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Żubry W Karpatach Foto: Tomasz Różycki Międzynarodowa Konferencja Żubry w Karpatach Stowarzyszenie Miłośników Żubrów Czarna, 5–6 września 2013 Konferencja naukowa „Żubry w Karpatach” Czarna 5–6 września 2013 r. Streszczenia referatów Wydawca Stowarzyszenie Miłośników Żubrów ul. Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786 Warszawa tel/fax (22) 593-65-80, e-mail: [email protected] Zdjęcie na okładce: Tomasz Różycki Program Konferencji 05 września 2013 r. 8.45 Otwarcie Konferencji 9.00–11.30 Sesja referatowa nr I Piotr Brewczyński Bieżące działania w zakresie ochrony i hodowli żubrów w Bieszczadach The current activities for protection and breeding of European bison in Bieszczady Piotr Kozla Analysis of reintroduction and formation of European bison populations in Belarus Analiza reintrodukcji i formowania populacji żubra w Białorusi Taras P. Sipko Current status of the European bison in Russia Aktualna sytuacja żubra w Rosji Sebastian Ca˘ta˘noiu, Ra˘zvan Deju The present situation of European bison in Romania Aktualna sytuacja żubra w Rumunii Vitalii Smagol, Gleb Gavris The wisent Bison bonasus in Ukraine: dynamics of population, area of distribution, habitat and limiting factors Żubr Bison bonasus na Ukrainie: dynamika populacji, rozmieszczenie, siedlisko oraz czynniki ograniczające Miloslav Jirku˚, Martin Šálek, Proposal for reintroduction of the European bison in the Martin Konvicˇka, Lukáš Cˇížek, Czech Republic Jan Robovsky´, Dalibor Dostál Propozycja reintrodukcji żubra w Republice Czeskiej Elena F. Sitnikova Creation of a free-roaming population of European bison in the Bryansk Region (Russia) Tworzenie wolno żyjącej populacji żubra w Regionie Briańskim (Rosja) Natalia Geraskina Formation of free ranging population of Bison bonasus L. in the Central Russia region, based on the National Park “Orlovskoe Polesie” Tworzenie wolnej populacji żubra w Centralnej Rosji na przykładzie Parku Narodowego “Orlovskoe Polesie” Krystyna Cielniak, Działania w projekcie „Ochrona in situ żubra w Polsce – część Jerzy Dackiewicz, Wanda Olech północno-wschodnia” The project: ”In situ conservation of the European bison in Poland – the north-eastern part” 4 Program Konferencji 12.00–15.00 Sesja referatowa nr II Jan Mazur Żubry w Nadleśnictwie Stuposiany Wisents in Forest District Stuposiany Wojciech Bielecki, Jan Mazur, Zwalczanie gruźlicy u żubrów w Bieszczadach Józef Amarowicz, Monika The fight against tuberculosis of wisents from Bieszczady Krajewska Monika Krajewska, Blanka Diagnostyka laboratoryjna gruźlicy bydlęcej u zwierząt wolno Orłowska, Krzysztof Anusz żyjących z uwzględnieniem żubrów Laboratory diagnostics of bovine tuberculosis in wildlife including bison Monika Krajewska, Przypadek gruźlicy u żubra w centralnej Polsce Wojciech Bielecki, Piotr Tuberculosis in European bison in Central Poland – case Wojciechowski, report Katarzyna Mierzwa Pavlo Khoyetskyy Restitution of European bison (Bison bonasus L.) to the Skolyvski Beskyd (the Eastern Carpathians) Restytucja żubrów (Bison bonasus L.) w Beskidach Skoliwskich (Karpaty Wschodnie) Kajetan Perzanowski, Zmienność rejonów koncentracji żubrów z populacji Maciej Januszczak, bieszczadzkiej w cyklu wieloletnim Aleksandra Wołoszyn-Gałęza Variability of concentration sites of wisents from the Bieszczady population in multiannual cycle Wanda Olech Wzbogacanie puli genowej żubra w Karpatach Wschodnich w latach 2001–2012 The enrichment of gene pool of wisent population in Eastern Carpathians during years 2001–2012 Maciej Januszczak, Aleksandra Kalendarium 15 lat badań Stacji Badawczej Fauny Karpat nad Wołoszyn-Gałęza żubrami w Bieszczadach 15 years of research on wisent in the Bieszczady Mts. at Carpathian Wildlife Research Station in Ustrzyki Dolne Ryszard Paszkiewicz, 50 lat bieszczadzkich żubrów w badaniach, opracowaniach Maciej Januszczak i publikacjach 50 years of the Bieszczady wisents in research and publications Maria Chistopolova, Jose History of the telemetry study of European bison in Russia A. Hernandez-Blanco, Alexandr Przebieg badań telemetrycznych żubrów w Rosji Minaev, Taras Sipko, Elena Sitnikova, Vyacheslav Rozhnov Magdalena Tracz, Maciej Tracz Telemetria GPS – teoria i praktyka GPS telemetry – the theory and practice Joep van de Vlasakker Rewilding Europe – first bison project in progress – the Tarcu mountains in Romania Zdziczenie Europy – pierwszy project z żubrem rozpoczęty – góry Tarcu w Rumunii Program Konferencji 5 16.00–18.30 Sesja referatowa nr III Katarzyna Daleszczyk Hodowla zamknięta żubrów w różnych ośrodkach europejskich Captive breeding of European bison in various European centres Tomasz Kamiński, Rafał Selekcja gatunków drzewiastych przez żubry w Puszczy Kowalczyk Białowieskiej Selection of woody species by European bison in the Białowieża Primeval Forest Nathia