Program Overview

17 Morning	18 Morning	19 Morning
Session 3. Sustainable Animal Nutrition	Session 7. Aquatic Animals Session 4. Animal Genetics and Genomics (first half)	Session 6. Animal Physiology, Reproduction, and Sustainable Animal Production
17 Afternoon	18 Afternoon	19 Afternoon
Session 1. Sustainable Animal Welfare, Ethics and Human–Animal Interactions	Session 5. Environmental Challenges to Animals and Precision Livestock Farming Session 4. Animal Genetics and Genomics (second half)	Session 2. One health: Improve Disease Manifestation and Management in Animals, Humans, and the Environment

IOCAN 2026 Program - Day 1

Session 3. Sustainable Animal Nutrition

Date: 17 March 2026 (Tuesday)
Time: 9:00 (CET, Basel) | 04:00 (EDT, New York) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CET	Speaker	Title
09:00-09:10	Prof. Dr. Clive J. C. Phillips Event Chair Prof. Dr. Colin G. Scanes Prof. Dr. Michael Hässig Co-chair	Opening Speech
09:10–09:15	Dr. Elisabete Matos Session Chair	Welcome from the session chair
09:15-09:35	Dr. Kiro R. Petrovski Invited Speaker	Use of cattle signs/signals in assessment of the quality of nutrition in cattle
09:35-09:55	Prof. Dr. Roberta Imperatore Invited Speaker	Sustainable Valorization of Agri-Food By-products: Functional Feed Additives for Enhanced Fish Health
09:55-10:15	Prof. Dr. Bruno Tilocca Invited Speaker	Climate change as the driver for animal infectious disease onset and/or progression
10:15-10:35	Dr. Valeria Pasciu Invited Speaker	Evaluation of ω3-PUFAs effect on ROS production induced by BPF in sheep red blood cells
10:35-10:50	Lydia Etomilade Ademakinwa Oral Speaker	Growth Response and Carcass Quality of Broiler Chickens Fed Graded Levels of Sesame (Sesamum indicum) Meal Supplemented with a Multi-Enzyme
10:50-11:05	Jervas Ikechukwu Ugwuoke Oral Speaker	Growth Response and Haematological Indices of Noiler Birds Fed Varying Dietary Levels of Sodium Benzoate
11:05-11:20	Iris A.L. Silva Oral Speaker	Enhancing Early-Stage Nutrition Through Species-Specific Microdiets in Seabream and Seabass
11:20-11:35	Abiodun Oluwadamilare Idowu Oral Speaker	Bone Morphology and Tibia-Breaking Strength of Broiler Chickens Managed on Different Housing Systems Fed Diets Containing Piper guineense Leaf and Seed
11:35-11:50	Temitayo Abisodun Eletu Oral Speaker	In Ovo Administration of Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) Extract: A Sustainable Nutritional Strategy for Improved Humoral Immunity in Broiler Chickens
11:50-12:05	Flash Poster Presentation	María Eugenia Munilla Metabolic biomarkers in heifers fed with r-zeta® additive in their diets Barbara Silva-Vignato Dietary lipid source unravels host–microbiota networks along gut–muscle axis in pigs Cláudia Teixeira A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of glutamate and glutamine on fish nutrition
12:05-12:15	10-minute Networking session


