3^rd International Veterinary Congress August 18-20, 2016 London, UK

Charles E Short is an Emeritus Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, USA. He is the Founding Charter Diplomate of American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists, 1975 and Diplomate of European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 1996. Dr. Short has been honored with Dr.h.c. (doctor honoris causa) from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland in 2015 and received his Career Achievement Award from American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia in the same year. He has made a total of 352 publications including 155 journal publications; textbooks, Veterinary Anesthesia, 1974; The Principles and Practice of Veterinary Anesthesia, 1987 and Animal Pain, 1991; book chapters and other scientific publications. He is the Co-Founder of International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management. He has made 447 presentations and lectures for professional groups in the United States and 293 in 45 countries.

Veterinary Anesthesiology and Pain Management

Olivier Sparagano is Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Coventry University. He has been elected as Chair of European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action Grant (2015-2019), leading on research into poultry ectoparasites. Olivier Sparagano was Professor of Health and Biotechnology and Associate Dean for Research and Innovation at Northumbria University at Newcastle. He got his PhD in 1994 with the Institut Pasteur Lyon and the University Claude Bernard in France followed by research posts at Reading, Edinburgh, Utrecht, Herriot-Watt University before moving to a Lectureship at Newcastle University and a Professorship at Northumbria University. Olivier is a Chartered Biologist, a Fellow of the Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (for which he is currently the President for the third time), a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, a Fellow for the Society of Biology and an Associate Member with the Royal Society for Chemistry. He has published over 135 peer-reviewed papers and over 250 conference abstracts.

Vector-borne diseases, animal health, agriculture, vaccine development and molecular diagnostics

John Webster is Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, in South West England. He is a former President of both the Nutrition Society and the British Society for Animal Science. He is internationally renowned for his work in animal welfare assessment and the implementation of theory into practice. His academic and scientific accomplishments are extensive. John Webster became a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1963 and obtained his PhD from Glasgow University in 1966, studying the energy metabolism of ruminants. He first proposed, and later developed, the concept of the ‘Five Freedoms,’ which have been adopted by the U.K. Farm Animal Welfare Council and other organizations as the basis for assessing animal welfare. John and colleagues established the Bristol Welfare Assurance Programme for monitoring and improving animal welfare on farm. Aside from over 250 scientific, educational and other professional articles, John has authored three books, ‘Understanding the Dairy Cow’ (2nd edition 1993), ‘Animal Welfare: A Cool Eye towards Eden’ (1994, still in print) and ‘Animal Welfare: Limping towards Eden’ (2005). His current pursuits include studies to address lameness in dairy cattle, and the improvement of quality assurance schemes for livestock farms. John also acts as an expert witness for the European Commission.

Animal welfare

Ivan Morrison is a group leader at The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh having stepped down in 2012 as the Head of the Institute's Infection and Immunity Division. He obtained his BVMS and PhD at the University of Glasgow before taking employment at the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD) in Nairobi. In 1990 Professor Morrison became the Head of the Division of Immunology and Pathology at the Institute for Animal Health then in 2002 he became Professor of Immunology at the R(D)SVS. In 1990 he received the Pfizer Award for outstanding contribution to understanding bovine diseases and he has also received The Wellcome Trust Medal for Veterinary Research (1991), American Association of Veterinary Immunologists Award (1997), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1997) and the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Bledisloe Veterinary Award (2001). Professor Morrison currently studies the mechanisms of T cell-mediated immunity against intracellular pathogens of ruminants and how dysregulation of such responses can result in enhanced pathology.

The mechanisms of T cell-mediated immunity against intracellular pathogens of ruminants and how dysregulation of such responses can result in enhanced pathology.

Marina Pavlak is Professor and Head of the Department of Veterinary Economics and Epidemiology at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. She has completed her DVM, Post Graduation and PhD from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb. Marina is a member of Croatian Veterinary Association, Croatian DAAD Club, Croatian Epidemiological Society; Croatian Society for Simulation and Modelling (CROSSIM); World Poultry Science Association-Croatia (WPSA-CRO); Croatian Immunology Society and Croatian Society of Agricultural Economists Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. She has published more than 120 scientific and professional papers including 15 handbooks and books for students and veterinarians. She has been a key speaker at various national and international conferences and has delivered guest lectures in Epidemiology at Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Austria. She has participated as leader on 18 national and international scientific projects.

Epidemiology, Surveillance, Risk Assessment, Cost-Benefit Analysis

Romain Paillot is currently Head of Immunology and holds the position of Chair of Equine Immunology at the University of Caen, France. Romain’s research career began in Lyon (France) as a student under the supervision of Pr JP Revillard, who was recognised for his work in the field of Immunology of transplantation. From 1995 to 1998, he studied the immunosuppressive drugs methotrexate and described a new mechanism of action. From 1998 to 2004, Romain worked in the Discovery Research Department for a Veterinary Vaccine Manufacturer to develop new immunological assays in several veterinary species. In 2004, Romain moved to the Animal Health Trust to start a PhD on cell mediated immunity induced by EIV and EHV-1. He held the position of Immunology Team Leader in the department of Infectious Diseases at the Animal Health Trust from 2007 to 2012.

