Speakers

Graduated in 2001 and since 2002 has provided scientific assistance at the Clinic of Animal Reproduction, Free University Berlin, Germany. He is involved in teaching, research and medical service (on all species, but mainly small animals).
Since 2006, he is heading the small animal section and provides services for dog and cat breeders including semen freezing and endoscopic insemination (TCI). In addition, he conducts several research projects on clinical aspects of small animal reproduction. He is also interested in Evidence based Veterinary Medicine (EBVM) and teaching methods and has published several papers on these topics. He is a Diplomate of the European College of Animal Reproduction, both, in small animals and in ruminants and herd health.

Graduated in veterinary medicine in 2011 at Cardenal Herrera-CEU University, Valencia, Spain. Subsequently, he obtained a master's degree in biology and biotechnology of mammalian reproduction in 2012 from the University of Murcia, Spain. In the following years he worked at the Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona where he obtained his PhD at the end of 2016 on the transfer of water and sugars through the uterus and placenta in different stages of pregnancy of the cat. In the following years he was focused much more on the daily clinic with particular interest in reproductive endocrinology. From 2017 to 2020 he was resident at the European College of Animal Reproduction of the University of Padua, Italy, under the supervision of Dr. Stefano Romagnoli and became an ECAR Diplomate (EBVS certificate) in November 2021. Since January 2021 he coordinates the Reproduction and Pediatrics Unit of the San Marco Veterinary Clinic and Laboratory in Padua, Italy.

In recent years he has collaborated with Virbac and Royal Canin in several training courses, congresses and product launches both in Europe and in Latin American countries. Today he is part of the board of the European Society of Small Animal Reproduction (EVSSAR) and he is the author of 19 scientific publications in indexed journals. His main interests in both clinical and research are focused on reproductive endocrinology, prostatic pathologies and control of reproduction.

I’m a PhD in Veterinary Science specialized in the treatment of behavioral disorders in dogs and cats. I was awarded my doctoral degree in March 2013 by the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW). My doctoral dissertation focused on the causes of aggressive behavior in elderly dogs. I obtained my veterinary degree and license to practice veterinary medicine in 2004, both issued by SGGW. In 2005, I completed a specialization course in Behavioral Medicine at the European School for Advanced Veterinary Studies in Milan.

For several years, I have been regularly giving lectures on the behavior of dogs and cats, their behavioral disorders, and their treatment. I am a lecturer in postgraduate programs such as “Diseases of Dogs and Cats” at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and “Dogs in Society – Breeding and Behavior” at the Faculty of Animal Science. I am a member of the Polish Small Animal Veterinary Association as well as a founding member of the Association of Veterinary Behavioral Medicine. I also cooperate with non-governmental organizations dedicated to animal welfare.

Dr Levy started his specialisation by an internship in dog and cat internal medicine and surgery in Alfort Vetschool in 2003. Then, he did his residency in reproduction under the supervision of Alain Fontbonne and in parallel be involved as a clinician in urology-nephrology in the medicine department of Alfort vet school until 2007. In 2006, he became the head of CERCA (Center of Research and Clinics in Small Animal Reproduction, ENVA). In 2007, he became ECAR diplomate. He was elected (2010) in the European Board of Small Animal Reproduction (EVSSAR). Dr Levy is President of the French Veterinary Society of Small Animal Reproduction, Breeding and Genetics since 2012 (GERES, AFVAC). He is member of the Reproduction Council of the French Kennel Club. Since his residency, he is deeply involved in clinical research as schedule C-section, prostatitis diagnosis, BPH blood markers (ODELIS CPSE® test), wild felids intra-uterine insemination (CRESAM), pediatric surgery and breeding soundness. In 2008, he associated with Dr Mimouni (past-president of GERES) and developed the first private center dedicate to reproduction and pediatrics in dogs and cats in South of France (CRECS). He is still very involved in veterinarian education through a website (www.vetreproduction.com), teaching in French vet schools, and regular lectures/workshops in France and Europe.

She obtained a DVM Degree in 2003, and a PhD in 2008 at the University of Padova. Then she gained a position of researcher since 2008 and became Associate Professor in 2022 at the University of Padova in the area of Animal Reproduction, Obstetrics and Gynecology. Since 2005 she is working in small animal reproduction area at the Veterinary teaching hospital of the University of Padova, teaching the vet students on the fifth year of the Veterinary Degree course and to the bachelor’s degree of Animal Care. Her main research interests are on specific topic of small animal reproduction, such as andrology, methods of sperm analysis, optimizing freezing protocol, artificial insemination, optimal breeding timing and progesterone analysis, US monitoring of pregnancy, parturition timing, endocrinology and control of the reproductive cycle of the bitch, antimicrobial resistance in the breeding dog population. She is author and co-author of 43 scientific contribution in indexed journals, and of more than 75 proceeding abstracts. She is EVSSAR (European Veterinary Society for Small Animal Reproductio) member as well as member of other italian and international societies of animal reproduction, and she serves in the EVSSAR Board since 2019. She became EVSSAR vice-president in 2022.

