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13h30-14h00: Opening session 18h00-18h50: Alumni session $! Wouter Pieters , zoological director/veterinarian (Parc Animalier 14h00-15h00: Short sessions d’Auvergne, France) ! Lola Tielemans and Jasper Van Immerseel !! Zoo veterinarian, a long road from dream to fact !! Metabolomics in the brown bear and giant panda $! Melissa Nollet , Zoo veterinarian (Bellewaerde park, Belgium) ! Sam Boulanger !! The long way around ! Dentistry in zoo animals and wildlife $! Janine Meuffels (MRCVS, SA Veterinarian, Germany) ! Niels Groesser !! South African Veterinary Board Exam !! Reproductive monitoring of the red panda $! Drs. Suzanne Smit, PhDs (Ghent University, ITM and IRSS, Belgium) ! Anne König !! “Other” career opportunities for veterinary graduates: I chose a !! Reproduction of the pangolin different path ! Celine Lemmens $! Dr. Sarah Depauw , lector (Odisee College University, Belgium) !! Chemical castration in the male rhesus monkey !! A walk through a career as researcher in zoo animal nutrition

! Romy van Noije 18h50-19h00: Conservation charity introduction !! Analysis of Vit D3 in primates $! Pepijn ‘t Hooft (International Programs, WWF-Belgium) 15h00-15h30: Coffee break @ (outside) Kliniek B !! Conservation project introductions by WWF: what about vets?

15h30-17h00: Research and clinical efforts @ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine: 19h00-20h00: Panel discussion: career opportunities and expectations $! Prof. dr. Ann Van Soom , dipl. ECAR (Ghent University, Belgium) 20h00-21h00 : Networking with drinks @ Ghent city café ‘De Omgekeerde !! Breeding, assisted reproduction or genome banking: a critical Wereld/The Upside-down World’ (Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 116, Gent) approach using the horse as a model ! Enjoy a free drink and a cosy night $! Drs. Cyriel Ververs , dipl. ECAR (Ghent University, Belgium) !! Breeding on the brink of extinction: what can we learn from the world´s biggest rhino farm

$! Dr. Tom Hellebuyck , dipl. ECZM (Herpetology) (Ghent University,

Belgium) !! Assisted reproduction in reptiles

$! Drs. Arturo Muñoz Saravia (Ghent University, Belgium) !! Amphibian conservation in times of extinction, an example of a + critically endangered frog + $! Prof. dr. Bruno Levecke (Ghent University, Belgium) + !! The importance of gastro-intestinal protozoa in captive non-human primates in Belgian and Dutch zoological gardens

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14h00-15h30: Trade-off between wildlife conservation and human well-being@home and 14h00-15h30: Research and clinical efforts @ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine abroad $! Prof. dr. Geert Janssens (Ghent University, Belgium) $! Prof. dr. Sarah Gabriël (Ghent University, Belgium) !! Iron overload disease and other man-made diseases in zoos: can we fix it !! Wildlife conservation, the other side of the coin? with nutrition? $! Dr. Stefan Roels , vice-president of Belgian Wildlife Disease Society (Coda-Cerva; Belgium) $! Prof. dr. Andreas Zedrosser (University College of Southeast Norway) !! The Belgian Wildlife Disease Society !! Sexually selected infanticide in brown bears $! Prof. dr. Pierre Dorny , Coordinator Master of Science in Tropical Animal Health $! Dr. Jella Wauters (Ghent University, Belgium) (Tropisch Instituut Antwerpen and Ghent University, Belgium) !! Food safety and Giant Pandas: where’s the match? !! Master of Science in Tropical Animal Health (MSTAH), a combined web-based $! Drs. Andrea Brenes Soto (Ghent University, Belgium) and face-to-face master course organized jointly by the Institute of Tropical !! Nutrition as a key for conservation efforts Medicine (Antwerp) and the University of Pretoria (South Africa) $! Drs. Tim Bouts , dipl. ECZM (Zoo Health Management), zoological director (Pairi Daiza $! (Vietnam Elephant Initiative, the Netherlands) Willem Schaftenaar and Ghent University, Belgium) !! Before it’s too late: a last attempt of Elephant Conservation in Vietnam !! EEHV, the biggest killer of Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) calves

15h30-16h00: Coffee break @ (outside) Kliniek B 15h30-16h00: Coffee break @ (outside) Kliniek B

16h00-17h00: International plenary talk - Conservation of the giants 16h00-17h00: International plenary talk – Giant Panda conservation ! (University of Pretoria, South Africa) Dr. Jacques Henry O’Dell $! Dr. Iain Valentine , Director of Giant Panda Programme and Senior Policy Advisor !! Saving Africa’s Giants (RZSS-Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland, UK)

!! Beyond the Giant Panda: zoo based research – it’s not all black and white 17h00-17h45: Soup dinner @ the new faculty restaurant 17h00-17h40 : Pasta dinner @ the new faculty restaurant 17h45-19h30: Wildlife conservation stories: research and clinical efforts 17h40-19h00: Conservation efforts @zoo and related institutes ! Nele Sabbe (Artemis Veterinary Services, South Africa) !! From a UGhent Student to a Wildlife Vet in South Africa $! Dr. Francis Vercammen (Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Antwerp Zoo, Belgium) $! Dr. Imke Lüders (GEOlifes-Animal Fertility and Reproductive Research Hamburg, Germany) !! Overview of combining clinical work and research opportunities in the Royal !! Reproductive management and ART in large mammal species Zoological Society of Antwerp $! Drs. Anja Reckendorf , ECZM Resident in Wildlife Population Health (Institute for $! Drs. Tim Bouts , dipl. ECZM (Zoo Health Management) (Pairi Daiza, Belgium) Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany) !! Applied Marine Mammal Research !! Saving the rarest parrot in the world, the story of the Spix’ macax (Cyanopsitta spixii) $! Drs. Friederike Pohlin (University of Pretoria, South Africa) $! (Leibniz Institute for Zoo & Wildlife Research (IZW), Germany) !! Translocation stress in wildlife Dr. Martin Dehnhard !! The diagnostic potential of volatiles, steroids and polyamines in the Giant 19h30-20h30: Panel discussion: career opportunities and expectations Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) 20h30-21h30: Networking and drinks @ the new faculty restaurant $! Prof. dr. Monique Paris , Associate professor (IBREAM UK/AUS based charity, the ! Discover a West-Flemish Belgian beer: MOAT Netherlands) !! !&#$ ,*(#$ *$$ ,#+,*"/!.'0#$ +&1-'*(*%1$ $*,$ .&#$ !*)-#,0 .'*)$ *$$ #)" )%#,#"$ -+#!'#- 19h00-20h00: Panel discussion: career opportunities and expectations 20h00-20h15: closing session + 20h15-21h15: Networking with drinks @ the new faculty restaurant ! Let pink elephants bring you to Delirium (explore our local beer!

Speakers’ information

Session: Dentistry in zoo animals and Chemical castration of the male wildlife. rhesus monkey. Short sessions Sam Boulanger Celine Lemmens (3rd Master Students) [email protected] [email protected] 13 Dec 14h00-15h00

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Metabolomics in the brown bear Reproductive monitoring of the and the giant panda. red panda. Lola Tielemans Niels Groesser [email protected] Analysis of Vit D3 in primates. [email protected] Romy van Noije

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Jasper Van Immerseel [email protected] Reproduction of the pangolin. Anne König [email protected]

Check out the poster made by Anne @ the poster session.

Session: Professional career: cats, dogs, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fishes and invertebrates), non-domestic Prof. dr. Ann Van Soom graduated in species (including farmed animals, such Research and clinical efforts @ 1988 as DVM at the faculty of as buffalo, cervids, camelids, and ratites, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, rare livestock breeds, and zoo animals), 13 Dec 15h30-17h00 Belgium, and obtained a PhD on the and their endangered species development of bovine embryos in counterparts Title: 1996. She has been employed at Ghent (http://www.iets.org/comm_candes.as university since 1990. At present, she p) . Breeding, assisted reproduction holds a position as full professor at the She has supervised 26 PhD-students so or genome banking: a critical department of Reproduction, Obstetrics far and is at present leading a group of approach using the horse as a and Herd Health, Faculty of Veterinary about 10 PhD students and three model. Medicine, Ghent University, and is also postdocs working together on Head of Department. She has been embryonic development and semen teaching assisted reproduction in quality in different model species, like Prof. dr. Ann Van Soom, DVM, domestic species, small animal horses, cattle, cats, dogs and pigs. Dipl. ECAR reproduction and obstetrics to the [email protected] veterinary students for almost 20 years. Additional information: She is a diplomat of the European College of Animal Reproduction (ECAR) since Prof. Dr. Van Soom has a broad interest 1999, and has been a member of the in all mammals, hence is also welcoming EVSSAR and the IETS for many years. PhD students who want to work on She has been elected as a governor for preservation of rare domestic breeds IETS in 2007 and in 2013. She was and wild endangered species. member and Chair of the HASAC (Health To date, she has supervised four and Safety Advisory Committee) students on the topic of semen or Research subcommittee of IETS for oocyte cryopreservation or wild animal about ten years. She was chair of the reproduction. However, it is difficult to COST Action Epiconcept FA1201 from get funding on animal conservation using Affiliations: 2012-2016, and is a member of the EU- assisted reproductive technology, so 1. ! Department of Reproduction, ITN network RepBiotech. She is a future students must be very motivated Obstetrics and Herd Health, member of CANDES, a committee and flexible, and ready to deal with Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, focusing on comparative reproductive disappointment to even get a chance to Salisburylaan 133, 9820 physiologies and the application of get a position in this research line. Merelbeke, Belgium reproductive biotechnologies in Check out the poster provided by Prof.

companion animals (including horses, dr. Ann Van Soom @ the postersession.

