EEHNA European Equine Health & Nutrition Association
Job title
Secretaris
Interests
Online Education; In vitro models; Gastrointestinal tract health; Clinical nutrition
About me
After his PhD defense in 2003 he continued working in the equine nutrition business until 2013. In 2013 he started his own consultancy (Equivado) and started the online education platform anivado.com. David is also responsible for the organization of the “European Equine Health & Nutrition Congress. Since 2010, David is an (part-time) assistant professor in equine nutrition at the Nutrition Department of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Utrecht University (UU), part of the Centre of Animal Nutrition (WUR). David has also been involved in projects of the Utrecht University Library related to the preservation of the equine veterinary patrimony. David’s current research interest includes macro mineral absorption, digestibility markers nutraceuticals but his current & future work within the Centre of Animal Nutrition will focus on "Feeding strategies for gastro intestinal health". He is also developing a ration calculation tool for vets. If you are interested, contact David (but preferably not during the congres
Edwin Claerebout
Country
Company
Ghent University
Job title
Professor in parasitology
Interests
gastrointestinal parasites in cattle and horses, sustainable worm control
About me
Edwin Claerebout is an EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Parasitology (dipEVPC) and professor in parasitology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Ghent University, Belgium, where he lectures on parasitic diseases in domestic animals. His research interests are parasitic diseases in livestock, in particular gastro-intestinal parasites. Prof. Claerebout serves on the board of the Benelux branch of the European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites (ESCCAP) since 2008.
Esther Peek
Country
Company
anivado.com
Job title
Junior Consultant Equine Nutrition & Content Development Manager
Interests
About me
Esther Peek BSc studied Applied Biology at HAS University in ‘s Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. She chose the minor Applied Animal Science and graduated in 2019. Esther got in contact with ANIVADO when she did a project about equine nutrition in 2014. In 2015 she followed an internship at the equine clinic in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Utrecht. During this internship Esther found her passion for equine nutrition. In 2017 she did a project in mastication behaviour in horses. Esther joined the ANIVADO team in 2018 as Junior Consultant Equine Nutrition & Content Development Manager.
Roseanne Minderhoud
Country
Company
Anivado/Equivado Education & Training
Job title
Junior Consultant Equine Nutrition
Interests
About me
Finished the bachelor Applied Biology at HAS University 's-Hertogenbosch in 2018 and the master Animal Sciences at Wageningen University in 2020, with specialisations Animal Nutrition & Adaptation Physiology. I joined the Anivado/Equivado team in 2020 as a content developer and junior consultant equine nutrition. I am also involved in monitoring of the French Olympic dressage and show jumping teams towards Tokyo together with Equine Integration
Deborah van Doorn
Country
Company
Utrecht University - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Biomolecular Health Sciences
Job title
Senior lecturer in veterinary parasitology
Interests
Horses, parastes, books and nature
About me
DEBORAH VAN DOORN works at Utrecht University - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Biomolecular Health Sciences. She is a senior lecurer in veterinary parasitology. In the past few years her research activities were mainly focused on the epidemiology of cyathostomin infections in horses and the resistance development of cyathostomins against macrocyclic lactones. Molecular identification of cyathostomin species and involvement in anthelmintic resistance.
Marie Gillesen
Country
Company
Anivado
Job title
Veterinarian
Interests
Nutrition
About me
Recent graduate of veterinary medicine looking for new opportunities.
Aránzazu Meana
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Company
Universidad Complutense Madrid
Job title
Interests
About me
Attendee Andrea Ellis
Country
Company
Unequi Ltd
Job title
Director
Interests
Equine Nutrition, Behaviour and Welfare
About me
Adolfo Paz-Silva
Country
Company
University of Santiago de Compostela
Job title
Senior lecturer at the Animal Health Department
Interests
About me
Adolfo Paz-Silva is senior lecturer at the Animal Health Department, in the Faculty of Veterinary of Lugo, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). In 2003 he obtained his current position with full of his time dedicated to lecturing subjects in Epidemiology, Zoonoses and Public Health, and Parasitic Diseases, as well as supervising undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students. His main area of research consists of the control of parasites, through feasible diagnostics, proper treatment and development of preventive measures. He is Diplomate of the European Veterinary Parasitology College (EVPC Diplomate) and EBVS® Veterinary Specialist in Parasitology, member of the Spanish Society of Parasitology and the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP).
Since 2013 he is the coordinator of the COPAR (Control of Parasites) Research Group at the USC, focused on reducing the levels of contamination by certain pathogens in the soil as a contribution to the integrated control of p
Andrea Ellis
Country
Company
Unequi
Job title
Equine Scientist
Interests
About me
Andrea is a moderator during the virtual EEHNC.
CV
Dr Andrea Ellis is a renowned equine scientist, who has had horses in her blood from an early age both as an artist and scientist.
Andrea's early research focused on food intake behaviour and nutrient digestion in horses and sheep, and set her on a path of becoming a specialist in equine nutrition and behaviour. After working as a Scientific Researcher at the Research Institute for Applied Husbandry, Wageningen University Research, The Netherlands, for four years, she joined Nottingham Trent University as Senior Lecturer, where she led the design of the MSc in Equine Health and Welfare, and was Programme Leader of this course.
Andrea now runs her own company - Unequi Ltd. Research, Education Innovation and also works as a lecturer in equine nutrition, behaviour and welfare for various universities.
Wilbert Pellikaan
Country
Company
Animal Nutrition Group of Wageningen University & Research
Job title
Assistant professor Animal nutrition
Interests
About me
Wilbert Pellikaan is assistant professor at the Animal Nutrition Group of Wageningen University & Research. In 2007 he obtained his current position within the Animal Nutrition Group with half of his time dedicated to lecturing subjects in general animal nutrition and animal nutrition physiology, and supervising undergraduate and graduate students. His main area of research is ruminant nutrition with a special interest in using novel tanniniferous fodder legumes in dairy cow nutrition to reduce enteric methane emissions. Since 2011 he conducts equine nutritional related studies within the Centre for Animal Nutrition, in collaboration with the Faculty of Veterinary Science at Utrecht University.
In 2007 he participated as a workpackage leader in an EU funded research training network ‘HealthyHay’, focussing on the effect of sainfoin tannins on methane production. This project was successfully continued in a subsequent EU funded initial training network ‘LegumePlus’ (www.legumeplus.eu) in which he also partici
Tim Maes
Country
Company
EEHNA
Job title
EEHNC Registration
Interests
About me
Tim Maes represents the EEHNC registration office and coordinates activities related to registration, invoicing, etc.
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