12:15-14:00	BREAK

Session 1. Sustainable Animal Welfare, Ethics and Human–Animal Interactions

Date: 17 March 2026 (Tuesday)
Time: 14:00 (CET, Basel) | 09:00 (EDT, New York) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CET	Speaker	Title
14:00–14:05	Prof. Dr. Colin G. Scanes Session Chair	Welcome from the session chair
14:05-14:35	Dr. Steven P. McCulloch Keynote Speaker	Captured or Independent? Veterinary Institutions, Animal Welfare Science, and the Politics of Farmed Animal Welfare and Meat Reduction
14:35-14:50	Prof. Dr. Andrew Knight Oral Speaker	Is vegan pet food the leading effective altruism issue?
14:50-15:05	Meggie Boyle Oral Speaker	Rethinking Disability and Animal Kinship: Learned Adjustment and Interspecies Care
15:05-15:20	Khalid Outaaoui Oral Speaker	Bioeconomic Modeling for Sustainable Fishery Management
15:20-15:35	Michael Adedotun Oke Oral Speaker	Integrating Drone Technology (UAS) into Land-Use Conflict Resolution: A Qualitative Analysis of Farmer–Herdsman Dynamics and Food Security in Northern Nigeria
15:35-15:50	Siting Wang Oral Speaker	Where the Tail Still Wags: Biological Clones and Digital Afterlives of Companion Animals
15:50-16:05	Agnieszka Grynkiewicz Oral Speaker	Beyond Human Bonds: Rethinking Canine Welfare in Urban Life
16:05-16:20	Letícia Bicudo Nogueira Oral Speaker	From Science to Farm: How Environmental Enrichment for Pigs Is Communicated to Technicians, Professionals and Producers in Multimedia Resources
16:20-16:35	Flash Poster Presentation	Cigdem Avci Cross-Species Communication: Formation of a Symbol-Based Human–Animal Digital Interface Priya Gupta The Ethical Divide: A Philosophical Exploration of Animal Individualism and Ecological Holism Letícia Cássia da Silva Behavioral Responses of Holstein Cows to Mats Composed of Interlaced Colors
16-35-16:50	15-minute Networking session

IOCAN 2026 Program - Day 2

Session 7. Aquatic Animals
Session 4. Animal Genetics and Genomics (first half)

Date: 18 March 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 9:00 (CET, Basel) | 04:00 (EDT, New York) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CET	Speaker	Title
Session 7. Aquatic Animals
09:00–09:05	Professor Jorge Galindo-Villegas Session Chair	Welcome from the session chair
09:05-09:25	Dr. Paulo J. Gavaia Invited Speaker	The issue of skeletal deformities in farmed fish: approaches to mitigate the problem
09:25-09:40	Miguel Trujillo-García Oral Speaker	Reproductive performance of the redhead goby, Elacatinus puncticulatus, in captive conditions: firsts insights
09:40-09:55	Léa Berger Meunier Oral Speaker	From Emotion to Action: Compassion as a Driver for Marine Conservation
09:55-10:10	Clara Naccari Oral Speaker	Crustaceans from the Mediterranean Sea: Possible Sentinel Species for Metal Pollution in Aquatic Environments
10:10-10:25	Asok K Dasmahapatra Oral Speaker	Purkinje cells in the Cerebellum of Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes) Fish Exposed to Graphene Oxide: a Histopathological Assessment
10:25-10:40	Flash Poster Presentation	Alessandra Aiello Enhancing Marine Biodiversity through the promotion of Underutilized Species using Innovative Processing Methods Karen Ascenet Arjona Cambranes Microbiota and histological alterations in cultured Isostichopus badionotus juveniles affected by skin ulceration syndrome Michelle Magriet Marchan Gonzalez Circular economy approaches to enhance the sustainability of supply chains in aquatic animal production
10:40-10:55	15-minute Networking session
Session 4. Animal Genetics and Genomics (first half)
10:55–11:00	Prof. Dr. Claude Schelling Session Chair	Welcome from the session chair first half of Session 4
11:00-11:15	María Ángeles Vargas Pérez Oral Speaker	In Silico Prediction of DNA-RNA Triplex Formation Sites Reveals Novel Regulatory Links Between Key Fertility Genes and lncRNAs in Retinta Beef Cattle
11:15-11:30	Fazeela Zaka Oral Speaker	Deep Learning-Enabled Detection of Regulatory Variants from Single-Cell Chromatin
11:30-11:45	Maria-Anna Kyrgiafini Oral Speaker	Whole-Genome Comparative Study of Greek Black Pigs and Wild Boars: Insights into Adaptation and Genomic Divergence
11:45-11:50	Flash Poster Presentation	Muhammad Ridwan Adyatama Seed Dispersal Coevolution with the Extinct Proboscidean Stegodon trigonocephalus Restricts Current Platymitra macrocarpa Distribution in Indonesia
11:50-12:00	10-minute Networking session
12:00-14:00	Break

Session 5. Environmental Challenges to Animals and Precision Livestock Farming
Session 4. Animal Genetics and Genomics (second half)

