Texas A&M University Veterinary Medicine
& Biomedical Sciences
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University Veterinary Medicine
& Biomedical Sciences
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Steven Brinsko

Professor Emeritus Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Contact
SBrinsko@cvm.tamu.edu
9798453541
TAMU Mailstop: 4475

Research and Scholarly Interests

Equine theriogenology. Sperm membrane function; and semen preservation.

EDUCATION

  • A.A., Santa Fe Community College, 1975
  • B.S., University of Florida, 1978
  • D.V.M., University of Florida, 1985
  • M.S., Texas A&M University, 1990
  • Ph.D., Cornell University, 1995

CREDENTIALS

  • Diplomate American College of Theriogenologists, start 1990, Board Certified
  • Texas Veterinary Medical License: 8985
  • Texas Veterinary Medical Specialty License: 0006-S
  • Texas Veterinary Medical Specialty License: 0148-S
  • Reproductive Biology
  • Arnold CE, Brinsko SP, Varner DD (2015). Cervical wedge resection for treatment of pyometra secondary to transluminal adhesions in six mares JAVMA.
  • Brinsko SP (2014). How to perform hysteroscopy in the mare PROCEEDINGS OF THE 60THTH AMER ASSOC EQUINE PRACTNR ANN MTG.
  • Ing, NH, Brinsko, SP, Curley, KO, Forrest, DW, Love, CC, Hinrichs, K, Vogelsang, MM, Varner, DD, Welsh, TH (2015). Dexamethasone acutely regulates endocrine parameters in stallions and subsequently affects gene expression in testicular germ cells ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE., 47-54
  • Hayden, Shelby S, Blanchard, Terry L, Brinsko, Steven P, Varner, Dickson D, Hinrichs, Katrin, Love, Charles C (2015). The “dilution effect” in stallion sperm THERIOGENOLOGY. 4, 772-777
  • Voge, Jared, Varner, Dickson D, Blanchard, Terry L, Meschini, Marika, Turner, Carly, Teague, Sheila R, Brinsko, Steven P, Love, Charles C (2016). The effects of urine concentration, and cushion centrifugation to remove urine, on the quality of cool-stored stallion sperm THERIOGENOLOGY.
  • Turner, CE, Walbornn, SR, Blanchard, TL, Varner, DD, Brinsko, SP, LaCaze, KA, Teague, SR, Love, CC (2016). The effect of two levels of hemospermia on stallion fertility THERIOGENOLOGY.
  • Hull, KA, Love, CC, Blanchard, TL, Brinsko, SP, Varner, DD (2016). Effect of total sperm counted on proportions of sperm determined to have normal or abnormal morphologic features JOURNAL OF EQUINE VETERINARY SCIENCE., S71-S72
  • Brinsko SP (2016). Timely topics in reproduction PROCEEDINGS OF THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF EQUINE PRACTITIONERS 53RD OCALA EQUINE CONFERENCE., 8
  • Brinsko, SP (2016). Repro Cases-Common but not obvious conditions PROCEEDINGS OF THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF EQUINE PRACTITIONERS 53RD OCALA EQUINE CONFERENCE., 13
  • Arnold CE, Brinsko SP, Love CC, Varner DD (2010). Use of a modified Vinsot technique for partial phallectomy in 11 standing horses. J AM VET MED ASSOC. 1, 82-6
  • Waite JA, Love CC, Brinsko SP, Teague SR, Salazar JL Jr, Mancill SS, Varner DD (2008). Factors impacting equine sperm recovery rate and quality following cushioned centrifugation. THERIOGENOLOGY. 4, 704-14
  • Brinsko SP (2007). Common procedures in broodmare practice: what is the evidence? VET CLIN NORTH AM EQUINE PRACT. 2, 385-402
