We are pleased to invite you to attend the dissertation thesis defence of Ing. Jana Marešová with the title “Breeding Management Practices, Maternal Behaviour, and Reproductive Performance in Camelids” (Department of Animal Science and Food Processing, Tropical Agrobiology and Bioresource Management). Thesis defence will take place on 2nd April 2025, 1 p.m. 13 hod, meeting room 313 (building FTZ).

Camelids are important in rural farmers' livelihoods and contribute to local areas' economic and food security. Jana's dissertation focused on camelid husbandry and breeding practices in the tropics and subtropics. It characterizes the husbandry practices of farmers raising domestic South American camelids in the Andean region. It also observed interesting information about alpacas' maternal and nursing behaviour under traditional conditions in the Andes and on farms in Central Europe. Additionally, it documented the occurrence of allonursing in alpacas.

We kindly invite you to participate in the 4th Agrinatura Conference 2025, which will take place in Ghent, Belgium. Agrinatura, through EEIG, is offering four travel grants for students who wish to attend and present their research at the conference.

We would like to share with you information about the International summer school "Healthy Diet - Between Tradition to Innovation," which will be held in Ljubljana in the framework of Erasmus BIP (students can obtain Erasmus scholarships). Please, share the following invitation with your students and let me know how many are interested in participating. 

They can register on webpage (https://fshl.ro/ljubljana-2025/) before 31 March 2025.

Participants can obtain an Erasmus scholarship for participation in our BIP.