Carlos M. Gradil
Reproductive Consultant in Theriogenology/Reproduction
Henry and Lois Foster Hospital for Small Animals
Phone: 508-839-5395
Email: Carlos.Gradil@tufts.edu

Education
PhD in Theriogenology - University of Minnesota - 1987
MSc in Theriogenology - University of Minnesota - 1982
LMV - University of Lisbon, Portugal - 1977

Board Certification
Diplomate of the American College of Theriogenology - 1998

Clinical Interests:

• Breeding management, artificial insemination with fresh, chilled and frozen semen.
• Transcervical insemination.
• Breeding soundness evaluation.
• Collection and processing of semen for shipment.
• Semen cryopreservation (freezing).
• Pregnancy diagnosis.

Selected Publications

1. Gradil CM, Yeager A, Concannon P.   2000.   Pregnancy Diagnosis in the Bitch.  In:  Kirk’s Current Veterinary Therapy, XIII edition, (J. Bonagura, ed.). W. B Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA.
2. Gradil CM, Yeager A, Concannon P. 2006. Assessment of reproductive problems in the dog. In: Recent Advances in Small Animal Reproduction. (Concannon P.W., England G., Verstegen J. and Linde-Forsberg C., Eds.) In Verstegen III J. and Linde-Forsberg C. (Eds.). International Veterinary Information Service, Ithaca NY (http://www.ivis.org/search.asp), Last updated: 19-Apr-2006; A1234.0406.
3. Gradil CM. Subinvolution of placental sites. Clinical Veterinary Advisor. 2007.
4. CM Gradil. Chapter 215:  Semen analysis; Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Diagnostic Procedures and Laboratory Tests. (Shelly Vaden, Joyce Knoll, Larry P. Tilley and Frank WK Smith, Jr, Eds). 2009.
5. CM Gradil. Chapter 216: Semen Collection; Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Diagnostic Procedures and Laboratory Tests. (Shelly Vaden, Joyce Knoll, Larry P. Tilley and Frank WK Smith, Jr,  Eds). 2009.
6. CM Gradil. Chapter 217: Semen Preservation. Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Diagnostic Procedures and Laboratory Tests. Shelly Vaden, Joyce Knoll, Larry P. Tilley and Frank WK Smith, Jr,  Eds). 2009.
7. Gradil CM, Ball BA. 2000. The use of pentoxifylline to improve motility of cryopreserved equine spermatozoa. Theriogenology.  54 (7): 1041-1047.
8. Volkmann DH, Gilbert RO, Gradil C, Linke R. 2002. Leukocytes trapped in the fetal membranes of newborn foals. Theriogenology 58:787-790.
9. C. Gradil, S-Y. Yoon, J. Brown, C. He, P. Visconti, R. Fissore. 2006.  PLCz: a marker of fertility for stallions? Animal Reproduction Science 94:23-25.
10. Frederico L, Gerard M, C Pinto, C Gradil. 2007. Bilateral occurrence of granulosa-theca cell tumors in an Arabian mare. Can Vet J.  May; 48(5): 502–505.