Date: 18 March 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 14:00 (CET, Basel) | 09:00 (EDT, New York) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CET	Speaker	Title
Session 5. Environmental Challenges to Animals and Precision Livestock Farming
14:00–14:05	Professor Andrea Pezzuolo Session Chair	Welcome from the session chair
14:05-14:20	Thomas M. Banhazi Oral Speaker	Utilising the Enviro-Detect System to Comprehensively Monitor the Environmental conditions in European Pig, Poultry and Cattle Production Facilities
14:20-14:50	Dr. Guoming Li Keynote Speaker	Animal-based environmental monitoring and control
14:50-15:20	Dr. Salvadore Calvet Keynote Speaker	Sensor and artificial intelligence technologies to address the environmental challenges of livestock production
15:20-15:35	Hossam Ismael Oral Speaker	Comparison of a laser methane detector with the GreenFeed for on-farm measurements of enteric methane emissions from goats
15:35-15:50	Alda Juliana Castro de Sousa Oral Speaker	Effect of a heat wave on milk yield of cows raised on pasture with access to an automatic milking system
15:50-16:05	Flash Poster Presentation	Muhammad Shahbaz Gul Sensor-Derived Heat-Tolerance Traits in Sheep: Heritability, Prediction, and On-Farm Decision Triggers Zeeshan Ali Climate-Smart Sustained-Release Formulation of Mustard Oil Bioactives for Methane Mitigation in Ruminants Graziela Zacariotto Sussai Thermal environment and daily patterns shaping the water intake of Caracu Young bulls in a tropical region
Session 4. Animal Genetics and Genomics (second half)
16:05–16:10	Prof. Dr. Michael Davis Session Chair	Welcome from the session chair
16:10-16:25	Chiraz Ziadi Oral Speaker	Gene-content multiple‑trait REML improves the reliability of genetic evaluation for milk production traits in Spanish Palmera goats
16:25-16:40	Luís Gustavo Moreira Silva da Mata Oral Speaker	Association of the Inbreeding Coefficient on Milk, Protein, and Fat Production in the First Lactation of Holstein Cows
16:40-16:55	Camila Sabino Sabino de Oliveira Oral Speaker	Host genomic regulation of gut microbiota resilience under environmental stress in pigs
16:55-17:05	Flash Poster Presentation	Nabil Amor Whispers of the Wild: Genetic Diversity of Carnivores Across Southern Saudi Arabia Through Multilocus DNA Barcoding Muhammad Tariq Adaptive Genomics and Conservation Objectives: Balancing Hybrid Vigor and Climate Resilience in Pakistan’s Yak Population
17:05-17:15	10-minute Networking session

IOCAN 2026 Program - Day 3

Session 6. Animal Physiology, Reproduction, and Sustainable Animal Production

Date: 19 March 2026 (Thursday)
Time: 9:00 (CET, Basel) | 04:00 (EDT, New York) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CET	Speaker	Title
09:00-09:05	Dr. Chris W. Rogers Dr. Mohammed Gagaoua Session Chairs	Welcome from the session chairs
09:05-09:25	Dr. Manuel Gonzalez Ronquillo Invited Speaker	Sustainable alternatives in ruminant feeding
09:25-09:40	Yin Ying Chin Oral Speaker	Effect of mating rate on offspring sex ratio in Thoroughbred stallions
09:40-09:55	Anna Bianca Janse van Vuuren Oral Speaker	Assessing the drivers of African elephant movement and group structure in uMkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa
09:55-10:10	Godswill Iwuchukwu Oral Speaker	Effect of Hydroponic Green Fodder Feeding on Carcass and Meat Quality Characteristics of Gerze Native Chickens
10:10-10:25	Anna Kasprzyk Oral Speaker	Meat quality of fatteners reared in two production system
10:25-10:40	Laura Birrento Oral Speaker	Impact of Pasture-Based Feeding on Terpene Profiles in Goat Milk
10:40-10:55	Stanislav Zaťko Oral Speaker	The effect of laminitis on seasonal changes in metabolic parameters in horses
10:55-11:10	Giovanna Lemos Lazarini Oral Speaker	Thermoregulatory Mechanisms of Caracu Young Bulls under Tropical Climate
11:10-11:25	Olajide Mark Sogunle Oral Speaker	Effects of in ovo injection of aqueous extracts of phytobiotics on growth performance, blood profile and sex ratio of egg-type chickens
11:25-11:45	Flash Poster Presentation	Sergio Almansa-Gómez Magnetic Field and Medium Viscosity Influence the Kinetics of Oocytes Bound to Nanoparticles Alberto Jorge Cardenas-Padilla Inter-male comparison of sperm freezability in goats using a purpose-built Sperm Quality Index Isiaka Opeyemi Olarinre Characterization of the Seminal Microbiome and its Association with Testosterone Levels and Testicular Morphometry across Different Ram Fertility Groups Linda Chinyere Omosekeji Dietary noodle waste-induced alterations in ovarian biometry, histological integrity and oxidative status in Wistar rats
11:45-12:00	15-minute Networking session
12:00-14:00	BREAK

