Saturday, November 8, 2025: Reproduction in Ruminants

08.00 – 9.00 Registration

09.00 – 9.10 Official Opening

Doc. MVDr. Michal Crha, Ph.D, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, VETUNI Brno

9.10 – 10.05 Evaluation of Reproduction in Dairy Cattle

Doc. MVDr. Svatopluk Čech Ph.D., VETUNI Brno

10.05 – 11.00 Dystocia in Cattle: Context and Practical Aspects

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Árpád Csaba Bajcsy, Dipl. ECBHM

University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (lecture in English)

11.00 – 11.20 Coffee break

11.20 – 12.15 Effective Management of the Reproductive Cycle in Ruminants – Fundamentals Worth Understanding 

MVDr. Tomáš Páleník Ph.D, VETUNI Brno

12.15 – 13.10 Uterine Infections and Their Consequences in Dairy Cows

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Árpád Csaba Bajcsy, Dipl. ECBHM

University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (lecture in English)

13.10 – 14.15 Lunch

14.15 – 15.10 Current Knowledge of Early Embryonic Development in Cattle and Its Practical Applications

Dr.Med.Vet. Vítězslav Havlíček

University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

15.10 – 16.05 From Oocytes to Elite Calves: History, Current Status, and Future Directions of In Vitro Embryo Production in Czech Breeding 

Doc. Ing. Jiří Šichtař, Ph.D., EmbryoLab spol. s r. o.

16.05 – 17.00 Reproductive Issues in Sheep and Goats

MVDr. Zdenka Bezděková, Ph.D., VETUNI Brno