Spring 2027

Reproductive Management of Dairy Cattle

Reproductive Management of Dairy Cattle provides technical knowledge and practical skills to design and execute effective reproductive management programs, covering physiology and hands-on techniques like AI and ultrasound.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Milo Wiltbank2.7/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.42 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.78 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify female reproductive tract structures, reproductive hormones, and know the changes during the estrous cycle

  • Design a reproductive management program for cows or heifers

  • Identify use of different pregnancy diagnosis procedures in a reproductive management program

  • Evaluate reproductive efficiency in dairy farms. Design new reproductive management programs based on evaluation of farm data

  • Design and execute a superovulation program

  • Describe process used for artificial insemination of dairy cattle

  • Describe and interpret an ultrasound of the ovaries and uterus of dairy cattle.

  • Complete a research project using ultrasound

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Prerequisites

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DY SCI/​AN SCI 434

DYSCI 534

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Professors

Spring 2027

Milo Wiltbank

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Raw average: 2.07/5 from 27 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.42 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.78 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MILO WILTBANK is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.42 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.78 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Female reproductive tract structures, hormones, and estrous cycle changes.
  • Pregnancy diagnosis procedures in reproductive management.
  • Reproductive physiology and practical research results underlying management programs.

Skills

  • Designing and executing reproductive management programs, including superovulation protocols.
  • Performing hands-on reproductive techniques such as semen handling, artificial insemination, and ultrasound of ovaries and uterus.
  • Evaluating reproductive efficiency in dairy farms and designing programs based on farm data.

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DYSCI 534 · Spring 2027

Reproductive Management of Dairy Cattle

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Recorded 2026-10-29

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