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Lola Tielemans and Jasper Van Immerseel !! Zoo veterinarian, a long road from dream to fact !! Metabolomics in the brown bear and giant panda 7! Melissa Nollet , Zoo veterinarian (Bellewaerde park, Belgium) ! Sam Boulanger !! The long way around ! Dentistry in zoo animals and wildlife 7! Janine Meuffels (MRCVS, SA Veterinarian, Germany) ! Niels Groesser !! South African Veterinary Board Exam !! Reproductive monitoring of the red panda 7! 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 7! 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 7! 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 7! 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 7! 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 7! Dr. Tom Hellebuyck , dipl. ECZM (Herpetology) (Ghent University, Belgium) !! Assisted reproduction in reptiles 7! Drs. Arturo Muñoz Saravia (Ghent University, Belgium) !! Amphibian conservation in times of extinction, an example of a + critically endangered frog + 7! Prof. dr. Bruno Levecke (Ghent University, Belgium) + !! The importance of gastro-intestinal protozoa in captive non-human primates in Belgian and Dutch zoological gardens Powered by Internationalisation@home 2 T9MJ$3(P+AU+N%/%F?%J+2+.HGK?JN;LCHG+CG+LB?+@C?E>+ 1JC3(P+AF+N%/%F?%J+2+.HGK?JN;LCHG,LB?+RHH + + 13h30-14h00: Registration (new attendees only) 13h30-14h00: Registration (new attendees only) 14h00-15h30: Trade-off between wildlife conservation and human well-being@home and 14h00-15h30: Research and clinical efforts @ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine abroad 7! Prof. dr. Geert Janssens (Ghent University, Belgium) 7! 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? 7! Dr. Stefan Roels , vice-president of Belgian Wildlife Disease Society (Coda-Cerva; Belgium) 7! Prof. dr. Andreas Zedrosser (University College of Southeast Norway) !! The Belgian Wildlife Disease Society !! Sexually selected infanticide in brown bears 7! Prof. dr. Pierre Dorny , Coordinator Master of Science in Tropical Animal Health 7! 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 7! 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) 7! Drs. Tim Bouts , dipl. ECZM (Zoo Health Management), zoological director (Pairi Daiza 7! (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 7! 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 7! Dr. Francis Vercammen (Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Antwerp Zoo, Belgium) 7! 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 7! Drs. Anja Reckendorf , ECZM Resident in Wildlife Population Health (Institute for 7! 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) 7! Drs. Friederike Pohlin (University of Pretoria, South Africa) 7! (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 7! Prof. dr. Monique Paris , Associate professor (IBREAM UK/AUS based charity, the " Discover a West-Flemish Belgian beer: MOAT Netherlands) !! !"#$ ,*(#$ *($ ,#),*"/,..0#$ )"11.*(*21$ (*,$ ."#$ ,*31#,0 ..*3$ *($ #3" 32#,#"$ 1)#,.#1 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! Powered by Internationalisation@home 3 Speakers’ information 4 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 Titles: 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 [email protected] Jasper Van Immerseel [email protected] Reproduction of the pangolin. Anne König [email protected] Check out the poster made by Anne @ the poster session. Powered by Internationalisation@home 5 Session: Professional career: cats, dogs, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fishes and invertebrates), non-domestic Prof.
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