Bovine Reproduction Resources
Calculators we built for our own students, places to stay and things to do while you are here, and the suppliers and services we work with.
Our calculators
Donor Stimulation CalculatorOur tool
Work out donor stimulation dates and dosages for superovulating donor cows, ready to flush embryos for transfer into recipients.
Open the calculator →Recipient Synchronization / AI Schedule — 7 Day Co-Synch + CIDROur tool
Work out recipient cow synchronization dates and dosages to set recipients up for artificial insemination.
Open the calculator →Recipient Synchronization / AI Schedule — 7 & 7 SynchOur tool
The same schedule worked out on the 7 & 7 Synch protocol.
Open the calculator →Forms and records to download
Free printable forms for recording your AI and embryo transfer work. Learn to fill in every one of these on our Combined AI & Embryo Transfer course.
IETS forms — free for everyone
Embryo Recovery + Embryo Transfer
Record a flush and where each fresh embryo was transferred.
PDF · 2 pages · IETS formDownloadEmbryo Recovery + Freezing
Record a flush where the embryos are frozen.
PDF · 2 pages · IETS formDownloadEmbryo Recovery + Transfer + Freezing
For a flush where some embryos go in fresh and the rest are frozen.
PDF · 2 pages · IETS formDownloadFreeze Code Application
Apply to IETS for the code that identifies you on every straw you freeze.
PDF · 1 page · IETS formDownloadAnimal Species & Breed Codes
The codes to use on straw labels and certificates.
PDF · 11 pages · IETS 2020DownloadApplication for Embryo Export
For selling embryos overseas. Goes to the breed organization in the exporting country.
PDF · 2 pages · IETS formDownloadIETS updates its forms now and then — check iets.org for the latest version before submitting one.
Student forms — for our students
Semen Tank Inventory Chart
Every cane and straw, nitrogen level and what to reorder.
PDF · 1 page🔒 Students onlyDownloadAI Breeding Record
Heat seen, date and time bred, sire, technician, preg check.
PDF · 1 page🔒 Students onlyDownloadRecipient Record
Synch protocol, CL side and quality, embryo, preg check.
PDF · 1 page🔒 Students onlyDownloadLiquid Nitrogen Fill Log
Date, level before and after, who filled it.
PDF · 1 page🔒 Students onlyDownloadCalving Due Date Chart
Breeding or transfer date to due date, 283 days.
PDF · 1 page🔒 Students onlyDownloadStarting Supplies Checklist
What to buy to start AI, and what to add for ET.
PDF · 1 page🔒 Students onlyDownloadStudent guides — for our students
The step-by-step references you used in class, ready to print and keep at the chute. Covered hands-on on our Combined AI & Embryo Transfer course.
Chute-Side Procedure Cards
Four laminate-ready cards: thawing and inseminating, thaw and transfer, setting up a flush, searching and grading.
PDF · 4 pages🔒 Students onlyDownloadTroubleshooting Guides
Low AI conception, a poor flush and low ET pregnancy rates — causes, how to tell, what to do.
PDF · 2 pages🔒 Students onlyDownloadProtocol Library
Timing for 7-Day and 5-Day CO-Synch + CIDR, Select Synch, 7 & 7 Synch, Ovsynch, recipient synch and donor superovulation.
PDF · 3 pages🔒 Students onlyDownloadBreeding Calendar & Heat Log
The 21-day cycle, signs of heat, the AM / PM rule and a printable 21-day heat log.
PDF · 2 pages🔒 Students onlyDownloadRecipient Selection Guide
Body condition scoring, what makes a good recipient, when to turn one down, and the CL check.
PDF · 2 pages🔒 Students onlyDownloadStarter Kit Shopping List
What to buy for AI and for embryo transfer when you get home, must-haves first.
PDF · 2 pages🔒 Students onlyDownloadBusiness Starter Pack
Cost-per-pregnancy and pricing worksheets, client record and herd visit checklist.
PDF · 3 pages🔒 Students onlyDownloadRefresher Video Library
Short clips of our instructors demonstrating each skill from class.
Coming soonEmbryo Grading Photo Library
Real microscope photos of every IETS stage and grade.
Coming soonWhile you are here
Local Attractions
Activities and places worth seeing around Senatobia once class is done for the day.
Where to Stay
Every lodging option within 45 minutes of the training facility — hotels in Senatobia, Hernando, Batesville and Tunica, a bed and breakfast, two private rooms across the street from the school, and an RV park. Addresses, drive times and phone numbers for each.
Industry links
EmbryoTek (Satellite for Vytelle)
Perform Ovum Pick-Up (OPU) on cows to make bovine IVF embryos.
ABS Global
Bovine semen collection, A.I. supplies, A.I. schools.
Minitube
Supplies and equipment for bovine artificial insemination (AI), embryo transfer (ET) and Ovum Pick-Up (OPU).
PETS (Professional Embryo Transfer Supply, Inc)
Supplies and equipment for bovine artificial insemination (AI), embryo transfer (ET) and Ovum Pick-Up (OPU).
Reproduction Provisions
Bovine artificial insemination and bovine embryo transfer supplies.
WTA
Bovine artificial insemination and bovine embryo transfer supplies.
Whitaker Embryo Repro Services
In-house repro services for IVF aspirations, conventional embryo collection and freezing, and donor housing. On-farm services cover conventional embryo collection and freezing, conventional embryo transfer and IVF fresh transfers. Reverse sorting conventional semen is also available, and they are a PWP with Trans Ova for oocyte fertilizations. Embryologist Dale Whitaker has over 35 years of experience performing bovine reproduction.
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