Embryo Transfer Pioneer Dr. John Hurtgen Dies

John P. Hurtgen, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT, the father of modern embryo transfer, died early this morning while helping a mare to foal at his Nandi Farm in Pennsylvania.

Hurtgen, 62, is reported to have collapsed while assisting the foalin

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John P. Hurtgen, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT, the father of modern embryo transfer, died early this morning while helping a mare to foal at his Nandi Farm in Pennsylvania.

Hurtgen, 62, is reported to have collapsed while assisting the foaling. A heart attack is suspected.

A native of Wisconsin, Hurtgen graduated from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in 1972. He received a Master of Science degree in 1976, and a PhD in theriogenology in 1979, both from the University of Minnesota. After serving as an instructor in theriogenology at the University of Minnesota from 1972-1980 and an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine from 1980-1983, he opened Nandi Farms in New Freedom, Pa., in 1983.

Hurtgen has published extensively on the reproduction of horses and swine. He was one of the authors of the Society for Theriogenology’s original manuals on the breeding soundness evaluation of the stallion and the boar. But his greatest gift to horse breeding was likely his advancement of embryo transfer, allowing many challenged mares the opportunity to produce foals without having to carry them

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