Animal Protection and Welfare 2011

20 - 21 September 2011
University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Brno
Czech Republic
http://www.vfu.cz/welfare/

The conference is summoned to discuss pressing problems of protection and welfare of farm animals, companion animals, experimental animals, and wild animals, including animals in zoological gardens and handicapped animals.

The conference is addressed to governmental authorities, breeders, veterinarians, scientists, teachers, private sector and non-profit NGOs and anybody who is interested in animal protection and welfare.

The conference is hosted by the University of

Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Palackeho 1/3
612 42 Brno
Czech Republic

http://www.vfu.cz/index.html?lang=en

Conference Committee:
Prof. MVDr. Vladimir Vecerek, CSc., MBA
MVDr. Jiri Dousek, Ph.D.
MVDr. Jiri Kruml
Doc. MVDr. Petr Chloupek, Ph.D.
Doc. MVDr. Vladimira Pistekova, Ph.D.
Doc. Ing. Eva Voslarova, Ph.D.
Hana Sirova (secretary)

Official languages: English, Czech, Slovak (simultaneous interpreting between English and Czech/Slovak)

Conference fee (including welcome buffet): € 90

Payment options: cash at registration desk or bank transfer (payment confirmation will be required at registration desk).

Bank account for the conference fee payment:
CSOB, a.s., Milady Horakove 6, 601 79 Brno
IBAN: CZ84 0300 1712 8001 1722 7743
SWIFT code: CEKOCZPP
Variable symbol: 2220212222

Free accommodation is available in the campus (limited number of rooms, early reservation is recommended).

Other accommodation options near the university area:
Hotel Slovan***
Hotel Avanti***
Hotel Bobycentrum****

Tourist services in Brno

Texts of all accepted papers and posters will be published in the Conference Proceedings.
Please follow the instructions when submitting texts.
The deadline for receiving your paper is the 15th of July 2011.
Your paper should not exceed 5 pages (Title, Summary, Keywords, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, References) and you are required to send an electronic copy in the RTF format (Times New Roman, 12 point type face) by e-mail.
Please, indicate if the text is submitted as a paper or as a poster.
Approx. 10 minutes are reserved for presentation of each paper.

Poster boards 0.90 m x 1.20 m (width x height).

A preliminary programme of the conference will be sent to the registered participants in September.

Registration form: