Programme European College of Animal Reproduction First Symposium 4 - 6 July 2019 n o i t c Vienna, Austria u d o www.ecarcollege.org r p e R l a E m u i r n o A p f ea o n College Vetmeduni Vienna Campus Map Welcome to Vienna Dear colleagues and friends, I would like to welcome you all to the first ever ECAR symposium. ECAR as organisation has existed now for over two decades and is growing every year. This year is the first year that we have our own symposium which is very exciting. The idea of ECARs own symposium goes back a long time and to see this coming to fruition is very exciting. I would like to hereby thank all of those who have put their time and effort into it, especially the local organisers here in Vienna. The aim of this first dedicated ECAR symposium is to get evidence base and comparative discussions going between diplomates as well as residents of all different subspecies. After all: all animals reproduce! Or…they don’t… either way we all end up dealing with the trial and tribulations around it and sometimes the answer to a problem or case could come from a colleague that usually looks at a completely different species. I hope you all have a (re) productive meeting! Marijke Beltman ECAR president 1 2 We are grateful for generous support of the ECAR 2019 Symposium Silver Sponsors Bronze Sponsors Regular Sponsors 3 4 July Welcome Reception at Vetmeduni Campus 17:00‐22:00 5 July Welcome (Room A) Petra Winter (Rektorin Vetmeduni Vienna), Marijke Beltman (ECAR President) 8:00‐8:15 4BioDX Plenary Session (Room A) Chair Peter Vos (The Netherland) Key note lecture: Christina Nagel (Austria) Stress effects on 8:15 parturition Anne‐Marie Luther (Germany) Protective extender medium counteracts the sensitivity to seminal plasma in thermically stressed 9:00 boar spermatozoa Carola Fischer‐Tenhagen (Germany) Denaverine hydrochloride (Sensiblex©) reduces pulling force in assisted parturition in Holstein‐ 9:15 Friesian heifers Wojciech Baranski (Poland) Prevalence of subclinical endometritis in dairy cows recovered from clinical endometritis with cephapirin or 9:30 PGF2α treatment Giorgia Podico (USA) Use of intrauterine kerosene infusions in mares 9:45 post‐abortion: effects and considerations Coffee break & Posters 10:00‐10:30 College Session A (Room A) College Session B (Room B) Ruminant Reproduction Small Animal Reproduction Chair Marijke Beltman (Ireland) Chair Andrea Münnich (Germany) Key note lecture: Rodrigo Bicalho Key note lecture: Sylvie Chastant‐ (USA) The bovine uterine Maillard (France) Passive 10:30 microbiome immune transfer in puppies Jasmine Fusi (Italy) 17β‐Estradiol Daniela Klein‐Jöbstl (Austria) The and Testosterone amniotic microbiota of newborn calves 11:15 concentrations in at term born and their mothers puppies: preliminary results Rodolfo Luzbel de la Sota Claudia Binder (Austria) (Argentina) Progesterone Spontaneous ovulation in the cat concentration in early diestrus 11:30 – uterine findings and correla‐ and endometrial transcriptomic tions with animal weight and age profile in dairy cows Gustavo Gastal (Uruguay) Two Mateo Tesi (Italy) The effects of doses of PGF2α in the Ovsynch aging on the quality of sperma‐ protocol on follicle diameter and togenesis, seminiferous tubules’ 11:45 circulating estradiol prior to architecture and fibrosis of testi‐ ovulation in heifers cular peritubular space in dogs 4 Lunch & Posters 12:00‐13:30 Plenary Session ‐ General Aspects of Animal Reproduction (Room A) Chair Tomasz Janowski (Poland) Key note lecture: Geert Opsomer (Belgium) Embryo‐maternal 13:30 metabolism Alexander Grahofer (Switzerland) An uterotonic agent applied during farrowing caused an increased stillborn rate in a free farrowing 14:15 system Maria Melchert (Austria) Successful treatment of botryomycosis in a 14:30 Haflinger mare Ilse Gerits (Belgium) Mammary adenocarcinoma in the mare: two 14:45 cases Coffee Break & Posters 15:00‐15:30 College Session C (Room B) College Session D (Room A) Porcine Reproduction Equine Reproduction Chair Olli Peltoniemi (Finland) Chair Christine Aurich (Austria) Key note lecture: Ulf Magnusson Key note lecture: Regina Turner (Sweden) Zoonotic aspects of (USA): Testicular degeneration in 15:30 livestock infections stallions Stefan Björkmann (Finland) Anne Kahler (UK) Comparison of Prolonged farrowing may macroscopic developmental increase weight loss during features of equine fetuses lactation in sows obtained from mares suffering 16:15 early pregnancy loss and manually terminated healthy pregnancies Nicolas Sergeant (France) Igor Canisso (USA) Doxycycline Concentrations of proAKAP4 diffuses to fetoplacental unit and 16:30 ensures fertility and prolificity in does not cause apparent compli‐ boars cations to the resulting foal Busses Gala Dinner at the Schönbrunn Zoological Garden leave 