Born in Germany, she did her veterinary studies at Humboldt University from 1983 to 1988, where she received her doctorate in 1991. She worked at Humboldt University and then at Freie Universitat until 2006. She currently runs a reference center in Berlin for reproduction in small animals and embryotransfer in cattle. In 2003, she obtained her European specialization, Diplomate of the European College of Animal Reproduction ECAR, and is currently a member of the ECAR Examination Committee. She also gained a national specialization in Germany in 1992 - animal reproduction and artificial insemination (Fachtierarzt). She did her residency in the United States in 2000 at the Veterinary Referral Center, Frazer - Philadelphia/PA. She publishes and lectures on neonatology and small animal pediatrics, reproductive endocrinology, canine and feline genital diseases, microbiological status of neonates. She is a lecturer at many international conferences including ESDAR, EVSSAR (Toulouse, Vienna, Paris, Whistler, Budapest). She has authored or co-authored more than 100 publications (original and review articles) in the professional press and 3 books - Animal Obstetrics 1993; Canine Reproduction 2006; Andrology 2006. Since 2011, she has been the official veterinarian for animal welfare in the Berlin district.

Full Professor at the Center for Agricultural Sciences of the Federal Rural University of Semi-Arid – UFERSA, Brazil. Coordinator of the Animal Germplasm Conservation Laboratory (LCGA/UFERSA), developing research focused on Reproductive Physiology and Assisted Reproductive Technologies for Wildlife. Veterinarian with Master’s and PhD in Veterinary Sciences. Productivity Researcher of the CNPq/Brazilian Science and Technology Ministry. Deputy Coordinator of the Veterinary Medicine Area at CAPES/Brazilian Education Ministry. Board Member of the Brazilian College of Animal Reproduction (CBRA). Advisory Board Member of the Brazilian Association of Wildlife Veterinarians (ABRAVAS). Vice-President of the Cynotechnique Council of the Brazilian Kennel Club Confederation (CBKC).

Dr. Tal is lecturer at the Department of Animal Science at Tel-Hai University in-the-making, as well as a senior clinical lecturer and the head of the Small Animal Theriogenology department at the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine at the Hebrew University. She earned her B.Sc. (1987) in biology from the Hebrew University, her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (1992) from the University of Guelph, her diplomacy in animal reproduction from the American College of Theriogenologists (2011) and the European College for Animal Reproduction (2014), and her Ph.D. at the Hebrew University for external review (2022). Her current areas of research are pregnancy/periparturient period in the dog (mainly fetal fluid) and in canine neonates (focusing on fading puppy syndrome), as well as wildlife reproduction as a platform for species conservation, mainly in the Eurasian otter and Assisted Reproductive Techniques in bats. Dr. Tal is a past president of the ECAR Exam Committee and a member of the Scientific council of the Israeli Veterinary Medical Association, as well as supervises graduate students in both institutes.

Dr. Stefania Uccheddu holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Sassari (Italy). She completed two postgraduate degrees: an MSc in Ethology from the University of Cordoba (Spain) and an MSc in Behavioural Medicine from the University of Parma (Italy). She also holds a PhD in Reproductive Physiology and Animal Welfare. She currently works at the San Marco Veterinary Clinic and Laboratory in Veggiano (Padua, Italy), where she serves as the coordinator of the Animal Behavioural Medicine and Welfare Service. Her clinical activity focuses on veterinary behavioural medicine, with a particular interest in promoting the welfare of companion animals during clinical visits and hospitalization. Her research interests include the assessment of normal and abnormal behaviour in domestic animals, as well as strategies to improve dog and cat welfare within the human-animal bond and veterinary settings. Dr. Uccheddu is a Diplomate of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine (ECAWBM) and a member of the iCatCare Feline Wellbeing Panel. She is the author of several peer-reviewed scientific publications and contributes regularly to national and international conferences as a speaker.

Prof Maria Cristina VERONESI, DVM, PhD, Dipl ECAR, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Milan. She deals with all aspects of reproduction in domestic animals, with a particular interest in small animal neonatology. Teacher of many courses relating to reproduction and neonatology for Veterinary Medicine undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Italian and international universities, and invited speaker on small animal neonatology, in Italian and international conferences mainly targeted to veterinarians, but also to canine breeders. She authored many publications in peer-reviewed, international scientific journals and the “Small Animal Neonatology” section in a comparative textbook on Veterinary Neonatology.