5th International Symposium on Non-Surgical Methods of Pet Control
Portland, OR * June 2013
In keeping with ACC&D's commitment to make resources available to a global audience, below you will find proceedings from the 5th Symposium available at no cost. Proceedings are arranged by session or topic area.
General Documents
Symposium Welcome, Special Sessions, Keynote Address, Awards
Welcome and Overview * Joyce Briggs and Dr. Steve Zawistowski
Special welcome on behalf of the Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland and Oregon Humane Society * Sharon Harmon and Dr. Kris Otteman
Presentation with Video PowerPoint Slides
The Ethic of Innovation * Betsy Banks Saul
Presentation with Video
Keynote Address: Cats, dogs, and the road to personhood * Dr. David Grimm, Online News Editor, Science
Presentation with Audio PowerPoint Slides
Special Sessions: The one-minute contraceptive implant: where science meets ancient cultures * Dr. Judith Samson-French
Presentation with Audio PowerPoint Slides "Meet the Innu Dogs" Video
Special Remarks * Betsy Banks Saul and Gregory Castle
Presentation with Video
Awards — Special Achievement Award to Dr. Min Wang, Leadership Award to Dr. Linda Rhodes
Presentation with Audio
General Session
Reproductive Biology Primer: Reproductive Biology 101 * Dr. Amy Fischer
Presentation with Audio PowerPoint Slides Glossary
Understanding the need and products that meet that need: An international panel of leaders with perspectives on cat and dog population control
Complete panel presentation (video contains all panel presentations)
Presentation with Video
Introduction/Overview * Dr. Elly Hiby (Panel Moderator)
Session Overview
Kate Atema (International Fund for Animal Welfare)
PowerPoint Slides Abstract
Becky Robinson (Alley Cat Allies)
PowerPoint Slides
Dr. Charles Rupprecht (Global Alliance for Rabies Control)
PowerPoint Slides Abstract
Dr. Ismail Thoya (Kenya Society for the Protection and Care of Animals)
Abstract
Implications for different stakeholders of different profile products: Perspectives from dog breeders, the veterinary field, animal sheltering, cat fancy
Complete panel presentation (video contains all panel presentations)
Presentation with video
Introduction/Overview * Dr. Steve Zawistowski (Panel Moderator)
Session Overview
Wayne Cavanaugh (United Kennel Club)
PowerPoint Slides Abstract
Dr. Gail Golab (American Veterinary Medical Association)
PowerPoint Slides Abstract
Betsy McFarland (The Humane Society of the United States)
Abstract
Joan Miller (Cat Fanciers Association)
PowerPoint Slides Abstract
The Michelson Prize & Grants: The first five years
Dr. Shirley Johnston, Director of Scientific Research, Michelson Prize & Grants, Found Animals Foundation
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio
Approaches with potential for nearer-term impact
Introduction * Katherine Moldave
PowerPoint Slides Session Overview
ZeuterinTM in male dogs and cats * Dr. Byron Maas
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio
Calcium Chloride in male dogs and cats * Elaine Lissner
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio
GonaConTM in female dogs * John Eisemann
PowerPoint Abstract Presentation with Audio
GonaConTM in female and male cats * Dr. Julie Levy
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio
SuprelorinTM (deslorelin) in dogs and cats * Dr. Linda Rhodes
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio
Questions & Answers
Presentation with Audio
Timely Topics for the non-surgical sterilization field
Reproduction hormones in the dog: friends or foes? * Dr. Karin Albers-Wolthers and Dr. Auke Schaefers-Okkens
Presentation with Video PowerPoint Slides Abstract
Different strokes for different folks: Navigating ethical questions and cultural differences partnering technologies, test sites, and target audiences * Dr. Monica List, with contributions from Dr. Elly Hiby and Kate Nattrass Atema
Presentation with Video PowerPoint Slides
Field Implementation Track Sessions
Focus on felines: Tools to help you plan your programs and measure your success
Introduction/Overview * Dr. Steve Zawistowski (Panel Moderator)
Session Overview Presentation with Audio