Hass Brandtberg Habitat selection of two European bison (Bison bonasus)during a vegetative season Wykorzystanie środowiska przez dwa osobniki żubra (Bison bonasus) w okresie wegetacji Wojciech Halicki, Bernadetta Relacje żubr-środowisko w warunkach hodowli na Nowoszyńska ograniczonym terenie – wyniki rocznych badań w Sycowicach The relations wisent-environment in enclosure in Sycowice Yvonne Kemp European bison in a Dutch dune system Żubry na wydmach w Holandii Piotr Kozla, G. Yanuta, Ecological characteristics of habitats and state of P. Velihurau, A. Kazarez “Berezinsko-borisovskaya” and “Volozhynskaya” European bison populations Charakterystyka ekologiczna środowiska i stanu dwóch populacji żubra w Białorusi: “Berezinsko-borisovskaya” i “Volozhynskaya” Emilia Hofman-Kamińska, Gildas Zmiany diety żubra i innych dużych roślinożerców w okresie Merceron, Hervé Bocherens, Giedre˙ Holocenu Pilicˇiauskiene˙, Daniel Makowiecki, Diet variation of European bison and other large herbivores Rafał Kowalczyk during the Holocene Rafał Kowalczyk, Tomasz Demografia populacji żubrów w Puszczy Białowieskiej Kamiński Demography of European bison population in the Białowieska Primeval Forest Agnieszka Chałabis-Mazurek, Jose Zawartość metali ciężkich w wybranych tkankach żubrów Luis Valverde Piedra, Krystyna (Bison bonasus) Puszczy Białowieskiej Kursa, Michał Krzysiak Heavy metals content in selected tissues of the European bison (Bison bonasus) from the Białowieża forest Maria Dymnicka, Ewa Porównanie profilu kwasów tłuszczowych w mięśniu Arkuszewska, Andrzej Łozicki, półścięgnistym (semitendinosus) żubrów i bydła Wanda Olech Comparison of fatty acid profile in m. semitendinosus of the European bison and cattle Tommy Svensson Twin calves of European bison born in Eriksberg Bliźniaki żubra urodzone w Eriksberg Rainer Glunz Cielę urodzone w wodzie The calf born in the water 6 Program Konferencji 6 września 2013 r. 12.00–14.30 Sesja referatowa nr IV Joachim Menzel Present facts on DNA-analysis in Germany Aktualne informacje o analizie DNA w Niemczech Rainer Glunz The German EBCC wisent DNA project Projekt kolekcji prób DNA realizowany przez EBCC w Niemczech Małgorzata Bołbot, Jan Raczyński Rejestracja rodowodowa żubrów jako narzędzie restytucji gatunku The pedigree registration of European bison as a tool in the restitution of the species Aleksiei N. Bunevich Lowland-Caucasian bison in the Belarusian part of the Bialowieska Forest Żubry nizinno-kaukaskiej linii w białoruskiej części Puszczy Białowieskiej Małgorzata Tokarska Żubry z białoruskiej części Puszczy Białowieskiej w świetle badań genetycznych Genetic analyses of the European bison from the Belarusian part of the Bialowieska Forest Marlena Wojciechowska, Analiza struktury genetycznej żubra (Bison bonasus) Zuza Nowak, Artur Gurgul, z wykorzystaniem markerów SNP Wanda Olech Analysis of the genetic structure of European bison(Bison bonasus) using SNP markers Zuza Nowak, Wanda Olech, Żubry w Bieszczadach – razem, czy osobno? Kajetan Perzanowski, Wisent in Bieszczady Mountains – still isolated herds? Maciej Januszczak J. Zeyland, Ł. Wolko, Kompletny mitochondrialny genom tura (Bos primigenius) J. Bocianowski, M. Szalata, zrekonstruowany ze starożytnego DNA A.M. Dzieduszycki, M. Ryba, Complete mitochondrial genome of wild aurochs (Bos J. Śmiełowski, D. Lipiński, primigenius) reconstructed from ancient DNA R. Słomski Anna Tabęcka-Łonczyńska, Receptory melatoninowe MTR1B w jądrach dojrzałych samców Magdalena Kulpa, Katarzyna żubra (Bison bonasus) w okresie krótkiego i długiego dnia Kozioł, Marek Koziorowski świetlnego MTR1B melatonin receptors in the testes of mature male wisent (Bison bonasus) during the different photoperiod seasons (winter and summer) Andrzej Życzyński Badania spermatogenezy żubroni – mieszańców międzyrodzajowych Bos taurus i Bison bonasus Research on spermatogenesis of żubroń – inter genera crossbreds between wisent Bison bonasus and domestic cattle Bos taurus Danuta Sztych, Wanda Olech Budowa anatomiczna włosa żubra, bydła i żubronia Anatomical structure of hair in European bison, cattle and their crossbreds “żubroń” Program Konferencji 7 Fernando Morán European bison adaptation process in Spain – experience after transport from Poland (2010) and from the Netherland (2012) Proces adaptacji żubra w Hiszpanii – doświadczenia po transportach z Polski (2010) i Holandii (2012) 16.30–18.30 Sesja referatowa nr V Mieczysław Hławiczka Wybrane przypadki interwencji lekarsko-weterynaryjnej Chosen examples of veterinarian interventions Agnieszka Suchecka, Wanda Olech Projekt „Ochrona ex situ żubra Bison bonasus w Polsce” Project ”The ex situ conservation of European bison Bison bonasus in Poland”. Barbara Osińska, Wojciech Przypadek martwicowego zapalenia błony śluzowej krtani Bielecki, Magdalena
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