CONGRESS INFORMATION
• The CongressThe impact of nutrition on the equine athlete is often underestimated, although condition of the horse and its performance are often related to feed. Many efforts have been made to understand equine nutritional physiology. Interactions with human research and findings in the bio-industry have contributed to the understanding within the horse community. Still many questions remain unanswered. The discussion about the potential health effects of feed should be continued, especially in relation to sport performance, training and well-being of the horse. The relations between breed, prevention, cure, metabolism, feeding habits and nutrition still have many areas of discussion. Practical experience and scientific research should combine their efforts in finding solutions to pending problems. A group of individuals, institutions and companies has set up a multidisciplinary approach to understand the influence of feed on equine health. The organizing committee invites all researchers, veterinarians, universities, feed industry, nutritionists, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industry, breeders, professional horse men/women and their co-workers, sport federations and educative institutions to participate in this learning process. After our first congress in 2002 at the surroundings of the Antwerp Zoo our second congress took at the Equine Research Facility of the “Waiboerhoeve Centre for Cattle, Sheep and Horses” in Lelystad. The 3rd European Equine Health & Nutrition Congress took place at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium (http://www.dgk.ugent.be). We are proud to announce the 4th European Equine Health & Nutrition Congress. The forthcoming congress will take place at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, in cooperation with the Animal Nutrition Group. Read more about this group and Wageningen University at http://www.anu.wur.nl/UK/. In 2006 our congress has been taken up in the database of CABI-publishing (proceedings and abstracts) and our proceedings are also available through "ivis.org" a non-profit organisation established to provide information to veterinarians, veterinary students and animal health professionals worldwide using Internet technology. We are happy for the continued cooperation with our partners which also participated in the organisation in earlier editions of the European Equine Health & Nutrition Congress. • The organising committeeThe European Equine Health & Nutrition Congress was first organized in 2002, Belgium. In 2003, the congress organization has welcomed two new partners: Wageningen University and Research Centre (The Netherlands) and the Laboratory of Animal Nutrition at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University (Belgium). The Equine Health & Nutrition Association has organized the 3rd edition of the European Equine Health & Nutrition Congress and will also organize the 4th edition of this congress. • The scientific committeeThe content of the 4th European Equine Health & Nutrition Congress and submitted contributions will be reviewed in supervision of the Scientific Committee. The Scientific Committee consists of the following members (alphabetical order): Eng. Peter Bollen: General Manager of Nutriquine N.V., Drongen, Belgium. Piet Deprez Ph.D DVM: Professor at the Department of Internal medicine and clinical biology of large animals at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium. Eng. David van Doorn Ph.D.: Cavalor Equine Nutrition Research, Drongen, Belgium (Secretary). Eng. Geert Janssens Ph.D.: Professor at the Laboratory of Animal Nutrition at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium. Eng. Wouter Hendriks, Professor at the Animal Nutrition Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Eng. Nicoletta Miraglia Ph.D., prof. at the Department of Animals, Vegetables and Environmental Sciences, Molise University, Italy. Vice-President of the Equine Commission at EAAP. Eng. William Martin-Rosset Ph.D., Head of Equine Nutrition Department, President of Equine Commission at INRA, President of Equine Commission at EAAP, Centre for research of Clermont-Ferrand/THEIX, France. Institut für Tierernährung, Ernährungsschäden und Diätetik, Veterinärmedizinische Fakultät, Universität Leipzig by either Eng. Manfred Coenen Ph.D. or Ingrid Vervuert DVM, Ph.D. Eng. M. Bruining, Animal Nutrition Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands. External membersEng. Anton Beynen Ph.D.: Professor of Veterinary Nutrition at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Domenico Bergero DVM Ph.D. Dept. of Animal Production, Epidemiology and Ecology of the University of Turin. Eng. Seerp Tamminga, Ph.D, Emeritus Professor Animal Nutrition, the Netherlands. • Proceedings BookletThe proceedings of the 2nd and 3rd European Equine Health & Nutrition Congress are also available as a booklet. The proceedings booklet contains reviews of the invited speaker sessions and extended abstracts from the special- and free communication session. To order the proceedings, please use the proceedings order form. The proceedings will be send to you after payment has been received. Contact details: |