Committee
Dr Marco Alvarenga
Department of Animal Reproduction & Veterinary Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, FMVZ - Sao Paulo State University UNESP Botucatu, SP 18618-000, Brazil
Tel: (551) 4977 65321
Fax: (551) 4381 52343
Email: malvarenga@fmvz.unesp.br
Marco Alvarenga (DVM Rio de Janeiro Federal University, 1983; Residency in Animal Reproduction 1984; MS Sao Paulo State University-Brazil, 1989; PhD Sao Paulo State University, Brazil 1996). Visiting Professor at Colorado State University from 1997-1999. Practitioner between 1985 and 1989 working mainly with equine reproduction. Full time Professor of Animal Reproduction at Sao Paulo State University, UNESP-Botucatu, Brazil since 1989. His primary areas of research are semen preservation and assisted reproductive technologies in horses.
Dr Barry Ball
Department of Veterinary Science, 108 Gluck Equine Research Center, Lexington, KY 40546-0099, USA
Tel: (1) 859 257 4757
Fax: (1) 859 257 8542
Email: b.a.ball@uky.edu
Barry Ball (DVM Univ of Georgia, 1981; Residency Univ of Florida, 1984; PhD Cornell, 1987; Diplomate ACT, 1987) is currently Professor and Hughes Chair in Equine Reproduction at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis. His current research emphasis is directed toward sperm physiology and preservation in the stallion as well as reproductive endocrinology of the mare.
Dr Keith Betteridge
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
Tel: (1) 519 824 4120 (ext 8259)
Fax: (1) 519 824 1643
Email: kbetter@uoguelph.ca
Keith Betteridge (BVSc, Bristol, 1959; MVSc Toronto, 1961; PhD Reading 1966; FRCVS 1993) is University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, where he pursues his interest in equine embryos and early pregnancy.
Professor Ben Colenbrander
Department of Equine Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 12, Utrecht, PO Box 80.153, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands
Tel: (31) 30 253 1350
Fax: (31) 30 253 7970
Email: b.colenbrander@vet.uu.nl
Ben Colenbrander (DVM Utrecht 1969, PhD 1976) Professor in the Depts of Equine Sciences and Farm Animal Health (Reproduction) at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Besides clinical activities and teaching, his research interest is mainly focused on gamete quality and fertilization. Ben is a Diplomate of the European College of Animal Reproduction.
Dr Margaret Evans, Editor
Endolab, Department of Endocrinology, Christchurch Hospital, Private Bag 4710, Christchurch, New Zealand
Tel: (64) 3 364 0848
Fax: (64) 3 364 0818
Email: margaret.evans@cdhb.govt.nz
Margaret Evans (BAgSc (Hon), 1971; PhD, 1977; Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, New Zealand) is a scientist in Endocrinology at Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand, with a primary research interest in the hormonal control of mare reproduction.
Dr Eduardo Gastal
Department of Animal Science, Food and Nutrition, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1205 Lincoln Drive, MC 4417, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
Tel: (1) 618 453 1774
Fax: (1) 618 453-5231
Email: egastal@siu.edu
Eduardo Gastal (DVM 1985 UFPel, MS 1989 UFMG, Brazil; PhD 1999 UW-Madison, USA) was an Associate Scientist from 1989-1991 at the Animal Science Institute (IZ), Equine Research Station, Colina, SP, Brazil. From 1991-2004, he served as Associate Professor of Animal Reproduction at the Veterinary Department of the Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. As a Faculty member, he was involved in teaching, research, and clinical services, mainly in Equine Reproduction. Eduardo was affiliated with the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA as a Post-doctoral Research Associate from 2003-2005 and Research Scientist and Honorary Fellow from 2006-2009. He is currently an Assist. Professor in the Department of Animal Science at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His current areas of research are ovarian folliculogenesis, reproductive physiology and endocrinology, assisted reproductive technologies, and reproductive ultrasonography with the primary goal of using the mare as a research experimental model for comparative studies of ovarian function, obesity and aging in women.
Professor Terttu Katila
Department of Production Animal Medicine, University of Helsinki, Pohjoinen Pikatie 800, 04920 Saarentaus, Finland
Tel: (358) 40 514 2956
Fax: (358) 19 685 1181
Email: terttu.katila@helsinki.fi
Terttu Katila (DVM 1974, PhD 1988), since 1998 professor of animal reproduction, in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki. Research interests focuses on the mares uterus and on stallion semen and its preservation.
