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San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

•Student Manager of the Cal Poly Equine Breeding Enterprise •Delegated tasks to enterprise students and coordinated between students, professors, and unit manager to run the Cal Poly Equine Breeding Enterprise.•Kept detailed records of medical procedures and ovulation cycles for Cal Poly’s 27 breeding mares.•Taught undergraduate students equine breeding procedures including stallion collections, mare teasing, uterine culture, and artificial insemination.•Assisted veterinarians in ultrasounding and administration of hormones to mares.

•Assisted professor in teaching embryology laboratory procedures and equipment handling to undergraduate students.•Set up equipment and prepared materials for embryology laboratory course and maintained laboratory standards and facilities.•Taught procedures for follicular aspiration, oocyte and embryo handling, media and plate preparation, in-vitro fertilization (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), and cryopreservation of semen and embryos.

•Performed experimental trials testing the effects of antioxidants on bovine oocyte maturation and cryopreservation of in-vitro produced embryos.•Performed ovary follicular aspirations, in-vitro maturation, and in-vitro fertilization.•Assessed and processed frozen/thawed semen for motility and concentration.•Evaluated embryos for stage and grade.•Cryopreserved embryos using slow freezing methods.•Collected, analyzed, and presented trial results.•Results presented at Cal Poly Summer Undergraduate Research Program poster symposium.•Abstract accepted for presentation at International Embryo Technology Society (IETS) 2023 conference.

•Responsible for the breeding of Cal Poly mares.•Administered hormones to synchronize and time ovulation.•Interpreted transrectal ultrasounds for endometrial edema, follicular size, presence of corpus luteum, and intrauterine fluid.•Used intravaginal palpation to transcervically inseminate mares while maintaining a sterile field.•Diagnosed pregnancies and assessed factors of fetal viability.

•Performed rectal palpation of cattle to identify the location and structure of reproductive tract anatomy.•Diagnosed pregnancies using ultrasound, palpation of the uterine artery, or palpation of the fetus. •Performed herd health checks at calf ranches. •Identified diseases and analyzed the nutrition of the cattle. •Collected and analyzed bull semen, and blood samples. •Prepared vaccines and milk culture plates.

•Managed and cared for the brood mares before during and after parturition.•Evaluated mares daily for signs of impending parturition including physical, and behavioral changes, milk calcium tests, and milk pH tests.•Provided medical assistance and care to mares in labor and newborn foals. •Cared for and trained foals: including but not limited to: bottle feeding, administration of medications, desensitization, grooming, halter breaking, and leading.