Program

WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023

8:00 – 9:00
Registration of participants for 31.05.2023
Workshop participants will be registered at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
9:00 – 16:00
Hoof diseases in cattle – herd health analysis, diagnosis and treatment on the farm
Prof. Alexander Starke - Germany
Trakia University FVM, Student Campus 6000
Stara Zagora BULGARIA
9:00 – 16:00
Reproduction and udder health in dairy herds
Dr. Susana Astiz, Spain
Trakia University FVM, Student Campus 6000
Stara Zagora
BULGARIA
18:00 – 19:00
Registration of participants for 1-2.06.2023
Calista SPA Hotel 6062
Beijing
19:00 – 22:00
Congress opening ceremony
Calista SPA Hotel 6062
Beijing

THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2023

8:00 – 11:00
Registration of late participants on site

NUTRITION AND METABOLIC DISEASES

9: 00 – 9:45
PLENARY LECTURE
A glance in the genetic diseases of cattle
Prof. Arcangelo Gentile, Italy
9:45 – 10:15
KEY NOTE LECTURE
Enteric methane emission, milk production and composition of high-producing dairy cows fed 3-nitrooxypropanol
Assoc. prof. Krum Nedelkov, Bulgaria
10:15 – 10:25
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Estimation of effectiveness of dairy production and mobilization of fat in dairy Holstein cows during the early lactation
Dr. György Szura
10:25 – 10:35
The fatty acids compositions of digital cushion fat pad under different feeding conditions in Holstein and Simmental bulls
Dr. Aykut ACAR
10:35 – 10:45
Effects of a metaphylactic butaphosphan and cyanocobalamin treatment on transition cow metabolism and health status
Dr. Teja Snedec
10:45 – 11:15
COFFEE BREAK, POSTER PRESENTATION
Hall Calista

REPRODUCTION

11:15 – 12:00
KEY NOTE LECTURE
Ultrasonogaphy in the reproduction tract in cattle
Dr. Susana Astiz Blanco
12:00 – 12:15
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
What can cause dystocia in cattle and how can it be recognized?
Dr. Árpád Csaba Bajcsy
12:15 – 14:00
LUNCH
Hotel restaurant
13:15 – 14:00
STUDENTS CORNER –
first meeting
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SURGERY

14:00 – 14:45
KEY NOTE LECTURE
Abdominal surgery in cattle – techniques in the hospital and the bovine practice
Prof. Dr. Alexander Starke, Leipzig, Germany
14:45 – 14:55
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
A clinical case of intermittent discharge of ruminal fluid from the nostrils of a goat caused by diffuse omental lipoma
Dr. Ivana Šimková
14:55 – 15:05
Left displaced abomasum concomitant with ruminal tympany in a Holstein calf
Dr. A. Revilla-Ruiz
15:05 – 15:45
Coffee Break, POSTER PRESENTATION
Hall Calista

CALF AND YOUNG STOCK

15:45 – 16:30
KEY NOTE LECTURE
Calf diseases in dairy farms – diagnostic, therapy and prophylaxis
Prof. Jožica Ježek, Slovenia
16:30 – 16:45
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Effect of parenteral application of vitamin E and β-carotene on selected antioxidant parameters in calves
Dr. R. Kadek
16:45 – 17:15
How to manage cryptosporidiosis in cattle
Dr. Brigitte Duquesne
17:15 – 17:30
Factors associated with failed transfer of passive immunity and impact on calf health
Dr. Katharina Lichtmannsperger
17:30 – 18:00
Coffee Break, POSTER PRESENTATION
Hall Calista
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HERD HEALTH, BUFFALO

18:00 – 18:40
KEY NOTE LECTURE
Herd health management in modern dairy
farms
Dr. Fanny Rachidi
18:40– 19:10
KEY NOTE LECTURE
Rearing style of Anatolian buffalo and a practical modification to Ovsynch to increase pregnancy
Prof. Serhat Alkan
19:10– 19:20
Resilience beef Galloway as food security approach
Dr. Horst Kraft
19:20 – 19:30
Early diagnosis of diseases after calving with the help of an automatically recorded body condition score, milk beta-hydroxybutyrate, and lactate dehydrogenase
Dr. Dovilėe Malašauskienė
19:30 – 19:40
Evaluation of subclinical hypocalcaemia in Hungarian dairy herds
Dr. Zoltán Szelényi
19:40 - 19:50
Serum haptoglobin concentrations in dairy cattle over the peripartal period – diagnostic tool for detection of diseases
Dr. Sofija Dzakula
20:30
DINNER
Club Calista

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2023

ANIMAL WELFARE, MISCELLANEOUS

9:00– 10:00
KEY NOTE LECTURE
What means animal welfare in the dairy farm
Prof. Ožbalt Podpečan, Slovenia
10:00 – 10:15
ORAL PRESENTATION
Recent possibilities for using precision livestock sensors in bovine practice:
I. Operating principles and types of precision 
livestock sensors
Dr. Gábor Pajor
10:15 – 10:30
Recent possibilities for using precision livestock sensors in dairy practice:
II. Benefits of using precision livestock sensors in 
dairy farms
Dr. Ottó Szenci
10:30 – 10:45
What is the best first-calving age of cows in robotic milking farms?
Dr. Abdülkadir Orman
10:45 - 11:15
COFFEE BREAK, POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Hall Calista

