PROGRAM

October 6th, 2010

 

8:30 h – Registration

 

9:00-9:45 h – Invited Conference: “Genetic variability of fleece shedding in the Martinik Hair, Romane sheep breeds and their crossbreds”, Daniel Allain

Chair: Juan Pablo Gutiérrez, Spain

 

9:45-10:30 h – Opening Lecture

 

10:30-11:00 h – Coffee break at the Posters

 

11:00-13:00 h - SESSION 1: MEAT AND FIBER PRODUCTION

Chair: Daniel Allain, France

11:00-11:30 h-

EXTERNAL EFFECTS FOR THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF FIBRE IN GUANACOS. J. Von Thüngen,  R. Lheure, E. Seguineau de Preval, A. Perazzo.

11:30-12:00 h-

GENETIC AND NON-GENETIC FACTORS INFLUENCING FIBER QUALITY OF ARKHARMERINO × GHEZEL AND ARKHARMERINO × MOGHANI CROSSBREEDS OF SHEEP IN THIRD GENERATION. H. Esfandyari, M. Tahmoorespour, S. A. Rafat.

12:00-12:30 h-

DIFFERENCES IN FIBER DIAMETER PROFILE BETWEEN SHEARING PERIODS IN WHITE HUACAYA ALPACAS (Vicugna pacos). P. Mayhua, E.C. Quispe, M. Montes, L. Alfonso.

12:30-13:00 h-

FIBER PRODUCTION AND FIBER CHARACTERISTICS OF ALPACAS FARMED IN THE UNITED STATES. T. Wuliji.

 

13:00-15:00 h – Lunch

 

15:00-16:30 h - SESSION 2: BREEDING AND GENETICS

Chair: Ángeles Alonso, Spain

15:00-15:30 h-

ANALYSIS OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL DIVERSITY OF ALPACAS IN EIGHT FARMING AREAS OF THE SOUTH REGION OF PERU. C. Melo, A. Manunza, M. Melo, L. Olivera, M. Amills.

15:30-16:00 h-

ASIP AND MC1R CDNA POLYMORPHISM IN ALPACA. C. Bathrachalam, V. La Manna, C. Renieri, A. La Terza.

16:00-16:30 h-

GENETIC DIVERSITY IN MALABARI GOATS. K.A. Bindu, K.C. Raghavan, S. Antony.

 

16:30-17:00 h - Coffee break at the Posters

 

17:00-18:00 h - Cont. SESSION 2: BREEDING AND GENETICS

Chair: Ángeles Alonso, Spain

17:00-17:30 h-

GENETIC PARAMETERS FOR GROWTH OF FIBRE DIAMETER IN ALPACAS. L. Varona, I. Cervantes, M.A. Pérez-Cabal, R. Morante, A. Burgos, J.P. Gutiérrez.

17:30-18:00 h-

COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT BREEDING STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ALPACA FIBER PRODUCTION IN A LOW-INPUT PRODUCTION SYSTEM. E.C. Quispe, R. Paucar, A. Poma, A. Flores, L. Alfonso.

 

18:30-20:00 h – Welcome Reception

21:00 h – Cultural visit to the “Reales Alcázares”

 

October 7th, 2010

 

9:00-10:00 h - Invited Conference: “Recent advances on type of fleece inheritance in alpaca”, Carlo Renieri

Chair: Renzo Morante, Peru

 

10:00-10:30 h – Coffee break at the Posters

 

10:30-13:00 h – SESSION 3: NUTRITION AND REPRODUCTION

Chair: Renzo Morante, Peru

10:30-11:00 h-

LACTATION IN LLAMAS (Lama glama): ESTIMATING MILK INTAKE AND OUTPUT USING STABLE ISOTOPE TECHNIQUES. A. Riek, M. Gerken.

11:00-11:30 h-

MMPs EXPRESSION IN LLAMA REPRODUCTIVE TRACT. R. Zampini, M.E. Argañaraz, S. Apichela, D.C. Miceli.

11:30-12:00 h-

FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE CONCEPTION RATE IN ALPACAS UNDER PERUVIAN HIGHLAND CONDITION. W. Huanca,  A. Diaz, H. Diaz, J. Camacho, D. Quispe, A. Ampuero.

12:00-12:30 h-

CHANGES IN SUCKLING BEHAVIOUR DURING LACTATION IN LLAMAS (Lama glama). A. Klinkert, M. Gerken.

12:30-13:00 h-

FEED PREFERENCES AND RECIPE ALTERNATIVES FOR ALPACAS IN A HUNGARIAN ZOO. A. Prágai, A.K. Molnár, J. Pekli, R. Veprik, G.Y. Huszár, Á. Bodnár.

                              

13:00-15:00 h – Lunch

 

15:00-16:30 h - SESSION 4: MANAGEMENT

Chair: Martina Gerken, Germany

15:00-15:30 h-

A CROSS-BORDER WOOL PROJECT SUPPORTS THE CONSERVATION OF THE ALPINE STEINSCHAF. C. Mendel, A. Feldmann, N. Ketterle.

15:30-16:00 h-

INVESTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTH AMERICAN CAMPESINO CAMELID ECONOMIES: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD). R. Haudry de Soucy.

16:00-16:30 h-

BUILDING AND SCALING-UP KNOWLEDGE ON CAMELIDS. G. Vila-Melo, C. Gutiérrez-Vásquez.

 

16:30-17:00 h - Coffee break at the Posters

 

17:00-18:30 h – Round Table: “Common management denominators between South American Camelids and other Fibre Animals”

Chair: Martina Gerken, Germany

Participants: D. Allain (France), R. Morante (Peru), J. Von Thüngen (Argentina), S. Tellez (USA)

 

October 8th, 2010

 

9:30-10:30 h - Invited Conference: “Producing alpaca fiber for the textile industry”, Renzo Morante.