Session: Professional career: reproductive performance was analysed in

1,354 animals kept in a 8000 hectares game- Cyriel Ververs graduated in 2009 and works ranched environment. Descriptive statistics Research and clinical efforts @ as a veterinary clinical assistant for 8 years of this captive population showed an average Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Department of Reproduction, annual herd growth (%) of 7 .0±0.1 (min -9 13 Dec 15h30-17h00 Obstetrics and Herd Health from the – max 15). Average calving rates were Veterinary Faculty of the University of Ghent, calculated as an annual calving rate of 20% Belgium. He started to work in the and biennial calving rate of 37% adult Title: ambulatory cattle clinic and changed after 4 females calving per year. Furthermore, years to the equine reproduction clinic. Cyriel translocations of animals did not interfere Breeding on the brink of passed the board exam for the European with reproductive success in terms of inter- extinction: what can we learn college of Animal Reproduction (ECAR) in calving periods or age at first calving. from the world´s biggest rhino 2016. He always combined his work with the Multivariate models showed a clear seasonal ongoing passion for wildlife with his main calving pattern with a significant increase of farm? focus on reproduction and assisted the number of calvings during December – reproductive techniques. Being involved in April when compared to April – December. Drs. Cyriel Ververs, DVM, some African projects, some European zoo Our results did not show any significant Dipl. ECAR work and currently finishing his PhD in white skewed progeny sex ratios. Weather rhino reproduction. observations showed no significant influence [email protected] of rain or season on sex ratios of the calves. Cyriel supervised several master theses the The farm studied is the world´s largest rhino past years in wildlife topics like Giraffe hand farm that aims to breed white rhinoceros to rearing, deer semen collection, lion sperm prevent extinction. As part of management morphology, zebra semen collection, pigeon procedures all the rhinos are being dehorned semen preservation, alpaca placenta at a regular controlled rate. morphology, rhino artificial reproductive techniques, red panda reproduction, primate Additional information and links: anticonception etc. Symco wildlife symposium: Abstract: http://symco.co.za/wp/ Rhino resource center: Affiliations: The population of free-roaming white http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/ rhinoceroses ( Ceratotherium simum) is under Profetura; alliance for wildlife conservation 1. ! Department of Reproduction, serious threat. Captive breeding of this breeding Obstetrics and Herd Health, species is therefore becoming more www.profetura.com Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, important, but this is challenging and often The zoo Scientist: Salisburylaan 133, 9820 not successful. Obtaining reproductive https://www.thezooscientist.com/ Merelbeke, Belgium reference values is a crucial aspect of improving these breeding results. In this Check out Cyriel’s poster(s) @ the study performed between 2008 and 2016, postersession.

Session: Professional career: introduction of invasive alien species. Although a wide variety of reptile species are Tom Hellebuyck is head of clinic of the successfully maintained and bred in captivity, Research and clinical efforts @ Division of Poultry, Exotic Companion the establishment of successful captive Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Animals, Wildlife and Laboratory Animals breeding programs remains highly challenging 13 Dec 15h30-17h00 (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UGent) and due to complications in inducing copulation or a member without commercial profits of a conception in various reptile species. In number of organizations concerned with addition to the lack of knowledge about the Title: veterinary medicine and herpetological reproductive cycle and the provision of societies (European College of Zoological optimal environmental parameters, other Assisted reproduction in reptiles Medicine, Association of Reptilian and factors that promote adequate sexual Amphibian Veterinarians, European Snake stimulation are often difficult or impossible to Dr. Tom Hellebuyck, DVM, Society) and acts as an advisor to CITES achieve under captive conditions. Assisted Dipl. ECZM (Herpetology) Belgium. Besides his clinical work as a reproduction in reptiles remains largely specialist in zoological medicine, his main unexplored but should be considered as a [email protected] research topics focus on infectious and valuable tool towards the conservation and neoplastic diseases in reptiles and birds preservation of threatened reptiles species including several emerging infectious and the establishment of sustainable diseases that also affect free-ranging reptile populations with great genetic diversity. In populations. Recently he described an this session, the current knowledge on outbreak of Devriesea agamarum in a assisted breeding in reptiles will be discussed population of Lesser Antillean iguanas posing and the results of preliminary work and future a threat to this endangered squamate research goals will be presented. species. Although preliminary, the first steps are taken to explore the use of artificial Additional information and links: insemination as a conservation tool in several reptile species. He is supervising two ongoing www.ugent.be/di/di05/nl/dienstverlening Affiliations: master theses that focus on the reproduction 1. ! Department of Pathology, cycle, sperm collection and the development Check out the poster(s) illustrated by Dr. Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, of insemination protocols in squamate Hellebuyck @ the postersession. Division of Poultry, Exotic reptiles. Companion Animals, Wildlife and Experimental Animals, Faculty of Abstract:

Veterinary Medicine, Ghent The current global sixth extinction wave also University, Belgium affects reptiles, with an estimated 19 % of all reptiles considered threatened. Well known drivers are mostly linked to human activities and include habitat fragmentation, alteration and destruction, over exploitation and the

Session: Professional career: of this fully aquatic species is described. In other hand after the massive die offs reported in 2015, Drs. Arturo Muñoz Saravia graduated in 2002 as a we also present the results of more than one year Research and clinical efforts @ biologist at the Universidad Mayor de San Simon, of monitoring research, providing the explanation Cochabamba, Bolivia. Since 2005, he is head of the of the possible causes and also the scale of this Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Research Department at the Museo de Historia events with some data about the situation of the 13 Dec 15h30-17h00 Natural Alcide d’orbigny, Cochabamba, Bolivia, species in all the lake that will help to understand where he has been coordinator of the Herpetology the real situation of the species and will help to section until 2015. At the same institute, he has work for the conservation of this unique species. Title: been the Bolivian coordinator and researcher in the herpetology area of a Darwin Initiative Scheme- Additional information and links: Amphibian conservation in times project entitled ‘Bolivian Key Biodiversity Sites of extinction, an example of a Project’ from 2003 until 2006. He has also been Department Nutrition, Genetics and Ethology, coordinating a mutual project ‘con otros ojos’ with Ghent University: critically endangered frog. the Natural History Museum of Gothenburg, !! Master thesis opportunities with Sweden between 2010 and 2012. amphibians, and reptiles, ecology, Since 2007, he is also Founding coordinator of the nutrition, and insectivores Drs. Arturo Muñoz Saravia Bolivian Amphibian Initiative Project. In 2013 he !! PhD opportunities with amphibians, and [email protected] started his PhD at Ghent University with emphasis reptiles, ecology, nutrition of amphibian conservation. He is also active member of several organisations e.g. the Captive Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d’Orbigny, Bolivia: Breeding Working Group of the Amphibian !! Volunteer opportunities in amphibian Specialist Group, the Amphibian Specialist Group research in wild and captive populations ASG-IUCN (regional co-chair, Bolivia), Asociación in Bolivia Boliviana de Herpetología (ABH) (founding !! Internship opportunities in amphibian member). research in wild and captive populations in Bolivia Abstract: o! Work in monitoring wild Arturo Muñoz Saravia 1,2 , Gabriel Callapa 2 Geert populations Janssens 1 o! Studies about amphibian Bolivia is a megadiverse country holding a high diseases in wild populations number of species, at the moment more than 270 o! Studies about foraging Affiliations: species of amphibians are present in the country, strategies and nutrition in 1. ! Department Nutrition, Genetics from all of them more than 60 are endemic to amphibians and Ethology, Faculty of Bolivia and more than 40 species are threatened. o! Work and studies in captive Veterinary Medicine Ghent One of these is the Titicaca water frog populations of endangered (Telmatobius culeus ) a critically endangered amphibian University, Belgium amphibian, endemic to Titicaca lake, where its 2. ! Natural History Museum Alcide populations have been declining drastically last Websites: d’Orbigny, Cochabamba, Bolivia years. We present an update and provide more https://www.ugent.be/di/di07/nl/onderzoek/voe details about the situation of this species in the ding Bolivian side of the lake with information about https://www.facebook.com/LabAnimalNutrition/ densities and natural history. For the first time, http://bolivianamphibianinitiative.org/ https://www.facebook.com/Bolivian-Amphibian- data about foraging strategies, thermoregulatory strategies, body conditions, and advertisement call Initiative-119214331487496/

