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TUESDAY, Sep 4th

 

08:00 – 09:00 Registration

 

09:00 – 10:30 Session 1 – INTRODUCTION (chair: Jiří Kamler)

 

09:00 – 09:10 Welcome speech

 

09:10 – 09:30 Vicente J., Plhal R., Keuling O., Podgorski T., Smith G., Scandura M., Apollonio M., Ferroglio E., Body G., Zanet S., Croft S., Nabeiro A.C., Staubach Ch., Sange M., Petrovic K., Brivio F., Acevedo P., Blanco J.A., Soriguer R.: Wild boar hunting statistics collection frameworks across Europe: Need for harmonization

 

09:30 – 09:50 Focardi S., Morelle K., Cagnacci F.: The why and how of EUROBOAR initiative

 

09:50 – 10:10 Pokorny B., Flajšman K.: Management and research of wild boar in Slovenia: situation, basic principles, challenges and perspectives

 

10:10 – 10:30 Žižka M., Kunca T.: African swine fever - hunting in the infected area and in the whole Czech Republic

 

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

 

11:00 – 12:40 Session 2 - ASF 1 (chair: Tomasz Podgórski)

 

11:00 – 11:20 Šatrán P., Jarosil T., Semerád Z.: African swine fever in wild boar in the Czech Republic

 

11:20 – 11:40 Václavek P., Barták P., Vodrážka P.: African swine fever in the Czech Republic: The story of one outbreak

 

11:40 – 11:55 Kamler J., Drimaj J., Plhal R.: Management of wild boar populations under threat of African swine fever

 

11:55 – 12:10 Barasona J.A., Gallardo C., Cadenas E., Jurado C., Rivera B., Arias M., Sánches-Vizcaíno J.M.: First oral immunization of wild boar against African swine fever virus

 

12:10 – 12:25 Jori F., Gavier-Widén D., Ruiz-Fons J.F.: Understanding and combating African Swine Fever in Europe (ASF-STOP) - COST Action network-achievements in its first 2 years

 

12:25 – 12:40 Morelle K., Bubnicki J., Churski M., Kuijper D.: African swine fever, hunting and wild boar: insights of a complicated relationship

 

12:40 – 14:10 Lunch

 

14:10 – 15:25 Session 3 - ASF 2 (chair: Oliver Keuling)

 

14:10 – 14:30 Náhlik A., Erdélyi K., Bálint Á., Tari T.: The statut of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Hungary

 

14:30 – 14:50 Podgórski T., Borowik T., Śmietanka K., Woźniakowski G.: Spatial epidemiology of African Swine Fever (ASF) in wild boar

 

14:50 – 15:10 Hohmann U.: Prevention measures against African Swine Fever from a wildlife-ecological perspective

 

15:10 – 15:25 Hahn N., Niemann H.: Hunter´s assistance in prevention and eradication of ASF - a field test in the county of Herzogtum Lauenburg (Germany)

 

15:25 – 16:25 Session 4 - CENSUS METHODS (chair: Boštjan Pokorny)

 

15:25 – 15:45 Bobek B., Furtek J., Orłowska L., Wojciuch-Płoskonka M.: Population density and number of wild boar (Sus scrofa) estimated by sampling plots in south-western Poland

 

15:45 – 16:05 Gačić D., Simić A.: Wild boar monitoring system in Serbia

 

16:05 – 16:25 Sinai I., Goelman O., Tal A., Federman R., Reichman A., Dolev A.: Monitoring wild boar with thermal night vision goggles

 

16:25 – 16:55 Coffee break

 

16:55 – 18:25 Session 5 - DAMAGE (chair: Sandra Cellina)

 

16:55 – 17:15 Bodenchuk M., Nolte D.: Feral swine damage management in the USA: National and state programs

 

17:15 – 17:30 Rosell C., Romero de Tejada S., Colomer J., Navas F., Torrellas M.: Testing an exclusion fence to prevent damage caused by wild boar to bird populations in a wetland area

 

