2019 Annual Veterinary Diagnostic Conference (AVDC) - China

Call for Abstracts for Poster Presentations

Abstracts are solicited for poster presentations at the 2019 Annual Veterinary Diagnostics Conference (AVDC) – China to be held in Shanghai, China from June 2nd to 4th, 2019.

Submission deadline: March 31, 2019

Languages: English. Font size 12 (Times New Roman). Abstracts will also be accepted in Mandarin.

English Format:

Title: The abstract should have an informative and concise title in sentence case.

Authors & affiliations: List all authors and their institutions. The presenting author is underlined.

Layout: The abstract should be written in narrative form, and the body text should include brief introduction, methods, results, discussion and conclusion. The abstract can be either a single paragraph or divided into subsections. There is a limit of 400 words or 2,500 characters (including spaces) for the abstract body text. Title, authors, and institutions will not be counted. The abstract may include references to support the content; such references are included in the word/character count.

Content: The content must pertain to any topic of veterinary laboratory diagnostic science. This does not include clinical diagnostic tools such as imaging (radiology, MRI, ultrasound). The abstract must be able to stand alone and provide the reader with enough information to assess scientific soundness of the work and its relevance to veterinary diagnostic science.

Mandarin format: Abstracts in Mandarin shall follow the same general layout as described above, except that the abstracts should be limited to one page in A4 paper. 

How to submit: Please submit poster abstracts by email to: Dr. Jerry Saliki, jsaliki@uga.edu, or Dr. Jianqiang Zhang, jqzhang@iastate.edu, with the subject line: “2019 AVDC Poster Abstract”.
        Acknowledgment of abstracts: All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the Conference Organizing Committee and submitters notified on their acceptability by April 15, 2019. Accepted abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings.

Poster presentation:

Poster set-up will take place in conference venue from 3:00 to 5:00 pm on June 2nd. Please check with the registration front desk about the location for poster presentations. Posters will be displayed the entire duration of the conference and author(s) should be available for discussion with conference attendees during coffee/tea breaks. Please take your poster down by 5:00 pm on June 4th. Please, also take note of the following:

Poster acceptance DOES NOT include conference registration (except for student presenters who will be given complimentary registration upon presentation of a valid student ID). All poster presenters need to register for the conference. Please visit www.avdc-china.com for registration details.

Poster display space of 120 cm x 120 cm will be provided. Presenters need to prepare their posters to fit within that space and bring to the conference for presentation.