Session 2. One health: Improve Disease Manifestation and Management in Animals, Humans, and the Environment

Date: 19 March 2026 (Thursday)
Time: 14:00 (CET, Basel) | 09:00 (EDT, New York) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CET	Speaker	Title
14:00–14:05	Prof. Dr. Levon Abrahamyan Session Chair	Welcome from the session chair
14:05-14:25	Dr. Isabel Di Azevedo Invited Speaker	Epidemiological Dynamics of Leptospirosis in Tropical Regions: A One Health Perspective
14:25-14:45	Dr. Selwyn A. Headley Invited Speaker	Overview of malignant catarrhal fever in Brazil
14:45-15:05	Dr. Piera Anna Maria Martino Invited Speaker	Climate change and the spread of antimicrobial resistance: is this a real threat?
15:05-15:20	Jacques Cabaret Oral Speaker	Gastrointestinal nematodes species in cattle: agreement between estimations based on necropsies or on larval cultures
15:20-15:35	Beatrice Vuillermoz Oral Speaker	Wildlife Recovery Centres (WRCs): A new tool for early detection of emerging and re-emerging zoonosis in wildlife
15:35-15:50	Elena Baralla Oral Speaker	Emerging contaminants: presence of BPA analogues in mussels and risks associated with their consumption
15:50-16:05	Roberto Bava Oral Speaker	Clinical Evaluation of Pistacia lentiscus L. Extract in Mitigating Flupyradifurone toxicity in Apis mellifera: Survival and Symptom Progression
16:05-16:20	Christina Gruber Oral Speaker	Replacing Antibiotics with Organic Acids: A Sustainable Strategy for Productivity and Disease Management in White Leg Shrimp
16:20-16:35	Linda Yacsiri G. Marmolejo-Guzmán Oral Speaker	Myocestodiasis in Octopus maya: a One Health approach to emerging marine parasitic diseases
16:35-16:50	Flash Poster Presentation	Zoja Miknienė Early Fermentation Dynamics in Freshly Cut Grass and Their Implications for Equine Colic Aayesha Riaz Molecular Identification and Antibiotic Resistance Profiling of Staphylococcus Aurues and Escherichia Coli Isolated from Mastitic Milk Samples of Large Ruminants Chiara Nogarol West Nile and Usutu Viruses: A New Challenge for a One-Health Approach During 4-Year Surveillance in North-West Italy
16:50-17:00	10-minute Networking session

17 Morning

18 Morning

19 Morning

17 Afternoon

18 Afternoon

19 Afternoon

Session 3. Sustainable Animal Nutrition

Session 1. Sustainable Animal Welfare, Ethics and Human–Animal Interactions

Session 7. Aquatic Animals Session 4. Animal Genetics and Genomics (first half)

Session 7. Aquatic Animals

Session 4. Animal Genetics and Genomics (first half)

Session 5. Environmental Challenges to Animals and Precision Livestock FarmingSession 4. Animal Genetics and Genomics (second half)

Session 5. Environmental Challenges to Animals and Precision Livestock Farming

Session 4. Animal Genetics and Genomics (second half)

Session 6. Animal Physiology, Reproduction, and Sustainable Animal Production

Session 2. One health: Improve Disease Manifestation and Management in Animals, Humans, and the Environment

Session 7. Aquatic Animals
Session 4. Animal Genetics and Genomics (first half)

Session 5. Environmental Challenges to Animals and Precision Livestock Farming
Session 4. Animal Genetics and Genomics (second half)