International Conference on Biotechnology
and Welfare in Animal Husbandry
Conference Programme
Sunday, 14th 2015
Welcome concert by the Organum Choir under the baton of Bogusław Grzybek at St Mary’s
19 15
Church in the historic Market Square of Krakow
Monday, 15th 2015
8 00 – 9 00
Participants registration and putting up posters
Posters will be displayed throughout the conference
9 00 – 9 15
Opening address by Czesław Klocek, Dean of the Faculty of Animal Sciences, Krakow
Welcome address by Włodzimierz Sady, Rector of the University of Agricuture, Krakow
Session 1
Plenary papers
Dedicated to Professor WR (Twink) Allen on 50 years of scientific activity
Chairmen
Tom Stout and Andrzej Sechman
9
15
–9
45
Bob Moor, Cambridge, U.K.
“Twink's career: Early years at The Cambridge Animal Research Station”
9 45 – 10 15
Doug Antczak, Ithaca, U.S.A.
“Twink's career: Transatlantic collaboration”
10
15
– 10
45
Sandra Wilsher, Newmarket, U.K.
“Twink's career: Mertoun Paddocks and the African connection”
10 45 – 11 00
Marian Tischner, Krakow, Poland
“The Cambridge Krakow connection in the development of animal reproduction research”
11
00
- 11
15
Richard Greenwood , Newmarket, U.K.
“Practical benefits of Twink's research to the horse breeder and his vet”
11 15 - 11 30
Coffee break
11 30 – 13 00
Parallel Sessions
Session 2a
Equine ET and embryo technologies
Session 2b
Main problems and indicators of animal
welfare - look from different
points of view
Chairman
Doug Antczak
Chairman
Czesław Klocek
11
30
– 11
45
11 45 – 12 00
12 00 – 12 15
Robert Pashen, Melbourne, Australia
11
“The development and application of embryo
transfer in equids”
Santiago Martinez Zuviria, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
“Embryo transfer and its influence on the Polo
Argentino breed in the last 25 years”
30
– 12
00
Tadeusz Kaleta, SGGW Warszawa
„The role of behaviour in companion animal
welfare (case studies of dog and cat)”
12 30 – 13 00
Julio Oriol and Jenny Boye, Abu Dhabi, UAE 12 00 – 12 30
“The influences of age, laminitis and serum
ACTH level on embryo recovery from Arabian
mares ”
Eric Palmer, Paris, France
“The challenge of introducing horse cloning
into breeding and the sport in Europe”
Discussion
12 30 – 13 00
13 00 – 14 00
Lunch
14 00- 18 30
Parallel Sessions
Session 3a
Equine reproductive physiology
Session 2b
Chairman
Mandi de Mestre
Chairman
Jan Roser, Davis, U.S.A.
“Uses of recombinant equine FSH and LH for
modulating ovarian function in mares”
Barry Ball, Lexington, U.S.A.
"Anti Mullerian hormone: Implications for the
follicle reserve, follicle function and age
related changes in fertility in the mare"
Anne Cecile Lefranc, Lyon, France.
” Characterisation of gland activity in the nonpregnant and pregnant equine endometrium
under progesterone dominance”
Tom Stout, Utrecht, Holland
"Effects of asynchronous embryo transfer on
14 00 – 14 30 Jacek Walczak, IZ PIB, Balice
„The animal welfare in organic production”
12 15 – 12 30
14
00
– 14
15
14 15 – 14 30
14 30 – 14 45
14 45 – 15 00
Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda, IGHZ PAN
„My horse switches tail for joy. Behaviour
and welfare of ridden horses”
Maja Makagon, Purdue University, U.S.A.
“Using technology and behavior to
quantifying the walking abilities of
commercial Pekin ducks”
Main problems and indicators of animal
welfare - look from different
points of view
Czesław Klocek
14 30 – 15 00 Edyta Molik, UR Kraków
“Biological determinants of maternal instinct
in sheep”
Session 3b
Recent advances in animal behaviour and
welfare science, part I
equine conceptus development"
Chairman
15
00
– 15
15
15 15 – 15 30
15 30 – 15 45
15 45 – 16 00
00
– 15
15
Julia Kydd, Nottingham, U.K.
