The joint scientific veterinary behavior meeting of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists (ACVB) and the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior (AVSAB) will be held on Monday, July 16, 2007 in conjunction with the AVMA meeting in Washington D.C. Scientists and practitioners from all related disciplines are invited to submit abstracts for consideration. These may be original (unpublished) research results, case studies or scientific reviews. Actual presentations will be full spoken papers, spoken short communications and posters. Speakers of full, short, and poster presentations will receive complementary registration for the conference, including published proceedings.
Submission and review procedure:
All submissions should be completed on the Official Submission Form, accompanied by a Cover Sheet, (available as links on the left side of this page) and sent to Dr. Elizabeth Shull at the address on the Submission Form. You may contact Dr. Barbara Sherman Simpson with specific questions regarding the application process.
All submissions will be triple-reviewed, anonymously. Each submission will be evaluated according to its scientific merit, originality, and interest to the discipline. Please refer to the “Guidance for Submissions,” also available using the link to the right. Note that applicants for consideration of the ACVB Resident Award and the SVBT Award are required to submit a longer (2-3 page) and more detailed abstract than other applicants, whose abstracts are limited to one page.
Note: The Committee is not responsible for abstracts submitted incorrectly and therefore not reviewed.
In all cases, submissions are due December 1, 2006 and authors of all submissions will be notified of the outcome of the review process by January 30, 2007. By April 1, 2007, authors of accepted abstracts must submit a longer paper (2-3 pages), suitable for publication in the proceedings. If not received by the due date of April 1, 2007, the authors risk withdrawal of the presentation by the Committee. In the case of work destined for journal publication elsewhere, authors may emphasize the basis of the topic with brief details of the methods and key experimental findings, in order to limit the risk of jeopardizing publication through prior publication. However, full experimental results should be presented at the meeting. Upon written request, assistance with English will be available to those for whom English is not their native language.
