8^th International Conference on Animal Health & Veterinary Medicine October 20-21, 2017 Toronto, Canada (Park Inn by Radisson Toronto Airport West, ON)

Lawrence B. Schook is an Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor of Animal Sciences and Radiology, previously served as the Vice President for Research at the University of Illinois, overseeing the technology commercialization and economic development activities across the University’s three campuses (Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, and Springfield). Previously he served as founding Director, UIUC Division of Biomedical Sciences and the founding Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) Theme Leader for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering. Schook is a recognized international scholar in comparative genomics and is known for leading the pig genome-sequencing project, which has provided researchers insights into human cancer and other chronic diseases. He is a noted entrepreneur who has launched three medical application startup companies. Schook is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Korean Government, and the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop the pig as a biomedical cancer model and has been the PI in extramural funding from the NIH, National Science Foundation (NSF) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He has co-authored/edited nine books and over 245 publications, has trained 43 graduate students, mentored 35 undergraduate projects and 25 postgraduate scholars. He has appointments in bioengineering, nutritional sciences, veterinary pathobiology, pathology, surgery, the IGB and the Beckman Institute. He was a Fellow at the Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership and the National Center for Supercomputer Applications. Schook led the effort to develop UI LABS, a Chicago-based research and commercialization collaborative that spun out of the University, and is a founding Board member. A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he currently serves on the Boards of Trustees for Albion College, the National Academy of Sciences Institute for Laboratory Animal Science Council, the Current Water Innovation Cluster Board, and the Illinois Technology Association Internet of Things Council. He previously served on the Board of Managers for the Fermi and Argonne National Laboratories, and Illinois 41st Governor Pat Quinn’s Innovation Council.

Bioengineering, Nutritional Sciences, Veterinary Pathobiology, Veterinary Pathology, Animal Biotechnology, Gene-Mapping, Genome Sequencing, Xenobiotics, Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Oncology and Radiology.

Ângela Martins is the clinical director of the Arrabida Veterinary Hospital and of the 1st Functional Animal Rehabilitation Center–CRAA. She is working as a Professor at Lusofona University, on the discipline: Physical Medicine and Animal Rehabilitation, and guest professor on the same topic at the Technical University of Lisbon. She has completed her degree in Veterinary Medicine in 1991 and Post graduated in emergencies, orthopedic and neurologie, at University Lusofona. She wrote few articles on Functional Neuro-Rehabilitation. She is a member of AARV–IAVRPT. She has completed several courses like CCRP in 2012 from University of Tennessee, ESAVS-Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy of Small Animals in 2010 and Course of traumatologyorthopedic rehabilitation in 2012.

Ângela Martins research interests are Physical Medicine and Animal Rehabilitation.

Dr. Gary J. Hausman completed his Ph.D. in meat science/muscle biology in 1977 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Hausman was a research physiologist with the USDA-ARS since 1980 [GS 15 researcher since 1993] and is currently an Adjunct Professor in Animal and Dairy Science at the University of Georgia. The research efforts of Dr. Hausman has enhanced our present knowledge of the cellular/molecular structure, function and regulation of cells of the adipogenic lineage and will serve as groundwork as the field of adipocyte regulation expands. Developing the first preadipocyte antibody allowed him to demonstrate interrelationships with vascular, muscle, and immune system development during normal growth and development. He has collaborated with an international group of peers, which has perpetuated his research efforts a hundred fold. Dr. Hausman has produced Ph.D. graduates, post-doctoral fellows, visiting scientists and present collaborators which lead the field in basic adipocyte, muscle, growth and development and applied research. He also has mentored 8 Ph.D and several Masters students. Dr. Hausman has authored or co-authored 218 scientific articles published in refereed journals (receiving >4300 citations; h-index = 33), 48 reviews and has given 24 invited presentations at national and international scientific meetings. Dr. Hausman authored a major invited review for Annual Reviews of Animal Biosciences in 2014. He serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment, the Adipobiology journal and the International Bioscience Animal journal. Furthermore, Dr. Hausman serves on the editorial board of the Adipocytes journal. Dr. Hausman established the editorial board for a new journal titled Adipocytes and served as Editor-in Chief until the journal was terminated as a consequence of the loss of publishing facilities due to hurricane Katrina. His many awards include Outstanding Young Animal Scientist Award of the ASAS - Southern Section (1986), the 1993 ASAS Animal Growth and Development Award and was name a Fellow of the American Society of Animal Science in 2011. Dr. Hausman organized and chaired several major symposia for the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology (FASEB) and American Society of Animal Science annual meetings.

The physiology and anatomy of domestic animal growth and development. Basic fundamentals of adipocyte and muscle cell differentiation, the role of the vasculature in directing adipogenesis and muscle cell development. Immunocytochemistry as a tool in developmental studies of adipocyte stem cell markers.. Genetic regulation of adipocyte development -microarray analysis and examination and identification of candidate genes.

Amy is currently employed with BluePearl Veterinary Partners as the National Veterinary Technician Training Manager. In 2003 she became boarded as a Veterinary Technician Specialist in Emergency and Critical Care. She currently sits on the Academy of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Technicians board as the President. Amy is well published in over 15 subjects, is an international speaker, has received numerous awards and highly involved in her community. Most recently Amy was awarded the Speaker of the Year at the 2014 NAVC Conference as well as the 2015 Western Veterinary Conference Speaker of the Year. She lives in Massachusetts with her wonderful furry kids.

Nursing care and standards, disaster medicine and blunt force trauma.

Laurel J Gershwin is a Professor of Immunology in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology at School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, USA.

Mouhamadou Diaw has completed his Veterinary Medicine degree (1987) from University of Dakar (Senegal), Residency in theriogenology (2010) from University of Florida (USA), Master’s degree in Animal reproduction (2015) from the University of Montreal, Canada. He is currently assistant professor in equine theriogenology at the University of Montreal, Canada. He is Diplomate of the American College of Theriogenology.

Mouhamadou Diaw research interest focuses on oocyte maturation in the mare.

Wael El-Deeb has received Ph.D. in Mansoura University, Egypt, in 2005. Currently, he is working as a professor in King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. He is serving as an editorial member of several reputed journals and a reviewer for many reputed journals like BMC veterinary research, small ruminant research, veterinary clinical pathology, tropical animal health and production and others. He has authored over 60 research articles and books. He is the Consulting Editor of the Journal Veterinary Medicine: Research and Reports, Dove Medical Press, United Kingdom. He is a member of research cooperative, Kyoto, Japan, and the Egyptian society for cattle diseases and so on. He received the Mansoura University award for the best researcher in 2006. In addition, he received Almarai award for the most distinguished researcher in veterinary medicine in 2015 and the most distinguished faculty member prize in 2015 from King Faisal University. He worked as a focal point for the Universitatea de Ştiinţe Agricole şi Medicină Veterinară "Ion Ionescu de la Brad Iaşi". He participated in 25 international conferences. He published 3 books in veterinary medicine and in oxidative stress in farm animals.

Wael El-Deeb research interests include acute phase proteins, oxidative stress and cardiopulmonary biomarkers in farm animals.

Charles E Short is an Emeritus Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, USA. He is the Founding Charter Diplomate of American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists, 1975 and Diplomate of European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 1996. Dr. Short has been honored with Dr.h.c. (doctor honoris causa) from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland in 2015 and received his Career Achievement Award from American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia in the same year. He has made a total of 352 publications including 155 journal publications; textbooks, Veterinary Anesthesia, 1974; The Principles and Practice of Veterinary Anesthesia, 1987 and Animal Pain, 1991; book chapters and other scientific publications. He is the Co-Founder of International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management. He has made 447 presentations and lectures for professional groups in the United States and 293 in 45 countries.

Veterinary Anesthesiology and Pain Management

John Webster is Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, in South West England. He is a former President of both the Nutrition Society and the British Society for Animal Science. He is internationally renowned for his work in animal welfare assessment and the implementation of theory into practice. His academic and scientific accomplishments are extensive. John Webster became a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1963 and obtained his PhD from Glasgow University in 1966, studying the energy metabolism of ruminants. He first proposed, and later developed, the concept of the ‘Five Freedoms,’ which have been adopted by the U.K. Farm Animal Welfare Council and other organizations as the basis for assessing animal welfare. John and colleagues established the Bristol Welfare Assurance Programme for monitoring and improving animal welfare on farm. Aside from over 250 scientific, educational and other professional articles, John has authored three books, ‘Understanding the Dairy Cow’ (2nd edition 1993), ‘Animal Welfare: A Cool Eye towards Eden’ (1994, still in print) and ‘Animal Welfare: Limping towards Eden’ (2005). His current pursuits include studies to address lameness in dairy cattle, and the improvement of quality assurance schemes for livestock farms. John also acts as an expert witness for the European Commission.

Animal welfare

Ivan Morrison is a group leader at The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh having stepped down in 2012 as the Head of the Institute's Infection and Immunity Division. He obtained his BVMS and PhD at the University of Glasgow before taking employment at the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD) in Nairobi. In 1990 Professor Morrison became the Head of the Division of Immunology and Pathology at the Institute for Animal Health then in 2002 he became Professor of Immunology at the R(D)SVS. In 1990 he received the Pfizer Award for outstanding contribution to understanding bovine diseases and he has also received The Wellcome Trust Medal for Veterinary Research (1991), American Association of Veterinary Immunologists Award (1997), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1997) and the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Bledisloe Veterinary Award (2001). Professor Morrison currently studies the mechanisms of T cell-mediated immunity against intracellular pathogens of ruminants and how dysregulation of such responses can result in enhanced pathology.

The mechanisms of T cell-mediated immunity against intracellular pathogens of ruminants and how dysregulation of such responses can result in enhanced pathology.