Session: Abstract:" underestimated. Transmission between animals and humans in association with clinical outbreaks in animal caretakers Research and clinical efforts @ Infections with gastrointestinal parasites are widespread among non-human has been described in various studies. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine primates (NHP). However, as a Despite the clinical importance of 13 Dec 15h30-17h00 consequence of regular deworming and protozoa for both NHP and animal hygienic measures helminth infections caretakers, studies to quantify the Title: are uncommon in captive NHP. In prevalence and importance of these parasites in zoological gardens are The importance of gastro- contrast, protozoa such as E. nuttalli, Giardia spp., Cryptosporidium sp scarce. Most studies describe clinical intestinal protozoa in captive p. and Balantidium coli are frequently outbreaks and were based on a limited non-human primates in Belgian found in captive NHP, and are considered number of animal and parasite species. and Dutch zoological gardens. as important causes of gastroenteritis. Moreover, the strategies used to collect Infection by these gastrointestinal faecal samples may thwart the prevalence results, consequently Prof. dr. Bruno Levecke, DVM parasites may cause watery diarrhoea, hemorrhagic dysentery, extra- impeding a trustworthy risk factor [email protected] intestinal pathologies such as liver analysis. Finally, inappropriate diagnostic abscesses and even death. E. tools were often applied, and hence nuttalli, the causative organism of it remains unclear to which extent NHP invasive intestinal and extra-intestinal form a zoonotic reservoir. We report a amoebiasis, is of major concern. Clinical series of studies that provided insights outbreaks and deaths caused by this on (i) the epidemiology and (ii) the parasite have frequently been clinical importance of gastrointestinal reported. Giardiasis and parasites in captive NHP, and (iii) the role cryptosporidiosis are of less clinical of captive NHP as a zoonotic reservoir. importance, but are considered as a The studies were conducted in nine cause of diarrhoea or failure to thrive in zoological gardens and one sanctuary for Affiliations: young animals. B. coli is exotic animals in 61 NHP species !$ ! Department of Virology, Parasitology probably harmless in most of the NHP representing Lemuridae, Indridae, and Immunology, Laboratory of species, but care should be taken when Loridae, Cebidae, Nyctipithecidae, Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary great apes are involved. Because of the Pitheciidae, Atelidae, Cercopithecidae, Medicine, Ghent University " importance Hylobatidae and Hominidae. of Entamoeba, Giardia spp. and Cryptos poridium spp. in humans, the role of NHP as potential reservoirs for zoonotic transmission should not be

Session: Professional career: Additional information and links:

UGhent Alumni After graduating in 2009, Wouter EAZA: http://www.eaza.net/ EAZWV: http://www.eazwv.org/ 13 Dec 18h00-18h50 Pieters worked several years with large and small domestic animals to gain AFVPZ: http://www.afvpz.com/

essential veterinary experience. In that BIAZA: https://biaza.org.uk/ Title: period, he did zoological medicine AFdPZ: http://www.afdpz.org Zoo veterinarian, a long road externships in various institutions. VdZ: http://www.zoodirektoren.de/ from dream to fact. With this knowledge and experience he WDA: http://www.wildlifedisease.org/wda/ started focussing on a more wildlife oriented career. ECZM: https://www.eczm.eu/ Wouter Pieters, DVM He started out in Asia where he worked ACZM: http://www.aczm.org/ [email protected] in a wildlife rescue centre in Cambodia. MSc Conservation Medicine: His work there was focused on veterinary https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet/studying/po assistance in wildlife rescue and stgraduate/taught- rehabilitation, conservation breeding of programmes/conservation-medicine selected local species and community MSc WAH: outreach/education. He also volunteered https://www.rvc.ac.uk/study/postgrad and offered his services to several other uate/wild-animal-health centres in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. PARC ANIMALIER D’AUVERGNE He eventually moved on to work in Al Route d’Anzat Le Luguet Wabra Wildlife Breeding Center in Qatar 63420 Ardes sur Couze – France where he was involved in the efforts to [email protected] save the Spix's macaw followed by a www.parcanimalierdauvergne.fr position in Oasis Park Fuerteventura. Affiliations: He currently works in Parc Animalier 1. ! director/veterinarian, Parc d'Auvergne, an EAZA zoo in France with Animalier d'Auvergne, zoological a strong focus on in- and ex-situ conservation.

Session: Professional career:

Graduated in 2004 Melissa Nollet moved UGhent Alumni to the UK to work in mixed practice. In 13 Dec 18h00-18h50 2009, she completed the MSc in Wild Animal Health at the RVCS after which Title: she volunteered in a multitude of The long way around. locations working with wildlife and zoo animals. This led to a second line exotics

position in Horsham, UK. A few years Melissa Nollet, DVM, MSc later she found her way back home to [email protected] Belgium as the on-site vet for Bellewaerde, where she works to date.

Abstract:

Real time update on current career

Additional information and links: BVZS: https://www.bvzs.org/ BIAZA: https://biaza.org.uk/ EAZA: http://www.eaza.net/ EAZWV: http://www.eazwv.org/ AAZV: http://www.aazv.org/ Stichting de harpij: Affiliations: http://www.deharpij.com/ 1. ! Animal care manager and zoo AVMA: https://www.avma.org/Pages/home.as veterinarian, Bellewaerde zoo, px Ieper, Belgium AVA : http://www.ava.com.au/

Check out the poster presented by Melissa Nollet @ the poster session.

Session: Professional career: Check out the poster by Janine Meuffels @ our poster session. After graduating as a veterinarian from UGhent Alumni Ghent University in 2014, Janine 13 Dec 18h00-18h50 Meuffels has worked in a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in the US, a mixed South African Veterinary board practice in the UK and as a farm manager exam. in the UK and in a small animal practice in Germany. Additionally, she

participated different conservation Janine Meuffels, DVM related projects and courses in Southern [email protected] Africa, including the “Malilangwe Course of Physical and Chemical Restraint of African Wildlife” in Zimbabwe; the “500 elephants” project in Malawi, “Catching giants” and the WWF Black Rhino expansion project in South Africa, castrated dogs for Maun Animal Welfare Society in Botswana and accompanied Dave Cooper and Rowan Leeming in KwaZuluNatal, South Africa. This year she successfully wrote the South African Veterinary board exam to register with Affiliations: the SAVC. 1. ! Small animal clinic, Germany Additional information and links:

Information about a new project “African Wildlife Vets” in uMkhuze, KZN, South Africa which focuses on essential veterinary support (de-snaring, translocation, etc).

http://africanwildlifevets.org/

Session: Professional career: working for the NGO Vétérinaires Sans Frontières and the Institute of Tropical Medicine (Antwerp), After graduation in veterinary medicine in 2009, travelling extensively and meeting many people UGhent Alumni Suzanne did an Equine internship at Veterinary from all over the world. Centre Someren, The Netherlands and an internship A veterinary background provides a solid basis for 13 Dec 18h00-18h50 at Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF), Brussels, dealing with population disease dynamics, zoonotic Belgium. and foodborne infectious diseases. To complement In 2013, she successfully finished a MSc Nutrition this I followed a second MSc, “Nutrition and Rural Title: and Rural Development, Faculty of Bioscience Development”, which amplified my interest in “Other” career opportunities for Engineering, University of Ghent, Belgium and epidemiology, veterinary and public health. wrote her thesis about Brucellosis in Bangladesh. Currently I am conducting a PhD in which we veterinary graduates: I chose a In 2013, she joined the Institute of Tropical investigate what the public health impact is of different path. Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium to support running congenital toxoplasmosis and cytomegalovirus projects in among others Vietnam, South Africa, infection. Next to the European focus, part of this Congo and Burkina Faso concerning laboratory thesis consists of a project in collaboration with Drs. Suzanne Smit, DVM, MSc work, epidemiology, data analysis, other research NIMPE, Hanoi Vietnam, in which we investigate the activities, and strengthening educational and sero-epidemiological status and risk factors of [email protected] research capacities. toxoplasmosis in pregnant women in Northern In 2014, she started her PhD entitled “The public Vietnam. In addition, I support in the research health impact of congenital toxoplasmosis and activities of the CYSTISTOP project , which cytomegalovirus infection” which is a joint project investigates Taenia solium elimination versus between institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen control: “what is the best way forward for Sub- and Dept. of Virology, Parasitology and Saharan Africa?”. Immunology of the University of Ghent and Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of The combination of the PhD and the different Health and Society (IRSS), Belgium. Furthermore projects I am involved in, enables me to work in a she still assists with projects in Vietnam (Sero- dynamic environment, in multidisciplinary teams, epidemiological status and risk factors of and to bridge research and practical application. Affiliations: toxoplasmosis in pregnant women in Northern 1. ! Department of Virology, Vietnam) and Zambia ( CYSTISTOP - Taenia solium My conclusion: There are dozens of things you can Parasitology and Immunology, elimination versus control: what is the best way do as a veterinarian, this was just one example. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, forward for Sub-Saharan Africa?).

Ghent University, Merelbeke, Abstract: Belgium 2. ! Department of Biomedical Veterinary medicine is a craft. Working “outside Sciences, Institute of Tropical the box” seemed not so straightforward. Despite this, after graduating as equine vet and working as Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, a trainee at an equine veterinary clinic, I seized the Belgium opportunity to focus on my other field of interest, 3. ! Institute of Health and Society Tropical (Veterinary) Medicine. (IRSS), Université catholique de My international interests started early and were amplified through serving on the International Louvain, Brussels, Belgium Veterinary Students’ Association (IVSA), my second MSc “Nutrition and Rural Development”,

Session: Professional career: Additional information and links:

In 2004, Dr. Sarah Depauw lived her first Examples of current projects: Alumni session experience with wildlife (first year of 13 Dec 18h00-19h00 Master in Veterinary Science) when she Optimisation natural feeding program for volunteered in South-Africa. She was the European brown bear with Title: involved in hand rearing cheetah cubs for BearsinMind: A walk through a career as DeWildt (the Ann Dyk Cheetah Centre http://www.bearsinmind.org/Berenbos/ http://dewildt.co.za/ ) and Cheetah ?gclid=Cj0KCQiArYDQBRDoARIsAMR8s_ researcher in zoo animal nutrition. Outreach http://www.cheetah.co.za/ . T86dmLSDKRWYe1C909d8L1agwGhmC NbuDHcys2thucMi2hbVUYwt8aAuLDEAL Dr. Sarah Depauw, DVM, lector Two years later, she had her second w_wcB agro- and biotechnology and wildlife experience in the last year of researcher in zoo animal nutrition Master in Veterinary Science while she Development and evaluation of [email protected] performed research on nutrition in therapeutic kidney diets for cheetahs in captive cheetahs as part of her Master captivity with Adrian Tordiffe and Africat

thesis. http://www.africat.org/

As a logic consequence, she started a Providing winterfeed for browsers in PhD on nutritional modulation of captivity: making browse silage gastrointestinal function and disease in captive cheetahs at the faculty of Check out the posters Dr. Sarah Depauw Veterinary Medicine, department of is introducing at the poster session. Animal Nutrition.

