Submission Rules

Please read the submission rules before submitting an abstract.

1. Abstracts must be submitted online via the website ONLY. Abstracts submitted by email will not be accepted.

2. Abstracts must be submitted in English. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear English with accurate grammar and spelling of a quality suitable for publication. If you need help, please arrange for the review of your abstract by a colleague who is a native English speaker, by a university-specific publications office (or other similar facilities), or by a copy editor, prior to submission.

3. Abstracts must be original and must not have been published or presented at any other meeting prior to this Congress.

4. The same person may submit up to 5 abstracts regardless of presenting author.

5. The same person may serve as the presenting author on up to 5 abstracts.

6. Submission of an abstract acknowledges your acceptance for the abstract to be published in the official congress publications.

7. The presenting author is required to ensure that all co-authors are aware of the content of the abstract and agree to its submission, before submitting the abstract.

8. All accepted abstracts will be published in the yearly abstract/proceedings e-book.

9. Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest: Abstract submitters will be required to disclose any conflict of interest,please click here for disclosure form.

10. All research presented must comply with international standards pertaining to animal welfare, ethics, and data protection. Click here to review the WSAVA Animal Research Self-Assessment for Abstracts involving the use of Live Animals.

11. For a short guide for writing an abstract, please click here.

Submission Format

1. Presenting author’s contact details:

– Full first and family name(s)

– Email address

– Affiliation details: department, institution/hospital, city, state (if relevant), country

– Phone number

Author and co-authors’ details

2. Abstract title – must be in UPPER CASE and limited to 25 words. Please submit symbols as words.

3. Abstract text limited to 250 words including acknowledgments. Please note: word count is affected when tables are included.

4. Abstracts should clearly state:

Introduction

Objectives

Methods

Results

Conclusion

5. Graphs/Images are recommended to be submitted as Word attachments and only ONE document can be uploaded.After re-uploading, the new file will replace the previous one.

6. To view an example abstract, please click here.

Abstract Submitters’ Declaration

During abstract submission you will be asked to confirm that you agree to the following:

1. I confirm that I previewed this abstract and that all information is correct. I accept that the content of this abstract cannot be modified or corrected after final submission and I am aware that it will be published exactly as submitted.

2. Submission of the abstract constitutes my consent to publication (e.g. Congress website, program, other promotions, etc.)

3. As the Abstract Submitter, I warrant and represent that I am the sole owner or have the rights to all the information and content (“Content”) provided to WSAVA 2024.

4 Congress and Beijing PIU Advertising company (Hereafter: “The Organizers”). The publication of the abstract does not infringe any third-party rights including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights.

5. As the Abstract Submitter, I grant the Organizers a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, publish, translate, distribute, and display the Content.

6. I understand that the presenting author must be a registered participant.

7. The Organizers reserve the right to remove from any publication an abstract that does not comply with the above.

8. I understand that I must select a specific topic for my abstract allocation. Although the Committee will work hard to honor this selection, this cannot be guaranteed. The Committee reserves the right to change the Topic under which the abstract was originally submitted.

9. I herewith confirm that the contact details saved in this system are those of the corresponding author, who will be notified about the status of the abstract. The corresponding author is responsible for informing the other authors about the status of the abstract.

For any questions, please contact us at:

jenny.xue@2024wsava.com

suzhou@2024wsava.com

click here to submit abstract