The 4th CZU Prague hybrid seminar
“Biotechnology in small ruminant reproduction: an international experience”
Dear colleagues,
Dear students,
We were very pleased to welcome you again, either online or in person, to the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague on the occasion of the the 4th ČZU Prague hybrid seminar “Biotechnology in small ruminant reproduction: an international experience - 2025”. We are delighted that many distinguished speakers responded favorably to our call for contributions! We thank all our invited speakers; we thank all the attendees of the seminar! We thank the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, the Faculty of Agrobiology, Food, and Natural Resources, and the Department of Animal Science for providing the rooms and equipment for organizing the seminar. Furthermore, we would like to express thanks to the company Avantor, which again sponsored this event.
In conclusion, we do believe that our main aims (to give the younger generation of students and scientists an overview of the modern methods currently used in top-level laboratories around the world and to build even tight bonds between several laboratories working in a similar field) were successfully fulfilled, same as in previous years.
We thank you once again! We hope to see you attend the planned 5th CZU hybrid seminar!
Sincerely,
Filipp Georgijevič Savvulidi & Martin Ptáček, Seminar Organizing Committee.
The Book of Abstracts 2025 ZDE 2025.pdf
Monday, 5 May 2025
(Prague time (24-hour format))
8:00 – 8:10 (CET) Welcome word by Seminar Organizing Committee
Invited Speakers
8:10 – 8:50 TAYLOR PINI (School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Australia) How to lift the low success rate of artificial insemination in sheep
8:50 – 9:30 NURADILLA MOHAMAD-FAUZI (Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Impact of heat stress on reproductive performance in rams Mohamad_Fauzi_2025.pdf
9:30 – 10:10 CARMEN MARÍA PICAZO CÓRDOBA (Grupo SaBio (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM). ETSIAMB. University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain) Interaction of reproductive fluids with sperm Cordoba_2025.pdf
10:10 – 10:50 LUCA PALAZZESE (Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Italy) Advances in ram sperm storage Palazzese_2025.pdf
10:50 – 11:30 MUSTAFA BODU (Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey) Artificial insemination of small ruminants in Turkey: current status, techniques, and outcomes Bodu_2025.pdf
11:30 – 12:10 MARIA VELKOVA (Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University Plovdiv, Bulgaria) Synchronization of estrus in Lacaune sheep during the ancestral season Velkova_2025.pdf
12:10 – 12:50 XAVIER DRUART (UMR Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Nouzilly, France) Sperm transit in the ewe genital tract after AI
12:50 – 13:30 JABULANI NGCOBO (Department of Animal Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa) Prospects of X and Y-sexed semen in small ruminants
Tuesday, 6 May 2025
(Prague time (24-hour format))
Invited Speakers
12:00 – 12:40 LUCIE LANGEROVÁ (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (ČZU), Czech Republic) Advances in prediction of ram semen freezability Langerova_2025.pdf
12:40 – 13:20 MISLAV KOVAČIĆ (Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia) Global warming and reproductive efficiency of goats
13:20 – 14:00 ABBAS FARSHAD (Veterinary Clinic for Reproductive Medicine and Neonatology, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Germany) Extender supplements for the improvement of goat sperm freezability Farshad_2025.pdf
14:00 – 14:40 RODOLFO UNGERFELD (Departamento de Biociencias Veterinarias, Facultad de Veterinaria, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay) Semen collection techniques and welfare in small ruminants Ungerfeld_2025.pdf
14:40 – 15:20 ADEL MOAWAD (Animal Science Program, College of Agriculture, Family Sciences, and Technology, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, USA) Enhancers for sperm motility and viability in small ruminants
15:20 – 16:00 MUSTAFA HITIT (International Goat Research Center, Prairie View University, Texas, USA) Exploring fertility markers for enhanced reproductive efficiency in small ruminants
16:00 – 16:40 PETER SUTOVSKY (University of Missouri, Columbia, USA) Biomarkers of sperm quality in livestock: G2P & AI2 Sutovsky_2025.pdf
16:40 – 17:20 BETHANY REDEL (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Columbia, USA) The role of gene editing in sustainable livestock production
17:20 – 17:30 Final conclusion and goodbye word by Seminar Organizing Committee
