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The Caprine Visual Guide to Reproduction is now available!

The Drost Project has added over 500 new images to the Visual Guides since October. Thank-you to all our wonderful image contributors.

Keep watching for the Spanish translation of the Visual Guide to Bovine Reproduction in the near future. Also please don't forget to...

This image atlas was made possible entirely by the contribution of images and by outside financial support. The Drost Project Visual Guides are provided free to users and do not generate any income. If you would like to partner with the Project you can make an online tax deductible donation by credit card using this link to the University of Florida Foundation or you can send a tax deductible donation in the form of a check made out to "University of Florida Foundation" for: The Drost Project - Account #005729, and mail it directly to me: Maarten Drost DVM, College of Veterinary Medicine, Box 100136, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32610-0136, USA. I would welcome your help with the expenses of software development, computer supplies, and processing costs, including part-time student wages.

Welcome to The Drost Project Visual Guides to Theriogenology (Animal Reproduction).

The Drost Project Visual Guides began as a collection of images compiled by Maarten Drost over a period of 30+ years as a theriogenologist on the faculties of the University of California Davis and the University of Florida, as well as Utrecht University in The Netherlands and Colorado State University during sabbatical leaves. The foundation for this image atlas was laid during his stint as a visiting professor to Cornell University during the 1972/73 academic year, with numerous slides provided from the teaching collections of Dr. Stephen J. Roberts and Dr. Kenneth McEntee. Most of the images subsequently accumulated were generously contributed by friends and colleagues, and permission for their inclusion in this on-line guide has been granted. The images are categorized and each is given a title and an annotation and the original source of the image is acknowledged and referenced.

The purpose of the Drost Project is to share these visual images with students and colleagues and other professionals around the globe. Initially the guide focused on bovine reproduction. Recently, we have added the guide for equine (horse) reproduction, ovine (sheep) reproduction, porcine (pig) reproduction, and caprine (goat) reproduction. The Drost Project Visual Guides are currently being expanded to include other species, with the canine and feline guides actively being developed. Pictures documenting unique conditions and cases contributed by theriogenologists from around the world are included. The Drost Project Visual Guides are best viewed at the 1024 x 768 resolution.

Personal teaching slides are generally lost when educators switch to other pursuits or retire. Even when left to designated successors, images are of limited use unless they are annotated and catalogued and made available. In time we hope that continuing to combine individual collections will result in a broad, global educational resource. With the extensive globalization of education it is our goal to provide a tool to pass information from educators to practitioners and from practitioners to farm personnel.