The complexities of control: A simulation modeling approach for evaluating alternative methods of controlling free-roaming cat populations * Dr. Phil Miller
Abstract (presentation slides and narration will be available following submission of research for journal publication)
From data to implementation: Using modeling results and field studies to generate management guidance for free-roaming cats * Dr. John Boone
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio Guidance Document
Counting cats: Some guidance and an example * Dr. Margaret Slater
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio Monitoring Guide
Questions & Answers
Presentation with Audio
Already sterilized or not? Methods of marking animals
Introduction/Overview * Valerie Benka (Session Chair)
Session Overview Presentation with Audio
A comparison of ear-tagging and ear whiting as methods of identification in dogs * Dr. Raffaella Leoci
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio
ACC&D Think Tank and InnoCentive Challenge Results * Valerie Benka
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio Think Tank Report
Questions & Answers
Presentation with Audio
Population dynamics of free-roaming dogs
Introduction/Overview * Dr. Elly Hiby Session Chair)
Session Overview Presentation with Audio
Using fertility control inhibitors for dog population management: a roadmap * Dr. Giovanna Massei
PowerPoint Slides Abstract
A system for integrated data collection, information, analysis, and modeling * John Friar, Kate Atema
Abstract Presentation (no Audio) Companion Audio
Practical ways to measure important dog population parameters * Dr. Elly Hiby
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio
Getting involved in field testing of non-surgical sterilants: Lessons learned, and what organizations and veterinarians should consider when getting involved
Complete panel presentation (video contains all panel presentations)
Presentation with Video
Introduction/Overview * Dr. Linda Rhodes (Session Chair)
Session Overview
A trial with Deslorelin in free-roaming female dogs on First Nations Reserves * Dr. Judith Samson-French
PowerPoint Slides Abstract
Testing GonaCon for female dogs in Nepal: Preliminary results * Dr. Giovanna Massei
PowerPoint Slides Abstract
Could your organization use Calcium Chloride? Nuts and Bolts * Elaine Lissner
PowerPoint Slides Abstract
Designing a field trial: The devil is in the details * Drs. Linda Rhodes and Julie Levy
PowerPoint Slides Study Protocol
Legislation and non-surgical fertility control
State and local regulations: Preparing the way for use of new non-surgical tools * Deborah Press
Presentation with Video PowerPoint Slides Abstract Handouts
ZeuterinTM/EsterilSolTM: Intratesticular injectible sterilant for male dogs, panel of users from the U.S. and abroad
Complete panel presentation (video contains all panel presentations)
Presentation with Video
Introduction * Karen Green (Panel Moderator)
Session Overview
Dr. Mary Blankevoort (Portland Animal Welfare Team)
PowerPoint Slides Abstract
Dr. Kelly Farrell (First Coast No More Homeless Pets)
PowerPoint Slides Handouts
Dr. Ismail Thoya (Kenya Society for the Protection and Care of Animals)
PowerPoint Slides Abstract
Dr. Amber Valinski (The Shot Spot)
Behaviour assessment of male free-roaming dogs following surgical and non-surgical sterilization in Puerto Natales, Chile * Dr. Raphael Vandertstichel
PowerPoint Slides Abstract
Sterilant/Contraceptive Discovery Track Session
Immunological approaches to contraception and sterilization of cats and dogs
Introduction * Dr. Linda Rhodes (Session Chair)
PowerPoint Slides Session Overview Presentation with Audio
Concomitant administration of GonaConTM and rabies vaccine in female dogs (Canis familiaris) in Mexico * Dr. Luis Lecuona
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio
Development of attenuated feline herpesvirus-1 as a contraceptive vaccine vector * Dr. Michael Munks
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio
Filamentous phage as a platform for development of contraceptive vaccines for animals * Dr. Tatiana Samoylova
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio
Questions & Answers
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Target: The gonads - Inactivation and/or destruction of gonadal stem cells
