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The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Animals - Global Sustainability and Animals: Welfare, Policies and Technologies
Part of the International Electronic Conference on Animals series
29 Nov–13 Dec 2021
Sustainability, Animal Welfare, Animal Health, Livestock Production
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- A. Climate change and effects on the sustainability of animal systems
- B. Sustainability of animal use and demand for animal products
- C. Sustainable animal welfare, ethics, policies and politics
- D. Sustainable animal health
- E. Sustainable animal feeding
- F. Smart technology and precision livestock farming
- Event Details
We are pleased to announce that The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Animals - Global Sustainability and Animals: Welfare, Policies and Technologies, chaired by Professor Clive J. C. Phillips and Dr. Andrea Pezzuolo, will be held online at https://ieca2021.sciforum.net/ from 29 November to 13 December 2021. Please also join our Webinar: IECA 2020 Live Session on 29 November at 10:00 am CET.
Event Awards
Best Presentation Awards (500 CHF)
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Best Presentation Award for IECA 2021 . The winner will receive 500 CHF.
The winner is as follow:
First assessment of methane emission in Mediterranean
Buffaloes with a smart tool: preliminary results
https://sciforum.net/paper/view/12027
Indirect selection for
methane reduction in Norwegian Red cows
https://sciforum.net/paper/view/12029
Congratulations to the winners for their excellent work!
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 1
Bonus: 500 CHFIECA 2021 | Live Session Recording
Live Session | 29 November 2021, 10:00am CET
IECA 2021 -- Video Presentations from Keynote Speakers
You can find the video presentations of the keynote speakers below. We hope you enjoy the videos and share your opinions with them!
You may also find their presentations and communicate with the speakers on the session "Submission".
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Amira Abd El-Moneum Goma Ahmed
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Diana Bogueva
Keynote Speaker: Professor Donald Broom
Keynote Speaker: Professor Andrea Pezzuolo
List of accepted submissions (23)
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sciforum-047998 |
A Longitudinal Investigation of Anatomical and Morphological Development of Gastrointestinal Tract in Goats from Colostrum to Post-Weaning |
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Yimin Zhuang ,
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Forty-eight goats were selected at eight-time points (1, 7, 14, 28, 42, 56, 70, and 84 days of age; 6 goats per group) and slaughtered for the evaluation of the anatomical and morphological development of gastrointestinal tract. The newborn goats fed maternal colostrum (MC) from birth to 7 d, maternal milk (MM) until 28 d, and maternal milk plus solid diet (MMSD) later. While at 60 d, the goats were weaned and offered only solid diet (SD). Body weight (BW) and carcass weight (CW) showed significant increase with age (p < 0.01). The absolute growth rate (AGR) of BW and CW were higher (p < 0.05) at MMSD phase than MM phase. Internal and external organs as a percentage of BW decreased with age (p < 0.01). However, the complex stomach percentage increased (p < 0.01) with age. The rumen and omasum weight experienced synchronous AGR with age (p < 0.01), especially at the SD phase. In contrast, the AGR of reticulum and abomasum were the highest (p < 0.01) at MMSD and MC, respectively. After weaning, the goats reared on SD showed the highest (p < 0.05) papillae height, lamina propria, muscle layer thickness (MLT), and epithelial thickness (ET). Compared the MMSD phase, the SD phase showed the highest (p < 0.01) colonic mucosa thickness and ileal MLT and villus height. However, the crypt depth (CD) was higher (p < 0.01) at MMSD phase than MM phase. Moreover, the CD and MLT of the jejunum increased (p < 0.01) with age. Furthermore, duodenal CD, MLT, and ET increased (p < 0.01) in SD phase. Overall, these findings contribute to a better understanding of the effective development pattern of the rumen and ultimately contribute to optimal feeding management, offset weaning challenges, and avoiding digestive disorders in newborn goats. |
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sciforum-050106 |
Effect of Temperature – Humidity Index (THI) on Resting Pattern of Dairy Cows in Different Agro-Ecological Areas of Sri Lanka |
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Eranda Rajapaksha ,
Thusith Samarakone
