Special Talk Sessions:

The State of Pet Homelessness Project
Jo Gale / Mars Petcare
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Agria Breed Profiles
Annika Forsberg
Consultant for Agria Insurance
Agria Breed Profiles IDHW 2024 Annika Forsberg.pdf

1st Plenary Session - Supply and Demand:

Experiences from Germany
Peter Friedrich
President of the German Kennel Club (VDH)
Professor for Psychology and Criminology
Board Member, International Partnership for Dogs
PF 2024 Dogs, Demand, Distrust.pdf

Supply and Demand
Claire Calder
Head of Public Affairs, Dogs Trust, UK
Supply and Demand - Claire Calder June 2024.pdf

2nd Plenary Session - Breeding for Health and Well-Being:

Breeding for Health and Well-being: Innate Health in Dogs
Dan O’Neill
Associate Professor in Companion Animal Epidemiology, Royal Veterinary College, U. of London, UK
240614 Used - Dan O'Neill - IDHW 5 - Breeding for Health and Wellbeing.pdf

3rd Plenary Session - Big Data:

Opportunities and Challenges of National Databases
Joanna Ilska
Genetics Research Manager at The Kennel Club (UK)
Big Data 2024 Joanna Ilska.pdf

VetCompass in the UK
Dan O’Neill
Associate Professor in Companion Animal Epidemiology, Royal Veterinary College, U. of London, UK
240614 Used Dan O'Neill - IDHW 5 - VetCompass.pdf

4th Plenary Session - Does the Colour Matter? Defining Breed vs Variety:

Cross breeding and open breed registers from a practical and organisational point of view
Sofia Malm, PhD
Geneticist, Swedish Kennel Club, Sweden

Helena Skarp
Head of Dept. of Breeding and Health, Swedish Kennel Club, Sweden

IDHW 2024 outcrossing and open studbooks for dogwellnet Malm_Skarp.pdf

Additional Resources:

Guidelines for Projects Aiming at Increased Genetic Variation
Developed by the Swedish Kennel Club's Breeding Committee
Sofia Malm has kindly translated these guidelines, which give a brief description of different possibilities for increasing the genetic variation in a breed and suggestions for planning and implementation.

SKK guidelines for projects regarding genetic variation 240718_version2.pdf