17:30 – 17:45 Rutten A., Casaer J., Vogels M., Addink E., Leirs H.: Assessing agricultural damage by wild boar using drones

 

17:45 – 18:05 Suter S.M.: Prevention of wild boar damage in agriculture

 

18:05 – 18:25 Cellina S.: Legal feeding ban and its consequences on wild boar damage in agriculture

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, Sep 5th

 

09:00 Departure from the Hotel Tree of Life
 
09:00 – 22:00 Excursion
 
22:00 Arrival to the Hotel Tree of Life

 

 

 

THURSDAY, Sep 6th

 

09:00 – 10:40 Session 6 - MANAGEMENT 1 (chair: Ulf Hohman)

 

9:00 – 9:20 Herbst C., Bauch T., Arnold J.: The “round table wild boar” in Baden-Württemberg

 

9:20 – 9:40 Klinkenberg B.: Conflicts in wild boar management in the Forest of Dean, UK

 

9:40 – 10:00 Licoppe A., Della Libera F.: A capture network as a tool to improve wild boar management in Wallonia (Belgium)

 

10:00 – 10:20 Payne A., Ogweng P., Ojok A., Etter E., Gilot-Fromont E., Masembe Ch., Ståhl K., Jori F.: Comparison of three methods to assess the potential for bushpig-domestic pig interactions at the livestock - wildlife interface in Uganda

 

10:20 – 10:40 Croft S., Franzetti B., Massei G., Ronchi F.: Management of a closed population of wild boar: culling versus fertility control

 

Ekonomov A.V.: Resources of wild boar in Russia. Current state.

 

10:40 – 11:05 Coffee break

 

11:05 – 13:00 Session 7 - MANAGEMENT 2 (chair: Giovanna Massei)

 

11:05 – 11:25 Schlicker T., Hohmann U., Wagelaar R.: Local wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) hunting bag dynamics und their influencing factors in the Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve. Which factors influence the population dynamics?

 

11:25 – 11:45 Tomeček J.M.: Management of Sus scrofa through Outreach Education and Private Citizen Action: Lessons from Texas

 

11:45 – 12:05 Vajas P., Baubet É., Calenge C., Saïd S., Richard E.: Modeling the wild boar hunting effort to explain the resulting harvest, case of a drive hunt in France

 

12:05 – 12:25 Wishart J., Staples L., Humphrys S., Marshall D., Vercauteren K.C., Snow N.P., MacMorran D., Foster J.A.: Assessments of HOGGONE® meSN feral pig bait for control of feral pigs in Australia

 

12:25 – 12:45 Torres R.T., Cunha M.V., Caetano T., mendo S., Serrano E., Fonseca C.: Antimicrobial resistance in wild boar in Europe: present knowledge and future challenges

 

12:45 – 13:00 Rosell C., Ruiz-Olmo J., Navas F., Cama A., Guinart D., Bassols E.: Catalan wild boar monitoring programme: lessons learned after 20 years

 

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

 

14:30 – 16:10 Session 8 - URBAN ISSUES (chair: Jim Casaer)

 

14:30 – 14:45 Castillo-Contreras R., Mentaberre G., Conejero C., Fernández-Aguilar X., González-Crespo C., Colom-Cadena A.,Lavín S., López-Olvera J.R.: Five years facing the challenge of urban wild boar in Barcelona

 

14:45 – 15:00 Castillo-Contreras R., Mentaberre G., Fernández-Aguilar X., Colom-Cadena A.,Conejero C., Ráez-Bravo A., González-Crespo C., Espunyes J., Lavín S., López-Olvera J.R.: Urban wild boars grow bigger and faster than their non-urban counterparts

 

15:00 – 15:20 Chan P.L., Shek C.T., Yip S.H.P., Cheung K.S.: Management of human-wild pig conflicts in densely urbanised area – the case of Hong Kong

 

15:20 – 15:40 Davidson A., Malkinson D., Shanas U.: Urban boars show lower perceived risk of humans compare to boars from agricultural areas and nature reserves

 

