Programme

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This tab shows the Applied Day at the Brabanthallen. For the scientific programme at HAS green academy, see the other Friday tab. Preliminary programme – subject to change.

09:00 / Opening "Fatness or Fitness?"
Day chairs: Caroline Loos (Cavalor) & Ellen Roelfsema (Utrecht University) & Erica Macon (Texas A&M University)

09:05 / How fat is my horse? Body condition score, cresty neck score and the health risks of obesity (preliminary title)
Ellen Roelfsema (Utrecht University)

09:25 / To be announced
Erica Macon (Texas A&M University), Caroline Loos (Cavalor) & Ellen Roelfsema (Utrecht University)

09:35 / Energy or fitness? How the nutritionist and the exercise physiologist each assess workload – and why the two are so often confused in practice (preliminary title)
Carolien Munsters (Equine Integration) & Caroline Loos (Cavalor)

09:55 / What can we do as horse owner, farm manager and equine (performance) community to reduce the number of obese horses? A behaviourist perspective
Tamzin Furtado (University of Liverpool)

10:10 - 10:30 / Questions and discussion with the speakers of the session

10:30 - 11:00 / Coffee break at the innovation market

11:00 / Forage analysis and handheld NIRS in practice
Bob Fabri (Eurofins)

11:10 / Innovation pitches by the finalists of the Innovation Poster Award
Feeding Technology · Monitoring & the Digital Horse · Housing & Management Technology

11:55 - 12:00 / Introduction to the innovation market

12:00 - 13:00 / Lunch
Innovation market open

13:00 / Welcome
Hans van Tartwijk (Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences), with the universities of applied sciences

13:05 / Technology in the service of equine welfare (preliminary title)
Lenny van Erp-van der Kooij (HAS green academy)

13:20 / Understanding equine character (Preliminary title)
Kathalijne Visser (Aeres University of Applied Sciences)

13:35 / From sustainability concept to stable practice
Inga Wolframm (Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences)

13:50 - 14:10 / Thesis award pitches
2-minute video pitches

14:15 - 14:30 / Presentation of the student thesis awards

14:30 - 16:00 / Innovation market & posters, break and visit to the event floor
Dedicated market time 15:00 – 16:00 with presenters at their posters

16:00 - 16:20 / Pasture introduction in horses: an ethological perspective on social integration and grazing behaviour
Machteld van Dierendonck (Equus Research & Therapy / Ghent University)

16:20 - 16:40 / Glucose and insulin dynamics of horses and ponies on pasture and in the stable
Ellen Roelfsema (Utrecht University) & David van Doorn (Utrecht University)

16:40 - 17:00 / Managing insulin dysregulation in practice: what works and what not?
Pat Harris (Waltham Petcare Science Institute)

17:00 - 17:20 / Managing obesity in practice: what works and what not?
Pat Harris (Waltham Petcare Science Institute)

17:20 - 18:00 / Fatness or fitness? Closing panel: preventing obesity and ID in the performance horse (preliminary title)
Speakers of the day

18:00 - 19:00 / Reception at the warm-up arena
Presentation of the Innovation Poster Award