5.1 MB pdf) | Audio | Proceedings (480 KB pdf) | Speaker bio
• Understanding Postpartum Anestrus and Puberty, by Les Anderson, University of Kentucky
  • Summary | PowerPoint (704 KB pdf) | Audio | Proceedings (160 KB pdf) | Speaker bio
• Insemination-related Factors Affecting Fertilization in Estrous-synchronized Cattle, by Richard Saacke, Virginia Tech Emeritus Professor
  • Summary | PowerPoint (12.9 MB pdf) | Audio | Proceedings (256 KB pdf) | Speaker bio
    
• Use of Gender-sorted Semen, by George Seidel, Colorado State University
  • Summary | PowerPoint (768 KB pdf) | Audio | Proceedings (96 KB pdf)| Speaker bio

Segment 3: Estrous synchronization

• Protocols for Heifers, by Dave Patterson, University of Missouri
  • Summary | PowerPoint | Audio | Proceedings (608 KB pdf) | Speaker bio
    
• Protocols for Cows, by Cliff Lamb, University of Florida
  • Summary | PowerPoint | Audio | Proceedings (320 KB pdf) | Speaker bio
• Protocol Sheets/Estrous Synchronization Planner, by Justin Rhinehart, University of Tennessee
  • Summary | PowerPoint | Audio | Proceedings (608 KB pdf) | Speaker bio

SEGMENT 4: AI in your operation

• Birth Defects, by Brian Whitlock, University of Tennessee
  • Summary | PowerPoint | Audio | Proceedings (736 KB pdf) | Speaker bio
    
• Marketing AI Calves, by Mark Davis, Buckingham Cattlemen's Assocition, VA Corrections Agribusiness
  • Summary | PowerPoint | Audio | Proceedings (2.1 MB pdf)
• Producer Panel Discussion: How We are Implementing an AI Program on Our Operations and What Are the Benefits?
  — Tim Sutphin, Virginia
  • Summary | PowerPoint | Audio
  — Kevin Thompson, Tennessee
  • Summary | PowerPoint | Audio | Proceedings (512 KB pdf)

SEgment 5: Management, environment & Nutrition

• Why Are We Challenged With the Use of AI in Southeastern U.S. Commercial Beef Operations, by Dee Whittier, Virginia Tech
  • Summary | PowerPoint | Audio | Proceedings (672 KB pdf) | Speaker bio
    
• Using Natural Service: Bull Management Considerations, by Roger Ellis, University of Georgia
  • Summary | PowerPoint | Audio | Proceedings
• Management Factors Influencing Fertility in Synchronized and Natural Breeding Programs, by George Perry, South Dakota State University
  • Summary | PowerPoint | Audio | Proceedings (416 KB pdf) | Speaker bio
• Nutritional Influences on Reproduction: Energy and Protein, by John Hall, University of Illinois
  • Summary | PowerPoint | Audio | Proceedings (320 KB pdf) | Speaker bio
    
• Nutritional Influences on Reproduction: Mineral Supplementation, by Jeff Lehmkuhler, University of Kentucky
  • Summary | PowerPoint | Audio | Proceedings (128 KB pdf) | Speaker bio
• Nutritional Influences on Reproduction: Effects of Fescue, by Neal Schrick, University of Tennesssee
  • Summary | PowerPoint | Audio | Proceedings (160 KB pdf) | Speaker bio
• Effects of Temperament and Animal Handling on Fertility, by Reinaldo Cooke, Oklahoma State University
  • Summary | PowerPoint | Audio | Proceedings (192 KB pdf) | Speaker bio

Segment 6: Embryo Transfer

• Embryo Transfer: Are Efficiencies Improving?, by John Hasler, Bioniche
  • Summary | PowerPoint | Audio | Proceedings (320 KB pdf) | Speaker bio
    
• Embryo Transfer: Donor Set Up, by Mitchell and Tony Greer, Large Animal Services of East Tennessee
  • Summary | PowerPoint | Audio | Proceedings (128 KB pdf) | Speaker bio
• Recipient Protocols for Synchronization, Timed ET and Resynchronization, by Edwin Robertson, Harrogate Genetics International
  • Summary | PowerPoint | Audio | Proceedings (192 KB pdf) | Speaker bio

Segment 7: Post-conference Coverage

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