programma - ZOO Antwerpen

7th Annual CRC ZOO RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
Science @ the Zoo
| Woensdag 3 december 2014 | Darwinzaal | ZOO Antwerpen |
09:00 Onthaal / Welcome
09:20 Introductie Zjef Pereboom en Francis Vercammen
Sessie 1 – Applied Animal Welfare - Diergeneeskunde (chair: Francis Vercammen)
ALLE VOORDRACHTEN in het NEDERLANDS / ALL TALKS IN DUTCH
09:30 Geert Janssens (UGent): Diervoedingsleer
09:50 Anne Becker (UGent): Intestinale microbiële ecologie van de cheeta.
10:10 Francis Vercammen (KMDA): Lange-termijn opvolging van glucosurie bij okapi's.
10:30 Bruno Levecke (UGent): Zoönotische transmissie van Entamoeba histolytica in zoos.
10:50 Leslie Bosseler (UGent): Dierpathologie.
Pauze: 11h10 – 11:30
11:30 Frank Pasmans (UGent): Inleiding Devriesea agamarum en chytridiomycose.
11:50 Mark Blooi (UGent/KMDA): Infectiedynamiek van de schimmel Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.
12:10 Francis Vercammen (KMDA): Prevalentie van Devriesea agamarum in de KMDA.
12:20 Luc Bauwens (KMDA): Antibioticumresistentie in de KMDA.
Lunch 12:30 – 13:30
ALL AFTERNOON TALKS WILL BE IN ENGLISH
Session 2 – Basic Zoology, chair: Zjef Pereboom)
13:30 Jeroen Stevens (KMDA) The ape that never grows up: age related variation in bonobo behaviour.
13:45 Nicky Staes (UAntwerpen/KMDA) AVPR1A: the social gene in chimpanzees?
14:00 Sumir Keenan (Université de Neuchâtel / University of St. Andrews) Vocal recognition in bonobos.
14:15 Raf Claes (UAntwerpen) Comparative gait analysis of Przewalski’s horses and grevy’s zebras.
14:30 Cosette Gils (UAntwerpen) Unipedal posture in flamingos: behaviour, biomechanics and anatomy.
14:45 Francois Druelle (UAntwerpen) From the zoo to the field: development of a new method using
photogrammetry.
Break 15:00 – 15:30
Session 3 Applied Animal Behaviour & Welfare (chair: Zjef Pereboom)
15:30 Glenn Borgmans (UAntwerpen/KMDA) Stressed-out reptiles: a case study of Anolis carolinensis.
15:45 Maaike Voorham (UUtrecht/KMDA) Anticipatory behaviour in Asian elephants in Planckendael.
16:00 Marc Pierard (KULeuven) The relevance of infrared thermography for behaviour and welfare studies of
zoo and working elephants.
Session 4 – Applied Conservation (chair: Philippe Helsen)
16:15 Zjef Pereboom (KMDA) What’s NEW in the RZSA Conservation projects?
16:30 Lieven Devreese (KMDA) An introduction to bonobo research at the LuiKotale research site, DRC.
16:45 Peter Galbusera (KMDA) Range-wide DNA analysis reveals high genetic variation in wild Okapi.
17:00 Philippe Helsen (KMDA) Inbreeding depression in captive populations: the Congo peafowl case study.
17:15 Bram Vanden Broecke (KMDA/UA): Genetic consequences of captive breeding in Golden headed lion
tamarins.
Closing remarks and drinks 17:30- 18:30
Het CRC wordt structureel gefinancierd door de Vlaamse Overheid

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