Introduction * Dr. Michelle Kutzler (Session Chair)
PowerPoint Slides Session Overview Presentation with Audio
Clinical evaluation of efficacy and safety of Calcium Chloride associated with ethyl alcohol and lidocaine for non-surgical sterilization of sexually mature canine and feline adults * Dr. Kuladip Jana
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio
A single subcutaneous dose KU-AS-272 elicits complete loss of spermatogenic support in adult male rats * Dr. Joseph Tash
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio
The effect of surgical and chemical sterilization on canine testosterone levels * Dr. Raphael Vanderstichel
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Questions & Answers
Presentation with Audio
GnRH agonists and antagonists: Laboratory and field learning
Introduction * Dr. Cheryl Asa (Session Chair)
PowerPoint Slides Session Overview Presentation with Audio
Effect of a GnRH agonist in immature domestic cats * Dr. Ana Cristina Carranza-Martin
Abstract
Slow-release GnRH agonist implants - mode of action and their use as a contraceptive for dogs and cats * Dr. Sandra Goericke-Pesch
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio
May deslorelin acetate be used safely in bitches for contraception? A retrospective clinical study * Dr. Iris Reichler
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio
Can single administration of a high dose GnRH agonist persistently suppress the canid reproductive axis? The coyote (Canis latrans) as a model * Marjie MacGregor
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio
Questions & Answers
Presentation with Audio
Unique approaches to the challenge
Introduction * Dr. Donal Skinner (Session Chair)
PowerPoint Slides Session Overview Presentation with Audio
Kisspeptin: A central regulator of reproduction in the bitch * Dr. Karin Albers-Wolthers
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio
Gene silencing technology as a tool to induce permanent sterility * Dr. Sergio Ojeda
Abstract
Hypothalamic pituitary targeted approaches for non-surgical sterilizaiton of cats and dogs: Using a GnRH antagonist to deliver a toxin to gonadotrophs * Dr. Scott Struthers
PowerPoint Slides Abstract Presentation with Audio
Questions & Answers
Presentation with Audio
Poster Session
Effect of deslorelin acetate (Suprelorin) short-term contraceptive treatment on triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) blood concentrations in queens * Dr. Camila Louise Ackermann
Poster Abstract
Effect of deslorelin acetate (Suprelorin) short-term contraceptive treatment on triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) blood concentrations in tom cats * Dr. Camila Louise Ackermann
Poster Abstract
Intratesticular chemical castration with zinc chloride in male cats * Dr. Alper Baran
Poster Abstract
Changes in ovarian contraction by Endothelin-2/receptor system in the feline ovary * Joseph A. Cacioppo
Poster Abstract
Role of LH in the pathophysiology of urinary incontinence in ovarioectomized bitches * Caitlin Donovan
Poster Abstract
GnRH antagonists in dog and cat contraception: What should we know? * Dr. Cristina Gobello
Poster Abstract
Modular design of ligand-toxin conjugates * Dr. William Ja
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Intratesticular injection of a calcium chloride tincture in the dog * Dr. Raffaella Leoci
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Single intratesticular injection of zinc gluconate as a contraceptive method for captive Capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus)* Dr. Erika Oliveira
Poster Abstract
A role for immunocontraception in dual animal population management and rabies prevention? * Dr. Charles Rupprecht
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Contraceptive methods used in a community of Sao Paulo, Brazil * Drs. Oswaldo Santos and Rita de Cassia Maria Garcia
Poster Abstract
Mathematical modeling of temporary non-surgical sterilization of dogs and cats * Dr. Oswaldo Santos
Poster Abstract
Effect of intratesticular injection of zinc gluconate neutralized by arginine on reproductive parameters * Dr. Min Wang
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