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March, 12th
Program
12th March 2025
08:30 - 09:00 AM
Opening
Official opening
Official opening
09:00 - 10:00 AM
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Jake Veasey
What Emerging Insights from Terrestrial Mammals Can Teach Us About the Future of Marine Mammal Care
10:00 - 10:20 AM
In and Ex Situ Conservation
von Fersen
Rehabilitation of endangered Pontoporia in Brasil
10:20 - 10:40 AM
In and Ex Situ Conservation
Garcia Parraga
Empowering Contribution of Aquariums and Zoos to the Conservation of Marine Mammals: The Case of Oceanògrafic
10:40 - 11:00 AM
In and Ex Situ Conservation
Gnone
The role of zoos and aquaria in research and conservation of wild populations of marine mammals: the experience of the “Delfini Metropolitani” project (2001-2024).
11:00 - 11:30 AM
Break
Coffee Break
11:30 - 11:35 AM
Welfare and Behaviour
Zaccaroni
Short presentation
11:35 - 11:40 AM
Welfare and Behaviour
Garcia
Short presentation
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Welfare and Behaviour
Themelin
Social behaviors of killer whales and other delphinidae.
12:00 - 12:20 PM
Welfare and Behaviour
Gojceta
A rescue story: The journey of two belugas from Ukraine to Spain
12:40 - 01:00 PM
Welfare and Behaviour
Almunia
Real-Time Monitoring of Orcinus orca Vocal Activity Using Artificial Intelligence: Insights into Communication and Welfare
12:20 - 12:40 PM
Welfare and Behaviour
Lopez Goya
Wide-ranging Intelligent System, Based on Biometric Data, for Animal Behaviour and Welfare Control
01:00 - 02:30 PM
Break
Lunch
02:30 - 02:50 PM
Behaviour
Neves
Below our visitors' conscious mind with spoiler alert! It's no welfare content.
02:50 - 03:10 PM
Behaviour
Böye
Effects of experience and familiarity on visual attention and behaviours of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in presence of humans.
03:10 - 03:30 PM
Behaviour
Brasseur
Science and zoos at the service of wild orcas : Evaluation of the energetic cost of activities in cetaceans.
03:30 - 03:50 PM
Behaviour
Dudzinski
Perspective matters: The importance of vantage point when looking at behaviors.
03:50 - 03:55 PM
Training
Galicia
Short presentation
03:55 - 04:00 PM
LSS
Fleck
Short presentation
04:00 - 04:30 PM
Break
Coffee Break
04:30 - 06:30 PM
Round Table
Round Table
From Basic to Amazing | Training
07:30 - 09:30 PM
Conservation
Conservation evening
March, 13th
13th March 2025
09:00 - 10:00 AM
Keynote speaker
Christophe Guinet
The foraging ecology and demography of the Crozet Islands killer whale population. What we learnt from a 35-year monitoring.
10:00 - 10:20 AM
Cognition and Behaviour
Bruneau
What if sea lions could read? New area for cognitive abilities in Patagonia Sealions at Paris Zoo
10:20 - 10:40 AM
Cognition and Behaviour
Brasseur
Exploring 3D Symbol Discrimination in Orcas: Insights into Cognitive Processing and Conservation
10:40 - 11:00 AM
Cognition and Behaviour
Henriques
'Fins United': single mixed social group
11:00 - 11:30 AM
Break
Coffee Break
11:30 - 11:35 AM
Vet
Saviano
Short presentation
11:35 - 11:40 AM
Vet
Garcia Hartmann
Short presentation
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Vet
Potier
2015 -2025: Retrospective on the challenges associated with the medical care and well-being of a group of rescued Northern Sea Otter
12:00 - 12:20 PM
Vet
Naranjo de Torres
Intercontinental evaluation of SDMA values in order to establish reference intervals in Tursiops truncatus.
12:20 - 12:40 PM
Vet
Sanchez Contreras
Multiorgan disseminated lymphoma in an Antillean manatee in professional care in Mexico
12:40 - 01:00 PM
Vet
Sanchez Contreras
Improved Analysis of Respiratory Dysfunction in Dolphins: The Role of Spirometry and Electrical Impedance Tomography
01:00 - 02:30 PM
Break
Lunch
02:30 - 02:50 PM
In Situ
Arija
North wind and other environmental factors associated with habitat use of Tursiops truncatus around Marina Baixa
02:50 - 03:10 PM
In Situ
Mahaut
Functional profiles of the respiratory microbiome: a window into North Atlantic right whale resilience and conservation
03:10 - 03:30 PM
Vet
Garcia Hartmann
Toxoplasmosis titres in dolphins under professional care
03:30 - 03:50 PM
Vet
Rubio Guerri
Phagocytic Capacity as a Diagnostic Tool in Marine Mammals: Clinical Applications
03:50 - 03:55 PM
Short Presentation
Biancani
Short Presentation
03:55 - 04:00 PM
Short Presentation
Debosschere
Short Presentation
04:00 - 04:30 PM
Break
Coffee break
04:30 - 06:30 PM
Round Table
Round Table
Dolphin Welafe 2.0 – An Update
06:30 - 07:30 PM
AGM
Annual General Meeting
Only for good standing Professional and Institutional members
March, 14th
14th March 2025
09:00 - 10:00 AM
Keynote Speaker
Debbie Bouma
Shaping Wildlife Tourism: Bridging Zoos and Ecotourism for Sustainable Wildlife Experiences
10:00 - 10:20 AM
Vet and Physiology
Zaccaroni
How ex situ helps understand in situ: Contaminants in orcas under human care as reference for wild animals
10:20 - 10:40 AM
Vet and Physiology
Biancani
Update from 4-year observations on the use of deslorelin (Suprelorin®) in female Bottlenose dolphin
10:40 - 11:00 AM
Vet and Physiology
Rojos-Solis
Quality of life assessment in complicated marine mammals medical cases under human care
11:00 - 11:30 AM
Pause
Coffee Break
11:30 - 11:35 AM
Short Presentation
Arija
Short Presentation
11:35 - 11:55 AM
In Situ
Arija
The Marine Mammals of Walker Bay: Interactions and Environmental
11:55 AM - 12:00 PM
Short Presentation
Grande
A Metastatic Anaplastic Carcinoma in a 23 years old female California sea lion
12:00 - 12:20 PM
Vet
Lacave
Immersion ultrasonography to identify and follow-up eye lesions in marine mammals
12:20 - 12:40 PM
Vet
Dreyer
Occurence and prevalence of ocular diseases in bottlenose dolphins under human care and potential predisposing factors
12:40 - 01:00 PM
Vet
Rousselet
Innate immune functions of the Florida Manatee: a comparative assessment of two study sites in Florida
01:00 - 01:15 PM
Closure
Official Closure
01:15 - 02:30 PM
Pause
Lunch
02:30 - 06:30 PM
Parc Visit
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