Programme

XIX International Congress of Small Animal Reproduction
Fertility, Pregnancy, Neonate
11-12 October 2025
John Paul II Aula
Pl Grunwaldzki 24 Wrocław

Simultaneous translation ENG-PL and PL-ENG

Saturday - 11 October 2025

Session I
Male-prostatic diseases

09.00-09.40 Clinical approaches to prostatic conditions in the dog - Lluis Ferre-Dolcet (Barcelona)
09.40-10.20 Surgical interventions in prostatic diseases in dogs. How to treat – Xavier Levy (Toulouse)

10.20-10.50 Coffee Break, Poster Presentations & Exhibition Area

Session II
Diagnostics-Pregnancy-Fertility

10.50-11.30 Cytological examination in small animal gynecology and andrology – Chiara Milani (Padova)
11.30-12.10 Vulvar discharge - how to diagnose and treat - Xavier Levy (Toulouse)
12.10-12.50 Pregnancy physiology - Sebastian Arlt (Zurich)
12.50-13.30 Metritis, Mucometra, and Pyometra: therapeutic options in small animal practice – Smadar Tal (Tel Aviv)

13.30-14.30 Lunch

Session III
Contraception

14.30-15.10 Contraception dilemma – Smadar Tal (Tel Aviv)
15.10-15.50 Laparoscopic ovariectomy in dogs – Sebastian Arlt (Zurich)

15.50-16.10 Coffee Break, Poster Presentations & Exhibition Area

16.10-16.50 Suprelorin in cats - new claim and uses in the female – Lluis Ferre-Dolcet (Barcelona)
16.50-17.30 Suprelorin in males attracting other males - Sebastian Arlt (Zurich)

20.00 Dinner – Historical Summer Restaurant Wroclaw ZOO

Sunday - 12 October 2025

Session IV
Parturition and puerperium

09.00-09.40 Dystocia in bitches - make the right decisions - Andrea Muennich (Berlin)
09.40-10.20 C-section: State of art. From planning to surgery – Xavier Levy (Toulouse)
10.20-11.00 Puerperium pathologies in the bitch – Lluis Ferre-Dolcet (Barcelona)

11.00-11.30 Coffee Break, Poster Presentations & Exhibition Area

Session V
Minisymposium - ART in wild animals

11.30-12.10 Integrating studies of reproductive physiology and assisted techniques for wildlife conservation – Alexandre Rodrigues Silva (Mossoro Brasil)
12.10-12.40 Challenges and peculiarities in semen collection and processing in different groups of wild species – Alexandre Rodrigues Silva (Mossoro Brasil)

Session VI
Behavior and contraception

12.40-13.20 Influence of Gonadectomy on Canine and Feline Behavior - Jagna Kudla (Warsaw)
13.20-14.00 Insights in canine maternal behavior - Stefania Uccheddu (Padova)

14.00-14.45 Lunch

Session VII
Neonatology

14.45-15.25 Viability evaluation in puppies at birth: the APGAR score - Maria C Veronesi (Milano)
15.25-16.05 The orphan kitten: tips for successful management of tiny patients - Maria C Veronesi (Milano)
16.05-16.45 Veterinary pediatrics: diarrhea and some other early-life disorders - Smadar Tal (Tel Aviv)
16.45-17.25 Neonatal malformations. Surgical strategies – Xavier Levy (Toulouse)

17.25 Congress Closing and Poster Awards