Veterinary Science and Profession 2023

Programe

DAY 1 - EQUINE SESSION (Clinical Hall)
5/10/2023 THURSDAY – DAY 1
08.00 – 09.00
Registration (Main building)
09.00 – 09.30
Opening ceremony (Great Hall)
09.30 – 10.10
Keynote lecture: MARK BOWEN: TECHNOLOGY, TELEMEDICINE AND AI; FRIEND OR FOE?
10.20 – 11.00

EQUINE SESSION (Clinical Hall)

Invited lecture: GAYLE HALLOWELL: Management of ophthalmic disease
11.00 – 11.15
Medical and surgical treatment of eosinophilic keratitis in a 3-year-old warmblood horse
(K. Miljak, M. Mamić, N. Brkljača Bottegaro, J. Gotić, V. Plichta)
11.15 – 11.30
An outbreak of ulcerative stomatitis associated with foxtail grass in a lipizzaner stud farm
(K. Miljak, D. Brozić, V. Stevanović, Lj. Barbić, A. Gudan Kurilj, J. Gotić, N. Brkljača Bottegaro)
11.30 – 12.00
Coffee break
12.00 – 12.40
Invited lecture: MARK BOWEN: What information can you get from a cardiac examination?
12.40 – 12.55
Unusual clinical presentation of equine melanoma
(M. M. M. Grioche, K. Miljak, D. Grden, N. Brkljača Bottegaro, J. Gotić)
12.55 – 13.10
Incarceration of small intestine through a rent in the gastrosplenic ligament in a 14-year-old gelding
(M. Šćurić, J. Gotić, K. Miljak, I. Butković, L. Marković, D. Grden, N. Brkljača Bottegaro)
13.10 – 13.25
Halotherapy as a potential treatment of horses with asthma-pilot study
(K. Miljak, D. Grden, E. Prokeš, M. Šćurić, N. Brkljača Bottegaro, Z. Vrbanac, V. Benko, J. Gotić)
13.25 – 13.40
Beta-hemolytic streptococci isolated from horses in Croatia
(K. Fuš, S. Pintarić, S. Hađina, J. Habuš, M. Perharić, M. Cvetnić, I. Zečević, I. Benvin, Z. Štritof)
13.40 – 14.30
Lunch, Poster session (Students Hall)
18.00 – 20.00
Welcome Reception (Main Building)
DAY 1 - FREE COMMUNICATIONS SESSION (Parasitology Practical Room)
5/10/2023 THURSDAY – DAY 1
08.00 – 09.00
Registration (Main building)
09.00 – 09.30
Opening ceremony (Great Hall)
09.30 – 10.10
Keynote lecture: MARK BOWEN: TECHNOLOGY, TELEMEDICINE AND AI; FRIEND OR FOE?
13.40 – 14.30
Lunch, Poster session (Students Hall)

FREE COMMUNICATIONS SESSION (Parasitology Practical Room)

14.30 – 15.10
Invited lecture: BOJAN HAMER: Bioremediation of the marine environment using cultivated bivalve shellfish and production of valuable biomass (mussel meal – shell powder)
15.10 – 15.50
Invited lecture: ALEKSANDRA DUGANDŽIĆ: Thermogenesis and the use of thermocameras in medicine
15.50 – 16.05
Antagonisation of intramuscular application of Rocuronium in rats by pentadecapeptide bpc 157
(J. Filipović, L. Pađen, A. Škrtić, S. Seiwerth, P. Sikirić)
16.05 – 16.20
The importance of the veterinary profession in understanding the mass mortality events of wild bivalve populations – the example of the Pinna nobilis mortality
(T. Šarić, F. Carella, I. Župan, D. Palić, G. De Vico)
18.00 – 20.00
Welcome Reception (Main Building)
DAY 1 - SMALL ANIMAL SESSION (Great Hall)
5/10/2023 THURSDAY – DAY 1
08.00 – 09.00
Registration (Main Building)
09.00 – 09.30
Opening ceremony (Great Hall)
09.30 – 10.10
Keynote lecture: MARK BOWEN: TECHNOLOGY, TELEMEDICINE AND AI; FRIEND OR FOE?
10.20 – 11.00

SMALL ANIMAL SESSION (Great Hall)