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

11:15 – 12:00
KEY NOTE LECTURE
Infectious diseases in Bulgarian farms – One Health approach: Q fever in livestock and vets
Prof. Ilia Tsachev, Bulgaria
12:00 – 12:30
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Effectiveness of formalin footbaths in the control of digital dermatitis on dairy farm
Dr. Pavol Mudroň
12:30 – 14:00
LUNCH
Hotel restaurant
13:30 – 14:00
STUDENTS CORNER –
second meeting
14:00 – 15:00
Discussions and MEBC board meeting.
Meeting with the president of ECBHM (Susane Asitz ).
STUDENTS’ CORNER (in parallel)
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UDDER HEALTH

15:00 – 15:45
KEY NOTE LECTURE
Udder health management in growing dairy herds
Prof. Goran Bačić, Croatia
15:45 – 16:00
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Prevalence of pathogens and antimicrobial sensitivity in clinical mastitis of dairy cows in Transylvania, Romania
Dr. D. Olah
16:00 – 16:15
Subacute Ruminal Acidosis and Intramammary Lipopolysaccharide Injection have Minor Impact on Milk Microbiota
Dr. V. Neubauer
16:15 – 16:45
COFFEE BREAK, POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Hall Calista

SMALL RUMINANTS

16:45– 17:30
KEY NOTE LECTURE
Use of ultrasound in evaluation of ram reproductive ability.
Prof. Stanimir Yotov, Bulgaria
20:00
GALA DINNER
Club Calista

POSTER SESSIONS PROGRAMME

SESSION 1: NUTRITION AND METABOLIC DISEASES
  1. Impact evaluation of score classes and annotation regions in deep learning-based dairy cow body condition prediction
    Sára Ágnes Nagy
  2. Relations between blood and automatic milking system biomarkers in dairy cows
    Agnė Šimkutė
  3. Control of subclinical ketosis in a dairy herd with monensin-controlled release ruminal boluses
    R. Marzel
  4. Controlled release monensin effect on automatically registered parameters of body condition score and in-line milk parameters
    M.Urbutis
  5. The cadmium and lead impact on metabolic processes in cows
    L. Slivinska
  6. Milking frequency affects metabolic parameters differently in cows in positive and negative energy balance
    J. Starič
  7. Microelement supply of cows in the mountainous region of the Ukrainian Carpathians
    V. Vlizlo/I. Loboiko
  8. Study of blood phospholipids in cows with ketosis
    V. Vlizlo/ M. Simonov
  9. Evaluation of metabolic status in the Holstein dairy cows during different stages of lactation
    Natalija Fratrić
SESSION 2: REPRODUCTION
  1. Superovulatory response in dairy cows after application of eCG
    A. Atanasov
  2. Is there an association between calving-related injuries of the soft birth canal and infections of the uterus in primiparous dairy cows?
    N. Gundling
  3. Immunocontraceptive effect of Improvac vaccine on spermatogenesis in the male goat
    E. Indrova
SESSION 3: SURGERY
  1. Dilatation and dislocation of the caecum in dairy cows. A retrospective study of 20 cases
    I. Proios
  2. Medical treatment and outcome of two burnt cattle
    Marilena Bolcato
SESSION 4: CALF AND YOUNG STOCK
  1. Severe bovine papular stomatitis in a calf
    Hasan Batmaz
  2. Biological activity of nanotechnological citrates of trace elements during their complex application in calves
    M. Tsap
CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS
SESSION 5: HERD HEALTH, BUFFALO
  1. Selenium deficiency in beef and dairy cattle
    J. Illek
  2. Effectiveness of the Оvsynch protocol in Bulgarian Murrah buffaloes applied during the breeding and non-breeding season
    N. Vasilev
SESSION 6: ANIMAL WELFARE, MISCELLANEOUS
  1. The influence of heat stress on reticulorumen parameters and cow activity
    A. Girdauskaitė
  2. Health and welfare assessment of beef cattle during the adaptation period in a specialized commercial fattening unit
    N.T. Masebo
  3. Animal welfare measures in cattle – challenges and perspectives in Slovenia
    Ožbalt Podpečan
  4. Ruminating, eating, and locomotion behavior parameters registered by innovative technologies in dairy cows around calving
    R. Antanaitis
  5. A farm monitoring and decision-making application based on IoT sensors
    S. Chatzieffraimidis
  6. Independent de novo mutations associated with Schistosoma reflexum in cattle
    J.G.P. Jacinto
SESSION 7: INFECTIOUS DISEASES
  1. Cross-sectional observational study of different BRD antimicrobial and non-steroid anti-inflammatory treatments on health and welfare in fattening bulls
    Naod Thomas Masebo
  2. An evaluation of the field efficacy of tildipirosin for control of bovine respiratory disease in feedlot calves in Bulgaria
    P. Marutsov
  3. Acute fatal respiratory disease in a dairy cow associated with Providencia stuartii
    P. D. Katsoulos
  4. Biosecurity Enhanced Through Training Evaluation and Raising Awareness - COST Action BETTER
    J. Starič
  5. Parafilariosis in Slovenia
    J. Starič
SESSION 8: SMALL RUMINANTS
  1. The effect of melatonin administration on colostrum quality and birth weight in ewes during late pregnancy
    Sule Bircan
  2. Atopic dermatitis in a sheep – case report
    Z. Bezděková
  3. Seasonal variation of metabolic profile in sheep of two autochthonous Slovenian breeds
    Ježek, Jožica