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Proceedings Book Proceedings Book Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia Zootécnica 2 3 Proceedings Book Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia Zootécnica 4 Ficha Técnica Organização: APEZ - Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia Zootécnica Colaboração: UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Comissão Organizadora Ana Luísa Lourenço Ana Sofia Santos Divanildo Monteiro Elisabete Mena Luís Ribeiro Mariana Almeida Pedro Vaz Sandra Oliveira Sílvia Ferreira Sofia Botelho Telma Pinto Comissão Científica Ana Luísa Lourenço Esther Hagen-Plantinga Guido Bosch Ronald Corbee Título Proceedings Book I Congresso Internacional de Nutrição e Alimentação de Animais de Companhia (edição electrónica) Edição Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia Zootécnica Editores Ana Luísa Lourenço Ana Sofia Santos Divanildo Outor Monteiro Elisabete Gomes Mena Telma Pinto ISBN 978-989-20-8056-7 [Título: I Congresso Internacional de Nutrição e Alimentação de Animais de Companhia]; [Autor: Vários]; [Co-autor(es): ]; [Suporte: Eletrónico]; [Formato: PDF / PDF/A] Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia Zootécnica 5 Organização/Organisation A Nutrição e Alimentação de Animais de Companhia é uma área cada vez mais desafiante em resultado do aumento da importância social e económica destes animais. Cabe aos diversos profissionais, independentemente da sua área de ação, procurar a informação que lhes permita dar resposta aos seus desafios profissionais, da forma mais atual e científica possível. No sentido de dar um primeiro contributo a APEZ, em colaboração com a UTAD, propôs-se reunir um conjunto de especialistas de reconhecido mérito internacional, para que, de forma independente e baseada em evidência científica, pudessem partilhar connosco os seus conhecimentos e os seus pontos de vista. Deste esforço nasce o I Congresso Internacional de Nutrição e Alimentação de Animais de Companhia, para o qual temos a honra e o prazer de o poder convidar. The Feeding and Nutrition of Pet Animals is an increasingly challenging area as a result of the socio- economic growing importance of these animals. It is up to the professionals in the field, regardless of their area of action, to seek to perform based on the most up to date scientific information. In order to make a first contribution in this direction, APEZ in collaboration with UTAD decided to bring together a group of experts of recognized international merit, so that, independently and based on scientific evidence, they could share their knowledge and their points of view. This effort gives birth to the I International Congress of Feeding and Nutrition of Pet Animals, for which we have the honor and the pleasure to invite you. 6 7 I Congresso Internacional de Nutrição e Alimentação de Animais de Companhia APEZ - Associação Portuguesa De Engenharia Zootécnica Vila Real, Portugal 27 e 28 de Outubro de 2017 PROGRAMA 25 de Outubro: Seminário 26 de Outubro: Workshop 27 de Outubro: Nutrição e Alimentação ao Longo da Vida 28 de Outubro: Da Natureza à Cidade 9:00 – Receção dos Participantes Sessão V - Moderação: Ana Sofia Santos 9:30 – Alimentação natural do gato e idiossincrasias de um Sessão I - Moderação: Divanildo Monteiro carnívoro estrito 10:00 – Abertura Drª Esther Hagen-Plantinga, PhD, Dip. ECVCN – Univ. de Reitor da UTAD: António Fontainhas Fernandes Utrecht Presidente da ECAV da UTAD: Ana Nazaré Pereira Presidente da APEZ: Divanildo Outor Monteiro 10:15 – Alimentação natural do cão e idiossincrasias de um Presidente da Comissão Científica: Ana Lourenço carnívoro adaptável Eng. Guido Bosch, PhD – Univ. de Wageningen 10:30 – Onde encontrar informação sobre necessidades nutricionais Drª Ana Lourenço, PhD, Dip. ECVCN – UTAD Pausa Café Pausa para Café Sessão VI - Moderação: Maria João Fradinho Sessão II - Moderação: Aulus Carciofi 11:30 – Alimentos comerciais secos e húmidos: características e 11:30 – Nutrição e alimentação do cão: do nascimento a adulto fabrico. Drª Esther Hagen-Plantinga, PhD, Dip. ECVCN – Univ. de Dr. Aulus Carciofi, PhD – Univ. de S. Paulo Utrecht 12:30 – Rótulos: Como fazê-los, como entendê-los 12:15 – Nutrição e alimentação do gato: do nascimento a adulto Dr. Víctor Romano - FEDIAF Drª Ana Lourenço, PhD, Dip. ECVCN – UTAD 13:00 – Almoço 13:00 – Almoço Sessão III - Moderação: Luís Barros Sessão VII - Moderação: Guido Bosh 14:30 – Nutrição e alimentação do cão e gato órfão 14:30 – Opções e novas tendências na alimentação de cães e Drª Galena Quist – Rybachuk, PhD, Res. ECVCN gatos 15:00 – Nutrição e alimentação do cão: de adulto jovem a Drª Wendy Wambacq, Dip. ECVCN – Univ. de Gante sénior Drª Cecilia Villaverde, PhD, Dip. ECVCN e ACVN 15:00 – Ameaças e oportunidades no futuro da alimentação de cães e gatos 15:45 – Nutrição e alimentação do gato: de adulto jovem a sénior Drª Wendy Wambacq, Dip. ECVCN – Univ. de Gante Drª Ana Lourenço, PhD, Dip. ECVCN – UTAD 15:30 – Como decidir o que oferecer? A perspetiva do tutor! Pausa Café Drª Stefanie Handl, Dip. ECVCN Sessão IV - Moderação: Miguel Rodrigues 17:00 – Nutrição e alimentação do cão e gato reprodutor Pausa Café Dr. Ronald Corbee, PhD, Dip. ECVCN – Univ. de Utrecht Sessão VIII - Moderação: Ana Luísa Lourenço 17:45 – A alimentação de cães de caça que facilita a sua manutenção e recuperação 16:30 – DGAV; ECVCN; FEDIAF; IACA Drª Geraldine Blanchard, PhD, Dip. ECVCN 16:45 – Mesa redonda: debate e discussão 18:30 – Estratégias para enriquecimento alimentar no cão e no gato Drª Galena Quist – Rybachuk, PhD, Res. ECVCN 18:00 – Encerramento dos trabalhos 20:00 – Jantar de Confraternização 8 I International Congress of Feeding and Nutrition of Pet Animals APEZ - Associação Portuguesa De Engenharia Zootécnica Vila Real, Portugal October 27 - 28, 2017 PROGRAMME October 25: Seminar October 26: Workshop October 27: Feeding and Nutrition Throughout Life Stages 9:00 – Registration October 28: From Nature to the City Session I Session V 10:00 – Conference Opening 9:30 – Natural feeding of the cat and the idiosyncrasies of Rector of UTAD: António Fontainhas Fernandes a strict carnivore Presidente da ECAV da UTAD: Ana Nazaré Pereira Drª Esther Hagen-Plantinga, phD, Dip. ECVCN – Utrecht President of APEZ: Divanildo Outor Monteiro University President of the Scientific Commission: Ana Lourenço 10:15 – Natural feeding of the dog and the idiosyncrasies of 10:30 – Where to find information about nutritional requirements an adaptive carnivore Drª Ana Lourenço, phD, Dip. ECVCN – UTAD Dr. Ir. Guido Bosch, phD – Wageningen University Coffee Break Coffee Break Session II Session VI 11:30 – Feeding and nutrition of the dog: from birth to adulthood 11:30 – Dry and wet commercial food: characteristics Drª Esther Hagen-Plantinga, phD, Dip. ECVCN – Utrecht and manufacture University Dr. Aulus Carciofi, phD - S. Paulo University 12:15 – Feeding and nutrition of the cat: from birth to adulthood 12:30 – Pet food labels: how to make and read them Drª Ana Lourenço, phD, Dip. ECVCN – UTAD Dr. Víctor Romano - FEDIAF 13:00 – Lunch 13:00 – Lunch Session III Session VII 14:30 – Feeding and nutrition of the orphan kitten and puppy 14:30 – Options and new trends in pet food Drª Galena Quist – Rybachuk, phD, Res. ECVCN Drª Wendy Wambacq, Dip. ECVCN – Ghent University 15:00 – Feeding and nutrition of the dog: from young adult to 15:00 – Threats and opportunities in the future of pet geriatric foods Drª Cecilia Villaverde, phD, Dip. ECVCN and ACVN Drª Wendy Wambacq, Dip. ECVCN – Ghent University 15:45 – Feeding and nutrition of the cat: from young adult to geriatric 15:30 – How to decide what to offer? The owner's Drª Ana Lourenço, phD, Dip. ECVCN – UTAD perspective! Drª Stefanie Handl, Dip. ECVCN Coffee Break Coffee Break Session IV 17:00 – Feeding and nutrition of the reproductive cat and dog Session VIII Dr. Ronald Corbee, phD, Dip. ECVCN – Utrecht University 16:30 – IACA; FEDIAF; ECVCN; DGAV 17:45 – Feeding hunting dogs to facilitate maintenance and 16:45 – Roundtable: clarification and discussion session recovery Drª Geraldine Blanchard, phD, Dip. ECVCN 18:00 – Closing 18:30 – Tips and tricks for feeding enrichment in dogs and cats Drª Galena Quist – Rybachuk, phD, Res. ECVCN 20:00 – Congress Dinner 10 11 Índice/Index Where to find information about nutritional requirements of Cats and Dogs Ana Luísa Lourenço --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Feeding and nutrition of the dog; from birth till adulthood Esther A. Hagen-Plantinga ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Feeding and nutrition of the cat: from birth to adulthood Ana Luísa Lourenço ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Orphan feeding and nutrition of the orphan kitten and puppy, birth to weaning Galena Quist ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 Feeding and nutrition of the dog: from young adult to geriatric Cecilia Villaverde ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43 Feeding and nutrition of the cat: from young adult to geriatric Ana Luísa Lourenço ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49 Nutrition and dietetics of reproducing dogs and cats Ronald Jan Corbee ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57 Feeding hunting dogs to facilitate maintenance and recovery Géraldine
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