Dr Michelle LeBlanc, Local Committee Chairman
Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, Lexington, KY, USA
Tel: (1) 859 255 5367
Email: mleblanc@roodandriddle.com
Michelle M LeBlanc (DVM Michigan State University 1977; Diplomate ACT 1982) is currently a staff Theriogenologist at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, Lexington, KY. Her clinical emphasis is on mare infertility, late gestational problems in the mare and embryo transfer. She continues to be active in teaching and clinical research in the 'off season'. She is an adjunct professor at the Colleges of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida and Mississippi State University.
Dr Lee Morris
EquiBreed NZ Ltd, 673 State Highway 1, RD4, Cambridge 3496, New Zealand
Tel: (64) 7 827 9312
Fax: (64) 7 827 9313
Email: lee@equibreed.co.nz
Lee Morris' (BVSc University of Sydney 1992; Doctorate of Veterinary Science University of Guelph 1998; Diplomate ACT 1997; Registered Specialist in Veterinary Reproduction in Australasia 2005) post-doctorate work in low dose insemination was based at The Equine Fertility Unit, UK. Lee is also the Australasian consultant to XY Inc. (USA) for research into sex-preselection of stallion sperm. Lee is now based at EquiBreed NZ Ltd, a centre for advanced reproduction in horses in New Zealand. Her special interests are insemination techniques, the fertility of epididymal sperm and embryo technologies in horses and dogs.
Dr Dale Paccamonti, Professor and Head
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
Tel: (1) 225 578 9551
Fax: (1) 225 578 9559
Email: pacc@lsu.edu
Dale Paccamonti (DVM Michigan State University 1981; MS University of Florida 1988; Diplomate American College of Theriogenologists 1987) is currently Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, at the Louisiana State University College of Veterinary Medicine. In addition to administrative duties, he is involved in teaching, research and service activities. His research interests are in mare infertility, pregnancy and the estrous cycle.
Dr Edward Squires, Committee Chair
Department of Biomedical Sciences, 108 Gluck Equine Research Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0099, USA
Tel: (1) 859 257 4757 (ext 81176)
Fax: (1) 859 257 8963
Email: elsq222@uky.edu
Ed Squires (BS 1969 WVa; MS 1971 WVa; PhD 1974 UWis; Hon Dipl ACT 1999) is a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University. Ed is involved in teaching, research and service activities. Primary areas of research are assessing sperm damage after cooling or freezing; embryo transfer; sexed semen and development of assisted reproductive techniques such as oocyte & GIFT transfer, IVF/ICSI.
Professor Tom Stout
Department of Equine Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 12, Utrecht, PO Box 80.153, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands
Tel: (31) 30 253 1350
Fax: (31) 30 253 1054
Email: T.A.E.Stout@vet.uu.nl
Tom Stout (BA 1990, VetMB 1993, PhD 1998: all Cambridge) is a Professor of Equine Medicine and Reproduction at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He is a Diplomat of the European College of Animal Reproduction and a Royal Dutch Veterinary College recognised specialist in Equine Reproduction. Tom is involved in research, teaching and providing a clinical service. His research interests lie principally in assisted reproductive technology, early embryonic development and the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy.
Dr Walter Zent, co-opted member
Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, 4250 Ironworks Pike, Lexington, Kentucky 40511, USA
Tel: (1) 859 255 8741
Fax: (1) 859 253 0196
Email: wzent@hagyard.com
Walter Zent graduated from Cornell University in 1963. He did an internship at Purdue University from 1963 to 1964 and then went to the University of Kentucky Veterinary Science Department from 1964 to 1965. Walter then joined the equine practice Hagyard-Davidson-McGee, where he remains. His practice interest is theriogenology, primarily infertility in the mare.
26th to 30th July 2010
Kentucky, USA
International Equine Reproduction Symposium Committee (IERSC)
Dr Marco Alvarenga (Brazil)
Dr Barry Ball (USA)
Dr Keith Betteridge (Canada)
Professor Ben Colenbrander (The Netherlands)
Dr Margaret Evans (New Zealand)
Dr Eduardo Gastal (USA)
Professor Terttu Katila (Finland)
Dr Michelle LeBlanc (USA)
Dr Lee Morris (New Zealand)
Dr Dale Paccamonti (USA)
Dr Ed Squires (USA)
Professor Tom Stout (The Netherlands)
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Secretariat
Louise Holder
IERSC Secretariat
C/o The Hawthorns
7 Wings Road
Lakenheath
Suffolk
IP27 9HW
UK
Tel: +44 1842 860889
E-mail louise.holder@virgin.net
Useful Links
IVIS (International Veterinary Information Service)
www.ivis.org
Society for Theriogenology
www.therio.org
American College of Theriogenologists
www.theriogenology.org
The European Society for Domestic Animal Reproduction (ESDAR)
www.esdar.org
European College of Animal Reproduction (ECAR)
www.ecarcollege.org
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