Soon after obtaining her PhD, she became Lecturer in Animal Nutrition and Pathologies while she is also performing research on zoo animal nutrition at Affiliations: Odisee College University. 1. ! Odisee College University, Campus Waas, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium "

Session: Professional career: increasing their awareness of local wildlife conservation. Pepijn T’Hooft works for the Currently, conservation projects are Conservation charity introduction International Programs department of mainly managed by conservation 13 Dec 18h50-19h00 WWF Belgium. He is responsible for the biologists, but Pepijn will also highlight South Suriname Conservation Corridor how veterinarians are involved in their Title: program and also works on new nature projects. Conservation project conservation programs in Belgium. He had his education at the University of Additional information and links: introductions by WWF: what Ghent and became a bioengineer, about vets? specialized in Forest and Nature https://www.worldwildlife.org management. He has experience in research on small, medium & large https://wwf.be Pepijn ‘T Hooft, WWF carnivorous mammals in Belgium & Belarus. Pepijn.T'[email protected]

Abstract:

Pepijn T’Hooft will introduce the WWF Mai-Ndombe project for the protection of Bonobos in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This project highlights how the protection of a species can be matched with the needs of the local population, or in other words, it is anticipating on the conflicts arising between wildlife and local population. In this particular case

several families of bonobos, other Affiliations: monkey species, elephants and buffalos are threatened by habitat destruction 1. ! International Programs, WWF and fragmentation through wood Belgium, Brussels exploitation and agriculture. In this

project, alternative revenues are offered

to local people, by including them in the

conservation program, at the same time

Session: Professional career: bestudeert de literatuur betreft controle opties voor T. solium, neemt vervolgens Prof. dr. Sarah Gabriël is the head of the Laboratory deel aan een opvolging van de studie op Trade-off between wildlife of Foodborne Parasitic Zoonoses at the het terrein, en neemt een deel van de Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food analyses (labo en data) op zich. conservation and human well- Safety, Ghent University, Belgium. She graduated being @ Home and abroad as a veterinarian from Ghent University, after which -! Boviene cysticercose in Ethiopië: Dit she lived and worked for eight years in sub-Saharan onderwerp omvat een buitenlandse 14 Dec 14h00-15h30 Africa. She conducted research on parasitic onderzoeksstage. Taenia saginata heeft infections in South-Africa and Zambia, and worked een hoge prevalentie in Ethiopië. In dit for three years on a 100 000 ha cattle Ranch in project worden studies uitgevoerd naar Title: Gabon, where besides cattle and wildlife het overleven van parasieteieren in de management, she was responsible for the human omgeving, naar de Taenia spp die Wildlife conservation, the other resource, administrative, financial, education and infecties in runderen veroorzaken, alsook side of the coin? medical departments. From 2008-2016 she naar de economische impact. De student conducted research on helminth zoonoses at the neemt deel aan de onderzoeksactiviteiten Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium. in het project. Prof. dr. Sarah Gabriël, DVM Since October 2016 she is appointed at Ghent University, where she is involved in education in [email protected] veterinary public health and food safety, and -! Diagnostische test voor T. solium conducts research on foodborne parasitic cysticercose en taeniose in Zambia: Dit zoonoses. onderwerp omvat een buitenlandse onderzoeksstage. De varkenslintworm is Additional information and links: verantwoordelijk voor meer dan de helft van de gevallen van verworven epilepsie MSc thesis: every year subjects will be presented bij mensen in endemische gebieden in het for students to participate in ongoing projects of oosten van Zambia. In het kader van het the lab (summaries will be given in Dutch below). SOLID onderzoeksproject, wordt een This year: sneltest voor de detectie van humane -! Cystistop: eliminatie versus controle van cysticercose en taeniose geëvalueerd. De Taenia solium in Zambia: Dit onderwerp student neem deel aan de omvat een buitenlandse onderzoeksactiviteiten van het project. onderzoeksstage. De varkenslintworm is Dit omvat terrein werk, labo analyses en verantwoordelijk voor meer dan de helft data verwerking. van de gevallen van verworven epilepsie Affiliations: bij mensen in endemische gebieden in het PhD opportunities: possible, but need for funding 1.+ Dept of Veterinary Public Health oosten van Zambia. In samenwerking met het Instituut voor Tropische and Food Safety, Laboratory of Geneeskunde, Antwerpen en de Interesting links: Foodborne Parasitic Zoonoses, University of Zambia, School of https://www.ugent.be/di/vph/en/research/fpz Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, wordt er momenteel www.cystinet.org Ghent University een interventie studie uitgevoerd in Zambia, waarbij verschillende controle opties tegen T. solium vergeleken worden http://soliumdx.ugent.be

in verschillende studie armen. De student

Session: The Belgian Wildlife Disease Society: network of institutions and organisations active in wildlife disease related matters, and

The creation of the Belgian Wildlife Disease with which regular interactions are Trade-off between wildlife Society (BWDS) originated on the one hand maintained. Most of the Belgian institutions conservation and human well- from the perception of a lack of collaboration and organisations with an interest in wildlife diseases have one or more representatives in being@ home and abroad between workers in the field of wildlife diseases and on the other hand from a the BWDS general assembly. 14 Dec 14h00-15h30 demand of the OIE for information concerning Since 2003 the BWDS organizes two -open the follow up of wildlife diseases in Belgium. to all interested parties- study days on various wildlife related topics. The BWDS Title: At the beginning of 2004 some informal talks between Paul Tavernier (Ghent University, organises these days in collaboration with a The Belgian Wildlife Disease Faculty of Veterinary Medicine), Paul Heyman designated partner, in the partner’s Society. (Reference Centre for Hantaviruses and headquarters. These bi-annual study days are accredited by the Belgian Veterinary Order Research Laboratory for Vector-Borne Diseases, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, and consist of three or four presentations Dr. Stefan Roels Belgian Army) and Stefan Roels (Operational followed by a lunch break offered by BWDS. [email protected] Direction). Interactions and Surveillance, The afternoon session is devoted to a visit of the host’s installations and in-depth CODA/CERVA/VAR) resulted in creation of a working group for the study and monitoring discussions with specialists on site. Reports of wildlife diseases in Belgium. Very soon the concerning the past study days can be found enthusiasm of this team was reinforced by further on the website. Every two years a others from the CODA/CERVA, the Belgian BWDS Symposium on a specific topic is Armed Forces, the University of Liege, the organized. BWDS invites a number of foreign Institute of Tropical Medicine, the Research specialists to open the topic to an -at least- Institute for Nature and Forest and the European level. Moreover, posters covering Nature Department of the Flemish topics related to wildlife health can be Community. presented. More information about the The BWDS board is composed of five people symposia can be found further on the Affiliations: who communicate intensively with each website. Anyway, everybody is invited to become a other, in order to deal with all aspects of the member (by registration for the symposium) 1. ! Board member (vice-president) functioning of the BWDS. The current board members are Paul Heyman (president), and joining the board (if interested). of the Belgian Wildlife Disease Stefan Roels and Paul Tavernier (vice- Society presidents), Leen Claes (secretary), Kristof Additional information and links: Baert (website). Membership of the BWDS is

granted automatically for two years for those www.bwds.be having participated to the most recent BWDS Symposium. As well at the national as at the international level the BWDS is interwoven in a vast

Session: Professional career: Department of Animal Health, ITM from 2003-2011. He was appointed full Trade-off between wildlife Prof. dr. Pierre Dorny holds a Degree in professor at ITM in 2008. Veterinary Medicine (1980) and a PhD conservation and human well- (1990) from Ghent University (UGhent), Besides his teaching assignments in being @ Home and abroad Belgium, and a postgraduate diploma veterinary helminthology and tropical 14 Dec 14h00-15h30 (1981) on tropical animal health and veterinary medicine and zoonotic production at the Institute of Tropical diseases at ITM and UGhent, he is the Title: Medicine (ITM), Antwerp. He became a head of a laboratory that conducts Master of Science in Tropical Animal diplomate of the European Veterinary research on helminth zoonoses and Health (MSTAH), a combined web- Parasitology College (EVPC) in 2003. helminth control in which several postdoc and PhD students work. His based and face-to-face master After working one year in private laboratory is the National Reference course organised jointly by the practice he worked as a research Centre for diagnosis of trichinellosis and Institute of Tropical Medicine, assistant in the laboratory of other parasite zoonoses. Antwerp and the University of Parasitology at the faculty of Veterinary He has obtained several research grants Pretoria, South Africa. Medicine, UGhent from 1983-1990 from National and International Funding under the supervision of Prof Jozef Agencies for collaborative studies on Prof. dr. Pierre Dorny, DVM, Vercruysse. His PhD research was on the parasitic zoonoses in developing Dipl. EVPC diagnosis and control of gastrointestinal countries in Asia, Africa and Latin [email protected] nematodes on dairy cattle farms in America. Belgium. Currently he is the (co-) author of 277 In 1990, he moved to Asia where he research papers in international journals. worked in a university collaboration Twenty-three of his PhD students research project in Malaysia on the successfully defended their thesis and 9 control of nematodes in small ruminants PhD students are currently doing and in a USAID project on sheep research under his supervision. production in Sumatra, Indonesia.

