14.-17. August 2011, Bonn, Germany

MainSponsors

United States Department of Agriculture

Biophos

IMV Technologies

Magapor: Specialists in livestock artificial insemination

Microptic

Minitüb

PROISER R+D, S.L.

ReproQuest, Inc.

Sponsor Plus

Kubus s.a. Inseminación Artificial Porcina©

sponsor

Bayern Gentik GmbH i.G.

Beckman Coulter GmbH

definitiv! business applications GmbH & Co. KG

German Agricultural Society - Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft

German Pietrain

German Genetic

Intervet Deutschland GmbH

Medi Nova s.a.s. di Melli Paola & C.

University of Pennsylvania

Veltkamp Insemination Technics & Farm Management

Zucht- und Besamungsunion Hessen e.G.

Scientific Program

Flyer Final Program

Sunday, 14.08.2011

15:00 - 20:00    Reception and Registration



Monday, 15.08.2011

08:30 - 08:45
Introduction
(Rath, Germany)
08:45 - 09:25
Review on international trade with boar semen
(Riesenbeck, Germany)
09:25 - 09:55
The current value of frozen boar semen for commercial companies
(Knox, USA)
09:55 - 10:25
Coffee break and industry exhibition
10:25 - 11:05
New cryopreservation strategies: a view from biothermical and biomedical process technology
(Glasmacher, Germany)
11:05 - 11:45
Physiological sperm functions are affected by cryopreservation
(Gadella, The Netherlands)
11:45 - 13:00
Oral communications

OC1: Freezing-thawing induces alterations of the nucleoprotein-DNA binding through the breaking of disulfide bonds in boar perm
(E Flores, L Ramió-Lluch, D Bucci, JM Fernández-Novell, A Peña, JE Rodríguez-Gil)
OC2: Cryopreservation of boar semen does not modify the regulation of GSK-3 mediated sperm motility
(MC Gil, D Martín-Hidalgo, MJ Bragado, LJ García-Marín)
OC 3: Negative effect of glycerol on the peri-nuclear theca of boar sperm
(O Gutiérrez-Pérez, MA Arenas, S Anzaldúa, ME Trujillo-Ortega, ML Juárez-Mosqueda)
OC4: Field fertility of frozen boar sperm: A retrospective report spanning 2007 to 2010 comprising over 2000 AI services
(BA Didion, G Braun, M Duggan)
OC 5: A simple post-thawing quality threshold can improve in vivo fertility of frozen boar semen.
(S Ferchaud, S Boulot, V Furstoss, Y Billon, P Guillouet, H Gilbert)
13:00 - 14:15
Lunch
14:15 - 14:45
Effects of freezing on nuclear sperm DNA
(Fraser, Poland)
14:45 - 15:15 Colloid centrifugation of boar semen
(Morell, Sweden)
15:15 - 16:30 Poster Session with coffee and industrial exhibition
16:30 - 17:00
Antioxidant mechanisms and their benefit on post thaw sperm quality
(Bathgate, Australia)
17:00 - 17:30
Stress-preconditioning of semen to increase cryo-tolerance
(Pribenszky, Hungary)
17:30 -18:00
Genetic selection for freezability and its controversity with selection for performance
(Safranski, USA)
18:30 - 20:00 Sight seeing tour Bonn
20:00
Barbecue and Science

25 years of ICBSP - Cryopreservation and sex preselection
(Johnson, USA)


Tuesday, 16.08.2011

08:00 - 08:40
Advancements of commercial semen processing
(Hansen, Denmark)
08:40 - 09:10
Stress factors for sperm during processing
(Buhr, Canada)
09:10 - 09:40
Assessment of storage and temperature effects in preserved boar semen
(Waberski, Germany)
09:40 - 10:00 Coffee Break and Industry
10:00 - 10:30
Do CASA systems satisfy consumers demands? A critical analysis
(Feitsma, The Netherlands)
10:30 - 11:00
New aspects of boar sperm encapsulation
(Faustini, Italy)
11:00 - 12:30 Oral Communications

OC 6: Changes of sperm motility, membrane integrity and lipid peroxidation during liquid storage of boar semen
B Szczesniak-Fabianczyk, M Bochenek, P Gogol, Z Smorag
OC 7: Effects of AMP-activated kinase inhibitor compound C in the quality of extended boar semen after long-term torage at 17 ºC
D Martin-Hidalgo, A Hurtado de Llera, MC Gil, MJ Bragado, LJ Garcia-Marin
OC 8: Incidence of sperm with cytoplasmic droplets in boar ejaculates is associated with reduced responsiveness to bicarbonate in vitro
H Henning, A Lübcke, A Shevchenko, D Waberski
OC 9: Expression analysis of porcine aromatase (CYP19) as a specific target gene in testis
A Gunawan, MU Cinar, K. Kaewmala, MJ Uddin, D Tesfaye, E Tholen, C Looft, K Schellander
OC 10: Characteristics of boar semen stored at different temperatures
FJ McPherson, PJ Chenoweth, S Nielsen
OC 11: Post epididymal maturation of boar spermatozoa
L Dewaele, G Tsikis, S Ferchaud, V Labas, L Spina, AP Teixeira-Gomes, X Druart, N Gérard

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:00 Seminal plasma markers of relative boar fertility
(Dyck, Canada)
14:00 - 14:30
Application of molecular tests to increase boar stud efficiency
(Kuster, USA)
14:30 - 15:00
Field data analysis of boar semen quality
(Broekhuijse, The Netherlands)
15:00 - 15:30
Infectious diseases and AI: Protection strategies for worldwide semen trade
(Althouse, USA)
15:30 - 17:00
Poster Session with Coffee and Industry
17.30 - 18:30
Shuttle to river Rhine and boarding
18:30 - 23:00 River Rhine Boat Tour


Wednesday, 17.08.2011

09:00 - 09:40
Mechanisms of sperm storage in the female reproductive tract: An interspecies comparison
(Holt, UK)
09:40 - 10:10 Memorial tribute to Vernon Pursel
(LA Johnson)
10:10 - 10:30 Coffee break and industrial exhibition
10:30 - 12:00 Oral communications

OC 12: Actin cytoskeleton and Tyrosine phosphorylation in sex-sorted boar spermatozoa
(D Bucci, JE Rodriguez-Gil, C Vallorani, G Galeati, C Tamanini, M Spinaci)
OC 13: Age-related changes in quality and fertility of porcine semen
(IA Tsakmakidis, TAA Khalifa, CM Boscos)
OC 14: Membrane lipid peroxidation in boar spermatozoa subjected to different handlings
(I Parrilla, L Sijses, D del Olmo, MJ Martinez, C Cuello, JM Vazquez, EA Martinez, J Roca)
OC 15: Relationship between numbers of inseminated motile boar sperm cells and reproductive performance of sows
(JI Leenhouwers, H Feitsma)
OC 16:The effect of prostaglandin addition to low number of frozenthawed boar sperm on fertility following PG600® induced estrus
(BM Yantis, RV Knox)
OC 17: Differences in the lipid fingerprinting of boar and bull sperm detected by MALDI-TOF MS
(LS Amorim, CR Ferreira, EC Cabral, FC Gozzo, EJ Pilau, RO Pinho,SEF Guimarães, PS Lopes, JD Guimarães, MN Eberlin)
12:00 - 12:30
Maternal communication with gametes and embryo; from in vivo to in silico"
(Fazeli, UK)
12.30 - 13:00
Low dose insemination with fresh and frozen and sex sorted boar semen
(Roca, Spain)
13:00 - 13:15
Conclusions
13:15 - 14:15
Lunch and end of the conference

Contacts:    Programme Secretary    Local Organizer    IOC