International Equine Science Meeting

The conference language will be English - the public day will be in German

Conference Program

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Achtung: Freitag bis Sonntag Mittag ist in englischer Sprache
Friday, March 16, 2012
Registration starts at 7:00 am
08:45	-	09:00	Address of welcome - and informations
Session Equine Cognition
Focus:			social cognition/ perception/ earning/ memory/ human-horse interaction/ movement decisions/ �high-level� mental abilities
09:00	-	10:00	lecture
			Odberg, F.	History of schooling and its relation with conditioning laws and welfare
10:00	-	12:00	contributed talks
			Isensee, A.	Influence of psychological and physiological arousal in humans on horse heart rate and behaviour
			Becker-Birck, M.;	Heart rate and heart rate variability in the horse and its rider: different responses to training and a public equestrian performance
			Vidament, M.	Temperament of stallions: relation with age, breed and level of riders
11:00	-	11:20	Coffee Break
			Komárková, M.	Lateralized suckling in domestic horse foals (Equus caballus)
			Hausberger, M.	On the significance of puzzling behaviours: what do yawning and adult play tell us about horse (Equus caballus) welfare?
12:00	-	13:00	lecture
			Shultz, S.	Are equid brains social? Exploring the evolution of equid social structure and social intelligence
13:00	-	14:00	Lunch Break
14:00	-	15:00	lecture
			Pick, D.; Krüger, K.	Heuristics and complex decisions in man and horses
15:00	-	18:00	contributed talks
			Sigurjonsdottir, H.	How does group stability and composition affect interactions in horse groups?
			Pierard, M.	Agonistic and affiliative interactions in group housed riding horses (Equus caballus)
			Christensen, J.W.	Object habituation in horses: Voluntary vs. negatively reinforced approach to frightening stimuli
			Gabor, V.	Cognitive testing in Shetland ponies (Equus caballus) using a computer based learning device
			Lovrovich, P.	The human-given cues and behavioural plasticity of horses during a delayed three choice task
			Westermann, W.	The contribution of horses (Equus caballus) to human health Requirements, stresses and strains, selection, training, compensation and rectification
17:00	-	17:30	coffee Break
			Kultus, K.B.	Analysis of Human-Horse-Relation
			De Giorgio, F.	Why isolate during training? Social learning and social cognition applied as training approach for young horses (Equus caballus)
			Pokorná, M.	Social learning in horses
18:30	-	19:30	Round table discussion: Do scientific findings correspond to �common knowledge� on the part of experts on horses? How do horse management and training benefit from the findings?
19:30			Poster session and welcome reception, with drinks and snaks
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Session Equine Ecology
Focus:			Social behaviour / mating systems / predator avoidance, interactions / resource allocation / habitats / movements /domestic horse husbandry and nutrition
08:00	-	09:00	contributed talks
			Bartosova, J.	Nursing behaviour in pregnant domestic mares (Equus caballus): Can they cope with dual maternal investment?
			Stanley, C.	Mummy’s Boys: Sex Differential Maternal Offspring Relationships in Semi-feral Horses
			Dubcová, J.	Impact of weaning method on weanlings’ weight gain in domestic horses
09:00	-	10:00	lecture
			Klingel, H .	Social Organisation and Social Behaviour of the Equids
10:00	-	10:30	Coffee Break
10:30	-	11:30	contributed talks
			Hinrichs, T.	Group management in Active-Stables
			Flauger, B.	The introduction of horses into new groups: Social interactions and cortisol release
			Erber, R.	Physiological stress parameters in sport horse mares transferred from group housing to individual stabling
11:30	-	12:30	lecture
			Houpt, K.A.	Horse husbandry and equine stereotypies
12:30	-	13:30	Lunch Break
13:30	-	16:10	contributed talks
			Wulf, M.	Identification of horses – hot iron branding versus microchip transponders
			Burla, J.-B.	Validation of the MSR145W Data Logger for Gait Determination in Horses (Equus caballus)
			Mezei, A.	Analysis of eventing competition results of Hungarian Sporthorses
			Posta, J.	Genetic evaluation of competition years, as a kind of measurement of durability in Hungarian show-jumping horses
			Ahmadinejad, M.	Common injuries in athletic horses in Tehran‘s riding clubs
			Bahman, M.	The prevalence of parascaris equorum in Tehran's riding clubs
15:30	-	16:00	Coffee Break
			Bartos, L.	Promiscuous behaviour disrupts pregnancy block in domestic horse (Equus caballus) mares: A counterstrategy against possible male infanticide
			Ralston, S.	Trainability and reactivity of Mustang Horses (Equus Equus) fed Forage-Based Total Mixed (TMR) rations with or without added grain
			Hampson, B.	The effect of a novel dynamic feeding system on horse behavior and movement
			Aldridge, B.	Recent Molecular Advances in Equine Nutrition - from Test Tube to Practice
17:20	-	18:20	lecture
			Russell, M.A.	Solving Current Domestic Horse Nutrition Challenges
19:30			Konferenz Dinner
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Session Wild Equid Husbandry and Management
Focus:			Wild life management with horses in renaturation projects.
08:30	-	09:30	lecture
			Rubenstein, D.	Wild Equid Movements: Impacts of Habitat Quality, Predation Pressure and Leadership
09:30	-	11:30	contributed talks
			Bouskila, A.	Group composition and behavior of reintroduced Equus hemionus near a water source in the Negev Desert
			Bouskila, A.	Leadership roles in movements of free-roaming Konik horses (Equus caballus) in a Dutch reserve
10:10	-	10:40	Coffee Break
			Spasskaya, N.N.	Results of investigations of an island population of the feral horse (Rostov Region, Russia)
			Kampmann, S.	Population dynamics of Australian feral horses in a semiarid environment
			Hampson, B.A.	Distances travelled by feral horses in ‘outback’ Australia
			Hillgruber, F.	Humans and Horses 300.000 years ago - An approach to public presentation in the research and experience centre Schöningen spears
12:00	-	13:00	Round table discussion: Welfare of equids in parks and renaturation projects: A combined approach with conventional and wild equid science.
13:00	-	14:00	Lunch Break
Attention: Public part of conference in German - Der folgende Teil ist in deutscher Sprache
Sonntag,
14:00	-	15:00
			Klingel, H .	Soziale Organisation und Sozialverhalten der Equiden
15:00	-	17:00
			Stucke, D.	"Animal Welfare Indicators (AWIN) - Erforschung von Schmerzindikatoren am Pferd"
			Krüger, K.	Konfliktlösungsstrategien der Menschen und Pferde
15:45	-	16:15	Kaffee Pause
			Hinrichs, T.	Gruppen Management in Aktiv Ställen
			Zeitler-Feicht, M.H.	Checkpunkte für eine tiergerechte Fütterung von Pferden an Abrufautomaten
			Kultus, K.	Untersuchungen zur Mensch-Pferd-Beziehung
			Westermann, K.	Das Therapiepferd: Was macht es so besonders und wertvoll?
			Reuber, W.	Kennen Pferde ihren Namen?
17:15	-	18:00	Filmdarbietung
			Zimmermann, W.;	Operation unterm Kranichhimmel
18:00	-	19:00
The conference language will be English - the public day will be in German
Social Activity
Monday, March 19, 2012
08:00	-	20:00	Tour, Palaces for Horses and Humans
	-		Visiting the Hit Aktivstall� Gut Kastensee, Lunch, visiting Palace Neuschwanstein
Poster Presentations
			Ahmadinejad, M.	Promotion of stud management using equine applied science programs Mohsen A. Nejad University of applied science and technology, Tehran, Iran
			Bahman, M.	The prevalence of parascaris equorum in Tehran's riding clubs
			Berger, A.	Project on paternal effects to the cognitive and social development of the offspring on feral horses (Equus caballus)
			Berger, A.	How to come together best? - Studies on integration processes of Przewalski horses into new groups (Equus ferus przewalskii)
			Dalla Costa, E.	A study on inter-observer reliability of castration pain assessment in horses
			Ermilina, J.A.	Dominance hierarchy in feral horses in Rostov Region
			Flauger, B.	Social feeding decisions in horses (Equus caballus)
			Hall, C.	Picture recognition of con-specifics and facial expression in the horse (Equus caballus)
			Hori, Y.	Are there breed difference in referential behavior in horses (Equus caballus)?
			Lojek, J.	Certain factors influencing the condition of free-ranging Konik Polski horses (Equus caballus) in the Bierza National Park
			Maros, K.	Approaching a horse, approaching a human: Tolerating and seeking human contact in pastured horses
			Mshelia, W.P.	Husbandry and Management Practices in Domestic horses in Northern Nigeria and their Clinical Implications
			Novotný, F.	Differences of biochemical and haematological indices in the aging process in cold-blooded horses Norik Muráň type
			Owen, H.	The use of GPS to measure feeding behaviour and activity patterns in the horse (Equus caballus)
			Krueger, K.	Third-party intervention
			Ralston, S.	Trainability and reactivity of Mustang Horses (Equus Equus) fed Forage-Based Total Mixed (TMR) rations with or without added grain
			Spasskaya, N.N.	Results of investigations of an island population of the feral horse (Rostov Region, Russia)
			Stanley, C.	Mummy’s Boys: Sex Differential Maternal Offspring Relationships in Semi-feral Horses
			Takimoto, A.;	Do horses (Equus caballus) show a preference for a fair person?
			Theodoropoulou, P.	Prevalence of stereotypies amongst Thoroughbred race horses (Equus caballus) in Greece
			Waiblinger, S.	Human and horse behaviour during veterinary treatments