Events

Program
Morning SessionModeration Alain Fontbonne & Wojciech Niżański
10.00 – 10.30
Males
Collection and preservation of semen in cats (chilled and frozen) – Eva Axner (Sweden)
LIVE
Eva Axner

Professor Eva Axnér graduated from the veterinary program at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in 1991. She received her PhD in 2000 with the thesis “Sperm Morphology and Maturation in the Domestic Cat (Felis silvestris catus), with special Reference to the Morphology and Function of the Epididymis” and became an ECAR diplomate (small animals) in 2002. In 2012 she became a full professor at SLU. Scientific activities are mostly focused on reproduction in cats, but she has also interests in research in dogs and wild animal reproduction. She also works as a clinician in reproduction, and is responsible for the small animal fertility clinic and dog semen bank at SLU.
10.30 – 11.00
Males
Semen quality in cats: factors of variation – Sylwia Prochowska (Poland)
LIVE
11.00 – 11.30
Males
Practical aspects of artificial insemination in cats – Daniele Zambelli & Marco Cunto (Italy)
LIVE
11.30 – 11.45
 
Coffee break
 
11.45 – 12.15
Males
Medical control of reproduction in male cats – Sabine Schäfer-Somi (Austria)
LIVE
12.15 – 12.35
Males
The influence of freezing medium on the in vitro sperm characteristics of domestic cats – Maria-Isabel Mello-Martins (Brasil)
LIVE
12.35 – 13.15
 
Lunch break
 
Afternoon SessionModeration Wojciech Niżański & Alain Fontbonne
13.15 – 13.45
Queens
Physiology of reproduction in queens - an update – Aime Johnson (USA)
LIVE
13.45 – 14.15
Queens
Control of reproduction in queens with deslorelin SC implants – Lluis Ferre-Dolcet (Spain)
LIVE
14.15 – 14.45
Queens
Influence of epididymal extracellular vesicles on the maturing spermatozoa in the domestic cat model – Stefano Romagnoli (Italy)
LIVE
14.45 – 15.00
 
Coffee break
 
15.00 – 15.30
Queens
Datation of pregnancy in queens – Juliette Roos (France)
LIVE
15.30 – 15.55
Queens
Infertility in queens – Alain Fontbonne (France)
LIVE
15.55 – 16.10
Queens
Uterine issues in infertile and subfertile queens: nine cases – Zuzanna Niewiadomska (Poland)
LIVE
16.10 – 16.25
 
Common discussion and Final Conclusions – Wojciech Niżański
LIVE