He returned to Belgium at the end of bstract: Affiliations: A 1. ! Department of Biomedical sciences, 1994 where he continued research on Institute of Tropical Medicine, animal and zoonotic parasites at the ITM Introduction: The MSTAH is offered as a and UGhent. In 2000, he was appointed 2-year blended programme (combined Antwerp, Belgium as a lecturer in veterinary helminthology web-based and face-to-face) in 2. ! Department of Virology, Parasitology at the ITM and as a guest professor collaboration with the Department of and Immunology, Faculty of (20%) of tropical veterinary medicine at Veterinary Tropical Diseases of the Veterinary Medicine, Ghent UGhent. He was the chairman of the University of Pretoria, South-Africa (UP). University, Belgium

The programme is designed to allow Additional information and links: participants to combine work and study. Programme director: Pierre Dorny Content: Following an integrated One Coordinator: Mieke Stevens Health approach, the programme Secretary: Nadia Ehlinger focuses on the relationships between [email protected] infectious and parasitic diseases of Tel: +32 (0)3 247 63 52 animals and humans (zoonoses), Information on diseases and ecosystem health in order https://edu.itg.be/Course/Detail/14?ty to improve disease control strategies, peId=1 ecosystem sustainability, food security and rural development. It supports the Please consult the poster by Prof. dr. building of capacity to meet the Dorny at the poster session. challenges to the health of people, livestock and wildlife at such interfaces and at the same time building capacity that can influence the policy process to increase recognition and realization of the One Health concept when dealing with livestock, human and wildlife diseases in the tropics. The course study load is equivalent to 60 ECTS.

Audience: the MSTAH primarily aims to address an international audience: - Involved in tropical livestock and wildlife health, management and production in support of rural development. - Wishing to integrate the impact of the diseases and control activities on the local ecosystems in order to increase knowledge and effectiveness of control strategies.

Session: Professional career: monitoring program. The majority of elephants are present in Dak Lak province, Dr. Willem Schaftenaar graduated in 1978 where the ethnic minority has a long history Trade-off between wildlife from the University of Utrecht, The of capturing and taming of wild elephants. conservation and human well- Netherlands. He has 39 years of experience During the past 35 years, no breeding has being @ Home and abroad as a general veterinary clinician, including 29 taken place in the captive elephants that years zoological medicine. He acted 20 years nowadays are used for intensive tourist rides. 14 Dec 14h00-15h30 as veterinary advisor to the European In the absence of reproduction, the cultural Elephant Taxon Advisory Group and Komodo element of keeping elephants as part of the Title: dragons. Furthermore he (Co)authored 31 family will end within the next 20 years. peer-reviewed scientific papers and 40 The Vietnamese government has founded Before it’s too late: a last conference proceedings. He also the Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Centre attempt to Elephant (Co)authored the TB-guideline for captive (DECC) with the aim to support the mahouts elephants in Europe, Reproduction guideline by providing veterinary care for their Conservation in Vietnam. for elephants, EEHV-monitoring guideline for elephants, to discourage tourist elephant elephants and reproduction monitoring rides and to protect the remaining wild Dr. Willem Schaftenaar, DVM, guideline for Komodo dragons. elephant population. Since 2015 the Willem presented at over 40 international “Vietnam Elephant Initiative” (VEI) is MSc conferences in Europe, the U.S. and Asia and providing professional support to the DECC to [email protected] organized and hosted 4 International care for 2 orphan elephants and to set up a [email protected] conferences and numerous national veterinary care program for the privately- veterinary conferences. Willem functioned 26 owned elephants. By a progesterone- years as the head of the veterinary monitoring program the mahouts are advised department of the Rotterdam Zoo in the for the best timing for breeding their Netherlands. elephants. At the same time the VEI is Nowadays Willem is still active as a consulting negotiating with the local stakeholders vet and back-up veterinarian at Rotterdam (including DECC, mahouts, WWF-Vietnam) to zoo. He is also very active within a small establish 2 elephant breeding centres for the group of 4 volunteer elephant specialists, 8 remaining potential breeders in order to being a member of the “Vietnam Elephant save the genetic pool. The final aim is to form Initiative”, that has been created for small family-based herds that can be released coaching an elephant conservation program into the Yok Don National park on the long in Vietnam. term (>25 years from now). Affiliations: 1. ! Vietnam Elephant Initiative Abstract: Additional information and links:

The number of wild elephants in Vietnam has Several websites: dropped to below 100. Exact figures are www.eehvinfo.org unknown, because the Vietnamese wildlife www.EAZWV.org organizations are not equipped for a reliable https://www.vietnamelephantinitiative.org/

Session: Professional career: Abstract:

Dr. Jacques Henry O’Dell obtained his Africa is home to a plethora of wildlife International plenary talk – BSc in 2005 and qualified as veterinarian including megaherbivores (elephant, Conservation of the giants with BVSc in 2009. rhinoceros and hippopotamus). 14 Dec 16h00-17h00 He spent one year in the South African Megaherbivore numbers across the National Defence Force as a wildlife continent are decreasing at an alarming Title: veterinary officer at the Military rate due to habitat loss, poaching, Veterinary Institute. human conflict and diseases. The Saving Africa’s giants – a He spent two years in mixed rural growing human population in Africa, veterinarian’s role. practice, Potchefstroom. many of which suffer from extreme He started as a wildlife clinical assistant poverty, is a direct threat to the Dr. Jacques Henry O´Dell, DVM, at the University of Pretoria in 2013 megaherbivores. working under wildlife veterinarian and The wildlife veterinarian may play an MMedVet conservationist, Dr. Michael Kock. integral role in conserving the [email protected] He obtained MMedVet (wildlife diseases) megaherbivores for future generations, degree, cum laude, in 2016. but in order to do so, must adopt a Currently Jacques is employed as a holistic (one-health) approach. The specialist wildlife veterinarian and veterinarian must remember that human lecturer at the University of Pretoria, health and wellbeing affects the Department of Production Animal megaherbivores (and vice versa ). Studies where main responsibilities Megaherbivores in turn have a huge include rendering a specialist referral impact on the environment, positive or wildlife service and training negative, and this in turn will again affect undergraduate students in wildlife human livelihoods. The livelihoods of capture, diseases and conservation. communities living in proximity to the His areas of interest include wildlife megaherbivores needs to be addressed Affiliations: diseases and conservation. and these communities need to benefit 1. ! Department of Production Animal Current research areas and conservation from wildlife if we are to ensure the long- Studies, Wildlife Section, Faculty projects include: term survival of the megaherbivores. of Veterinary Science, University -! Brucella melitensis in sable Apart from the human aspect of of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, antelope megaherbivore conservation, wildlife South Africa. -! Rhino dehorning as a poaching veterinarians have a direct role to play in saving Africa’s giants. The Faculty of risk reduction strategy Veterinary Science, University of -! Elephant translocation projects Pretoria, is actively involved in several

Powered by Internationalisation@home 22 field programs and research areas research on megaherbivores. Several Rhino dehorning program involving the conservation of opportunities exist for international (Wildlife diseases, pathology and megaherbivores; treatment of clinical students to get involved with forensics) cases such as snare wounds and facial megaherbivores and wildlife in general injuries in poaching survivors, fitment of including undergraduate training, post Capture courses radio/satellite collars for ecology graduate training and research, capture The Advanced Capture course hosted by studies, assisted reproductive courses etc. Onderstepoort and SANParks is an technologies and contraception excellent opportunity for those who programs, studies on immobilization Undergraduate t raining ( exchange already have some wildlife capture drugs, capture complication and program) experience to expand their knowledge. translocation stress, and looking at risk Students are able to enrol for practical reduction strategies like rhino dehorning training at the Onderstepoort where For more information on wildlife etc. This research is vital in order for wildlife and one-health training takes opportunities please visit: wildlife veterinarians to make better place. The option also exists for students http://www.up.ac.za/en/veterinary- decisions relating to the health and to enrol for 2 weeks of wildlife lectures wildlife welfare of the megaherbivores in order during August each year. to ensure their long-term survival. Additionally, have a look on the posters Postgraduate training and research Dr. Jacques O’dell has been preparing for Additional information and links: 1) ! Course based Master degrees the poster session. include MMedVet (wildlife The Faculty of Veterinary Science, diseases) or MSc Wildlife Health, University of Pretoria, has a strong focus Ecology and Management on wildlife training and research. The Faculty recently launched its new 2) ! Several leading researchers are “wildlife strategy” which further involved with wildlife and strengthens the focus on wildlife training megaherbivore research and research. With the increase in including (but not limited to): habitat loss and poaching, there is an Elephant contraception program ever-increasing need for safe and (Veterinary Population Management effective methods to immobilize and Laboratory) translocate megaherbivores. Rhinoceros, Behavioural endocrinology (Endocrine elephant and hippo all have their unique Research Laboratory) challenges when immobilized, Elephant translocation studies transported, and released in a new Rhino immobilization and capture environment. Onderstepoort is involved complications studies in some of the leading fieldwork and Orphan rhino rehabilitation studies

Session: Professional career: Additional information and links:

