UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
FALL, 2003
This is the webpage for materials for laboratories conducted by Peter J. Hansen as part of ANS 3315L, ANS 3316L, and ANS 3317L. Information about each laboratory can be found by clicking on the links above.
Note that you are required to print out any material listed as required and bring it to class.
As a reminder, lab times are Monday 12:50 PM - 2:45 PM and Tuesday 12:50 PM - 2:45 PM and 3:00 PM - 4:55 PM
Please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Hansen if you have any questions about the laboratories. Contact Information: Dr. Peter J. Hansen Dept. of Animal Sciences, University of Florida Rm 122 (Hansen) Dairy Science (Bldg 499) Phone: 392-5590 Fax: 392-5595 Fax: 392-5595 Email: hansen@animal.ufl.edu
October
20-21 Microanatomy of the Female Reproductive Tract
Location: Room 155 Animal Science
Laboratory Handouts: The lab handout is required and should be downloaded from this site.
Optional Reading
ANS
434 Reproductive Physiology From the University of Wisconsin - see what your
cheesehead colleagues to the north are learning. In particular, go to the page
for the
Histology of Male and Female Reproductive Tracts and, once there,
review the page on
Introductory Histology and Micro-Anatomy and do the online laboratory on
Female Histology. There are also some other pages that link from
Histology of
Male and Female Reproductive Tracts
that are worth looking over.
Female
Reproductive System From University
of Kansas Medical Center, this site displays histological images of the female
reproductive system.
Virtual
Embryo - Gametogenesis
A very good background on oogenesis and oocyte maturation. It is more
detailed than what typical students in an intro repro class get or are expected
to learn.
Female
Reproductive System
Part of a website displaying histology images from
Andras Kovach and Andrew Mizisin at
University of California - San Diego.
Mammalian
Histology An excellent site for
images of tissue types (epithelia, stroma) and for reproductive tissues - from
the
University of Delaware.
Senger, Chapter 2
October 27-28
Embryonic and Fetal Development
Location: Room 155 Animal Science
Laboratory Handouts: Materials for the course will be distributed in class.
Optional Reading
Virtual
Embryo - Initial Development A very good background on fertilization and
early embryonic development. It is more detailed than what typical students in
an intro repro class get or are expected to learn.
Fertilization
and Early Embryonic Development This site, and the next two are from RA
Bowen et al. at Colorado State University. They provide a good overview of the
processes of events throughout gestation.
Implantation
and Development of the Placenta Also from RA Bowen et al.
Placentation
in Ruminants Another page from Bowen and colleagues, beautiful pictures of ruminant placentae can be viewed here.
Visual Guide to Bovine
Reproduction - A great collection of images from Maarten Drost at the
University of Florida. Click on Pregnancy and then conceptus.
Basic
Embryology Review Program This site from University of Pennsylvania, most of
which is unavailable to the public, is oriented towards human development but
contains a nice overview of the timing of development (click on overview) and a movie illustrating early development (once
in overview, click on movies and then
overview - you will need
QuickTime).
Senger, Chapters 4, 13, and 14
November
3-4 Pregnancy Diagnosis
Location:
Dairy Research Unit.
It is expected that you will arrive there on your own thirty minutes after the
scheduled class time. If you need a ride there, contact
Dr. Hansen.
Laboratory Handouts: There is a lab handout (required) on pregnancy diagnosis in cattle that should be downloaded from this site. In addition, you are required to download and read the handout on rectal palpation since we will be doing palpation. Additional material will be distributed in class.
Important Warning: We are going to be doing rectal palpation which is very messy!!! We will provide coveralls and booties to protect your clothes but it is still a good idea to come to this lab dressed in old clothes (no club gear).
Optional Reading
ANS
434 Rectal Palpation Lab See!! you are not the only students required to
learn palpation. Another description of procedures for rectal palpation is
included in these class notes from the University of Wisconsin.
Visual Guide to Bovine
Reproduction - A great collection of images from Maarten Drost at the
University of Florida. Click on Pregnancy and then diagnosis.
Pregnancy Diagnosis in Ewes - from the Dept. of Agriculture, Western
Australia
Ultrasound for Pregnancy Diagnosis in the Mare - by Sylvia Bedford-Guaus,
part of the PetPlace.com website
Pregnancy
Diagnosis - A Review - A North Carolina Healthy Hogs Seminar
Website maintained by Peter J. Hansen Modified 10-15-2003
Photos (from left to right) are from the PJ Hansen's collection (heifers in estrus), Paolete Soto and PJ Hansen (bovine embryo stained for TUNEL), Roslin Institute (Dolly and her first lamb, Bonnie and a Meishan x Large White sow and piglets), and John Parrish (stallion with lip curl).
Links
to commercial sites do not constitute endorsement by the authors or the
University of Florida