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The ability to spend more time in lying down is extremely important on dairy cattle welfare. Lying behavior provide impending data on how cows interact with their environment. To assess how well the lying behavior of dairy cows in tie-stalls were varied with the THI, we assessed a total of 170 Holstein-Friesian and Jersey crosses lactating cows belongs to four agro-ecological zones which differ from environmental temperature and sea level height (UP-Up Country, MC-Mid Country, CT-Coconut Triangular and WP-Western Province). Lying behavior was recorded using electronic data loggers (HOBO Pendant G Acceleration Data Loggers), which attached to the cow’s hind leg, below the hock after validating for recording positions at 30 sec intervals for 5 consecutive 24-h periods. Variation of temperature and Relative Humidity (RH) inside the cattle shed was recorded throughout the experimental period using HOBO® temperature loggers (HOBO U23 Pro v2 Temperature/RH Data Loggers) in five minutes’ interval of time. Recorded data were converted into a readable mode using SAS 9.4 version and then further statistical analyzes were continued using SPSS 23.0 version. Greater resting behaviors were attained by dairy cows in UP and MC areas with longer lying times (11.74 h/d, 11.26 h/d respectively) and lying duration (78.0 min, 84.95 min respectively) compared to WP and CT (lying times - 9.00 h/d, 9.26 h/d respectively and lying duration 48.32 min, 64.34 min, respectively). Significantly higher frequency of lying bouts were perceived in WP (13.22), and others remain comparable (UP = 11.87, MC = 9.82, CT = 9.67). All cows in four agro-ecological areas, prefer to lie on their left side. However, majority (78%) were in thermal stress condition (Discomfort – 72 < THI < 75, Alert – 75 < THI < 79, Danger – 79 < THI < 84, Emergency –THI > 84) and elevated THI had significantly (p < 0.05) reduced total lying time (p = −0.492), lying duration (ρ = −0.341), total lying time at right side (ρ = −0.213), total lying time at left side (ρ = −0.429), right side lying duration (ρ = −0.353), and left side lying duration (ρ = −0.341). Thus, we can conclude, heat stress condition due to climatic changes could diminish the welfare of cows and their sustainability. |
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sciforum-049959 |
Technology for Improving Efficiency and Welfare during Street Dog Sterilization |
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George Brill ,
Nidhi Avinash
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Street dogs survive on food handouts provided by individuals or the wider community yet receive limited or no veterinary care. They are also known to carry various zoonotic diseases such as Rabies, posing a high risk to public and dog population health. Dog sterilization is one of the most humane and effective methods available to control the street dog population. Dog sterilization programs run with limited resources, and data recordkeeping is often challenging, and thus post-operative return to each specific individual’s capture area is frequently not achieved. Street dogs are territorial, and dislocation results in several welfare issues and an increased risk of post-operative complications, in some cases resulting in death. Humane Society International developed a mobile phone-based application called “SETU”, drawing on years of field experience in street dog location recording, clinical and post-operative treatment data collection. SETU app makes sure that dogs are released back at the exact captured location, which improves welfare significantly and generates a variety of useful data reports to maximize the authenticity of sterilization programs. |
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sciforum-050114 | The shelter dog in a One Health view. A model kennel in Southern Italy |
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Luigi Sacchettino ,
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Francesco Napolitano
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Today, the kennel is considered one of the crucial concerns of the human-animal relationship, since it is very often regarded as animals dump, a place where dogs exile and thus a burden on society. Therefore, drawing up strategies for a new “kennel conception”, as an added value for human society, environment and dogs as well is mandatory. Accordingly, this shelter dog in southern Italy represents a model multifunctional structure aiming towards the One Health perspective. Animal welfare and environment protection, together with human-dog relationship are the aims of such a dog shelter. It normally relies on the initial on a careful behavioral assessment and categorization by veterinary behaviorist, in order to guarantee the most suitable life conditions for the animals in the kennels, increase the chances of adoption and involve dogs in projects tailored to their predispositions. In this respect, dogs housed there are normally included in training courses with the aim of increasing the skills to be used in different human social contexts, such as support to the inmates, rescue in the rubble, animal assisted interventions, as well as zooanthropology projects in schools. All these activities allow an improvement of the awareness degree, that is at the basis of the human animal relationship, thus reducing the risk of aggression and damage by the dog, as well as the creation of dysfunctional relationships. A strength of this shelter is represented by the environmental protection schedule, where the objectives, established every three years, are the continuous improvement and minimization of the environmental impact, which are technically and economically sustainable. The shelter uses chemical-physical purification areas and phytovaporation of wastewater, thus reducing environmental pollution of the area. |