15:40 – 15:55 O'Mahony K.: Communities, publics, responsibilities: the problematic nature of England's boar strategy

 

15:55 – 16:10 Tari T., Sándor G., Náhlik A.: The presence of wild boar in urban areas of Hungary

 

16:10 – 16:30 Coffee break

 

16:30 – 17:30 Poster session

 

Albrycht M., Orłowska L., Bobek B., Furtek J., Wojciuch-Płoskonka M.: Transforming collective hunt data for estimating wild boar (Sus scrofa) population density in North-Western Poland

Bena M., Vašíčková P., Kamler J., Kubánková M., Drimaj J., Hušáková M., Slaná I., Plhal R., Mikulka O.: Prevalence of selected emerging and re-emerging pathogens in population of wild boar in the Czech Republic

Berčík Č.: Determination of radionuclides 137Cs and 40K in wild boar meat in various regions of the Czech Republic

Brivio F., Grignolio S., Brogi R., Cappai N., Bottero E., Bertolucci C., Apollonio M.: Assessing the activity rhythms of wild animals: important insight into the overall ecology of a species

Colino-Rabanal V.J., Pescador M., Bosch J., Peris S.J.: Recent trends in wild boar-vehicle collisions in Spain

Kjellander P.: Consequences of artificial feeding - a new study in Sweden

de Jong Y.A., d’Huart J.P., Butynski T.M.: Biogeography and conservation of desert warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus and common warthog Phacochoerus africanus in the horn of Africa

Fischer C.: Do wild boars select for protected ares in a mountainous area in Eastern France?

Drimaj J., Balková M., Adamec Z., Plhal R., Mikulka O., Kamler J., Hrubý P.: Preliminary findings of factors influencing wild boar distribution in temperate forest during the winter

Drimaj J., Kamler J., Svoboda T., Plhal R., Mikulka O.: Population structure of wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the Czech Republic

Drimaj J., Plhal R., Poulíčková K., Forejtek P., Kamler J.: The occurrence of lung worms (Metastrongylus sp.) in a wild boar (Sus scrofa) populations in the Czech Republic

Hulánková R., Bořilová G., Plhal R.: Occurrence and characterisation of selected bacterial pathogens in the intestinal tract of wild boars hunted in the Czech Republic

Janeliunas Z., Paulauskas A., Jurgelevicius V.: Microsatellite analysis of wild boar genetic variations in Lithuania

Korro K., Zyka E., Halimi E.: Stody of the dynamics of wild boar’s population in Albania (Sus scrofa)

Kowal P., Nasiadka P., Anusz K.: ASF on the west bank of the Vistula River in Warsaw; ASF where are you going?

Kuriyama T., Higashide D., Takagi S., Yokoyama M.: A comparison between camera traps, activity signs and hunting indices for evaluating wild boar abundance

Meylan L., Georgin A., Fischer C.: Optimisation of a census method using CMR to assess wild boar densities

Mikulka O., Zeman J., Drimaj J., Plhal R., Kamler J.: Selection of diet by wild boar (Sus scrofa) in floodplain forests in the Czech Republic

Nasiadka P.: Temporal pattern of damage caused by wild boars to crops in the landscape of extensive agriculture in Central Poland

Palencia P., Bobillo B., Vicente J., Pardavila X., Royo L., Carro F., Lamosa A., Acevedo P.: Seasonal and spatial variation in wild boar movement behavior: implications for random encounter model

Palencia P., Iglesias P., Jiménez J., Carro F., Soriguer R.C., Vicente J., Acevedo P.: Assesing the Random Encounter Model reliability with wild ungulates

Reinke H., Keuling O., König H.: Activity patterns and resource selection of wild boar in a large-scale protected area in Northern Germany

Šatrán P., Jarosil T., Semerád Z.: African swine fever in wild boar in the Czech Republic

Scandura M., Canu A., Iacolina L., Biosa D., Apollonio M.: Island population genetics: the case of wild boar in Sardinia and its satellite islands