  • Brinsko SP (2006). Insemination doses: how low can we go? THERIOGENOLOGY. 3, 543-50
  • Brinsko SP, Love CC, Bauer JE, Macpherson ML, Varner DD (2007). Cholesterol-to-phospholipid ratio in whole sperm and seminal plasma from fertile stallions and stallions with unexplained subfertility.ANIM REPROD SCI. 1-2, 65-71
  • Brinsko SP, Love CC, Bauer JE, Macpherson ML, Varner DD (2005). Cholesterol to phospholipid ratio in sperm of stallions with unexplained subfertility. ANIM REPROD SCI. 1-4, 217-9
  • Bosard T, Love C, Brinsko S, Blanchard T, Thompson J, Varner D (2005). Evaluation and diagnosis of acrosome function/dysfunction in the stallion. ANIM REPROD SCI. 1-4, 215-7
  • Love CC, Brinsko SP, Rigby SL, Thompson JA, Blanchard TL, Varner DD (2005). Relationship of seminal plasma level and extender type to sperm motility and DNA integrity. THERIOGENOLOGY. 6, 1584-91
  • Brinsko SP, Varner DD, Love CC, Blanchard TL, Day BC, Wilson ME (2005). Effect of feeding a DHA-enriched nutriceutical on the quality of fresh, cooled and frozen stallion semen. THERIOGENOLOGY. 5, 1519-27
  • Stich KL, Wendt KM, Blanchard TL, Brinsko SP (2004). Effects of a new injectable short-term release deslorelin in foal-heat mares. THERIOGENOLOGY. 5, 831-6
  • Choi YH, Roasa LM, Love CC, Varner DD, Brinsko SP, Hinrichs K (2004). Blastocyst formation rates in vivo and in vitro of in vitro-matured equine oocytes fertilized by intracytoplasmic sperm injection. BIOL REPROD. 5, 1231-8
  • Love CC, Thompson JA, Brinsko SP, Rigby SL, Blanchard TL, Lowry VK, Varner DD (2003). Relationship between stallion sperm motility and viability as detected by two fluorescence staining techniques using flow cytometry. THERIOGENOLOGY. 6, 1127-38
  • Brinsko SP, Rigby SL, Lindsey AC, Blanchard TL, Love CC, Varner DD (2003). Pregnancy rates in mares following hysteroscopic or transrectally-guided insemination with low sperm numbers at the utero-tubal papilla. THERIOGENOLOGY. 3-4, 1001-9
  • Brinsko SP, Blanchard TL, Rigby SL, Love CC, Varner DD (2003). Effects of dead spermatozoa on motion characteristics and membrane integrity of live spermatozoa in fresh and cooled-stored equine semen.THERIOGENOLOGY. 3-4, 735-42
  • Blanchard TL, Woods JA, Brinsko SP, Varner DD, Boothe DM (2002). Theriogenology question of the month. Treatment options for erosive seminal vesiculitis caused by Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. J AM VET MED ASSOC. 6, 793-5
  • Blanchar TL, Brinsko SP, Rigby SL (2002). Effects of deslorelin or hCG administration on reproductive performance in first postpartum estrus mares. THERIOGENOLOGY. 1, 165-9
  • Hinrichs K, Love CC, Brinsko SP, Choi YH, Varner DD (2002). In vitro fertilization of in vitro-matured equine oocytes: effect of maturation medium, duration of maturation, and sperm calcium ionophore treatment, and comparison with rates of fertilization in vivo after oviductal transfer. BIOL REPROD. 1, 256-62
  • Choi YH, Love CC, Love LB, Varner DD, Brinsko S, Hinrichs K (2002). Developmental competence in vivo and in vitro of in vitro-matured equine oocytes fertilized by intracytoplasmic sperm injection with fresh or frozen-thawed spermatozoa. REPRODUCTION. 3, 455-65
  • Rigby SL, Brinsko SP, Cochran M, Blanchard TL, Love CC, Varner DD (2001). Advances in cooled semen technologies: seminal plasma and semen extender. ANIM REPROD SCI. 3-4, 171-80