Chair: María Jesús Alcalde, Spain

 

10:30-11:00 h – Coffee break at the Posters

 

11:00-13:00 h – SESSION 5: HEALTH

Chair: Carlo Renieri, Italy

11:00-11:30 h-

SEROLOGICAL AND VIROLOGICAL SURVEY OF BLUETONGUE VIRUS INFECTION IN SOUTH AMERICAN CAMELIDS IN GERMANY. C. Schulz, M. Eschbaumer, R. Wäckerlin, M. Gauly, C.G. Grevelding, M. Beer, B. Hoffmann, C. Bauer.

11:30-12:00 h-

ORTHOPEDIC PROBLEMS IN LLAMAS AND ALPACAS – CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL ASPECTS. I. Gunsser.

12:00-12:30 h-

EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION OF SOUTH AMERICAN CAMELIDS WITH BLUETONGUE VIRUS SEROTYPE 8. C. Schulz, M. Eschbaumer, M. Rudolf, P. König, M. Gauly, C.G. Grevelding, M. Beer, B. Hoffmann.

12:30-13:00 h-

DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI STRAINS ISOLATED FROM NEONATAL PERUVIAN ALPACAS (Vicugna pacos) WITH DIARRHEA. D. Cid, C. Martín-Espada, L. Maturrano, A. García, L. Luna, R. Rosadio.

 

13:00-15:00 h – Lunch

 

15:00-16:30 h – Round Table: “South American Camelids Health”

Chair: Edgar Quispe, Peru

Participants: C. Stelletta (Italy), W. Huanca (Peru), I. Gunsser (Germany), M.D. Cid (Spain)

 

16:30-17:00 h - Coffee break at the Posters

 

17:00-18:00 h – POSTER SESSION

Chair: Susan Tellez, USA

 

18:00-18:30 h - Books, demonstrations…

18:00-18:10 h –   Manual “Sanidad de alpacas en la etapa neonatal”. Ed. Complutense

18:10-18:20 h -    ISOCARD (International Society of Camelid Research and Development)

18:20-18:30 h -    Wools of Europe (Association ATELIER-Laines d’Europe)

 

18:30-19:30 h – Closing Conference

 

21:00 h – Social Dinner

 

Posters:

1.       Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genetic diversity of Vicugna vicugna mensalis in Bolivia. J. Barreta, V. Iñiguez, R. J. Sarno, B. Gutiérrez-Gil, J.J. Arranz.

2.       Association of Myostatin Gene (MSTN) Polymorphism with Economic Traits in Rabbits. K.A. Bindu, A. Raveendran, S. Antony, K.V. Raghunandanan.

3.       GROWTH HORMONE GENE IN Lama glama (LLAMA): CHARACTERIZATION AND SNPs IDENTIFICATION. M.S. Daverio, F. Di Rocco,  L. Vidal Rioja.

4.       ALPACA SPERM CHROMATIN EVALUATION USING TOLUIDINE BLUE. M.I. Carretero, C.C. Arraztoa, C.I. Casaretto, W. Huanca, D.M. Neild, M.S. Giuliano.

5.       In vivo maturation and in vitro fertilization of alpaca oocytes. W. Huanca, R. Condori, M. Chileno, L.A. Quintela, J.J. Becerra, P.G. Herradon.

6.       Use of seminal plasma in artificial insemination of alpacas (Vicugna pacos) with fresh semen. W. Huanca, J. Palian, E. Quina, R. Condori, M. Ratto, G.P. Adams.

7.       Genetic variability of vicuñas in the Apolobamba National Integrated Natural management Area (ANMIN-A), Bolivia. S.N. Andrade, R. J. Sarno, J. Barreta, R. Sanchez, M. M. Grigone, V. Iñiguez.

8.       Control of the sarcocystosis in alpacas using one and two doses of an ivermectin to 1%. M. Melo, F. Vilca, E. Tisnado.

9.       DERIVATION OF ECONOMIC VALUES FOR FIBRE DIAMETER AND FLEECE WEIGHT IN ALPACAS. L. Alfonso, J. Butirica, R. Quispe, I. Quicaño.

10.    DIVERSITY AND COMPARISON OF WOOL PARAMETERS IN 31 DIFFERENT AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN OVINE BREEDS. P.M. Parés, R. Perezgrovas, J. Jordana.

11.    A microsatellite study on the genetic distance between suri and huacaya phenotypes in Peruvian Alpaca (Vicugna pacos). V. La Manna, A. La Terza, S. Dharaneedharan, S. Ghezzi, S. Arumugam Saravanaperumal, N. Apaza, T. Huanca, C. Renieri.

12.    ANATOMICAL IMAGING OF BLOOD VESSELS FOR VENIPUNCTURE IN SOUTH AMERICAN CAMELIDS. C. Schulz, K. Amort, M. Gauly, M. Kramer, K. Koehler.

13.    Preliminary study of body measurements on alpacas in North-Italy. A. Tamburini, A. Briganti, A. Giorgi, A. Sandrucci.

14.    Alpaca breeding and production prospects in the United States. T. Wuliji.

15.    Testing objective metrics for the differentiation of coat colours in a Spanish alpacas population. E. Bartolomé, M.J. Sánchez, F. Peña, A. Horcada.

16.    GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION OF SIX PERUVIAN ALPACA POPULATIONS. M. Paredes, J. Machaca, P.J. Azor, A. Alonso-Moraga, A. Membrillo, A. Muñoz-Serrano.

17.    INTEGRATE APPROACHES TO THE SAC ANDROLOGY. C. Stelletta.