Nele Sabbe graduated in 2011 as a DVM Nele selects once a year a student to do Wildlife conservation stories: from Ghent University, Belgium. In her an internship, candidates can contact research and clinical efforts final year she already took a short course her. Because of the circumstances (no 14 Dec 17h45-19h30 in wildlife management presented by fixed hours, no guarantee on working Ecolife Expeditions and hosted by the hours per day and week, the fact that Title: University of Pretoria. Straight after her there is no public transport and almost graduation she succeeded and no possibilities to go somewhere by From a UGhent Student to a registered as a South African (SA) themselves,…), she is very selective Wildlife Vet in South Africa. veterinarian with the SAVC after passing about the student. As she’s spending the boards exam. The first 6 months of almost 24/7 together with the student, Nele Sabbe, DVM her stay in SA she volunteered with she must be sure the student is 100% several places, like Thaba Manzi motivated and flexible for the total [email protected] Veterinary Services, Bela Bela (wildlife), different situations compared to Brits Dierenkliniek, Brits (mixed practice) Belgium. She strongly prefers to take and the National Zoological Gardens of only one student at the time as two South Africa. students together lose focus on the job. From 2012-2014 she worked as a Accommodation and food is provided at wildlife veterinarian for Thaba Manzi a fixed rate per day. Veterinary Services, Bela Bela and since July 2014 she is the proud owner of Interesting links: Artemis Veterinary Services (wildlife). -! South African Veterinary Council: Being a wildlife veterinarian her main http://www.savc.org.za/ focus and interests are: (i) treatment of -! Site concerning council exam: sick/wounded animals, (ii) management http://www.savc.org.za/pdf_docs/ support at farms: advice, disease 2017%20C_VETS_Exam%20Rules.p prevention/control, (iii) assistance with Affiliations: df breeding programs, (iv) Game capture 1. ! Artemis Veterinary Services, -! Ecolife Expeditions: and translocation, (v) Export: capture of http://www.ecolife.co.za/index.html South Africa. selected animals, testing of the animals -! My practice fb-page: and providing the required treatments, https://www.facebook.com/Artemis health certificates, quarantine facilities, VeterinaryServices/ export (translocation) of the animals, (vi) Rhino conservation Please consult the potential poster by Nele Sabbe at our poster session.

Session: Professional career: Imke started her freelance and founded GEOlifes. She is also co-founder of Pro Dr. Imke Lüders graduated from the Fetura, the alliance for wildlife Wildlife conservation stories: Veterinary Faculty of the Free University conservation breeding. research and clinical efforts of Berlin (Germany) in 2005. In 2006, Imke passed the German special 14 Dec 17h45-19h30 she started working at the Leibniz qualification exam on zoo- and wildlife Institute of Zoo and Wildlife Research medicine in April 2014. In 2017, she Title: (IZW) in Berlin in the department of became a diplomate of the European Reproduction Management. Here she College of Zoo Health Medicine. Reproductive management and carried out her doctoral thesis entitled Furthermore, Imke is related to the ART in large mammal species. “Ultrasonographic and endocrine University of Hannover, Germany as a characterization of the ovarian activity research associate and to Onderstepoort Dr. Imke Lüders, DVM, during the pregnancy and the oestrous veterinary university, Pretoria, South Dipl. ECZM (ZHM) cycle in elephants” under supervision of Africa as a postdoctoral researcher. Dr. Thomas Hildebrandt. During her [email protected] employment at the IZW until 2010, Imke Additional information and links: gained advanced experience in the field of wild animal reproduction, emphasizing www.geolifes.com on endocrinology and ultrasonography. Besides the regular work together with www.profetura.com Dr. Hildebrandt, extended stays in Canada, Japan, Thailand and South Africa Pay attention to the posters gave her the opportunity to work with demonstrated by Dr. Imke Lüders @ the wild animal and endocrine specialists poster session. around the world, performing ultrasound diagnostics, semen collections, artificial inseminations and endocrine analysis in various species. Affiliations: In 2010 Imke deputized temporarily the 1. ! GEOlifes-Animal Fertility and zoo veterinarian position at the Reproductive Research, Wuppertal Zoological Gardens in Hamburg, Germany Germany. Seeing the need of more expert services around animal breeding and assisted reproduction technologies as well as in the support of conservation

projects for endangered wildlife, in 2011

Session: Professional career: •! The New England Wildlife Center, Weymouth, MA – USA •! The National Marine Life Center, Wildlife conservation stories: Drs. Anja Reckendorf Studied veterinary Buzzards Bay, MA – USA medicine and graduated in 2014 from research and clinical efforts •! The turtle rehabilitation center at the the Free University of Berlin, Germany. In 14 Dec 17h45-19h30 New England Aquarium, Boston, MA – 2013, she did an externship with the USA, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife •! The EcoWildVet - EcoSystemHealth Title: Research (IZW), Department of Summer School, Sokoine University Applied Marine Mammal Research. Reproduction Management, Berlin. After for Agriculture, Tanzania working as a small animal veterinarian for Her current research interests and focus several months in 2015 she started in Drs. Anja Reckendorf, DVM are on investigations of causes of 2015 as a veterinarian and research pheasant and partridge population anja.reckendorf@tiho- assistant at the ITAW in Büsum. Since decline in Schleswig-Holstein, hannover.de September 2016, Anja is now also a PhD investigations of infectious diseases and Candidate at the HGNI Graduate School zoonoses of predators in Schleswig- of the University of Veterinary Medicine Holstein, post mortem monitoring of Hannover, Foundation, and ECZM stranded marine mammals, wild Resident in Wildlife Population Health at population health monitoring of marine the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic mammals and wildlife Parasitology. Wildlife Research (ITAW) in Büsum. Abstract: Anja gained broad practical experience during her studies and afterwards in Marine mammals are amongst some of places all over the world. She took the most loved creatures on Earth. As internships and externships at places like top predators in the World’s Oceans, •! Whale and Dolphin Conservation - marine mammals often maintain a Affiliations: North America, Plymouth, MA – USA balanced ecosystem which allows them 1. ! Institute for Terrestrial and •! The Cape Wildlife Centre, Barnstable, to function as indicators of ecosystem Aquatic Wildlife Research (ITAW) MA – USA health or status. Marine mammal •! The sea turtle station “Estación Las University of Veterinary Medicine research aims at understanding human Tortugas”, Costa Rica Hannover, Foundation impact on the ecosystem and ! • The Marine Mammal Center, populations, as well as individuals. Sausalito, CA – USA Furthermore, it tries to generate •! The New England Aquarium’s awareness of the impact of litter and Veterinary Externship, Boston, MA – noise pollution and the effect they have USA on the marine environment. Huge

Powered by Internationalisation@home 26 numbers of marine life die from biology to students matriculated in entanglement in or ingesting litter, noise biology programs. pollution can alter communication, It is the ITAW’s particular research areas navigation and foraging behaviours and that makes it unique in the field of even lead to fatal injuries. marine mammal studies in Germany and Alongside the growing challenges of in certain areas throughout Europe and human impact on marine mammals, there the world. has been an increase in technological and The ITAW is the first facility in Germany scientific development to aid in research. accredited by the European College of This presentation will give an overview of Zoological Medicine to offer a Residency the most relevant threats to marine in wildlife population health (2 Resident mammals and some of the most up-to- positions, currently both taken). date research methods available, using examples of applied marine mammal Freiwilliges Jahr in der Wissenschaft – for research in Germany and worldwide. German speaking students to get insight into research, usually from High school Additional information and links: /pre-continuous education (under 27 years) 1 year paid position, 400 € per Institute f or T errestrial a nd A quatic month https://www.mh- Wildlife Research (ITAW) hannover.de/26263.html http://www.tiho- hannover.de/en/clinics- A poster by Drs. Anja Reckendorf will be institutes/institutes/institute-for- available at the poster session. terrestrial-and-aquatic-wildlife-research- itaw/

The Institute offers unique educational opportunities in the field of wildlife research for PhD programs and doctoral, master and bachelor theses in the specialties of veterinary medicine, biology, landscape conservation and forestry. Lectures and internships in marine mammal research and medicine to vet students as well as in wildlife

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Wildlife conservation stories: Drs. Friederike Pohlin (Fidu) holds a Together with a group of students, research and clinical efforts veterinary degree from the Fidu started a Southern Africa 14 Dec 17h45-19h30 University of Veterinary Medicine Wildlife Disease Association Student Vienna, and a master's degree in Chapter, creating a platform in which

Wildlife Ecology and Wildlife to engage, inspire and educate Title: Management from BOKU Wien. While students interested in African Translocation stress in wildlife. joining the MSc programme, she wildlife. Please follow the link for gained veterinary experience by more information and on how to join: Drs. Friederike Pohlin, DVM completing a wildlife veterinary https://wdaamesc.wixsite.com/sout [email protected] internship in Belize, and working in hernafricaup . equine- and small animal practice. In 2017, she enrolled in the PhD programme at the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Pretoria, South Africa . Her interests include anaesthesiology and the causes and consequences of stress in wildlife. In her research project, she investigates Affiliations: pathophysiological changes and the 1. ! Department of Paraclinical pharmacological management of Sciences, Pharmacology, Faculty stress in transported rhinos. of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa

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Prof. dr. Geert Janssens is professor in -! European Association of Zoos Research and clinical efforts @ animal nutrition at the Faculty of and Aquaria (EAZA): Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Medicine of Ghent University. www.eaza.net (the Nutrition 15 Dec 14h00-15h30 Through studies in comparative pages are currently being nutritional physiology, he tries to unravel updated) Title: general laws in nutrition across the -! European Society of Veterinary animal kingdom. These insights are then and Comparative Nutrition: Iron overload disease and other used to solve metabolic problems in zoo www.esvcn.eu man-made diseases in zoos: can species and in the wild. Examples are the -! Comparative Nutrition Society we fix it with nutrition? implication of animal fibre in (www.cnsweb.org) gastrointestinal disease in cheetahs and Several posters can be consulted, made Prof. dr. Geert Janssens other carnivores, macronutrient disbalances in parrots, micromineral available by the group of Prof. dr. [email protected] status in ornamental fish and basic Janssens, at the poster session. nutrition of amphibians.