  • Rigby SL, Barhoumi R, Burghardt RC, Colleran P, Thompson JA, Varner DD, Blanchard TL, Brinsko SP, Taylor T, Wilkerson MK, Delp MD (2001). Mares with delayed uterine clearance have an intrinsic defect in myometrial function. BIOL REPROD. 3, 740-7
  • Brinsko SP (2001). Retrograde ejaculation in a stallion. J AM VET MED ASSOC. 4, 551-3
  • Blanchard TL, Woods JA, Brinsko SP (2000). Theriogenology question of the month. Azoospermia attributable to bilateral epididymal hypoplasia. J AM VET MED ASSOC. 6, 825-6
  • Woods J, Rigby S, Brinsko S, Stephens R, Varner D, Blanchard T (2000). Effect of intrauterine treatment with prostaglandin E2 prior to insemination of mares in the uterine horn or body. THERIOGENOLOGY.9, 1827-36
  • Brinsko SP, Rowan KR, Varner DD, Blanchard TL (2000). Effects of transport container and ambient storage temperature on motion characteristics of equine spermatozoa. THERIOGENOLOGY. 8, 1641-55
  • Blanchard TL, Varner DD, Brinsko SP (1996). Theriogenology question of the month. Scrotal hematocele. J AM VET MED ASSOC. 12, 2013-4
  • Blanchard TL, Varner DD, Burns PJ, Everett KA, Brinsko SP, Boehnke L (1992). Regulation of estrus and ovulation in mares with progesterone or progesterone and estradiol biodegradable microspheres with or without PGF2alpha. THERIOGENOLOGY. 6, 1091-106
  • Brinsko SP, Varner DD, Blanchard TL, Relford RL, Johnson L (1992). Bilateral infectious epididymitis in a stallion. EQUINE VET J. 4, 325-8
  • Blanchard TL, Varner DD, Brinsko SP, Quirk K, Rugila JN, Boehnke L (1991). Effects of ecbolic agents on measurements of uterine involution in the mare. THERIOGENOLOGY. 4, 559-71
  • Brinsko SP, Varner DD, Blanchard TL, Meyers SA (1990). The effect of postbreeding uterine lavage on pregnancy rate in mares. THERIOGENOLOGY. 2, 465-75
  • Blanchard TL, Varner DD, Brinsko SP, Meyers SA, Johnson L (1989). Effects of postparturient uterine lavage on uterine involution in the mare. THERIOGENOLOGY. 4, 527-35
  • Love CC, Blanchard TL, Varner DD, Brinsko SP, Voge J, Bliss S, Sudderth K, Teague S, LaCaze K (2012). Effect of daily semen centrifugation and resuspension on the longevity of equine sperm quality following cooled storage. THERIOGENOLOGY. 9, 1911-7
  • Kiser AM, Brinsko SP, Love CC, Varner, Sudderth AK, Blanchard TL (2014). Relationship of sperm quality to fertility after 4 days of cooled storage of equine semen J EQUINE VET SCI.
  • Ponthier J, Teague SR, Franck TY, de la Rebiér, Serteyn DD, Brinsko SP, Love CC,, Blanchard TL, Varner DD, Deleuze SC (2013). Effect of non-sperm cells removal with single-layer colloidal centrifugation on myeloperoxidase concentration in post-thaw equine semen THERIOGENOLOGY.
  • Ing NH, Forrest DW, Riggs PK, Loux S, Love CC, Brinsko SP, Varner DD, Welsh TH (2014). Dexamethasone acutely down-regulates genes involved in steroidogenesis in stallion testes J STEROID BOCHEM MOL BIOL.
  • Brinsko SP (2013). Preparing the mare for the breeding season FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF EQUINE PRACTITIONERS THE PRACTITIONER .
  • Brinsko SP (2015). Feeding and supplementing the stallion for maximum fertility CLINICAL THERIOGENOLOGY. 7, 291-295

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