IOCAN 2026 - 10 articles
The 4th International Online Conference on Animals
Online | 17–19 March 2026
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The pressures on human animal relations are growing and were recently addressed in the 4th International Online Conference on Animals (IOCAN). IOCAN 2026, which took place online from the 17–19 March 2026, aimed to provide opportunities for its...
This study develops a mathematical bioeconomic framework to analyze competition between two marine species under harvesting pressure. The central hypothesis is that asymmetric interspecific competition fundamentally shapes population stability and op...
Gnathophis mystax (Delaroche, 1809) is a benthic eel widely distributed in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, whose parasitic fauna remains known. This study provides the first parasitological assessment of this species from the southern Tyrrhen...
In small ruminants, up to 40% of fertilized ova are lost during early gestation due to inadequate progesterone. This study evaluated post-transfer progestogen supplementation in goats. A total of 207 thawed embryos were transferred into 111 recipient...
The aim of this study was to compare within-horse changes and between-horse differences in selected metabolic parameters in twenty draft mares, of which ten belonged to a group with a history of laminitis (LG) and ten formed the control group (CG). M...
Animal abuse, encompassing active cruelty and neglect, is an underreported animal welfare and public safety concern. In Hungary, the parallel administrative and criminal law definitions of animal cruelty create additional uncertainty for citizens, pr...
Background. Newborn ruminants are born agammaglobulinemic, and colostrum quality (IgG concentration) is often insufficient, especially in heifers, leading to high morbidity and mortality from diarrheal infections. Objective. To develop and evaluate c...
Using Qualitative Behavioural Assessment (QBA) surveys, this study evaluated whether QBA has value as a welfare assessment in two species of zoo-housed non-human primate taxa: saki monkeys (Pithecia pithecia) and ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta). Sur...
Introduction: The Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus), an endangered scavenger, plays an important role in ecosystem health and corpse decomposition processes. However, populations have been declining throughout the Indian subcontinent, mainly d...
