The 5th Annual Symposium of the EVSSAR was held in Estoril (Portugal) on the 2nd of june 2007, as a joint meeting with the 16 th Congresso Nacional of the APMVEAC and the 14th Curso para Auxilares de Consultorio.

The Estoril Congress Center hosted the event which was visited by a large number of delegates.

Scientific Program

• Benign prostatic hyperplasia: epidemiology, symptoms and diagnosis (Suzi Arnold)
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia : treatment. (Suzi Arnold)
• Prostatic adenocarcinoma: (Lajos Balogh)
• Prostatitis in the dog : (Alain Fontbonne)
• Treatment of prostatic cysts or abscesses: (Josep Arus)
• Short Communications
• Ververidis et al. (Greece): Extremely long retention of fetal remnants in the uterus of the bitch: description of three clinical cases.
• Levy et al. (France): Treatment of prostatic abscesses: value of one-step trans-abdominal ultrasound guided needle aspiration and in situ injection of marbofloxacin.
• Sontas et al. (Turkey-Italy): Treatment of vaginal hyperplasia with GnRH and megestrol acetate in a Tosa Inu bitch.
• Payan-Carreira et al. (Portugal): Feline mammary fibroepithelial hyperplasia: ultrasonographic characterization of the lesions and monitorization of the response to medical treatment.
• Nizanski et al. (Poland): Results of artificial insemination of bitches with fresh and frozen-thawed semen: practical experiences in Poland.
• New hormonal treatments in canine reproduction (Julianna Thuroczy)
• Medical treatment of pyometra in the bitch (Konrad Blendinger)
• Round table: canine AI and determination of the optimal breeding period (Angelika Von Heimendahl, Philippe Bogaerts, Luisa Mateus, G.Cecilia Luvoni)
• New trends in the evaluation of canine sperm (Fernando Pena)
• Short communications - Biotechnologies
• Ponglowhapan et al. (UK): Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in the lower urinary tract of intact and gonadectomised male and female dogs.
• Eilts et al. (USA): Evaluation of chilled, canine semen stored for 24 hours in a commercial equine extender  after preparation with prostatic fluid or after centrifugation to remove prostatic fluid.
• Rijsselaere et al. (Belgium): Effect of thawing temperature on survival of cooled, cryopreserved epididymal cat spermatozoa.
• Chigioni et al. (Italy): Cryopreservation of immature cat oocytes by solid surface vitrification.
• Lopes et al. (Portugal-Belgium): Effect of age and reproductive stage on the occurrence of apoptosis in cumulus cells of canine grade 1 cumulus-oocyte complexes.

An extensive commercial exhibition was available in the entrance hall.

The new EVSSAR Board

Prof . S. Arnold

Prof. L. Balogh

Prof. Payan-Carreira