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Every year, several students do their thesis on zoo- or wildlife-related topics in nutrition. For instance, this year, people are working on vitamin D in primates, mercury pollution in amphibians, digestion in vultures, fibre evaluation in Affiliations: carnivorous diets, … Motivated students 1. ! Department of Nutrition, are free to ask for available topics, or are Genetics and Ethology, Faculty of welcome to talk about PhD options in the Veterinary Medicine, Ghent field of comparative and wildlife/zoo- University related nutrition.

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Prof. dr. Andreas Zedrosser graduated in www.usn.no/lebe/lebe-article187067- Research and clinical efforts @ 2000 at the University of Vienna (MSc 29155.html Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Wildlife biology and wildlife 15 Dec 14h00-15h30 management) and started his PhD at the www.bearproject.info Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Title: Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management in 2003, while Sexually selected infanticide in also still affiliated with the University of brown bears. Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Wildlife Biology and Prof. Dr. Andreas Zedrosser Game management (the latter until [email protected] present). During this period, he carried out research and developed funding

proposals in cooperation with the Scandinavian Brown Bear Research Project. From 2003 until 2006 he continued his PhD research on the life history of the Scandinavian brown bears. From 2006 until 2010, he started his postdoc career at both mentioned institutes and from 2012 until present he joined Telemark University College Affiliations: (meanwhile merged into the University 1. ! Department of Natural Sciences College of Southeast Norway) as and Environmental Health, Associate professor at the faculty of University College of Southeast Arts and Science. Norway, Norway His research is mainly focused on "$ ! ;X]^S^_^O!PY\!GSVNVSPO!4SYVYQc!KXN! conservation biology in several species 9KWO!>KXKQOWOX^#!EXS`O\]S^c! such as the brown bear and the Eurasian PY\!?K^_\KV!BO]Y_\MO]!KXN! beaver. 3ZZVSON!=SPO!CMSOXMO]#!FSOXXK "

Session: Professional career: visiting the Department of Obstetrics, Reproduction and Herd Health. Since Dr. Jella Wauters graduated in 2007 at then Giant Panda reproductive Research and clinical efforts @ the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, monitoring and related research has Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Ghent University as a veterinarian with been a true passion for her leading to 15 Dec 14h00-15h30 focus on horses. great journeys all over the world. Immediately after graduation, she joined Since two years, Dr. Jella Wauters is Title: the Department of Pharmacology, combining her research focusing on Toxocology and Biochemistry (Prof. Dr. Veterinary Public Health aspects (Food Food safety and Giant Pandas: Evelyne Meyer) and pursued the Safety and Quality) with an educational where’s the match. identification of diagnostic biomarkers assignment (coordinator of practical for infectious arthritis in horses, a PhD sessions). In parallel, she has been Dr. Jella Wauters, DVM research performed in close dedicated in optimizing the conventional [email protected] collaboration with the Department of reproductive monitoring in Giant Pandas Surgery and Aneasthesiology of as well as establishing an International

Domestic Animals (Prof. Dr. Ann collaboration on Giant Panda Martens, Prof. Dr. Frederik Pille and Prof. conservation research, leading to a Dr. Frank Gasthuys). research project outline, financially After obtaining her PhD (June 2012), supported by Pairi Daiza Foundation. she changed her research focus to Veterinary Public Health and started her Abstract: postdoctoral career at the research group of Prof. Dr. Lynn Vanhaecke While performing the endocrine (Department of Veterinary Public Health reproductive monitoring of Hao Hao, and and Food Safety, Laboratory of shortly after also of Huan Huan (Female Chemichal Analysis) (early 2013). Giant Panda of Zooparc de Beauval, Initially her research focus was related to France), and by being closely involved in Affiliations: hormone residue monitoring the interpretation of data of Tian Tian 1. ! Department of Veterinary Public (thyreostats in cattle) and boar taint (in (Female Giant Panda of RZSS-Edinburgh Health and Food Safety, Ghent intact male pigs), but she turned out to Zoo), it became obvious, from the early University, Merelbeke, Belgium be a versatile researcher for many other start, that the Giant Panda’s 2. ! Pairi Daiza Foundation, Pairi projects related to food safety. reproductive cycle is not only very Daiza, Brugelette, Belgium In 2014, she got involved in the peculiar, but also, that so many related

endocrine reproductive monitoring of features still need to be unravelled. Hao Hao, Pairi Daiza’s female Giant Even after 40 years of research and Panda, after a meeting with Tim Bouts, efforts, captive breeding in the Giant

Panda remains challenging. Giant Pandas It was an obvious choice to merge our invasive sampling technologies and have a very narrow window of fertility available analytical techniques and assist in standardizing endocrine which isn’t always easy to identify expertise in metabolomics with Giant methods for national and international accurately. Confirmation of conception is Panda (and other Wildlife) conservation wildlife studies. ISWE also acts as a additionally compromised by the lack of research, e.g. for the unravelling of the forum for information exchange among highly specific and sensitive biomarkers. reproductive biology. wildlife and zoo researchers, and Diagnosis of true pregnancy (with Therefore, we are currently exploring the provides advice to associations and implantation of the embryo) is metabolic urinary and faecal profiles in organisations interested in the furthermore complicated by embryonal non-bred, successfully bred and non- monitoring and optimizing animal diapause with delayed implantation and successfully bred Giant Pandas. welfare, health and reproductive the occurrence of pseudopregnancy. function. Frequently, vacancies, for Additionally, foetal loss is suspected, but This research will be performed in an related clinical and research studies (e.g. cannot be identified, in a substantial international context including 5 main PhDs in wildlife endocrinology) are fraction of bred, but non-birth females. partners (China Conservation and advertised through their website and Research Centre for the Giant Panda network. In our laboratory, our core business is (CCRCGP), Pairi Daiza Foundation-Pairi ‘metabolomics’. This technique, Daiza, RZSS-Edinburgh Zoo, Edinburgh Check out the related posters introduced generally based on ultra-high University and Ghent University) and is by Dr. Wauters during the poster performance liquid chromatography financially supported by Pairi Daiza sessions. (UHPLC) - high resolution mass Foundation. Additionally, discover the poster of Giulia spectrometry (HRMS), can map all Ciminelli, who performed research on metabolites available in a sample, Additional information and links: Huan Huan at Zooparc de Beauval. therefore able to profile a sample’s (or Zooparc de Beauval is offering animal’s) condition (e.g. reproductive Student are welcome to apply for a internships and training for veterinary status, health status, nutritional master thesis (or PhD) subject related to students/graduates. However, status,…). The technique is - amongst wildlife metabolomics. applicants should speak fluently French others - widely explored for diagnostic to apply for the internship and purposes as well as for follow up of Jella is member of the International preferentially as well for any trainings. treatment, in many diseases. In our Society of Wildlife Endocrinology (ISWE; Their training program is very popular laboratory, metabolomics is being www.iswe-endo.org ). This Society is and is fully booked until 2020. However, applied for unravelling supported by one of the major sponsors students with an extreme interest and a pathophysiological conditions, diseases of this symposium (Arbor Assays) and convincing motivation can send an email and related pathways such as colorectal together they facilitate and promote to Baptiste Mulot cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, stronger collaborations among wildlife ([email protected] ), who diabetes and allergies. endocrinologists. They help advance the is the head veterinarian at ZooParc de use of non-invasive and minimally Beauval ( www.zoobeauval.com ).

Session: Professional career: green and scarlet macaws, white tailed deers, frogs and arthropods and she has Drs. Andrea Brenes Soto graduated in been participating in many international Research and clinical efforts @ 1998 at the University of Costa Rica as conferences with her research Faculty of Veterinary Medicine an agronomic engineer with emphasis on summarized in several publications. 15 Dec 14h00-15h30 Animal Science. Immediately after, she started a career Additional information and links: Title: as animal nutritionist and coordinator at Simon Bolivias Zoo’s Farm, San José, Please consult the posters introducing Nutrition as a key for Costa Rica. some of Drs. Andrea Brenes Soto’s conservation efforts. During 2008-2015 she was lecturer and research projects. researcher at the University of Costa Drs. Andrea Brenes Soto Rica and head of the department of Pet, [email protected] Wild and Zoo Animal Nutrition and Management.

In 2011, she finished a postgraduate program at the same University with focus on Animal Nutrition, specialization captive wild animals. She was also advisor in animal nutrition for the Simon Bolivar Zoo and Santa Ana Conservation Centre during her career at the University of Costa Rica. She is also member of several organizations including the Nutrition Advisory Group of the American Zoo and Affiliations: Aquarium Association (NAG AZA), the 1. ! Department Nutrition, Genetics Mesoamerican and Caribbean and Ethology, Faculty of Association of Zoos and Aquarium Veterinary Medicine Ghent (AMACZOOA), and the Conservation University, Belgium " Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)- Mesoamerican Region.

