Bovine Artificial Insemination Course Description and Syllabus

This document describes the schedule and topics covered in a successful three day artificial insemination course.

Date:: 2015
Primary Material Type:: Syllabus
Institution:: Vermont Technical College
Project Name:: Institute of Applied Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Technical College
Funding Source:: TAACCCT Round 2
Subjects:: Dairy Cattle Artificial Insemination

Industry / Occupation

Industry Partner:: Vermont Dairy Industry
Industry Sector:: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting -- Animal Production and Aquaculture -- Cattle Ranching and Farming (1121)
Occupation:: All Occupations (00-0000)

Instructional Program:: Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences (01)
Credit Type:: Non-Credit
Credential Type:: Certificate
Educational Level of Materials:: 1st year Community College or equivalent
Time Required:: 15 minutes
Language:: English (United States)
Interactivity Type:: Presentation only - requires user to navigate through content.
Quality Note:: This course was instructed and taught by a veterinarian with over 20 years of dairy cattle reproductive management experience. This course utilized live cows on working dairy farms that provided competency evaluation of the student inseminators. This course was taught to professional dairy farmers who gave constant feedback on the value of the course.
Quality of Subject Matter was assured by:: Consultations during development of instructional materials

Participation as an ongoing member of team developing the instructional materials
Quality of Online/Hybrid Course Design assured by:: None

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