Conference Program
Protocols and Enrichment for Laboratory Animal Housing and Research including on site visit to CanCog Facility (August 19) and seminar at 120 Carlton St, Toronto (August 20)
| August 19 | Visit and demonstrations / CanCog facility for dogs, cats and rodents. | |
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| Guy A. Higgins | Rodent models of behavior and neurological function | |
| Joseph Araujo | Neuropathology of Aging: Cognitive assessments in dogs and cats | |
| August 20 | Seminar / Toronto - 120 Carlton St. | |
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| Shawn Petrik | Guidelines for Laboratory animal care and research | |
| Aleksandar Masic | Regulatory – Bringing Products to market - What is GCP, GLP, GMP | |
| Isabelle Mougeot | Food and Nutraceuticals | |
| Bill Milgram | Experimental design for laboratory animal research | |
| Gary Landsberg | Models of Canine and Feline fear and anxiety | |
| Amy Pike | Understanding the Behavior Needs of Pet Rodents | |
| August 20 | Welcome Reception Wine at Queen's Landing | |
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| August 21 | Session 1: Cognition and Aging in Companion Animals | |
| 8:30 | Bill Milgram, CanCog Technologies | Welcome Address · Canine Cognition and Aging, an Overview |
| 9:10 |
Anne Danks, Tim Tully, Dart Neuroscience LLC Stephanie Kelly, VivoCore Inc. |
Spatial Navigation and Memory in an Outdoor Arena in Beagle Dogs |
| 9:40 | Alessandro Cozzi, IRSEA Research Institute in Semiochemicals and Applied Ethology | Strategies to control stress and optimize cognitive performances |
| 10:10 | Jana Farbakova, Southern Alberta Veterinary Emergency | Diagnostics of various stages of canine dementia |
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 11:00 | Isabelle Mougeot, CanCog Technologies | Cognitive dysfunction in cats: old dogs, new tricks? |
| 11:30 | Tomas Camps Morey, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona | Relationship between a simple cognitive test and the discrimination and reversal tasks in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| August 21 | Session 2: Non-Cognitive Behavioral Assessment and Modification in Companion Animals | |
| 1:00 | Christina de Rivera, CanCog Technologies | Feline Models of Fear and Anxiety for the development of veterinary therapeutics |
| 1:30 | Carly Moody, University of Guelph | Stress in cats during handling and restraint: assessment and recent findings |
| 2:00 | David Williams, University of Cambridge | Prevention of cataract formation by alpha lipoic acid |
| 2:30 | Break | |
| 3:00 | Gary Landsberg, CanCog Technologies | Model development for the assessment and treatment of fear and anxiety in dogs |
| 3:30 | Joseph Araujo, InterVivo Solutions | Evaluation of Osteoarthritis drugs is going to the dogs |
| 4:00 | Short Abstracts | |
| Anne LePoudere, Diana Petfood | Tackling Dog’s age related cognitive decline with polyphenols | |
| Kat Pankratz, NCSU | Use of single dose oral gabapentin to attenuate fear responses in cage-trap confined community cats: a double blind | |
| Durga Chapagain, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna | Cognitive aging in pet dogs of different breeds: effects of an enriched diet and lifelong training | |
| Simona Gabriele, Delivra Corp. | Doxycycline formulated in an innovative transdermal delivra™ delivery platform as a therapeutic for diabetic foot ulcers as well as post-operative and post-surgical wound healing in canine models. | |
| August 21 | 5 Course Gourmet dinner at Jackson Trigg's, one of the region’s fine wineries, including a winery tour. | |
| August 22 | Session 3: Disorders and Therapeutics for Brain Aging in Companion Animals | |
| 9:00 | CW Cotman and Shikha Snigdha, University of California Irvine | Diet and Exercise improve hippocampal function in aged dogs |
| 9:30 | Tomas Smolek, Slovak Academy of Sciences | The Neurobiology of Canine Dementia |
| 10:00 | Gary Pan, Nestle Purina | Nutritional management of signs of CDS in dogs |
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 11:00 | Brian Zanghi, Nestle Purina | Clinical And Behavioral Efficacy Of A Medium Chain Triglyceride Diet Fed To Dogs With Antiepileptic Drug Resistant Idiopathic Epilepsy |
| 11:30 | Patrick Pageat, IRSEA Research Institute in Semiochemicals and Applied Ethology | Olfactory stem cells therapy in Canine Age-Related disorders treatment: a Controlled study |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| August 22 | Session 4: Aging and Therapeutics in Companion Animals | |
| 1:00 | Michael Lindinger, The Nutraceutical Alliance | Nutraceuticals: successfully navigating the regulatory pathway from product conception to marketplace |
| 1:30 | Patrick Pageat and Alessandro Cozzi, IRSEA Research Institute | Pheromone therapy: Research, Development and Clinical applications for Semiochemicals in Veterinary Behavior |
| 2:00 | Nicolas Barthélémy, Langford Vets University of Bristol | Randomized, double-blind, prospective, placebo-controlled study of the efficacy of a diet supplemented with hydrolyzed collagen, curcuminoids and green tea extracts in privately-owned dogs with osteoarthritis |
| 2:30 | Break | |
| 3:30 | Aleksander Masic, CanCog Technologies | New Immunotherapeutics Impacting Veterinary Practice |
| 4:00 | Round Table Discussion / Research and Therapeutics into Aging in Companion Animals: Future Directions. | |