Invited lecture: ROSWITHA DORSCH: Feline lower urinary tract disease
11.00 – 11.40
Invited lecture: RENÉ DÖRFELT: Management of acute kidney injury patient
11.40.-12.00
Coffee break
12.00 – 12.40
Invited lecture: JIMMY SAUNDERS: Diagnostic imaging of canine and feline urinary tract
12.40 – 13.15
Panel all speakers
13.15 – 13.30
Tumors of the urinary system in cats from Croatia
(D. Huber, L. Medven Zagradišnik, I.C Šoštarić-Zuckermann, A. Gudan Kurilj, B. Artuković, D. Vlahović, I. Mihoković Buhin, M. Hohšteter)
13.30 – 14.30
Lunch, Poster session
14.30 – 14.45
Spinal computed tomography findings in French Bulldogs
(A. Javor, A. Kraljević, I. Bacan, B.Škrlin, F. Topolnjak, F. Kereković, Z. Vrbanac, H. Capak)
14.45 – 15.00
Description of the canine population with spinal cord injury and the effect of treatment
(M. Kuricová, T. Lipták, S. Marešová, M. Hluchý, J. Fuchs)
15.00 – 15.15
Retrospective study of ventricular arrhythmias in dogs examined at Clinic for Internal Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagreb (2018-2020) (I. Filipčić, I. Jović, M. Torti)
15.15 – 15.30
Evaluation of cytology and histopathology for the diagnosis of canine cutaneous and subcutaneous tumors (N. Yumusak, O. Kutsal)
15.30 – 15.45
Epizootiology of retroviral infections in stray cats
(M. Perharić, B. Jagec, J. Habuš, S. Hađina, Z. Štritof, V. Stevanović, I. Benvin, I. Zečević)
18.00 – 20.00
Welcome Reception (Main Building)
DAY 2 - EXOTIC AND WILD ANIMALS SESSION (Great Hall)
6/10/2023 FRIDAY – DAY 2
08.00 – 09.00
Registration (Main Building)

EXOTIC AND WILD ANIMALS SESSION (Great Hall)

14.00 – 14.40
Invited lecture: ZDENEK KNOTEK: Safe anaesthesia for reptile surgery
14.40 – 15.20
Invited lecture: HELENE PENDL: Avian and reptilian ecoimmunology
15.20 – 15.35
Cytochemical Differentiation of Chelonian Leucocytes
(M. Mrkonjić, L. Odorčić, M. Lukač, I. Cizelj, S. Faraguna, M. Belić)
15.35 – 15.50
Psittacine beak and feather disease in Moluccan eclectus parrots (Eclectus roratus) – a case report (L. Lozica, E. Budicin, Ž. Gottstein)
15.50 – 16.05
Thoracic rete mirabile in dolphins: blessing or curse?
(M. Đuras, K. Korpes, M. Kolenc, T. Trbojević Vukičević, T. Gomerčić)
16.05 – 16.20
Coffee break
16.20 – 16.35
Clinical, laboratory and imaging manifestation of Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in pet rabbits, Slovenia
(M. Škrbec, A. Dovč, N. Mlakar Hrženjak, B. Slavec, Z. Žlabravec, N. Kočar, O. Zorman Rojs, J. Račnik)
16.35 – 16.50
Clinical approach to common reptile emergencies (A. Nevistić, T. Mataušić, M. Lukač)
16.50 – 17.05
Visualization of ossification during intrauterine development of wild boar
(N. Škvorc, D. Konjević, M. Bujanić, L. Bastiančić, S. Kužir)
17.05 – 17.20
Age-related prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in breeding Yellow-legged Gulls
(B. Ječmenica, A. Humski, S. Duvnjak, L. Thomas Taylor, F. Krstulović, B. Šimpraga, T. Amšel Zelenika, L. Jurinović)
17.20 – 17.35
Radiography as a method of sex determination in different species of monitor lizards
(T. Mataušić, A. Nevistić, I. Cizelj, D. Ivančan, I. Bacan, M. Lukač, H. Capak)
17.35 – 17.50
Estimating Eurasian lynx population trends using minimum population count and individual survival
(I. Topličanec, S. Blašković, M. Sindičić, V. Slijepčević, I. Selanec, T. Sotinac, N. Fabijanić, J. Tomaić, T. Rukavina, T. Gomerčić)
DAY 2 - FARM ANIMALS SESSION (Clinical Hall)
6/10/2023 FRIDAY – DAY 2
08.00 – 09.00
Registration (Main Building)

FARM ANIMALS SESSION (Clinical Hall)

9.00 – 9.40
Invited lecture: OŽBALT PODPEČAN: Cattle welfare through regular veternary health visits
9.40 – 10.10
Invited lecture: LJUBODRAG STANIŠIĆ: Semen collection in stallion and artificial insemination in mare under field condition
10.10 – 11.00
Coffee break
11.00 – 11.20
Effects of a metaphylactic butaphosphan and cyanocobalamin treatment on transition cow metabolism and health status
(Teja Snedec)
11.20 – 11.40
Serum haptoglobin concentrations in dairy cattle over the peripartal period – diagnostic tool for detection of diseases
(Sofija Džakula)
11.40 – 12.00
Outcome of treatment in cows with complicated claw lesions
(Dominika Sobucka)
12.00 – 12.15
Evaluation of body condition score in calves of busha cattle breed
(A. Piplica, A. Ekert Kabalin, M. Maurić Maljković, I. Vlahek, I. Sabolek, M. Ostović, V. Sušić, S. Menčik)
12.15 – 12.30
Slaughter check assessment of pulmonary lesions and pleuritis in macedonian commercial pig farms
(B. Angjelovski, A. Janevski, J. Bojkovski, D. Mitrov)
12.30 – 12.45
Distribution of buck spermatozoa in morphometrically distinct subpopulations in regard to values of kinetic parameters
(S. Čipčić, I. Žura Žaja, V. Berta, M. Lojkić, P. Prgomet, L. Rodman, S. Milinković Tur, B. Špoljarić, J. Pejaković Hlede, S. Vince)
12.45 – 13.00
Results of virome monitoring in turkey poult production reveal possible vertical transmission and breach in biosecurity measures
(Ž. Gottstein, L. Lozica, E. Budicin, M. Lukač, D. Horvatek Tomić, S. Theuns)
13.00 – 14.00
Lunch, Poster session (Students Hall)
DAY 2 - PhD DAY (Clinical Hall)
6/10/2023 FRIDAY – DAY 2
08.00 – 09.00
Registration (Main building)