17:15 6 July CEVA Plenary Session (Room A) Chair Marc Drillich (Austria) Key note lecture: Hilde Aardema (The Netherlands) Cumulus cells 8:15 protect the oocyte against elevated NEFA levels Pawel Kordowitzki (Poland) Expression of telomeric repeat‐ containing RNA (terra) differs in early bovine embryonic development 9:00 in a stage‐dependent manner‐ a possible link to maternal ageing Martim Kaps (Austria) Supression of the estrous cycle in mares with 9:15 continuous GnRH‐analogue treatment Jole Mariella (Italy) Alpha‐fetoprotein concentrations in mares, 9:30 amniotic fluid, and foals in normal and high‐risk pregnancies Coffee break & Posters 9:45‐11:00 College Session E (Room A) College Session F (Room B) Biotechnology Christiane Otzdorff (Germany) Chair Sandor Cseh (Hungary) Key note lecture (11:00‐11:45) Carolina Okada (Austria) Effect of Peter Bols (Belgium) Gonadal subphysiological progestin 11:00 tissue conservation concentration on early equine embryo development Isabel Callealta (South Africa) Non‐surgical artificial insemination in African lionesses 11:15 (Panthera leo) after ovulation induction with a GnRH analogue Bence Somoskoi (Hungary) Effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polipeptide 11:30 (PACAP) on early embryo development and implantation Nicola Martino (Italy) Giulia Balotta (Italy) Relationship Comparative transcriptomic between Placenta, puppies analysis of cumulus cells isolated APGAR score and glucose 11:45 from in vitro matured oocytes concentration at birth from juvenile and adult sheep Camille Gautier (Austria) Jaime Catalan (Spain) Effects of Expression of enzymes involved in LED‐based red light stimulation polyunsaturated fatty acid upon frozen‐thawed stallion 12:00 synthesis in the stallion testes sperm and epididymis Lunch & Posters 12:15‐13:00 ECAR Annual Business Meeting (Room B) 13:00‐14:00 Plenary Session ‐ General Aspects of Animal Reproduction (Room A) Chair Maria Cristina Veronesi (Italy) Key note lecture: Julian Skidmore (UAE) Use of assisted reproductive 14:00 technologies in old world camelids Tina Kesselring (Germany) Age at sexual maturity and seasonality – 14:45 new insights into the reproductive biology of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the North and Baltic Sea Vince Boglarka (Hungary) Fetal sexing in African (Loxodonta africana) 15:00 and Asian (Elephas maximus) elephants with the use of cell‐free fetal DNA Coffee Break & Posters 15:15‐15:45 Plenary Session ‐ Case Reports and General Aspects of Animal Reproduction (Room A) Chair Jörg Aurich (Austria) Marie Denys (France) An unexpected outcome in a mare pregnant 15:45 for 8 months suffering from hepatic encephalopathy Ulrike Flock (Germany) Metastatic ovarian carcinoma in a 2 year old 16:00 Golden Retriever Key note lecture: Martin Schulman (South Africa) Strategies of 16:15 contraception Closing Remarks and Presentation of Prizes for best 3 Posters 17:00‐17:20 Case Presentations – Posters (alphabetical order of first authors, Poster Board number in brackets) Influence of breed and year on prevalence of Equine Viral Arteritis in stallions. Teresa Beyer, Juliane Kuhl, Jörg Aurich, Christine Aurich, Vetmeduni Vienna, Austria (Poster Board No. 4) Successful parturition of a healthy calf born from a dromedary camel maintained on exogenous progesterone throughout pregnancy in a nonovulatory embryo recipient. Jenny Boye, Tariq Hussain, Julio Oriol, Sweihan Camel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE (Poster Board No. 10) Pharmacological agents aiding to the management of ejaculatory and behavioral dysfunctions in stallions. Igor Canisso1, Robyn Ellerbrock2, 1University of Illinois Urbana‐Champaign, 2University of Georgia, USA (Poster Board No. 3) Comparing the artificial insemination quality of two technicians on the reproductive performance in sows. Alexander Grahofer1, Heiko Nathues2, 1Animal Physiology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, 2Clinic for Swine, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland (Poster Board No. 1) Effect of hypospadias in a crossbred boar on the reproductive performance in sows. Alexander Grahofer1, Heiko Nathues2, 1Animal Physiology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, 2Clinic for Swine, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland (Poster Board No. 2) Sudden enlargement of the scrotum in a dog – a diagnostic challenge. Johannes Herbel, Sabine Schäfer‐Somi, Vetmeduni Vienna, Austria (Poster Board No. 12) Anti‐Muellerian hormone as a diagnostic tool for monorchidism in dogs ‐ a case report. Christian Leykam, Beate Walter, Ulrike Flock, Christiane Otzdorff, Andrea Meyer‐Lindenberg, Ludwig‐Maximilians‐University, Munich, Germany (Poster Board No. 11) Pregnancy after partial ovariohysterectomy in a mare with segmental aplasia.