Ridge, Dermoid sinus and genetics has been discussed at several RRWCs through out the years, but never more so than at the conference in Lund in 2016 – here is the agenda as well as links to presentations and some of the papers
Agenda:
Wednesday June 29
09:00 Welcome & presentation of Lund and the speakers
09:30 A bRidge too far
Linda Costa (AU) and Orit Nevo (IL)
Breed standard and Judging
Patrice Johansen (AU)
10:30 Morning break with Country poster sessions
11:00 From Racehorses to Ridgebacks, an insight into Breed Function
Ann Woodrow (GB)
Priming Your Crystal Ball: Successful Puppy Selection
Denise Flaim (US)
Discussion
12:30 Lunch break
14:00 The use of Rhodesian Ridgebacks in their natural environment
Scotty Stewart (ZA)
15:30 Afternoon break with Country poster sessions
16:00 Are we destroying our breed for the sake of its name?
Barbara Turpin (US)
A veterinarians experience of the five personality types as determined by
Traditional Chinese Medicine, and ridgeback diseases
Shura Bugreff (US)
17:00 End of day 1
19:00 Buffet dinner
Agenda Thursday June 30
09:00 Welcome & presentation of the speakers
09:30 Healthy breeding, common sense
Astrid Indrebø (NO)
Mutations and genetic testing – for better or for worse?
Kirsi Sainio (FI)
Discussionhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1lbBsUXy3WbSGwaKLOyJggEI7vjEZqJ4k/view?usp=sharing
11:15 Morning break with Country poster sessions
11:45 Strategies for maintaining genetic diversity in the Rhodesian Ridgeback
Anja Geretschläger (AT)
DS surgery – the German experience
Thomas Laube (DE) and Martin Klopsch (DE)
12:45 Lunch break
14:15 Estimates of heritability of behavioral traits in the Rhodesian Ridgeback
Erling Strandberg (SE)
The ridge gene
Nicolette Salmon Hillbertz (SE)
The ridge gene test
Miroslav Hornak (CZ)
Discussion
16:00 Afternoon break with Country poster sessions
16:30 RRWC Health committee discussion and update
Closing discussions and RRWC 2020 and 2024
17:30 End of day 2