Senchik A., Ryabchenko A., Guretskaya Y., Bormotov M.: The use of hunting dogs for hunting wild ungulates (Sus scrofa ussuricus, Alces alces cameloides, Cervus elaphus xanthopygus, Capreolus pygargus Pallas) on the hunting grounds in Siberia and Far East of Russia

Tajchman K., Drozd L., Karpiński M., Czyżowski P., Goleman M.: Genetic structure of wild boar (Sus scrofa) population from Poland based on microsatellite loci analyses

Takeuchi M.: Japan Gibier: Wild meat promotion and agricultural damage management

Tikhonchuk P., Senchik A.: A description of principal forage crops used for extra nutrition of wild ungulates (Sus scrofa ussuricus, Alces alces cameloides, Cervus elaphus xanthopygus, Capreolus pygargus Pallas) in Siberia and the Far East of Russia

Turek K., Friedlová E., Strejček R., Samec P.: The development of the wild boars abundance in the Czech Republic, and influence of wild boar on small game populations

Veličković N., Djan M., Stefanović M., Ferreira E., Ernst M., Fonseca C.: Microsatellite variability in wild boars from Czech Republic
19:00 – 22:00 Gala dinner

 

 

 

FRIDAY, Sep 7th

 

09:00 – 10:00 Session 9 - BIOLOGY (chair: András Náhlik)

 

09:00 – 09:20 Maistrelli C., Keuling O.: Is the wild boar always ready? A review about the seasonality in reproduction of wild boar males (Sus scrofa)

 

09:20 – 09:40 Kurucz Á., Orbán K., Mackei M., Kulcsár A., Neogrády Z., Mátis G.: Comparative study on hepatic and intestinal drug metabolism in wild boar and domestic pig

 

09:40 – 10:00 Vetter S.G., Rath T., Stalder G.L., Painer J., Einwaller J., Staudacher S., Bieber C.: Challenges of measuring body temperature in wild boar

 

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

 

10:30 – 12:50 Session 10 - SPATIAL BEHAVIUOR (chair: Carlos Fonseca)

 

10:30 – 10:50 Franzetti B., Catenacci M., Ronchi F., Focardi S.: Trait and habitat dependent natal dispersal in wild boar

 

10:50 – 11:10 Johann F., Handschuh M., Linderoth P., Arnold J.: Changes and patterns of activity in wild boar

 

11:10 – 11:30 Markov N., Pankova N.: Ecological correlates of wild boar expansion to the north of Western Siberia

 

11:30 – 11:50 Náhlik A., Häffenträger G., Sándor G., Tari T.: Habitat use of the wild boar and its seasonal changes in a Hungarian temperate forest

 

11:50 – 12:10 Painter M.S., Ježek M., Rohla J., Hart V.: New methods for age-old questions of magnetic sensing in wild animals

 

12:10 – 12:30 Wevers J., Casaer J., Beenaerts N.: Spatial use of wild boar in an urban protected area

 

12:30 – 12:50 Belova O., Tarvydas A., Gintautas U.: Wild boar distribution and habitat preference in Lithuania

 

12:50 – 13:50 Lunch

 

13:50 – 14:35 Session 11 - GENETICS (chair: Nevena Veličković)

 

13:50 – 14:05 Drygala F., Rode-Margono J., Frantz A.C., Semiadi G., Wirdateti W.: Natural hybridisation between the common Indonesian wild boar (Sus scrofa vittatus) and the Endangered Javan warty pig (S. verrucosus), as a risk of extinction for the latter

 

14:05 – 14:20 Mihalik B., Frank K., Szemethy D., Stéger V., Barta E., Kusza S.: Genetic structure of the Hungarian wild boars (Sus scrofa) – initial results

 

14:20 – 14:35 Rutten A., Cox K., Casaer J., Scheppers T., Leirs H.: Landscape genetic analysis of wild boar in a highly fragmented landscape

 

14:35 – 15:00 Closing ceremony

 

15:30 Departure to the Post-Conference Tour

 

 

 

SATURDAY, Sep 8th    Post-Conference Tour