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sciforum-050115 |
EMPETHY- First search engine for a conscious adoption
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Lorenza Silvestri ,
Annamaria Barbaro ,
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Francesco Napolitano
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Luigi Sacchettino ,
Lorenza Silvestri ,
Annamaria Barbaro ,
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Empethy is a digital free platform that aims to facilitate the meeting between demand (pet owner) and offer (shelter dog, dog's association, volunteer, etc.) relating to the adoption of animals throughout the Italian territory. This platform will definitely give the possibility to carry out a questionnaire aimed at detecting the level of compatibility between the potential future owner of the dog/cat and the corresponding alter ego. The matching query is based on a series of questions related to the habits, lifestyles, and personality traits of the prospective owner, compared to the corresponding characteristics of the dog/cat. Each animal has its own history and needs, which will become characteristics that meet lifestyle and needs of the future owner. Empethy’s ads are built with the aim of highlighting these characteristics in a clear and detailed manner, to accompany and support future adopters in the process of choice. The complexity of the human-animal relationship requires an interdisciplinary approach with a view to one welfare, and it is important to create a network around new adopters through the internet platform. Several studies show, in fact, that not all human-dog relationships are healthful, leading to the creation of dysfunctional bond that result in kennel abandonment and behavioural problems. One of the main causes underlying such an issue is attributed to a mismatch between dog characteristics (age, breed, size, health, character, behavior), and owner's expectations. Mismatch often occurs when the owner has not made a fully conscious and reflective choice, also driven by an "impulsive adoption", or following purely aesthetic canons. Therefore, this platform points to make it possible, reducing the impact of expectations bias through the "perfect match" through behavioural screening and evaluation tools. |
Welcome from the Chairs
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Animals — Global Sustainability and Animals: Welfare, Policies and Technologies (IECA2021) to be held online from 29 November 2021 to 13 December 2021.
This free e-conference is organized by the MDPI open-access journal Animals (Impact Factor 2.725), and is a follow-up to the successful 1st International Electronic Conference on Animals — Global Sustainability and Animals: Science, Ethics and Policy. Encouraged by the great success of the IECA2020, this new conference is expected to attract a large audience to continue the focus on Sustainability and Animal Systems:
This online event will allow to share your presentations worldwide, making your work available for an international audience to read and comment, and sharing ideas on the discussed topics.
All submitted abstracts will be evaluated by the conference Scientific Committee. Upon acceptance, authors will be invited to submit a conference paper along with a slide or poster presentation of their work. All accepted papers will be published in a dedicated issue of the MDPI journal Biology and Life Sciences Forum. After the conference, all participants will be encouraged to submit a full paper to a dedicated Special Issue in Animals, for which there will be a 30% discount on the article processing charges (APC).
During the conference, a number of internationally renowned speakers will share their state-of-the-art research, through a series of pre-recorded talks and free live-streaming sessions, which will also include a Q&A session to allow audience participation.
We hope that you will join this e-conference to exchange ideas, start fruitful collaborations, and make this second conference another great success.
Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Clive J. C. Phillips
Dr. Andrea Pezzuolo
Chairs of the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Animals.
