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Program

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Day 1 (October 23, 2025)

07:45Registration open and welcome coffee
08:45Welcome speech
09:00 – 10:00Udder healthTowards an udder healthy worldVolker Krömker (University of Copenhagen, DK)
10:00 – 10:20Streptococcus agalactiae: from eradicated to endemic?Zyncke Lipkens (BE)
10:20 – 10:55Coffee break
10:55 – 11:55Metabolic diseasesThe transition cow, current knowledge and future opportunitiesSabine Mann (Cornell University, USA)
11:55 – 12:15The impact of week-specific hyperketonemia on milk yield, reproduction, and herd removal in multiparous dairy cows in ChinaKaixi Qiao (BE)
12:15 – 12:35Accuracy of two alternative methods for identifying dairy cows with ketosisErika Alexandra Milani (EE)
12:35 – 12:55Rumination time during the first week postpartum and its association with milk production, health, and culling in early lactationStefan Borchardt (DE)
13:00 – 14:30Lunch
and poster moment
14:30 – 15:30Infectious Diseases / ReproductionEuropean challenges with emerging diseases in humans and livestock: lessons from the USA Influenza outbreakSteven Van Gucht (Sciensano/Ghent University, BE)
15:30 – 15:50The impact of temporary or prolonged early postpartum beta-carotene deficiency on the preovulatory granulosa cell transcriptomic profile at the time of breeding in lactating dairy cowsJo Leroy (BE)
15:50 – 16:10Effect of transition cow health and estrous expression detected by an automated activity monitoring system within 60 days in milk on reproductive performance of lactating Holstein cowsStefan Borchardt (DE)
16:10 – 16:45Coffee break
16:45 – 18:00Claw healthImpact of farm individual action plans on lameness prevalence, productivity and welfare of dairy cattleAlexander Starke & Fanny Rachidi (Leipzig University, DE)
18:00 – 18:15ECBHMIntroduction of the European College of Bovine Health ManagementIris Kolkman (President of ECBHM) (NL)
18:15 – 19:30Poster and netwerkmoment – Drinks & bites
19:30Congress dinner

Day 2 (October 24, 2025)

08:00-08:45 Registration open and welcome coffee
08:45 – 09:45 Youngstock rearingSetting up housing systems for calves, a welfare- and health-friendly approach for the futureCourtney Halbach (Wisconsin University, USA)
09:45 – 10:05 Inclusion of a spray-dried fat concentrate containing tributyrin and tricaproin in milk replacer reduced the need for medication in ad libitum-fed calvesJuliette N. Wilms (NL)
10:05 – 10:25 Colostrum management in practice: mapping current practices and bottlenecks on Flemish dairy and beef farmsSarah Lievens (BE)
10:25 – 10:45 Development of a classification system for lung ultrasonographic findings in calves based on the association with cure and production outcomesStan Jourquin (BE)
10:45 – 11:05 Coffee break
11:05 – 12:05 Infectious diseases / ReproductionPerspectives in cattle reproduction for the next 20 years – a European contextOsvaldo Bogado Pascottini (University College Dublin, IRL)
12:05 – 12:25 Towards sustainable worm control: field validation of a decision support tool for targeted treatment of gastrointestinal nematodes in first-season grazing dairy cattleJanne Goes (BE)
12:25 – 12:45 Herd-level screening for Mycoplasmopsis bovis using bulk tank milk ELISA, serology and PCR testing across age and production groupsJolien Vandewalle (BE)
12:45 – 13:05 Agreement among deep nasopharyngeal swab and non-endoscopic broncho-alveolar lavage sampling to detect respiratory pathogens in young Holstein-Friesian calvesLinde Gille (BE)
13:05 – 14:15 Lunch
and poster moment
14:15 – 16:00 Panel discussionThe future of cattle industry and the bovine veterinarian
16:00 Closing drinks

Keynote speakers

Volker Krömker

Sabine Mann

Osvaldo Bogado Pascottini

Alexander Starke

Fanny Rachidi

Courtney Halbach

Steven Van Gucht