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2016 Canine Breeder Excellence Seminar at Penn Vet
Saturday, April 30, 2016
The Hill Pavilion, Room 130
380 South University Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Pre-registration cost online until April 15, 2016 - $99.00
On site registration after April 15, 2016 - $125.00
Registration cost includes breakfast and lunch
Schedule of Events
8:00 AM (Eastern) - registration and breakfast
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM - sessions
Join the Theriogenology Foundation and Penn Vet to learn:
9:15 AM "Canine reproductive advancements and considerations for the future"
Cindy O'Connor, DVM, DACT - East Bridgewater Veterinary Hospital
10:30 AM "Stud dog infertility: Who dropped the ball?"
Margret Casal, DVM, PhD - Associate Professor of Medical Genetics at Penn Vet
11:45 AM "Advances in canine genomics lead advances in canine genetics"
Luncheon Keynote with Elaine Ostrander, PhD, Chief & NIH Distinguished Investigator
of the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the Nation Human
Genome Research Institute
1:00 PM "Why a breeding program is important for working detection dogs"
Cindy Otto, DVM, PhD, DACVECC, DACVSMR, CCRT, Executive Director of the Penn
Vet Working Dog Center
2:15 PM "The world according to dogs: Insight into dog cognition, perception and emotion"
Carlo Siracusa, DVM, PhD, DECAWBM, DACVB, Director of Penn Vet's Animal Behavior
Service
3:30 PM "Mother Nature meets Mother Nurture: Perinatal influences on dog development and
behavior"
Gayle Watkins, PhD, President of Avidog International and Gaylan's Golden Retrievers
4:45 PM "The microbiome in canine health and disease"
Dan Beiting, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Pathobiology at Penn Vet
Proceeds benefit the Theriogenology Foundation and Penn Vet
 The Theriogenology Foundation is a global non-profit which believes that the preservation and reproduction of animals is essential to human welfare. Our companion animal research focuses on the prevention and treatment of inherited and acquired reproductive diseases that impact the health and longevity of our dogs.
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