Wednesday 15 th of August. Thursday 16 th of August

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1 Program for the 9th European Workshop on Equine Nutrition August , Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden. Registration and sessions will take place at Ulls väg 26, a big round house. See: Wednesday 15 th of August Time Subject Speaker Welcome reception and registration (snacks and drink) Guided tour at the University Animal Hospital 8.00 Registration open Thursday 16 th of August Welcome, opening of the conference, practical information Jan Erik Lindberg and Anna Jansson, SLU Session 1: Diet and behavior Chair: Ingrid Vervuert Keynote lecture: Why is feeding causing aggression and frustration in horses and can diet affect temperament and mood? Professor Helgi Schiöth. Uppsala University, Sweden Coffee break Housing system affects feed intake, body weight and recovery of energy balance Measuring neck angels and the pressure horses exert when pulling hay from haynets Malin Connysson Andrea D. Ellis Leg stretch Poster presentations no. 1-4, 14, 15, In memory of Dr Dag Austbø Professor Knut Hove, NBU, Norway and Principal Research Scientist Markku Saastamoinen, LUKE, Finland.

2 Lunch at Ulls restaurant Session 2: Chair: Veronique Julliand Keynote lecture: Why restricted diets increase life span potential mechanisms Does horse owner understanding of forage feeding reflect feeding practices: A survey on 4548 horse owners in Europe and North America Equine faecal microbial population dynamics following abrupt dietary changes of two forage-only diets: pasture and hay Free faecal liquid in horses a survey of feeding routines and feedstuffs for affected horses. Assistant Professor James Harper, Sam Houston State University, USA Maria Wilhelmsson Anna Garber Katrin Lindroth Coffee break Assessment of faecal microbiota transplantation on horses suffering from free faecal water The effect of different steaming treatments on the water soluble carbohydrate content in UK produced Timothy, Perennial Ryegrass and Meadow hays The haybiome: characterizing microbiota profiles of dry, soaked and high temperature steamed hays. Louise Lautsen Abby Hookey Simon Daniels Leg stretch Preliminary assessment of the nutritional status of Mangala Marchador colts fed elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) and concentrates with different Ca:P ratios fractional excretion of Ca and P Raquel Silva Moura Conference dinner at Norrlands nation, Uppsala city center Friday 17 th of August Session 2: Chair: Malin Olsson

3 Senior equine dental degeneration and impact on nutrition: A survey of current applied feeding management and equine veterinarian and dentists nutritional education and advice Effects of green tea and curcumin extract supplementation on lipopolysaccharideinduced inflammation in horses and ponies Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in commercial feedstuffs for horses Equine obesity is there an impact on liver metabolism? Rebecca Bushell Janine Starzonek Ingrid Vervuert Carola Schedlbauer Poster presentations no Coffee break Session 3: The gut-brain axis Chair: Jan Erik Lindberg Keynote lecture: The gut-brain axis Relationship between dietary-induced alteration of the hindgut microbiota and horse behavior during acute stressful events High-starch induced changes to hindgut microbiota may be associated with increased behavioural reactivity in naïve ponies Starch rich diets increase morning cortisol levels and activity heart rate levels. Lina Tingö, Linköping University, Sweden Pauline Grimm Louise Bulmer Anna Jansson Lunch at Ulls restaurant Session 4: Chair: Meriel Moore Colyer Methods and tools for nutritional studies Keynote lecture: Methods and tools for nutritional studies omics NMR-based metabonomic study of serum from laminitic and healthy horses Assessment of several methods to evaluate protein in feedstuffs for horses. Jonas Bergquist, Uppsala University, Sweden Sarah L Ralston Franziska Bockisch

4 The effect of pore size of bags when estimating starch digestion in horses using the mobile bag technique. Rasmus Bovbjerg Jensen Coffee break Interest of complementary approaches for assessing dietary-related variations of the hindgut microbial ecosystem. Véronique Julliand Poster presentations no. 13 Free communications Chair: Maria Joao Fradinho Survey of feeding practices in equine hospitals in the UK Domesticated equines differ in their faecal microbiota Feeding of aged horses (>20 years) a Swedish survey Seasonal variation in plasma insulin concentration and body condition in free ranging Gotland Russ. Katie Williams Joan Edwards Cecilia Müller Sara Ringmark Closing remarks Jan Erik Lindberg Poster viewing and walk to Ulls restaurant The North-Swedish draught horse and Gotland russ! Demonstration of our national breeds and their use (outside Ulls restaurant at SLU campus) Barbeque at Ulls restaurant. Saturday 18 th of August Technical tour 8.00~17.30 The bus passes Arlanda Airport at ca Back at SLU approximately Standardbred trotter trainer Daniel Redén (3:rd place in Prix d Amerique 2018). Forage for horses presentation of research Forage producers Brunsbergs. Specialized in producing forages for horses. National Equestrian Centre, Strömsholm.

5 Posters Poster title Presenter Poster no Diet and behavior Observations on digestive and ingestive parameters in 6 performance horses when moved from a traditional, high concentrate diet (TD) to a high forage (HF) diet A field study Measurement of horses feeding rate in automatic roughage stations Maria Wilhelmsson 1 Linda Kjellberg 2 Voluntary salt consumption in stabled Icelandic riding horses Sveinn Ragnarsson 3 Consumption of sweet mineral lick block in stabled Icelandic horses Sveinn Ragnarsson 4 Body weight gaining and the metabolic consequences in equines Dominique Blaue 5 Dried onion flakes in equine diet Susanna Särkijärvi 6 The effect of a concentrate based diet (CD) or a total mixed fibre ration (TMFR) on in vitro stomach and hindgut health Fruktooligosaccharide supplementation in suckling foals: In vitro fecal fermentative parameters Effect of gastric ulceration on feed intake and body condition in horses fed a forage-only diet Effect of training program on gastric ulcer prevalence in horses fed a forage-only diet Apparent digestibility of dietary nutrients in horses supplemented with live yeast and protected yeast. Descriptive statistical analysis of cases referred to the Equine Nutrition Service at Ghent University. Methods and tools for nutritional studies In situ measurements of ph in caecal digesta of the horse is highly influenced by the positioning of the ph electrode Free communications New approach for determining the energy requirements of performance horses The effect of a concentrate based diet (CD) or a total mixed fibre ration (TMFR) on growth rates in Thoroughbred foals Isobel Bannister 7 Fernando Almeida 8 Sara Ringmark 9 Sara Ringmark 10 Gabriela Pombo 11 Nicolas Galinelli 12 Jon Anders Næsset 13 Mark Ebert 14 Philippa Tuthill 15 Torrefaction: a future treatment for horse feeds? Viola Farci 16