Programme

 Wednesday: May 3, 2017  Arrival of participants
 14.00 – 18.00  Registration (Hotel Patria)
 19.00  Welcome party (Hotel Patria)
Thursday: May 4, 2017
 08.00 – 12.00 Registration of participants (Hotel Patria)
09.00 – 09.20 Congress opening
Production diseases and health management
Chairman: Tomas Wittek
09.20 – 09.40 Some aspects of the differential diagnosis of periparturient diseases accompanied with recumbency in dairy cows

Bajcsy A. C. – Germany
09.40– 09.55 Quality of Colostrum and Impacting Factors in the Dairy Cattle Herds in the Czech Republic

Staněk S. et al. – Czech Republic
09.55 – 10.10 Effectiveness of ruminal bolus administration in Holstein- Friesian cows

Wysocka D. et al. – Poland
10.10 – 10.25 Dry cows and Close-up Management

Schuh M. – Austria
10.25– 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 11.20 Lipomobilisation — meta-inflammation in dairy cows?!

Kováč G. et al. – Slovakia
11.20 – 11.40 Metabolic disorders in Czech dairy farms

Illek J. – Czech Republic
11.40 – 11.55 Relationships between rumination pattern, time of calving and drenching in dairy cows

Lenárt L. et al. – Hungary
11.55 – 12.10 Metabolic profile in neonatal calves

Illek J. – Czech Republic
12.10 – 12.25 Magnesium deficiency in calves: the good, the bad and the ugly sides of its metabolism

Ural K. et al. – Turkey
12.25 – 12.40 Evaluation of Cobalt, Vitamin B12 and Homocystein levels in Cattle infected with Theileria annulata

Denizhan V. et al. – Turkey
12.40 – 12.55 Combatting against naturally occuring Giardia duodenalis assemblage A infections in goat kids

Ural K. et al. – Turkey
12.55 – 14.00 Lunch
Lameness and welfare
Chairman: Johann Kofler
14.30 – 14.50 Efficacy of a single subcutaneous injection of a ceftiofur depot preparation vs. topical administration of chlortetracycline spray in the treatment of digital dermatitis in dairy cows

Doll K. et al. – Germany
14.50 – 15.10 Bovine Digital Dermatitis-associated white line lesions, sole ulcers and toe ulcers (“non-healing” bovine hoof disorders) in dairy cows – a simple treatment procedure with favourable outcome

Kofler J. et al. – Austria
15.10 – 15.30 Two cases of surgical treatment of congenital contracture of the flexor tendons in calves

Hund A. et al. – Austria
15.30 – 15.50 Claw diseases and milk indices

Mudroň P. – Slovakia
15.50 – 16.10 Surgical treatment techniques and outcome in Toe necrosis (necrosis of the apex of the pedal bone) in cattle

Osová A. et al. – Slovakia
16.10 – 16.40 Coffee break
Udder health
Chairman: Jože Starič
16.40 – 17.00 Antibiotic or non-antibiotic dry off treatment – Effects on milk yield, somatic cell count and frequency of clinical and subclinical mastitis

Wittek T. et al. – Austria
17.00 – 17.20 Serological testing of Slovenian sheep and goat flocks for contagious agalactia (Mycoplasma agalactiae)

Starič J. et al. – Slovenia
17.20 – 17.40 Identification of Staphylococcus aureus as the causative agent of subclinical mastitis using On-Farm Culture System MicroMast and its elimination from the herd

Prášek J. – Czech Republic
17.40 – 18.00 Evaluation of three indirect methods for detection of subclinical mastitis in cows

Hisira V. et al. – Slovakia
18.30 Meeting of international scientific committee
19.30 Dinner

 

 Friday: May 5, 2017
 08.00 – 10.00 Registration of participants
Reproduction
Chairman: Szenci Ottó
09.00 – 09.20 Reproductive management and performance of Holstein-Friesian heifers in Hungary

Fodor I., et al. – Hungary
09.20 – 09.40 Importance of monitoring the onset of calving to decrease stillbirth rate in Holstein-Friesian dairy cows

Szenci O. et al. – Hungary
09.40 – 10.00 Seroprevalences of a possible causative agent in bovine abortions – Neospora caninum – in the region of the Carpathian Basin

Sáfár J. et al. – Hungary, Germany
10.00 – 10.20 Rumination time, reticuloruminal pH and temperature in eutocic and dystocic dairy cows

Bende A., et al. – Hungary
 10.20 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 11.20 Genital tract examination of genetically selected heifers postpartum after experimentally induced mastitis with Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus

Górriz-Martín L. et al. – Germany
11.20 – 11.40 Prostaglandin treatment of dairy cows with cavitary and non cavitary corpus luteum

Szelényi Z. et al. – Hungary
11.40 – 12.00 Uterus prolaps: New gentle method of uterus reposition

Schlederer F. – Austria
12.00 – 12.20 Effect of single-dose NSAID treatment on heart rate variability and standing behavior newborn calves – preliminary results

Pálffy M. et al. – Hungary
12.20 – 12.40 Cardiac autonomic function and maternal behavior of dairy cows during the early postpartum period

Kovács L. et al. – Hungary
12.40 – 14.30 Lunch
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Chairman: Johannes Lorenz Kohl
14.30 – 14.50 Comparison of current laboratory tests for the diagnosis of infections with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in cattle.

Khol J. L. et al. – Austria
14.50 – 15.10 A recovered case of sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever in a gravid cattle

Stanitznig A., Wittek T. – Vienna
15.10 – 15.30 Comparison of the in vitro neutralizing effects of colistin, amoxicillin, enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin on E. coli endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide: LPS) and shigatoxin (Stx) mediated toxicity

Urban-Chmiel R. et al. – Poland
15.30 – 15.50 Chorioptic mange – significant ectoparasitosis in cattle

Šimková I. et al. – Czech Republic
15.50 – 16.10 Influence of herbal preparation on faecal parasitic egg and oocysts count in sheep

Ježek J, et al. – Slovenia
16.10 – 16.45 Coffee break
Clinical aspects of diseases
Chairman: Arcangelo Gentile
16.45 – 17.00 Pemphigus foliaceus in a Berrichon du Cher ram treated with an improved glucocorticoid treatment protocol – case report

Lambacher B. – Austria
17.00 – 17.15 Cutaneous melanocytomas in a cow

Seyed Javad Afsah Hejri et al. – Iran
17.15 – 17.30 Scientific & clinical photography – how to improve image quality

Bernkopf M. – Austria
17.30 – 17.45 Heterotopy (“Error loci”) of the spiral loop of the ascending colon in cattle

Grandis A. et al. – Italy
17.45 – 18.00 Occurence of laryngeal diseases in calves

Nagy O. et al. – Slovakia
18.00 – 18.15 Biobehavioral concerns of human-cattle interactions – experimental procedures

Kézér F. L. et al. – Hungary
 20:00 Congress Dinner
Saturday: May 6, 2017
10.00 Visiting the village museum in Pribylina

Language
English

Programme for accompanying persons
Thursday, May 4 – Tour 1:
Levoča: historical center, church (gothic altar)
Lunch
Spiš castle

Friday, May 5 – Tour 2:
Vlkolinec: historical village
Lunch
Havranok: ancient celtic settlement