Morning scientific sessions 08.30-12.30

8.30-8.45

Welcome (Barry Ball)

8.45-9.00

Honorary Chair and Lifetime Achievement Awardees

Introduced by Barry Ball

STALLION I SESSION (Harald Sieme, Chair)

9.00-9.15

Analytical validation of paraoxonase-1 (PON-1) activity in seminal plasma of horses.

G Rossi, PM Wat, K Lim, J McNaughten, S Sitters, A Barnes

9.15-9.30

Equine spermatozoa at optimum physiological state to fertilize are selected by chemotaxis toward progesterone.

EM Dominguez, A Moreno-Irusta, A Flores Bragulat, H Ramírez Castex, L Losinno, LC Giojalas

^{Eligible to be considered for the Michelle LeBlanc Young Presenter Award}

9.30-9.45

Inducing lipid reorganization and the acrosome reaction in stallion spermatozoa.

R Hoogendijk, BM Gadella, TAE Stout, HHW Henning

^{Eligible to be considered for the Michelle LeBlanc Young Presenter Award}

9.45-10.00

Procaine induces hyperactivated motility in stallion spermatozoa by inhibiting sodium influx.

B Leemans, BM Gadella, TAE Stout, A Van Soom

^{Eligible to be considered for the Michelle LeBlanc Young Presenter Award}

10.00-10.15

Cooled storage induces capacitation-like changes in equine spermatozoa.

M Buijtendorp, TAE Stout, J Cuervo-Arango, HHW Henning

^{Eligible to be considered for the Michelle LeBlanc Young Presenter Award}

10.15-11.15 Break and Posters. Stallion I poster session (The Concourse)

STALLION II SESSION (Dickson Varner, Chair)

11.15-11.30

Spermatogonial stem cell transplantation of stallions.

HJ Jung, MJ Yoon

^{Eligible to be considered for the Michelle LeBlanc Young Presenter Award}

11.30-11.45

What is the effect of anti-GnRH immunization in stallions on plasmatic levels of anti-Mullerian Hormone?

M Dordas-Perpinya, M Gorréguès, M-A Gervasoni, C Berder, C Thorin, L Jaillardon, J-F Bruyas

^{Eligible to be considered for the Michelle LeBlanc Young Presenter Award}

11.45-12.00

Welfare parameters for the evaluation of breeding stallions.

DP Leme, I Martin, B Behs, AS Rocha, FO Papa

12.00-12.15

Contribution of the Y chromosome to stallion fertility.

C Castaneda, A Hillhouse, J Janecka, R Juras, A Ruiz, A Tibary, CC Love, DD Varner, T Raudsepp

12.15-12.30

Functional RNAs in stallion sperm. potential indicators of sperm quality and contributors to fertility.

NH Ing, K Konganti, N Ghaffari, CD Johnson, DW Forrest, CC Love, DD Varner

Lunch 12.30-14.00

Lunch will be served from the High Table in the Dining Hall with tables set up for delegates