PhD DAY (Clinical Hall)

14.00 – 14.10
Vice-dean NINO MAĆEŠIĆ: Introduction to a PhD Day
14.10 – 14.25
Invited lecture: DRAŽEN VNUK: Diagnostic significance of calprotectin in septic pigs
14.25 – 14.40
Invited lecture: VELIMIR SUŠIĆ: Request for approval of the dissertation topic and lab book
14.40 – 14.55
Phenotypic and genotypic variations of reproductive performance indicators of sheep in accelerated lambing system (I. Vlahek)
14.55 – 15.10
Antimicrobial resistance of nontuberculous mycobacterium species isolated from domesticand wild animals (I. Reil)
15.10 – 15.25
Longitudinal study on Escherichia coli gene variability after application of autogenous vaccine in broiler breeder flocks (L. Lozica)
15.25 – 15.40
Effects of standardized ginger (zingiber officinale roscoe) extract on microbiome, gut morphology, antioxidative status and growth performance in broiler chickens (M. Đurić Jarić)
15.40 – 15.55
Influence of gastroesophageal reflux on surgical suture materials used for esophagotomy in pigs – ex vivo study (V. Plichta)
15.55 – 16.10
Disscusion
16.10 – 16.30
Coffee break

POSTER PRESENTATION– VEFUNIZG PhD students

  • Serum, tissue and proteomic analyses of testicular tumor markers in dogs (M. Efendić)
  • Neuronal cell morphology on isogenic down syndrome model (A. Plećaš)
  • Influence of herpesvirus infection on reproduction in goats (J. Šavorić)
  • Ecological factors of lynx repopulation in Croatia (I. Topličanec)
  • Copetin, new indicator of acute stress response (M. Vučković)
  • DAY 2 - VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH SESSION (Great Hall)
    6/10/2023 FRIDAY – DAY 2
    08.00 – 09.00
    Registration (Main building)

    VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH SESSION (Great Hall)

    9.00 – 9.40
    Invited lecture: BENIAMINO TERZO CENCI GOGA: The importance of preslaughter procedures on the quality and safety of the meat
    9.40 – 9.55
    Potential of microencapsulation in cheese production – development of innovative technology in dairy science (M. Kiš, F. Oštarić, N. Mikulec, S. Kazazić, V. Dobranić, M. Vinceković, V. Čubrić Čurik, N. Zdolec)
    9.55 – 10.10
    Development of new hard cheeses supplemented with Dalmatian medicinal and aromatic herbs: preliminary results of the ERDF project Center of competence 3LJ (N. Zdolec, M. Kiš, M. Franičević, I. Kavain, J. Batinić, M. Zadravec, J. Pleadin, D. Čobanov)
    10.10 – 11.00
    Coffee break
    11.00 – 11.40
    Invited lecture: LUCIJA JURISIC: Towards the future: the role of veterinarians in the detection, characterization and control of zoonotic pathogens
    11.40 – 11.55
    Multistakeholder’s knowledge, attitudes, and practices on poultry zoonoses in the provinces of Leyte and southern Leyte, Philippines (A. M. M. Quilicot, D. G. E. Medallo)
    11.55 – 12.10
    Bhanja Bandavirus: a neglected arbovirus of zoonotic importance in Croatia (M. Bogdanić, V. Stevanović, V. Savić, S. Kovač, S. Krčmar, G. Miletić, D. Sabadi, M. Santini, T. Potočnik-Hunjadi, M. Al-Mufleh, Lj. Barbić, I. Ćorić, T. Vilibić-Čavlek)
    12.10 – 12.25
    Seroprevalence and clinical signs of sars-cov-2 viral infection in dogs and cats in Croatia (G. Miletić, S. Kovač, I. Ćorić, Lj. Barbić, I. Benvin, T. Vilibić-Čavlek, M: Maurić Maljković, V. Stevanović)
    13.00 – 14.00
    Lunch, Poster session (Students Hall)

    The opening ceremony and keynote lecture on the first day (October 5th 2023) will be held in the Great Hall of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, main building.