“Equine fertility and Equine Herpes Virus-1:
Impact of the virus on reproductive success”
Kazuyoshi Taya, Tokyo, Japan
“Secretion of prolactin and its physiological
roles in horses”
15
Domingo Tortonese et al, Bristol and
Nottingham Universities, U.K.
"Mechanisms underlying microvascular
remodelling of the equine hypothalamic
pituitary axis: Gatekeepers in seasonal
breeding"
Abigail Fowden, Cambridge, U.K.
"Early life glucocorticoid programming in the
horse.”
15 30 – 15 45
15 15 – 15 30
Barbara Tombarkiewicz
Anna Zwyrzykowska, UP, Wrocław
“Behavior and temperament of race horses
and the impact on racing achievements”
Katarzyna Olczak, UR, Kraków
“Hucul horses’ learning ability in two
learning tests based on positive and negative
reinforcement”
Stanisław Łapiński, UR, Kraków
“ The daily activity of chinchilla (Chinchilla
lanigera) in different housing systems”
15 45 – 16 00 Discussion
16 00 – 16 30
Afternoon tea
Session 4a
Pregnancy and Stud medicine
Session 3b
Recent advances in animal behaviour and
welfare science, part II
Chairman
Bob Moor
Chairman
Jacek Nowicki
16 30 – 16 45
Amanda de Mestre, London, U.K.
"Factors regulating the development and
function of the equine chorionic girdle "
16 45 – 17 00
17 00 – 17 15
17 15 – 17 30
17 30 – 17 45
17 45 – 18 00
20 00
16 30 – 16 45 Jadwiga Topczewska, Uniwersytet
Rzeszowski
„Zoo-hygienic conditions in selected stables
during winter periods”
45
00
Myriam Boeta , Mexico City, Mexico
16 – 17
Paulina Zielińska, UP, Wrocław
“Effect of a GnRH antagonist on haemorrhagic
„Impact of photobiomodulation therapy
anovulatory follicle formation during equine
(PMBT) of treatment and pain management
pregnancy”
of horses after tendon injury”
Alain Martinez, Mexico City, Mexico
17 00 – 17 15 Monika Petrynka, UR, Kraków
"The hinny: A unique model for the study of
“ Music as an environmental enrichment for
equid pregnancy physiology, experiences at
swine”
the FMVZ-UNAM, Mexico"
Walter Zent, Lexington, U.S.A.
17 15 – 17 30 Andrzej Kaczor, IZ PIB, Balice
” Efficient management of a broodmare herd
„Effect of flooring type in lying boxes on cow
for maximum production”
hygiene”
Lee Morris Te Awamutu, N.Z..
17 30 – 17 45 Iwona Janczarek, UP, Lublin
“The effects of the weather on the
„Introducing rides in the field as a method of
reproductive management of mares in New
softening emotional arousal in race Purebred
Zealand”
Arabian horses”
Terttu Katila, Helsinki, Finland
17 45 – 18 00 Discussion
"Factors involved in the induction of
luteostasis in the pregnant and non-pregnant
mare"
Celebration Dinner
Tuesday, 16th June
8 30 – 10 00
Parallel Sessions
Session 5a
The stallion and pregnancy loss
Session 4b
Application of biotechnology in animal
breeding
Chairman
Terttu Katila
Chairman
Anna Wójtowicz
8 30 – 8 45
Martin Boyle, Cambridge, U.K.
"The effect of frequent sexual stimulation
during Autumn on sperm output from
individual stallions "
E.L. Squires et al, Lexington, U.S.A.
"Retrospective study of factors affecting the
fertility of frozen stallion semen"
Matts Troedsson, Lexington, U.S.A.
