Call for Abstracts

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: September 1st 2011

NEW ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Monday 7th, 9.00 AM (GMT + 0:00)

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS NOW CLOSED

Rules for abstract submission

Delegates interested in delivering an oral presentation or poster at the WBC are invited to submit an abstract for consideration by the scientific committee. The abstract must include the title of the paper, author(s), affiliation/country, and a brief description of objectives, methods and results.

Topic Areas

Abstracts should focus on the following areas:

1. Reproduction
2. Parasitology
3. Internal medicine
4. Surgery and lameness
5. Epidemiology and animal health economics
6. Nutrition and metabolic diseases
7. Infectious diseases – bacteriology and virology
8. Udder health
9. Immunology
10. Herd health and quality risk management
11. Bovine welfare and cattle comfort
12. Diagnostic imaging
13. E-learning/continuing education
14. Small ruminants
15. Camelids
16. Public Health/food safety
17. Youngstock
18. Tropical animal diseases
19. Pharmacology
20. Organic farming and environmental issues

Abstract Submission and Deadlines

All abstracts must be submitted electronically through the WBC submission website. Abstracts of no more than 2500 characters (with spaces, excluding the authors, affiliation/country) should be submitted following the instructions provided below. Hard copy abstract submissions and emailed abstracts will not be considered.

The submitting author must indicate if the abstract is being submitted for oral presentation/poster or poster only. The scientific committee will make the decision to which format the presentation will be accepted.
To be considered, all abstracts must be submitted between September 1 and October 15, 2011.
If the abstracts are accepted, they will be published as submitted (no additional manuscript is required). All accepted abstracts will be published in the Congress Proceedings.
All the abstracts will be peer-reviewed and evaluated on a scale of 1 to 3 (1 – poor, 2 – average, 3 - good) on the following topics:

• Content - hypothesis valid and relevant?
• Content - sufficient data or cases?
• New information?
• Conclusions – justified by the present data?

This will allow abstracts to be assigned to one of the following categories:

• Oral presentation – 10 minute oral presentation followed by 5 minutes of discussion
• Poster – each poster will be displayed for a period of time, requiring the presence of the author for at least 1 hour during the poster sessions
• Needing revision – abstracts that despite the relevance of the theme are poorly structured, have faults in the language or in the contents, will be sent back to the authors for corrections.
• Refused – abstracts that have insufficient quality or relevance for the congress will be refused.

Instructions

• Abstracts should be written in English
• Abstracts should be no longer than 2500 characters, including spaces and excluding title, author(s) and respective affiliation
• The text should be written with Arial font size 11, with single line spacing
• The abstract title should be no longer than 175 characters, including spaces, and clearly indicate the nature of the investigation
• The author’s affiliation should include the name of the organization and its country
• The corresponding author should also include the contact e-mail address
• The abstract must represent original work and should be as informative as possible. Conclusions must be supported by data. The body of the abstract should be ordered as follows:

• • Objectives
  • Materials and Methods
  • Results
  • Conclusions

• It is the author's responsibility to submit a correct abstract. Any error in spelling, grammar or scientific fact will be reproduced as typed by the author
• Submitted abstracts can be seen, modified or deleted within the whole period of the abstract submission online
• Once the abstract has been submitted, modified or deleted, the corresponding author will automatically receive an acknowledgement of receipt, modification or cancellation (by email)
• Abstracts cannot be withdrawn after the abstract submission deadline
• The presenting author is responsible for giving the oral or poster presentations if the abstract is accepted
• Correspondence regarding the abstracts such as confirmation of submission, notification of acceptance or rejection and instructions for presentation will only be sent to the corresponding author. It is his/her responsibility to forward the information to all co-authors
• The presenting author is required to register for the Congress and pay the registration fee as a condition of presenting the paper

If you do not receive a notification about your abstract by February 10 2012, or if you need additional information, please send an email enquiry to support@centraloffice-europe.com.