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Hellen Wang
Ms. Melina Wen
Ms. Zarol Han
Ms. Gammy Yan
MDPI Branch Office, Beijing
E-mail: ieca2021@mdpi.com
Event Chairs
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Curtin University Sustainable Policy Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia Website
Interests: animal welfare; animal ethics; captive animal management; heavy metals in animals
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Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padua, Padua, Italy Website
Interests: agricultural and livestock engineering; rural buildings; GHG emissions; agro-environmental sustainability; by-products, biomass and renewable energies
Event Committee
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University of Guelph, Canada
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Vera Baumans, veterinarian by training, is Laboratory Animal Science Specialist and working in the field of Laboratory Animal Science since 1983, when the Department of Laboratory Animal Science was established at the Veterinary Faculty of the Utrecht University. She was employed as Animal Welfare Officer of the Utrecht University supervising the welfare of the laboratory animals, from (transgenic) mice to cattle, which are used at Utrecht University and Utrecht Medical Centre. Together with Professor Bert van Zutphen in the new Department of Laboratory Animal Science she set up courses in Laboratory Animal Science, mandatory by the Dutch law on animal experiments. The national courses started in 1986 and 12-15 courses per year are run, including 3-4 international courses. Many courses in Laboratory Animal Science abroad (e.g. Portugal, Budapest, Riga, Athens, Stockholm, Brazil, South Africa, Sri Lanka, India, Turkey, Ethiopia, Ghana, Egypt, Malaysia) were set up under her responsibility. She is co-editor of the Dutch and English textbook on Laboratory Animal Science used in these courses. From the start of the department she was responsible for developing and maintaining research in the field of Russell and Burch’s Three R’s of Replacement, Reduction and Refinement in animal experiments with the emphasis on Refinement. Her research mainly focussed on the impact of the environment on behaviour and well-being of laboratory animals with topics as housing, environmental enrichment, aggression in mice, the influence of environmental factors on the stress response caused by routine experimental procedures in mice and welfare of transgenic mice. She also worked on refinement of blood sampling methods, assessment of pain and discomfort and humane methods of euthanasia. She is professor emeritus in Laboratory Animal Science at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden , where her research focussed on the impact of the environment on post-operative recovery and the need for pain relief in laboratory rodents. She is founding member of the Veterinary
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Steven McCulloch is Senior Lecturer in Human-Animal Studies at the University of Winchester, UK. Steven qualified as a veterinary surgeon in 2002 from Bristol University and holds a BA Philosophy from Birbeck College, London University. He has a PhD from the RVC, London for his thesis ‘The British animal health and welfare policy process: accounting for the interests of sentient species’. Steven is Section Editor for ‘Public Policy, Politics and Law’ for the journal Animals. He is on the editorial board for the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. Steven is a diplomat of European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine and a recognised veterinary specialist in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law.
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Dr. Hötzel is Associate Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Florianópolis, Brazil. Her research group LETA (Laboratory for Applied Ethology and Animal Welfare - https://leta.paginas.ufsc.br/) is currently focused on research and extension projects aiming at developing sustainable agroecosystems. This includes a focus in understanding and improving the welfare of animals, considering the various ethical, environmental, social and economic implications of husbandry practices and livestock production systems.
maria.j.hotzel@ufsc.br
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Dr. Roy Kirkwood is a native of the UK and did his PhD on gilt management at Leeds (UK). Following that, he did sow research in New Zealand (2 yrs) and then Canada (15 yrs), during which period he went to vet school; graduating in 1995. After a 4 yr period as a provincial government research veterinarian, he returned to the UK for 3 yrs (Royal Vet College) before moving to Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine. After 10 yrs in the USA he moved with his family to his current position as Associate Professor in Intensive Production (pigs) at the University of Adelaide, Australia, where he is heavily involved in teaching and research. He became a Diplomate of the European College of Animal Reproduction in 2000. His research interests to date have been to improve sow herd reproductive performance, but more recently he is becoming increasingly involved in dry sow housing and neonatal piglet health management.