Veterinary Immunology and Infectious Diseases, and research into the importance of genetic background in the response to vaccines and susceptibility to infectious diseases.

Sally Charlton is a registered McTimoney Animal Practitioner, having graduated from the McTimoney College of Chiropractic with an MSc in Animal Manipulation at Distinction level. Sally has previously worked in the animal feed industry for 20 years specialising in mineral and vitamin nutrition and young animal diets. She has held managerial and consultant positions in the UK, South Africa and Canada and is also the author of three books.

Mineral and vitamin nutrition of animals

Srebrenka Nejedli is full professor in Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia. She has got project «Research of ontogenesis and growth of musculature in important fish species», she is member of EAVA and European Aquaculture Society.

Antomy, Histology and Embryology

Omar El-Tookhy has attained Pre-doctoral scholarship. He did his Post-doctoral study from Qassim University, KSA. Currently, he is working as a Full Professor at Cairo University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Egypt. He has published more than 21 papers in reputed journals and serving as a reviewer for some international journals in his field.

Veterinary Medicine, Multimedia software production, E-learning and Information Technology

Alen Slavica is Full Professor and Vice Dean for Science and International Cooperation at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia. He is engaged in different national and international scientific projects such as “Wildlife health monitoring”, “Applied biomedical research of game species in Croatia”, ”Dental pathology of wild mammals”, ''Breeding of European brown hare (Lepus europeus) in small farms'' and ''Lobsters farm breeding''. He has published three books, 85 peer-reviewed papers and over 120 conference abstracts. Alen is a member of World Aquaculture Society, Wildlife Diseases Association, EWDA and CSP, and a permanent member of the Commission to assess the impact on the environment at the Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection. As a member of the Organizing Committee he took part in the organization of several international symposia, and currently he is president of the scientific committee of the International Congress 'Veterinary Science and Profession'. Alen is also a member of the Editorial Board of ‘Veterinarski Arhiv’.

Wildlife Diseases & Epidemiology, Game Parasitology, Game Nutrition, Wildlife Genetics & Proteomics

Salah Afifi is currently serving as an editor of Assiut Vet Med. J. He is also the Professor of Veterinary Pathology, Assiut University, Egypt. He was the Department Head of Pathology and Clinical Pathology, Assiut University, Egypt from 2009-2012.

Mycotoxicosis, Mycosis, Growth rate, Hypersaline Water

Lidija Kozacinski is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia. She is engaged in several national and international scientific projects (Safety sausage, BASELINE, Indi Sheep Tradi Cheese, PROMISE) in the field of food safety and veterinary public health. She has published three books, 91 peer-reviewed papers and more than 100 conference papers or abstracts. Under her guidance, 34 diploma theses, three masters’ theses and nine doctoral theses were defended. She is a permanent member of Academy of Medical Sciences of Croatia, member of Croatian Microbiology Society, Croatian Dairy Association and the World Poultry Science Association. She is an editor of the national journal “Meat” which covers topics in the field of meat science.

Dairy Science, Meat Science & Technology, Veterinary Public Health, Microbiology

Ashraf M Ahmed has completed his PhD from Keele University, UK, on 2002 and has ongoing Research Fellowship at Keele from 2004 to until now, and Fellow of the Royal Society, UK, in 2004. He is a Professor of Medical Entomology at Zoology Department at El-Minia University, Egypt, (currently at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia). His current research interest is “mosquito immunity and biocontrol”, aiming at utilizing the immune response of mosquito vectors against mosquito-borne disease agents, and biological agents in the biocontrol measures against mosquito vectors. He has successfully achieved several grants for research projects, and got two currently ongoing granted projected (1.6 million Saudi Riyals each). One grant is for isolating native mosquito Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria with enhanced larvicidal activities for use in the battle against mosquito vectors in Saudi Arabia. The other grant is for isolating immune peptides from honey-bees for use as natural antibiotic against the American Foal Broad disease (AFB) that threatens the global Apiary industry. He had successfully monitored undergraduate, postgraduate students and research scholars. His academic output consists of more than 26 papers in reputed journals, membership of several scientific societies, attended several local, national & international conferences and invited for main talks in many international conferences.

Mosquito immunity and biocontrol

T K Gahlot has completed his PhD from Haryana Agricultural University. He is the Director of Clinic, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner, India and Professor and Head of Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner. He is Editor in Chief of Journal of Camel Practice and Research since 1994. He has published more than 150 papers in reputed journals and edited five books on camelids. He is Principal Investigator of Centre for Disaster Management Technologies in Animals at Veterinary University, Bikaner.

Study of camels

Sulaiman Ngongu Depamede has completed his PhD from The University of Adelaide, South Australia. Besides being a Lecturer at the Faculty of Animal Science of Mataram University, he is also a Chairman of Immunobiology Laboratory, Mataram University (2005-2015); he now serves as Secretary of the Consortium for Research Large ruminants. His research in the last five years focused on the proteomics of Bali cattle (Bos javanicus) saliva. In 2013, he was a Visiting Scientist at the Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand; there, together with researchers from the Ruakura Research Centre, he conducted a study on BSP-30 (a candidate bloat marker) in Bali cattle vs. New Zealand dairy cow saliva. He has published his research papers in reputed journals.

Animal Science, Immunology, Biotechnology