History & previous meeting
2016 INCUBATION AND FERTILITY RESEARCH GROUP
BRUGGE, BELGIUM
4th, 5th and 6th December 2016
Invited speaker
Elisabeth Blesbois (INRA, Tours, France)
Dr Blesbois reviewed research on reproduction (including biotechnology) necessary for the preservation of endangered avian species.
Elisabeth Blesbois is the leader of an EU-funded project on reproduction addressing this specific topic.
Download abstracts of presentations here (.pdf)
5th December 2016 | |
Session 1: Nutrition of the embryo, hatchling and day old chick | |
Prof. Zehava Uni,
Poultry Nutrition. Physiology and Embryology Department of Animal Science Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Nutritional limitation during poultry embryonic development
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Dr. Henri Woelders,
Wageningen Livestock Research, WUR department Genomica
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Microbial colonization in day old chick intestine.
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Dr. Inge van Roovert-Reijrink
Hatch Tech b.v. Adaptation Physiology Group Wageningen University.
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Effect of feed and water access on hatchling BW changes between hatch and pull
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Dr.Okan Elibol
Dept. of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture,University Ankara Turkey, Petersime Belgium University
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Effect of post-hatch delayed feed access time on yolk sac utilization and broiler live.
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Mylène Da Silva,
INRA UR 83, Nouzilly France
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Extra-embryonic tissues and embryonic nutrient transfer
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6th December 2016 | |
Session 2: Preservation of endangered species | |
Dr. Elisabeth Blesbois,
Reproductive physiology and Behaviors, UMR, INRA CNRS IFCE Tours University France
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Reproduction and reproductive biotechnologies for preservation of endangered avian species and breeds
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Dr. Patricia Brekke.
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, UK
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Title to be confirmed:
Ecology, evolution and conservation of reintroduced species
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Session 3: Sperm physiology and fertilization | |
Dr Nadine Gérard
INRA PRC Centre de Recherches de Tours, Nouzilly
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Sperm storage in hens: comprehensive proteomic analysis of uterine fluid and SST in relation to fertility length |
Cindy Riou,
INRA PRC Centre de Recherches de Tours, Nouzilly
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Sperm storage: ultrastructural investigation of avian spermatozoa incubated in selected fractions of uterine fluid
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Poster session Marine Dewez (HYbrid Turkey SAS) Ctscan, an innovative tool to predict body composition in reproductive hens LACordeiro: In vitro interaction of spermatozoa with hen's sperm storage tubules Cindy Riou: About the avian uterine fluid proteome: exosomes significance and biological processes in regards to eggshell mineralization, immunity and reproduction The influence of chronic hypoxia during the first 10 days of incubation on embryonic parameters in broiler chickens. |
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Sarah –Anne David
INRA, Nouzilly, France
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Impact of embryonic heat acclimation on histone post-translational modifications in chickens
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Seline Schallier,
University Leuven, Belgium
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Title tbc
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Dr. A. Dinah Nicholson,
Aviagen, UK |