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Professor Dr. Zulkifli Idrus is affiliated with the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Educated at UPM, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, he has extensive academic and research leadership experience. Zulkifli has served UPM as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Director of the Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, and Director of the Research Management Centre. His research interests encompass physiological and behavioural reactions to environmental stressors; effects of handling, transportation, stunning, and slaughter on physiology, behaviour, and meat quality; nutrient requirements under stressful conditions; human-animal interaction; regulation of adrenocortical function; and the role of heat shock proteins and acute phase proteins as modifying factors in stress physiology. Zulkifli was a panel of experts for The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in broiler chicken welfare (2009 and 2010) and humane slaughter and killing of animals (2015 and 2018). Working with prominent researchers from the University of Queensland, University of Cambridge, University of Massey, and World Animal Protection, Zulkifli increased awareness of the OIE standards for animal welfare to improve animal welfare during slaughter and transport in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and China. Zulkifli was invited to speak on animal stress and welfare at numerous international and national scientific conferences, institutions, and industry meetings. He strongly believes in the role of scientists in educating the industry and society on farm animal welfare issues. He played a pivotal role in educating students, veterinarians, government agencies, farmers, and the public through formal lectures in classrooms, seminars, dialogues, and articles in bulletins.
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Dr. Sabrina Lomax is a Senior Lecturer in livestock behavior and welfare with the Faculty of Science at The University of Sydney, and a lead scientist in the Livestock Production and Welfare Group with the Faculty of Science. Sabrina coordinates the core unit of study “Animal behavior and welfare science” for students in the Animal and Veterinary Bioscience degree at The University. Her research aims to promote best practice livestock production, with a focus on pain mitigation and objective measures of welfare, through the integration of technology with animal behavior and welfare science. Sabrina and her research team have made significant contributions to a change in practice regarding practical pain mitigation for cattle and sheep undergoing livestock husbandry procedures. She works closely with industry to improve adoption and secure the sustainability of the livestock industries.
Sessions
B. Sustainability of animal use and demand for animal products
C. Sustainable animal welfare, ethics, policies and politics
D. Sustainable animal health
E. Sustainable animal feeding
F. Smart technology and precision livestock farming
Keynote Speakers
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St Catharine's College and Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK
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Session:Sustainable Animal Feeding
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Andrew Knight previously worked in small animal veterinary practice. He is now Professor of Animal Welfare and Ethics, and Founding Director of the Centre for Animal Welfare, at England’s University of Winchester. Additionally, he is a European and British Veterinary Specialist in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law; an American and New Zealand Veterinary Specialist in Animal Welfare; a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and a Principal Fellow of Advance HE. He has a large number of academic and popular publications, several websites, and an extensive series of YouTube videos, on animal welfare issues.
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Section: Climate change and effects on the sustainability of animal systems
Amira is an Assistant professor of Animal and Poultry behaviour and management at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria university, Egypt, where she teaches courses and conducts research on animal behaviour, poultry behaviour, cognition, animal management, animal welfare and human animal interactions. In 2012, she earned her PHD degree in Animal and Poultry behaviour and management from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria university, Egypt. She had also MSc degree in 2008. Her research focuses on studying how animal interact with its environment and the impact of this environmental conditions on its behaviour and welfare, in addition to human animal interaction and its impact on animal welfare. Animals are subjected to stressors, in which they try to adapt with it through their behavioural responses, understanding such behavioural responses can help in reducing the impact of such stressors on animal welfare.
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Sustainability of animal use and demand for animal products
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John Webster MA, Vet MB, PhD, DVM (Hon) is Emeritus Professor of Animal Husbandry at the University of Bristol. He was a founding member of the Farm Animal Welfare Council, where he established the concept of the “Five Freedoms” for assessment of animal welfare. He is a former President of both the Nutrition Society and the British Society for Animal Science. His publications include his two Animal Welfare books, 'A Cool Eye towards Eden' and 'Limping towards Eden' (Wiley) and the more recent' Animal Husbandry Regained: the place of farm animals in sustainable agriculture'. A new Animal Welfare book, ‘Understanding sentient minds- and why it matters’ will be published in 2022.
