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Prepare an artificial vagina and inseminate a mare
Level
5
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare to conduct an
Artificial Insemination (AI) programme; collect semen; evaluate and prepare
the semen for insemination; prepare the mare and inseminate; and complete
documentation.
Subfield
Equine
Domain
Equine Husbandry
Status
Registered
Status date
26 November 2007
Date version published
26 November 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0018
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
The format of the documentation will vary according to the specific breed society but
generally there will be forms which relate to the stallion and his services, the mares
which are served, and the resulting foal born. Documentation can be obtained from
the relevant breed society.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, and its subsequent amendments.
3
Stable procedures are the documented practices and policies required within a
particular workplace, and do not contravene the Code of Recommendations and
Minimum Standards for Welfare of Horses (Wellington: Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry, 1993); or available at http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/animalwelfare/codes/horses/index.htm
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For this unit standard the practical assessment evidence must be provided in the
context of a commercial business operation under normal working conditions.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Prepare to conduct an AI programme.
Performance criteria
1.1
Application to conduct AI on a property is completed according to breed society
requirements.
1.2
Obligations of the studmaster to the mare owner are outlined in terms of breed
society requirements.
1.3
Description outlines facilities required for an AI programme.
1.4
Advantages of AI are outlined in terms of convenience, safety, hygiene control,
semen quality control, control of problem mares, and management.
Element 2
Collect semen.
Performance criteria
2.1
Artificial vagina (AV) is assembled and prepared for use in accordance with
manufacturer’s instructions, and individual stallion’s requirements.
Range
may include but is not limited to - temperature, pressure.
2.2
Penis is diverted into AV when stallion mounts, and AV held while semen is
collected without causing undue interference to the stallion.
2.3
Description identifies alternative methods to AVs for semen collection in terms
of preparation requirements and suitability for the property.
Range
2.4
phantom mare, hormoned mare, mare in oestrous.
Description outlines any breed society requirements in relation to the
transportation and storage of fresh, frozen or chilled semen.
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Element 3
Evaluate and prepare the semen for insemination.
Performance criteria
3.1
Methods for handling and storing semen are described according to breed
society requirements.
3.2
Semen is evaluated under the microscope.
Range
3.3
Semen is prepared for use or storage and description for use of extender is
given.
Range
3.4
may include but is not limited to - number of live sperm,
concentration, quality, motility, and volume.
may include but is not limited to - hygiene, buffer, nutrition,
extension.
Extended semen is apportioned according to the number of live sperm gathered
from the ejaculate.
Element 4
Prepare the mare and inseminate.
Performance criteria
4.1
Mare is confirmed in oestrous in accordance with results of teasing or palpation.
4.2
Mare is prepared to prevent spread of bacteria while inseminating in
accordance with stable hygiene procedures.
4.3
Pipette is gently guided through the cervix into the uterus and semen slowly
deposited.
Element 5
Complete documentation.
Performance criteria
5.1
Documentation of horses involved in the AI programme is completed according
to breed society requirements.
5.2
Results of semen evaluation are recorded according to stable procedures.
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Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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