Programme :
With ongoing climate change, global warming is accompanied by intense weather events and high temperatures. These events affect all agricultural sectors and impact plant and animal health and production. This doctoral course in English aims to explain what heat stress is, how to measure it, its effects on agricultural production, and how to address it.
The first module covers general principles of heat and heat stress measurement and the effects of heat stress on plants and animals. It will present the current means of remediation. A workshop on temperature measurement in the field will be organized for in-person participants. The second module focuses on the effects and remediation of heat stress in ruminant farming and includes contributions from University of Florida specialists.
For both modules, participants will complete a small amount of personal work that will be the subject of a scientific discussion on the final day.
These two modules are open to all ABIES ED doctoral students, as well as doctoral students from other EDs and interested staff. Although they are linked, they can be taken separately.

Climate change and heat stress in agriculture with a focus on animal production

Week 1 - 8-12 September

Monday 8th of September– General concepts
9:00-9:30
Introduction to the course (Eliaou Sellem, INRAE, Pascale Chavatte-Palmer, INRAE)
9:30-11:00
Heat stress and climate change : a global perspective (Erwan Personne, AgroParisTech)
11:00-12:30
Heat waves (Pedro Herig-Coimbra, INRAE)


14:00-16:00
Concepts of stress and adaption (Pete Hansen, University of Florida)

Tuesday 9th of September - Measurements
9:00-12:00
Heat and Temperature and their measurements (Pete Hansen, University of Florida)

13:00-17:00
Practical work: Meteorological measurements on site in Palaiseau (Patrick Stella & Sébastien Saint-Jean, AgroParisTech)


Wednesday 10th of September – Physics - Indirect/secondary effects of increasing heat
9:00-12:00
Thermodynamics, heat production through ATP and energy value of feedstuffs, Thernoneutral zone (Pete Hansen, University of Florida)

13:00-14:30
Plant health and Climate Change (Marie-Odile Bancal, AgroParisTech)
15:00-17:00
Heat stress, health and reproduction in humans (Pascale Chavatte-Palmer, INRAE)


Thursday 11th of September– Indirect/secondary effects of increasing heat
9:00-10:30
Conduction/convection, radiation, evaporation (Pete Hansen, University of Florida)
11:00-12:30
Effects of heat stress in plants (Meije Gawinowski, AgroParisTech)

14:00 - 15:30
Agroecological practices to mitigate heat stress of crops (Sébastien Saint-Jean, AgroParisTech)


Friday 12th of September – Increase in heat temperature
9:00-12:30
Personal work

14:00-17:00
Student presentations and discussion




 
Week 2 – Heat stress : focus on ruminant production and mitigation effects
September 29th to October 3rd

Monday 29th of September– Ruminant systems
9:00-9:30
Introduction to the course (Eliaou Sellem, INRAE, Pascale Chavatte-Palmer, INRAE)
9:30-12:30
Intensive vs extensive production and geographical considerations in ruminants (Geof Dahl, University of Florida)

14:00-15:00
Production and heat stress in dairy cattle (Geof Dahl, University of Florida)
15:00-16:00
Reproduction and heat stress in females (Pete Hansen, University of Florida)
16:00-17:00
Reproduction and heat stress in male ruminants (Eli Sellem, INRAE)


Tuesday 30th of September– Genetic selection to reduce heat stress
9:00-10:30
Genetic selection to reduce heat stress in animals (Aurélie Vinet, INRAE)
11:00-12:30
Genetic selection and genome editing to reduce heat stress in animals (Pete Hansen, University of Florida)

14:00-15:30
Genetic selection to reduce heat stress in plants (Karine Alix, AgroParisTech)



Wednesday 1st of October – mitigation of heat stress ; DOHAD and epigenetics

9:00-10:30
Adapting animal facilities in cattle (Geof Dahl, University of Florida)

11:00-12:30
Adapting animal facilities in small ruminants (Morgane Lambert, IDELE)


13:30-15:00
DOHAD concept (Pascale Chavatte-Palmer, INRAE)
15:30-17:00
Epigenetic mechanisms in mammals (Eli Sellem, INRAE)


Thursday – Transgenerational effects
9:00-12:00
Effects of heat stress on pregnant cow and calf (Geof Dahl, University of Florida)

13:30-15:00
Effects on placenta (Pascale Chavatte-Palmer, INRAE)

Friday – Wrapping up
9:00-12:30
Personal work

14:00-17:00
Student presentations and discussion

Les Compétences et capacités visées à l'issue de la formation (fiches RNCP)

Arrêté du 22 février 2019 définissant les compétences des diplômés du doctorat et inscrivant le doctorat au répertoire national de la certification professionnelle. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/id/JORFTEXT000038200990/

Bloc 3 : Valorisation et transfert des résultats d’une démarche R&D, d’études et prospective

- Mettre en œuvre l’ensemble des dispositifs de publication à l’échelle internationale permettant de valoriser les savoirs et connaissances nouvelles

La formation participe à l'objectif suivant :être directement utile pour la rédaction de la thèse ou pour l’exposition écrite ou orale des travaux de recherche