Titel Deelnemers "How to deal with sagittal groove disease in the sport horse?" "Maarten Oosterlinck, Katrien Vanderperren" "Clinical and diagnostic aspects of tenosynovitis of the digital flexor tendon sheath" "Maarten Oosterlinck" "Inbreeding in the Belgian equine warmblood population : current degree and evolution" "Bram Van Mol, Haana Hubrechts, Roel Meyermans, Lea Chapard, Wim Gorssens, Maarten Oosterlinck, Nadine Buys, Frederik Pille, Steven Janssens" "A tremendous evolution has taken place in the field of equine reproduction during the past decade. Advanced reproduction techniques, such as ovum pick up combined with intracytoplasmic sperm injection and embryo transfer, have become more and more routine procedures in warmblood breeding. These techniques allow ‘popular’ mares to produce multiple foals per year via surrogate mares. The latter evolution and the impression that only a limited number of popular stallions are preferred by the equine breeders due to strong selection, could generate a fast-paced increase in autozygosity. Consequently, research is needed to assess the current levels of inbreeding in the equine warmblood population and to map the evolution of inbreeding. In this study we estimated the level of inbreeding of the Belgian warmblood population by analysing the HD genotypes (670K, Affymetrix) of over 700 horses by runs of homozygosity (ROH). Horses of the study sample were born in the period 2001-2020 and were divided in 2 time-windows to compute the evolution in the genomic inbreeding coefficient (FROH). We assessed the FROH at both the population and the individual level using PLINK. We examined the number and length of ROH to determine the evolution of inbreeding and studied ROH islands to achieve insights in signatures of positive selection. Furthermore, we quantified the genetic diversity by calculating the effective population size (Ne) of the Belgian equine warmblood population. The analyses so far showed restricted recent inbreeding (FROH±2%) and quite extensive old inbreeding (FROH±18%). Ne is ±90, which means the population is at risk (Ne" "A survey on Flemish veterinary practitioners’ experience with stem cell therapy to treat equine tendon injuries" "Stien Holemans, Marguerite Meeremans, Maarten Oosterlinck, Catharina De Schauwer" "Universiteit Gent" "Horses in all equestrian disciplines are suffering from tendon injuries followed by several months of rehabilitation. Additionally, the scar tissue formed after injury is of inferior quality, resulting in high re-injury rates. Conventional treatments include rest, controlled exercise and anti-inflammatory drugs administration. In order to improve tissue regeneration and prevent reinjury, biological treatments, such as mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are gaining popularity. In this survey, the use of MSCs as treatment for tendon injuries by Flemish equine veterinary practitioners was evaluated. Although the respondents were in general unsatisfied with conventional therapy, it remains the preferred treatment. Approximately half of the survey population (47%) have already used MSCs therapy to treat tendon injuries. The other participants reported the high costs and complexity as major limitations. According to the respondents, the availability of strong scientific evidence of the mechanisms of action, accompanied by clear practical guidelines, could help to increase the practical application of MSC therapy." "Profiling the aerobic window of horses in response to training by means of a modified lactate minimum speed test : flatten the curve" "Lorie De Maré, Carmen Vidal Moreno de Vega, Constance De meeûs, Lukas Plancke, Yannick Gansemans, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, Dieter Deforce, Jean Eduardo de Oliveira, Guilherme Hosotani, Maarten Oosterlinck" "Dynamic evaluation of toe–heel and medio-lateral load distribution and hoof landing patterns in sound, unshod Standardbred horses with toed-in, toed-out and normal hoof conformation" "Anna Mokry, Eline Van de Water, Hinke Politiek, D.A. van Doorn, Maarten Oosterlinck" "The lipopolysaccharide model for the experimental induction of transient lameness and synovitis in Standardbred horses" "Eline Van de Water, Maarten Oosterlinck, N.M. Korthagen, Michèle Dumoulin, P.R. van Weeren, J. Olijve, D.A. van Doorn" "Guillotine versus pull-through technique for palmar digital neurectomy : a retrospective study on 40 horses" "Maarten Oosterlinck, Charlotte Lubbers, Maarten Haspeslagh" "Chronic lameness caused by vascular compression of the iliac artery and vein by a malignant melanoma in the pelvis of a grey Spanish gelding" "Anke Van Ongeval, Norbert van de Velde, Els Raes, Maarten Oosterlinck" "The use of equine chondrogenic‐induced mesenchymal stem cells as a treatment for osteoarthritis : a randomised, double‐blinded, placebo‐controlled proof‐of‐concept study" "Sarah Broeckx, AL Bertone, L Van Hecke, Michèle Dumoulin, Maarten Oosterlinck, Koen Chiers, H Hussein, Jan Spaas"