Show The Utah Statesman Page 10 Wednesday OctoberjjLlggl flJ°GRAB YOUR DATEs"1 M9 9 c NOW! c SADIE HAWKINS NOV6 A C 9 9 9 M “Get Down to a Hoodown” c 9M aw TICKETS ON SALE STARTING TODAY C AND ARE AVAILABLE AT TICKET C OFFICE AND INFORMATION DESK a O 9M V a $350 per person $500 per couple 9M 9 V C a 9M 9 C ’a- - IHXt c ASUSU ORGANIZATIONS c c M aM 9M c c 9M UHCINOJHIH MYOtyiPtiN c c ew C assistance Subject areas: Math 101-32Engr 200-20Physics 100-22Acctng All 331-33Chemistry 121-12Biochemistry 370 Economics 200 Biology All Animal Sci All Elec Engr All Interested? The Learning Assitance Center is located in Main 1 02 or call 750-- 1 1 28 Free to all USU Students 2 3 3 3 ACADEMIC I SURVIVAL g S s thcriogenologist (veterinary reproductive specialist) He is the only certified specialist in Utah 9 9 C 9M 9 9M 9 9M 9 1 m lf on-d- a 9 e 2 The USU dairy farm presently has 30 emto bryos “put away” in recipients according with transferring embryos The problem Berry is that both recipient and donor cows have to be in the same phase of their estrous cycle "We might flush one cow and get 20 embryos but only 10 recipients are in heat that reday” said Berry Rather than destroy the for use at frozen are maining 10 embryos they date later a Under the present freezing techniques about one-haof the embryos are lost in the process Close to 20 percent of the remaining embryos are lost at conception according to Berry With these deterring numbers Berry adds that improvement in this area is a prime objective With “fresh” embryos there is a 60 percent conception rate for the animals In order to get one pregnancy two recipients are needed Although there is a potential to transfer 10 to 15 calves per year that limit is difficult to reach because there are not enough recipient cows available Cows are allowed to proceed through their natural heat cycle before any steps are taken with embryo transferring “If a cow was in heat today we'd wait anywhere from nine to 12 days then start her on super ovulation treatment” said Berry The cow is then breed-e- d artificially about six days later Nothing occurs until about seven days later when the fertilized eggs are recovered One other area of embryo transferring tb needs research is the sexing of embryos discover the sex of a calf in its embryonic Rat would increase usage of the transfer service ’ particularly for dairy farmers “For the dairyman only female calves w rf value to him” said Berry “If we could guarantee that the calves he did receive were female it (the service) would be more of i benefit to him” Berry travels throughout Utah and surma ding areas in a travel trailer to make farm collections from donor cows Cattle ranchers can either utilize their own cattle for or USU may provide them Costs for the transfer service vary depending on whether the producer has his own donor and recipient cow? According to Betty the value of the calf he receives from embryo transfer should be 12000 to be feasible Berry advises producers to first develop a plan ibr marketing the offspring in order to recover costs and make a profit from the practice Before coming to USU Berry was a veterinary practitioner for 13 yean in Nebraska He said he was always interested is veterinary reproduction and decided to devwt all his time to the field Berry received a doc torate of veterinary medicine from Colorado State University and later received specialty training at CSU to become a board certified 9M NEED A TUTOR? aM (continued from page 3) tc ASUSU COMMITTirOaUMaUttiUl ORGANIZATION ACT! VITItS The Learning Assistance Center in conjunction witn General Registration has "on sight" tutors for drop in M c Berry takes service to cattlemen XL IN ACADEMIC SKILLS You can reserve a space by calling 750-- 1 128 or come to Main 702 Free to all USU Students MINI-COURSE- S EFFECTIVE TEST TAKING g s TUESDAY OCT 27 3:30 THURSDAY OCT 29 3:30 EFFECTIVE LISTENING NOTE TAKING & S WEDNESDAY OCT 28 10:30 9 EFFECTIVE READING FRIDAY OCT 30 10:30 ALL ARE HELD IN MAIN 102 SPACE IS LIMITED SIGN UP MAIN 102 OR CALL MINI-COURSE- 9 S 5 S 750-112- 8 n SCJS U flSCJSCJ ftSUSU : :(JSCJ flSCJSCJ 9M 9M 9M 9 9 9M October 318:00 to MidnightSC M Spook AlleyTiji's free Dance free Scary Movies Costume Contest-Prize- s Entertainment free admission with costume c sponsored by 9 9M flSCJSU |