Dr. med. vet. Christiane Otzdorff, Dip. ECAR

Resume

Dr. Christiane Otzdorff first completed an apprenticeship as a horse management specialist in breeding and husbandry. After passing her final exam, she studied veterinary medicine at Justus Liebig University in Giessen. Upon completing her studies, she wrote her doctoral dissertation in the field of reproductive biotechnology at the Neustadt Aisch Insemination Association (Besamungsverein Neustadt Aisch e.V.). She received her Ph.D. in 2005 from Freie Universität Berlin.

Since 2005, Dr. Otzdorff has been working in the field of reproductive medicine at LMU Munich. She initially worked at the LMU Small Animal Clinic and, since 2013, has also been working at the LMU Equine Clinic. She completed a three-year residency in the field of reproductive biotechnology and subsequently earned Diplomate status from the European College of Animal Reproduction. In 2012, she passed the examination to become a board-certified veterinarian in animal breeding and biotechnology.

Dr. Otzdorff focuses her work on andrology (small animals, horses, ruminants) and biotechnology. Her primary areas of interest include clinical spermatology, male infertility and subfertility, and the cryopreservation of sperm.

From 2011 to 2017, Dr. Otzdorff served as a member of the Examination Committee of the European College of Animal Reproduction, and from 2017 to 2026, she served as the College’s Secretary.

Additional Qualifications

• Fachtierarzt Tierzucht und Biotechnologie
• Diplomate European College of Animal Reproduction

Research Interests

• Clinical Spermatology
• Infertility and Subfertility in Male Animals
• Cryopreservation of Sperm

Publications

Orcid-ID: 0000-0002-8000-5746

2026

• Anti-Müllerian Hormone as a Marker for Castration Status and Fertility in Bulls and Oxen.
  Gilg D, Otzdorff C, Zablotski Y, Zerbe H, Walter B
  Reprod Dom Anim, accepted February 2026
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/rda.70196

2024

• Flushing the canine prepuce before mating, useful or not?
  Kühn K, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Reese S, Wolf G, Walter B, Leykam C, Flock U, Otzdorff C.
  Tierarztl Prax Ausg K Kleintiere Heimtiere. 2024 Dec;52(6):346-358.
  DOI: 10.1055/a-2461-8756

2022

• Anti-Muellerian hormone concentration in queens throughout the estrous cycle.
  Flock U, Reese S, Otzdorff C, Klein R, Walter B
  Domest Anim Endocrinol 2022 Oct;81:106749
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.domaniend.2022.106749

• Virtification and in-straw warming do not affect pregnancy rates of biopsied bovine embryos.
  Gonzalez-Rodriguez N, Martinez-Rodero I, Scherzer J, Jung S, Reichenbach M, Zablotski Y, Otzdorff C, Zerbe H, Mogas T
  Theriogenology 2022 Oct 1; 191:221-230
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2022.07.021

• Serum anti-Müllerian hormone concentration as a diagnostic tool to identify testicular tissue in canine disorders of sexual development.
  Walter B, Flock U, Leykam C, Otzdorff C, Simmet K, Hecht W, Kempker L, Aupperle-Lellbach H, Reese S
  Domest Animn Endocrinol 2022 Jan;78:106654
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.domaniend.2021.106654

2021

• Birth of a vital puppy following prolonged whelping in a Labrador Retriever.
  Walter B, Leykam C, Flock U, Otzdorff C, Meyer-Lindenberg A.
  Tierärztl. Praxis Ausg. K Kleintiere 2021 Feb;49(1):51-54
  DOI: 10.1055/a-1319-8847

• Equine Arteritis Virus (EAV) outbreak in a show stallion population.
  Otzdorff C, Beckmann J, Goehring LS
  Viruses 2021 Oct 24;13(11):2142
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/v13112142