Her research has been focusing on several species such as rabbits, pacas,

Session I: Session II: (Management of Nature Conservation). He was also the chief vet of Al Bustan zoo. Next, he moved to ZSL Whipsnade Research and clinical efforts Conservation efforts @zoo and Zoo as the sole clinician where he @Faculty of Veterinary Medicine related institutes perfected his anaesthesia skills in large 15 Dec 14h00-15h30 15 Dec 17h40-19h00 herbivores and performed research in elephant medicine including elephant Title: Title: endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV). Afterwards he worked as the Director EEHV, the biggest killer of Asian Saving the rarest parrot in the and chief veterinarian of Al Wabra Elephant ( Elephas maximus) world, the story of the Spix’s Wildlife Preservation in Qatar and was calves. macax ( Cyanopsitta spixii). actively involved spix's macaw conservation. Currently he is the Drs. Tim Bouts, DVM, Dipl. ECZM Professional career: zoological director and chief veterinarian of Pairi Daiza, the biggest zoo in Belgium. (Zoo Health Management) Drs. Tim Bouts graduated from Ghent His research priorities are EEHV in [email protected] University, Belgium in 2000 and started elephants, as Tim is the EEHV advisor to working at the Faculty at the the elephant TAG, and anaesthesia and department of Surgery and standing sedation of mega herbivores. Anaesthesiology of large animals. Afterwards he completed an MSc in Wild Additional information and links: Animal Health at the Royal Veterinary College in London and ZSL London Zoo in http://pairidaiza.eu/en 2002. He returned back to Ghent to work as an assistant in anaesthesia of http://www.pairidaiza-foundation.org/nl large animals and he developed a new anaesthetic table for Koi carps. He Affiliations: moved to South-West England to work 1. ! Zoological director and chief at a referral centre for exotic pets in veterinarian, Pairi Daiza, Newquay. He was the attending Brugelette, Belgium veterinarian for Newquay Zoo, The 2. ! Academic consultant, Faculty of Cornish Bird of Prey Centre and Blue Reef Veterinary Medicine, Ghent Aquarium. Afterwards he moved to the University, Belgium United Arab Emirates to become the Head of the Veterinary Department of the animal collection of the president

Session: Professional career: He is a Chartered Biologist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. International plenary talk – Giant Dr. Iain Valentine is Director of the Giant Panda Programme and Senior Policy Panda conservation Advisor for the Royal Zoological Society Additional information and links: 15 Dec 16h00-17h00 of Scotland, based at Edinburgh Zoo. Before taking on this role Iain was Updates on past, recent and future Title: responsible for the animal collections, conservation projects, in situ and ex situ, can be followed on the website of RZSS: Beyond the Giant Panda: zoo animal welfare, management, enrichment & presentation activities, at http://www.rzss.org.uk/conservation/ based research – it’s not all black both Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife On the page-bottom more information and white. Park, all of the educational and ex situ can be found on potential conservation and in situ research & conservation inspired careers at RZSS (research, education, veterinary medicine, …) Dr. Iain Valentine, Director of projects work and staff within RZSS. (http://www.rzss.org.uk/working-with- Giant Panda Programme and Iain’s understanding of the zoo world and conservation world and his interest in us/) . More information on related Senior Policy Advisor developing the capacity-building specific topics can additionally be [email protected] potential of zoos has been built up over consulted: a thirty-year period where he has always ! Veterinary education and training: held senior management and director http://www.rzss.org.uk/rzss- roles in various organisations since education/veterinary-training- graduating from University where he did education/ a degree in Biological Sciences. !! Conservation and research medicine: He also lived and worked in South http://www.rzss.org.uk/conservatio America for a time where he helped run n/research/conservation-and- and develop an Ecuadorian ecotourism research-medicine/ company. !! RZSS veterinary services: Iain initiated the Giant Panda project at http://www.rzss.org.uk/our- RZSS in 2006 and has given numerous collections/rzss-veterinary-services/ talks and interviews about Pandas/China !! Zoo animal nutrition: Affiliations: and his experiences. http://www.rzss.org.uk/conservatio 1. ! Royal Zoological Society of The Giant Panda Programme is a key n/research/nutrition/ Scotland, Edinburgh Zoo, programme of RZSS and involves Scotland, UK numerous researchers and projects based both here in the UK and abroad.

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Conservation efforts @ Zoo and Francis Vercammen graduated at related institutes Ghent University in 1986 as doctor in 15 Dec 17h40-19h00 veterinary medicine (DVM). From 1987 till 2001 he worked in a private veterinary practice for companion Title: animals in Antwerp city and at the Overview on combining clinical Veterinary Department in the work and research opportunities Institute of Tropical Medicine of in the Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp (clinical and research work Antwerp. in import pathology, infectious diseases, laboratory and exotic Dr. Francis Vercammen, DVM, animals). From 1998 till 2001 he was Dipl. ECZM also part-time veterinarian in the [email protected] Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, where he became the head of the Veterinary Department in 2001.

Affiliations: 1. ! Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp

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In 1981 Dr. Martin Dehnhard graduated IZW Berlin covers a wide spectrum of Conservation efforts @zoo and as a biologist at the University of research consisting of five departments related institutes Hannover, Germany. and a Junior Research Group: 15 Dec 17h40-19h00 Soon after, he started his PhD as scientific assistant at the Max-Planck- Dept. of Evolutionary Ecology Title: Institute for Experimental Endocrinology. Dept. of Evolutionary Genetics During his postdoc career, he firstly Dept. of Wildlife Diseases The diagnostic potential of joined the University of Hohenheim Dept. of Reproduction Biology volatiles, steroids and polyamines (Stuttgart) at the Institute for Animal Dept. of Reproduction Management in the Giant Panda ( Ailuropoda Husbandry and Animal Breeding, Junior Research Group: Biodiversity and melanoleuca). Department of Animal Husbandry and Biogeography of Southeast Asia Regulation Physiology where his main focus was directed towards pheromones. IZW frequently offer jobs/trainings on Dr. Martin Dehnhard He also succeeded in the development of their website: [email protected] several analytical methods for http://www.izw-berlin.de/jobs- pheromone analysis. training.html In 1997, he finally joined the Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) and became head of the endocrine lab.

From this point, his main research topic

concerned the development of non- invasive techniques for the monitoring of reproductive and adrenocortical activities in zoo and wildlife animals, with a special focus on carnivores (felids, ursids). He is also involved in teaching Affiliations: activities and travels around the world to 1. ! Leibniz Institute for Zoo & share his knowledge and expertise. Wildlife Research (IZW), Germany

Session: Professional career: assist in capacity building, enriching the African people. More information can be Prof. Dr. Monique Paris is the co-founder found at: www.ibream.org . Conservation efforts @zoo and and Director of the Institute for Breeding Their current work focus on the pygmy related institutes Rare and Endangered African Mammals hippopotamus, the African wild dog, the 15 Dec 17h40-19h00 (IBREAM). African Rhinoceros species and the IBREAM’s mission and passion is to Ethiopian wolf. Title: protect endangered African mammals from extinction. Additional information and links: The role of reproductive They share their commitment with other physiology for the conservation conservation groups who do excellent The organisation can often of endangered species. and essential work in conserving the accommodate new Masters or PhD habitats of these precious species. students in collaboration with our Prof. Dr. Monique Paris By aiming to save their target species, partner universities (currently including they assist in preserving the global Wageningen University, the Netherlands [email protected] biodiversity, and this is crucial for the and James Cook University, Australia). long-term existence of the planet and its people. Check out the posters brought by Prof. They represent a group of wildlife dr. Monique Paris during our poster fanatics with a unique blend of expertise session and breaks. in conservation and reproductive biology, supported by an advisory board of internationally renowned scientists and conservationists. Their goal is to use their knowledge to first fully understand the reproductive biology of each endangered African mammalian species. They can then Affiliations: develop tools that enable them to 1. ! Associate professor (IBREAM control and assist the reproduction of UK/AUS based charity, Institute these endangered species ensuring that for Breeding Rare and their gene pools can be replenished and Endangered African Mammals. maintained until populations can support themselves naturally. Through their activities, they also set up local African educational programs and

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van plezier. Bellewaerde is nog zoveel meer: jullie leren er ook honderden dieren van dichtbij kennen in een authentieke omgeving. Klaar voor een dag die jullie nooit meer vergeten!

Welkom in Bellewaerde !

Bellewaerde park Arbor Assays Meenseweg 497 1514 Eisenhower Place Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108-3284 United States https://www.bellewaerde.be/nl http://www.arborassays.com/ [email protected]

www.marioca.be Alcyon Belux, partner voor dierenartsen https://www.alcyonbelux.be [email protected]

www.eurotuin.be www.eurotuin.be/nl/tuinkaffee.html

MEDVET voert de medische validatie uit van de klinisch biologische, moleculair biologische en pathologische analyses die AML bepaalt op diergeneeskundige stalen. https://www.medvet.be/ www.delirium.be

www.kruidvat.be (Merelbeke) www.eickemeyer.co.uk

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www.skagenfunds.com

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www.hoftermeyghem.be

www.admerelbeke.be www.universitypress.be !

www.bellefoodcreations.be www.standaardboekhandel.be (Merelbeke) www.traiteur-cheffs.be

. www.aposite.be/11935 (Apotheek Vanhoutte)

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www.rouaen.toyotanet.be

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www.wwf.be www.the-cottage.be And not to forget!!!

A huge thank you to all friends, family and colleagues for their help, gifts and support! www.dierenartsenzondergrenzen.be www.aveve.be (Merelbeke)

The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture.

Gaylord Nelson (1916-2005)

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