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Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Interests: agricultural and livestock engineering; rural buildings; GHG emissions; agro-environmental sustainability; by-products, biomass and renewable energies
Call for Abstracts
The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Animals will be held from 29 November to 13 December 2021. IECA aims to promote and advance the exciting and rapidly changing field of global Sustainability and animals. All abstracts and presentations will be held online at https://ieca2021.sciforum.net/.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Climate change and effects on the sustainability of animal systems;
- Sustainability of animal use and demand for animal products;
- Sustainable animal welfare, ethics, policies and politics;
- Sustainable animal health;
- Sustainable animal feeding;
- Smart technology and precision livestock farming.
The conference will be completely free of charge—both to attend and for scholars to upload and present their latest work on the conference platform. There will also be the possibility to submit selected papers to the journal Animals (ISSN 2076-2615; Impact Factor: 2.752) with a 30% discount on the APCs.
IECA 2021 offers you the opportunity to participate in this international, scholarly conference without having the concern or expenditure of travel—all you need is your computer and access to the Internet. We would like to invite you to “attend” this conference and present your latest work.
Abstracts (in English) should be submitted by 30 September 2021 online at https://ieca2021.sciforum.net/. For accepted abstracts, the presentations can be submitted by 10 November 2021. The abstracts and presentations will be available on Sciforum for discussion during the time of the conference (29 November to 13 December 2021) and will be then published in the Journal Biology and Life Sciences Forum.
We hope you will be able to join this exciting event and support us in making it a success. IECA 2021 is organized and sponsored by MDPI, a scholarly open-access publisher based in Basel, Switzerland.
Instructions for Authors
Submissions should be made by authors online by registering with https://ieca2021.sciforum.net/, and using the "New Submission" function once logged into the system.
- Scholars interested in participating in the conference can submit their abstract (about 200–300 words) online on this website until 30 September 2021.
- The Conference Committee will notify the acceptance of the abstract by 11 October 2021.
- In case of acceptance, the author will be asked to submit a copy of their abstract (in Word, please follow the template attached) and a presentation in one of the following formats: poster presentation in PDF, or slides presentation in PDF or as a short video (max. 5 minutes) before 10 November 2021. Authors will receive a notification about the acceptance of their presentations by 20 November 2021.
- The abstracts and presentations will be available on sciforum.net for discussion and rating during the time of the conference, from 29 November to 13 December 2021.
- The open access journal Animals (Impact Factor 2.752) will publish a conference Special Issue. Conference participants are encouraged to submit a full paper to the dedicated Special Issue and will receive a 30% discount on the Article Processing Charges (APC), in case their paper is accepted for publication after peer-review.
Authors can prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with their abstracts. Slides can be prepared the same way as for any traditional conference, avoiding to include any elements with copyright issues. They should be converted to PDF format before submission, and be submitted along with a copy of the accepted abstract by 10 November 2021.
Authors are also encouraged to submit a video of their slides presentations. This is an unique way of presenting your work and discussing it with peers from all over the world. The video should be no longer than 5 minutes, avoiding to include any elements with copyright issues, and be prepared in one of the following formats: .mp4 / .webm / .ogg (max size: 250Mb). Videos should be submitted with a copy of the accepted abstract by 10 November 2021.
Authors that wish to present a poster must follow the following instructions: 1) The poster should be in PDF format; 2) The content of the poster should be a comprehensive presentation of your accepted submission; 3) No copyright issues with any elements in the poster. Posters should be submitted along with a copy of the accepted abstract by 10 November 2021.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe that authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting to this conference, you retain the copyright of your work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish it online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your work to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher (if required by that publisher).
Abstracts prepared in Microsoft Word must be converted into a single file before submission.
IECA live session
29/11/2021 10:00
animal welfare and ethics,
Assurance,
Agriculture
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Professor Andrew Knight University of Winchester Interests: animal welfare and ethics |
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Professor Emeritus John Webster University of Bristol Interests: animal welfare; animal ethics; assurance; agriculture |
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