Preliminary Scientific Program Thursday, 27th September 2018 Pre-conference sessions Practical parallel sessions Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 09:00-18:30 1 Equine oocyte collection Katrin Hinrichs, Texas A&M University, USA Ovarian ultrasound and endoscopy for artificial insemination in dogs 2 Alain Fontbonne (The National Veterinary School of Alfort, France) Catharina Linde Forsberg (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden) 15:30 20:30 ESDAR Board meeting (conference venue) Welcome reception Rectorate building, University of Cordoba, Avda. Medina-Azahara 5, 14005- Cordoba
22nd Annual ESDAR Conference 2018 Cordoba, Spain Friday, 28th September 2018 08:45-09:15 09:15-10:30 Opening session. Auditorium President of ESDAR, Rector of University of Cordoba, Chair of the local organizing committee Plenary session I. Auditorium 09:15-09:50 09:50-10:30 Keynote lecture 1: Assisted-Reproductive Techniques in mares Katrin Hinrichs (Texas A&M University, USA) Keynote lecture 2: Embryo gene expression Christine Wrenzicki (Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany) 10:30-11:00 11:00-12:00 Poster session I 12:00-13:15 Oral communications I: Young scientist competition (5min presentation + 1min discussion) 13:15-14:45 Meeting of the ESDAR Country Representatives 14:45-16:00 Oral communications II (4 parallel sessions, 12min presentation + 3min discussion) 16:00-16:30 16:30-18:00 Parallel workshops 1-5 WS1: Embryo technologies: how do they affect embryo quality? Moderator: Cristina Cuello (University of Murcia, Spain) WS2: Artificial Insemination with frozen semen in the bitch: how to make it successful Moderator: Alain Fontbonne (The National Veterinary School of Alfort, France) WS3: Developmental programming and the use of epigenetics in farm animal production Moderator: Mieke Van Eetvelde (Universityi of Ghent, Belgium) WS4: Assisted-reproductive technologies for the conservation of wildlife species Moderator: J.Santiago-Moreno (Institute for Agriculture Food Research and Technology, Spain) WS5: Models to predict fertility: flow cytometry analysis Moderator: Isabelle Barrier (The French Horse and Riding Institute, France) 21:00 Gala dinner
22nd Annual ESDAR Conference 2018 Cordoba, Spain Saturday, 29th September 2018 09:00-11:30 Plenary session 2. Auditorium Keynote lecture 3: Embryonic maternal interaction in cattle and its 09:00-09:40 relation with infertility Patrick Lonergan (University College of Dublin, Ireland) 09:40-10:20 10:20-10:50 10:50-11:30 Keynote lecture 4: Recent advances in physiology of pig reproduction Bas Kemp (Wageningen University, The Netherlands) Keynote lecture 5: Sperm cytometry analysis Fernando Peña (University of Extremadura, Spain) 11:30-15:45 Oral communications II (4 parallel sessions, 12min presentation + 3min discussion) 12:45-13:15 ESDAR annual business meeting 13:15-14:45 14:45-15:45 Poster session II 15:45-16:15 16.15-17:45 Parallel workshops 6-10 WS6: Novel fertility traits and genomic markers in dairy cows Moderator: Mark Crowe (University Collegue of Dublin, Ireland) WS7: Assisted-reproductive techniques in cats applied to wild felids conservation Moderator: W. Nizanski (Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland) WS8: Sperm selection Moderator: J.M. Morrell (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden) WS9: The use of Anti-Mullerian hormone in fertility management Moderator: Francesca Mossa (University of Sassari, Italy) WS10: Endometritis/Endometrosis in the mare: applications of stem cells Moderator: Graça Ferreira (University of Lisbon, Portugal) 17:45 Closure of ESDAR 21.00 Equestrian show Important deadlines: Abstract submission: opens 15th January closes 1st March Early bird registration 1st July
Ovarian ultrasound and artificial insemination in dogs Alain Fontbonne, DVM, PhD, Dip. ECAR Alain Fontbonne has been teaching carnivores reproduction for the past 25 years. He has been involved a lot in ovulation detection and insemination in dogs and wild felids. He has been invited to lecture or organise practical workshops in many countries including Europe, South and North America, Russia, China and Australia. Catharina Linde Forsberg, DVM, PhD, Dip. ECAR Prof. Linde Forsberg has been involved in research in canine reproduction since 1973. Her research results on artificial insemination and preservation of dog semen are today used with great success on a global basis in assisted reproduction of the dog. Date: September 27th, 2018 Registration fee: 400 Lectures and practical sessions included in the price Inscription: www.esdar.org Places are limited Pre-conference program: 7:45 8:30 9:00-10:30 10:30-11:00 11:00-13:30 Meeting at train station (train leaves at 8:15) Opening Use of ovarian ultrasound and endoscopy in canine gynaecology - Trans-cervical insemination in the bitch by different procedures (lecture) Alain Fontbonne, Alfort Veterinary School (Paris, France) Catharina Linde Forsberg, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Uppsala, Sweden) Trans-cervical insemination (endoscopic and scandinavian 13:30-15:00 15:00-18:30 18:45 Practical session (hands-on lectures) End of session (train leaves at 19:15) catheter) /ovarian ultrasound (practical demonstration) Sponsor:
Equine oocyte collection Katrin Hinrichs Dr. Hinrichs holds the Patsy Link Chair in Mare Reproductive Studies and has joint appointments in the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology and the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A & M. She and her colleagues have been instrumental in the development of assisted reproductive techniques in the horse. Areas in which Dr. Hinrichs and colleagues have made instrumental advances include in vitro maturation of eggs, fertilization by intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection, embryo culture, cloning, cryopreservation of embryos and the use of embryonic biopsy to enable pre-implantation genetic screening. Recipient of the 2016 Simmet Prize for Assisted Reproduction. The prize, which is the most prestigious award in animal reproduction, was awarded based on the pioneering efforts of Dr. Hinrichs to elucidate the fundamental biology of gametes and embryos in the horse and to develop laboratory techniques that have made assisted reproduction technologies in the horse a practical reality. The clinical program in equine assisted reproduction she founded in 2009 in collaboration with the Section of Theriogenology at Texas A&M is now one of the largest in the world. Date: September 27th, 2018 Registration fee: 400 Lectures and practical sessions included in the price Inscription: www.esdar.org Places are limited Pre-conference program: 7:45 8:30 9:00-10:30 10:30-11:00 11:00-13:30 Meeting at train station (train leaves at 8:15) Opening (Veterinary teaching hospital) Equine oocyte collection (lecture) Katrin Hinrichs (Texas, A&M University USA) Flank and transvaginal aspiration of follicles (practical session) 13:30-15:00 15:00-16:30 Practical session 1 Group 1: Flank and TVA Group 2: Follicular scraping of post-mortem ovaries 17:00-18:30 Practical session 2 Group 1: Follicular scraping of post-mortem ovaries Group 2: Flank and TVA 18:45 End of session (train leaves at 19:15) Sponsor: