Programme
Wednesday, September 17th
08:00 – 17:45
Study Day
18:00 – 19:30
Welcome Cocktail
Thursday, September 18th - Day 1
| AUDITORIUM | SMALL FESTIVE ROOM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OPENING | 9:00 | ||||
| PLENARY 1 | 9:15 | One health and one welfare in interactions of pets and their humans (Miiamaaria Kujala) | |||
| SESSION | 10:00 | Rethinking responsibility: dog owners experiencing homelessness (Andrew Gardiner) | SESSION | 10:00 | Veterinarians’ perceptions of medication safety risks and defences in sow farms (Kati Tuomola) |
| 10:15 | The effect of consultation modality on dog owners’ experiences of a post-adoption behaviour support service. (Hannah Dempsey) | 10:15 | Is there scope to refine decontamination to improve patient welfare? A survey of Australian Veterinarians (Anne Quain) | ||
| COFFEE | 10:30 | COFFEE | 10:30 | ||
| SESSION | 11:30 | Implementation of an online tool to improve practising veterinarians’ and veterinary nurses’ resilience (Denise Remy) | SESSION | 11:30 | Advisors’ perspectives on robotic milking in cow-calf contact systems (Sabine Ferneborg) |
| 11:45 | Creating a multidisciplinary expertise centre for bite incidents in Flanders, Belgium (Rian Lensen) | 11:45 | Norwegian dairy farmers’ trust in veterinarians and their perception of the National Animal Welfare Programme (Conor Barry) | ||
| 12:00 | The LINK Between Animal Abuse and Social Risk: Five Case Studies (Annamaria Passantino) | 12:00 | Farmer’s perspectives on rearing dairy calves with their dams in North America (Emeline Nogues) | ||
| POSTER TEASERS 1 | 12:15 | POSTER TEASERS 3 | 12:15 | ||
12:30 – 14:00
LUNCH and AGM
| AUDITORIUM | SMALL FESTIVE ROOM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLENARY 2 | 14:00 | What can we learn from bees? (Olli Loukola) | |||
| SESSION | 14:45 | Exploring horse owner experience of problem behaviour: why is this happening? (part I) (Tamzin Furtado) | SESSION | 14:45 | Long-distance Transport of Pregnant Heifers – Stress Responses and Recovery Time (Nina Dam Otten) |
| 15:00 | Exploring horse owner experience of problem behaviour: where do I go for help? (part II) (Gemma Pearson) | 15:00 | Ante mortem welfare and the pathophysiology of slaughter and stunning of equids (Kate Fletcher) | ||
| 15:15 | Factors associated with human approach assessment outcomes in horses (Essi Wallenius) | 15:15 | An observational study of rump pusher use in a UK cattle abattoir (Ellie Wigham) | ||
| 15:30 | Understanding the Impact of Relationship Factors on Horses’ Responses to Humans (Océane Liehrmann) | COFFEE | 15:30 | ||
| 15:45 | Fear Free Award (Gary Landsberg) | ||||
| COFFEE | 15:50 | ||||
| SESSION | 16:30 | Effects of trazodone or gabapentin on physiological and behavioural signs of stress during travel (Gary Landsberg) | SESSION | 16:30 | Taboo subjects and moral blind spots in companion animal ethics (Lisa Moses) |
| 16:45 | Long-term use of tasipimidine to treat separation anxiety in dogs: A 8-week clinical study (Mira Korpivaara) | 16:45 | Dimensions of dual loyalty in animal experimentation: a qualitative study with Swiss researchers (Edwin Louis-Maerten) | ||
| 17:00 | Effect of gabapentin on a desensitization-counterconditioning protocol for cats with healthcare phobias (Lua Raucourt) | 17:00 | |||
| POSTER TEASERS 2 | 17:15–17:30 | POSTER TEASERS 4 | 17:15–17:30 | ||
18:00 – 21:00
AGORA HALL : BEER/WINE BY THE POSTER
Friday, September 19th - Day 2
| AUDITORIUM | SMALL FESTIVE ROOM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLENARY 3 | 9:15 | A Look Inside the Lives of Cats: The science behind cat-human and cat-cat interactions (Kristyn Vitale) | |||
| SESSION | 10:00 | Low-Stress Cat Handling Techniques for Veterinary Professionals: Case Series (Margarida Araújo) | SESSION | 10:00 | Effect of different approaches to providing partial outdoor access on the welfare of dairy cows (Peter Krawczel) |
| 10:15 | Interpretation of Cats’ Emotions by Animal Health Professionals and Cat Caregivers (Yasemin Salgirli Demirbas) | 10:15 | Dairy cattle health and welfare in cow-calf contact systems on commercial farms in North America (Marine Durrenwachter) | ||
| COFFEE | 10:30 | COFFEE | 10:30 | ||
| SESSION | 11:15 | Suckling behaviors in cats: normal or repetitive? A study of environment and development conditions (Caroline Gilbert) | SESSION | 11:15 | ANIMALAW: examining veterinary evidence in legal cases of animal welfare offences in animal transport (Mette Herskin) |
| 11:30 | Ethogram of domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) intraspecific social behaviour in multicat households (Morgane J.R. Van Belle) | 11:30 | ANIMALAW: Ethical Perspectives in Danish Animal Welfare Legislation (Anna Ulrikke Bruun) | ||
| 11:45 | Risk Factors Related to Behavioral Problems in Ferrets: Preliminary Results (Ángela González Martínez) | 11:45 | Erroneous citations of the Universal Declaration of Animal Rights: a failure of the peer-review process (Alexandre Azevedo) | ||
| 12:00 | A qualitative study of Spanish Greyhounds’ abuse (Denise Remy) | 12:00 | Neutralisation techniques used by defendants charged with animal welfare offences in Finland (Elli Valtonen) | ||
| SPONSORS | 12:15 | 12:15 | Revising the Portuguese Veterinary Code of Conduct: Lessons Learned and Implications for Regulatory Reform (Manuel Magalhães-Sant’Ana) | ||
12:25 – 14:00
LUNCH
| AUDITORIUM | SMALL FESTIVE ROOM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SESSION | 14:00 | Increased mean platelet volume in horses displaying behavioural problems (Tomás Casqueiro) | SESSION | 14:00 | On-Farm Welfare of Slaughtered bulls (Tuomas Herva) |
| 14:15 | Detection of maladaptive pain in dogs referred for behavioral complaints: challenges and opportunities (Jenthe Kwik) | 14:15 | Animal welfare assessment in dairy herds: measurements for suckling calves (Lilli Frondelius) | ||
| 14:30 | Spiro ergo sum: the gut-lung axis and the impact in veterinary clinical ethology (Manuel Mengoli) | 14:30 | The use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents on Finnish calf rearing farms (Outi Hälli) | ||
| 14:45 | Dissociative syndrome in a mixed-breed dog: differential diagnosis and therapeutic management (Sylvia Masson) | 14:45 | Animal caretaker perceptions and experiences of the use of local anaesthesia in piglet castration (Saara Kupsala) | ||
| 15:00 | Practices to administer local anesthesia before piglet castration at Finnish pig farms (Ann-Helena Hokkanen) | ||||
| COFFEE | 15:15 | COFFEE | 15:15 | ||
| SESSION | 16:00 | Vegan versus meat-based dog food: health outcomes in 2,536 dogs (Andrew Knight) | SESSION | 16:00 | Keel bone damage in laying hens; Comparisons of longitudinal radiographic measures versus post-mortem measures (Stefan Gunnarsson) |
| 16:15 | Use of psychometric scales beyond borders: PANAS and DIAS (Umut Burak Ağan) | 16:15 | Efficacy of differential negative reinforcement of an incompatible behaviour to reduce avoidance behaviours in horses (Angelo Telatin) | ||
| 16:30 | Puppy (3-7-month-old) cognitive tests as predictors of everyday behaviour in adulthood (Saara Junttila) | 16:30 | Evaluating clinical behavioural tools for equine pain assessment: a systematic review (Olivia Curry) | ||
| 16:45 | Evolution of the e-collar use in dog training: A comparative study in Europe (Olga Gutierrez) | 16:45 | Innate or learned? How early social environment shapes horses’ understanding of humans (Veera Riihonen) | ||
| CLOSING | 17:00–17:45 | Awards, goodbye and see you in Slovenia in 2026. | |||
Restaurant Dylan Marmoripiha, at Rautatalo, Keskuskatu 3, Helsinki
POSTER TEASER 1
12:15–12:30
- Can transcranial Direct Current Stimulation improve attention in working dogs? A pilot investigation (Gaëlla van Walraven)
- Noise Sensitivity in Dogs: a Case Report on Alternative Therapeutic Approaches (Margarida Araújo)
- Comparing the Analysis of a Veterinary Behaviorist and an AI-Generated Plan for a Border Collie (Ann-Kathrin Fritsche)
- Use of fluoxetine for behavioral problems in dogs: a retrospective study of 173 cases (Juan Argüelles)
- Impact of human emotional dynamics on canin behavior: a systemic, ethological, and behavioral approach (Olivier Kabangu)
- Current and Emerging Biomarkers of Cognitive Dysfunction in Aging Dogs: A Systematic Review (Luca Ciurli)
- Effects of gabapentin on the treatment of behavioral disorders in dogs: a retrospective evaluation (Caitlin Waring)
- Enhancing owner understanding and treatment outcomes using advanced imaging in canine behavioural and neurological disorders (Anouck Haverbeke)
- Preliminary Evaluation of the Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire (C-BARQ) in Türkiye (Didem Pekmezci)
- Evaluating dopaminergic and serotonergic alterations following noninvasive neuromodulation in healthy and anxious dogs (Sofie Salden)
POSTER TEASER 2
17:15–17:30
- An interdisciplinary approach to treatment of bucking in a Connemara pony gelding (Eleanor Girgis)
- Factors affecting sleep disturbances in horses – results from a Nordic questionnaire (Heli Suomala)
- Evaluation of the Welfare of Urban Carriage Horses in Malta: a holistic approach (Pantaleo Gemma)
- Does Fear-Free® certification impact on physiology and behaviour of horses undergoing clinical examination? (Emanuela Dalla Costa)
- Assessment of emotional changes and pain in horses using infrared thermal measurement of the eye (Océane Liehrmann)
- From Gut to Mind: Could Giardia Influence Canine Behavior? (Daniëlle Hartman)
- Adjunctive pipamperone in dogs with pathological compulsive states unresponsive to fluoxetine: a retrospective case series (Alexandra Lionnet)
- Evaluation of Neuropeptide S and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic-Factor of potential biomarkers in dogs with state anxiety (Durmuş Atılgan)
POSTER TEASER 3
12:15–12:30
- Body condition score, interleukin-1β, and interleukin-10 predict cognitive changes in senior cats (Carlo Siracusa)
- Preoperative Meloxicam vs. Butorphanol for Post-Ovariohysterectomy Pain in Cats: A Preliminary Comparison (Batuhan BARDAKCI)
- An integrative medicine approach in a cat with feline hyperesthesia syndrome: A Case Report (Greta Veronica Berteselli)
- Multimodal Management of Inappropriate Urination and Spraying in Cats with Suspected Musculoskeletal Pain (Emma Gatehouse)
- Association of Agonistic Behavior with Urinary Tract Disorders in Cats: 150 Case Studies (Ebru Yalcin)
- Welfare concerns in show cats: a pilot study (Veronika Vojtkovská)
- From Timid to Tame: Foster home caring practices for found cats (Laura Hänninen)
- Integrating behavioral health into veterinary care: a national survey in Belgian companion animals (Gaëlla van Walraven)
- Genetic Vasectomy: An ethical approach to refinement and reduction in mouse cryobiology and behavioral research (Sara Fuochi)
- Meta-Analysis of Thermal Stress Assessment in Poultry Using Infrared Thermography (Elein Hernandez)
POSTER TEASER 4
17:15–17:30
- How to fight biting dogs? Identifying common factors of dog aggression in Lombardy, Italy (Alice Garegnani)
- Coat Color Matters: Behavioral Variations in the Australian Shepherd (ValentinaGazzano)
- Investigating dog welfare in different Animal-Assisted Intervention (AAI) settings (Giulia Russo)
- The growth of the Dog Friendly Clinic scheme and why it matters (Rachel Malkani)
- Validation of localised thermal differences using a force plate – a case study (Francesca Guagliumi)
- VetAI: Artificial Intelligence methods unveil novel insights from animal omic studies (Martyna Woszczyło)
- Factors influencing human recognition of emotional valence and arousal in zoo animals (Laura Hiisivuori)
- Blood Collection in Panthera Felids: Anatomical Aspects and Medical Training (Caroline Gilbert)
- Comparison between continuous and instantaneous sampling methods in brown bears (Ursus arctos): a pilot study (Elena Stagni)
POSTERS WITHOUT TEASERS
- Possessive aggression” and pain, is this a resource-maximisation strategy? (Beverley Wilson)
- Preparing the family dog for a new baby- Can we do better? (Ashleigh Hargreaves)
- Targeted lipidomics showed altered serum phosphatidylcholine levels in fearful dogs (Luigi Sacchettino)
- Puppies, microbiome and behaviour: a scoping review (Alessandra Laureano)
- The effects of trazodone as an anxiolytic for hospitalized cats: a pilot study (Cecília Veloso Delgado)
- The Americas’ cage-free egg transition: egg-citing news for 2025 (Elein Hernandez)
- Does housing condition impact on lying behaviour of horses? A pilot study applying triaxial accelerometers (Emanuela Dalla Costa)
- Effect of night duration on milk yield and feed intake in dairy cows (Muhammad Asad Rasool)
- Application of rapid microbial detection for hygiene monitoring in pig farrowing units (Michal Kaluža)
- Behavioural response of guide dogs under training to a mildly stressful situation: a preliminary study (Simona Cannas)
- Molossoid and bull-type dogs in northern Italy: a preliminary analysis from Lombardy shelters (Sara Boero)
- End-of-life emergency situations in pigs: laws, regulations, and lived experiences in the EU (Emeline Nogues)
- Impact of noise during the Fallas festival in Valencia on domestic rabbits: a pilot study (Juan Argüelles)
- Effectiveness of sertraline and trazodone in treating compulsive behavior in a pug: case report (Joao Pedro Silva-Monteiro)
- Happy and angry human images differentially affect dogs’ postural stability (Nadja Affenzeller)
- Pet chelonian ownership in Portugal and Italy: a comparative utilitarian harm-benefit analysis (Alexandra Azevedo)
- When utilitarian ethics falls short: alternative approaches to ethical challenges in the shelter sector (Anne Quain)