AI Courses

Upcoming AI Courses

Southwest Genetics hosts multiple Artificial Insemination courses throughout the winter months, now at Southwest Genetics located in Blumenort, Saskatchewan. The 3-day courses teach the entire process of AI for cattle. Students are taught every aspect of the art of AI from proper handling of semen to using stress-free techniques on the animal.

• EPDs
• Nutrition
• Vitamins & Minerals
• Cattle Handling & Facilities
• Equipment

AI course instruction includes the following in the three-day course:

• Each student receives a new AI Applicator. Universal applicator as it will accept 1/4 & 1/2 cc straws. Yours to keep. $75.00 value
  
• Everything is supplied from a hot homemade lunch to the cows that we use. All you need to bring is warm barn cloths & muck boots. Everything is inside one facility but it is winter and a barn.
  
• Individual, personal instruction as only a maximum of 8 people per course.
  
• I go over the reproductive anatomy and the names of all parts involved.
  
• The estrus cycle and hormones involved.
  
• Heat detecting and synchronization programs for cows and heifers.
  
• Proper semen handling and thawing procedures.
  
• Modern AI techniques and procedures with personal instruction.
  
• Nutrition for a successful program.
  
• We touch on EPD’s and how to read them.
• Cost for this coming season is $1250.00 plus GST
  
• A $250.00 nonrefundable deposit will hold your spot in the course you choose. This is on a first paid basis until the course is full.

All accommodations are available in Swift Current Sask. and the course site is only 20 miles South on #4 highway. Course times are 9am-4pm daily. A fun and casual learning experience for everyone involved.