"Selective sperm transport in the female tract"
8 30 – 9 00
Maria Oczkowicz, IZ PIB, Balice
“SNP calling from porcine brain
transcriptome data obtained by RNA-seq”
9 00 – 9 30
Kamil Wartalski, UJ, Kraków
“Modulation of programmed cell death by
environmental antiandrogen – vinclozolin in
porcine ovarian follicles”
9 30 – 10 00
Tomasz Próchniak, UP, Lublin
“ Genetic variability of usability traits in
show-jumping horses”
8 45 – 9 00
9 00 – 9 15
9 15 – 9 30
9 30 – 9 45
9 45 – 10 00
Dominik Burger, Avenches, Switzerland
"Strategic ejaculation in the stallion"
John Newcombe, Walsall, U.K.
"Early pregnancy failure in the mare: The next
great obstacle"
Judy Cawdell Smith, Gatton, Australia
"Processionary caterpillars cause focal
placentitis and abortion in pregnant mares"
10 00 – 10 15
Coffee break
10 15 – 12 00
Parallel Sessions
Session 6a
Other species
Session 4b
Application of biotechnology in animal
breeding
Chairman
Sandra Wilsher
Chairman
Monika Bugno-Poniewierska
10 15 – 10 30
Su Metcalfe, Cambridge, U.K.
"Horizons for therapy: Nanomedicine, the
future is now”
10 30 – 10 45
Xihe Li, Huhot, Inner Mongolia.
"Development of new technology for sexed
semen production and its field application in
dairy cattle”
10 45 – 11 00
Heather Marks and John Zhang, New York,
U.S.A.
"Vitrification of human oocytes and embryos:
Changing the practice of human IVF"
Steen Willadsen, Windermere, U.S.A.
"Compatibilities and incompatibilities in
experimental embryology"
10 15 – 10 30 Iwona Głażewska, Uniwersytet Gdański
“Searching for signs of inbreeding and
outbreeding depression in Polish Arabian
horses”
10 30 – 10 45 Dorota Katarzyńska, UR, Kraków
“ Effects of TCDD, PCB 126 and PCB 153
on mRNA expression of estrogen and
luteinzing hormone receptors in white ovarian
follicles in chicken (Gallus domesticus)”
10 45 – 11 00 Mariola Dietrich, IRZiBŻ PAN, Olsztyn
„Immunohistochemical localisation of serine
proteinase inhibitor Kazal-type 2 in carp
reproductive tract”
11 00 – 11 15 Magdalena Szyndler-Nędza, IZ PIB, Balice
„Effect of DGAT1 gene mutation in sows of
dam-line on the composition of the produced
milk and piglet rearing during 21-day
lactation”
11 15 – 11 30 Łukasz Migdał, UR, Kraków
“Preliminary study on influence of
11 00 – 11 15
11 15 – 11 30
Lulu Skidmore, Dubai, U.A.E.
“ Some unique aspects of reproduction in the
dromedary camel”
11 30 – 11 45
11 30 – 11 45
polymorphisms in TLR4 and CD14 gene on
gestation and mammary gland secretion in
mares”
Katarzyna Ropka-Molik, IZ PIB, Balice
„Nutritional modification of lipoprotein lipase
gene expression in different ovine tissues”
Discussion
11 45 – 12 00
Imke Lueders, Hamburg, German
"Reproductive traits of elephants, manatees
and hyraxes. The Paenungulate story"
Discussion
12 00 – 12 15
Coffee break
12 15 – 13 00
Summary of scientific presentations and poster session - common session
12 15 – 12 30
Twink Allen, Newmarket, U.K.
11 45 – 12 00
"Having fun at work"
12
30
– 12
45
12 45 – 12 55
12
55
– 13
00
Summary of oral presentations
Summary of poster presentations
Piotr Micek, Vice-Dean Faculty of Animal Sciences, Krakow - Close of meeting
13 00 – 14 00
Lunch
14 00
Depart for Arabian stud farm - visit in Michalow