Caroline is a journalist, editor and public relations professional specializing in the Australian pet industry. She is also the marketing and social media coordinator for Vets Beyond Borders. She has a Master of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communications from Murray State University (USA) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Print Media from Campbell University (USA). Over the past 15 years, Caroline has held editor positions for Dogs Life magazine and Pooch e-magazine, as well as managing editor of Pets Magazine and Choosing Your Dog magazine, and regular writer for Pet Industry News, Better Homes & Gardens and National Geographic Kids magazines, among others. Caroline has also worked as a publicist for pet industry organisations including Pet Industry Association of Australia, PetSure Australia, Australian National Kennel Council, PharmAust and many others. A mental health advocate, Caroline is a volunteer for Pets in the Park charity, which provides free vet care for pets of people struggling with homelessness, and Secretary of the Learning Difficulties Coalition of NSW (www.ldc.org.au). She also does the sport of K9 Nose Work® with her Kangal Shepherd Dog, Cruz, as a member of Australian Canine Scent Work™. www.petjournalist.com.au

Changing negative attitudes and encourage responsible pet ownership through positive pet stories, animal welfare, wildlife conservation and eco-friendly living.

Dr M.K. Derbala is a Researcher at Animal Reproduction Research Institute, has a private equine clinic for reproduction, visitor for equine hospitals in Gulf area countries, lecturer in many veterinary faculties in different Arab countries.

Equine embryo transfer, equine semen processing, mares and stallions infertility management.

Özlem Şengöz Şirin has completed her PhD in 2008 from Ankara University and postdoctoral studies from Mehmet Akif Ersoy University School of Veterinary Medicine. She was the coordinator and instructor of the first AOVET course in Turkey. Additionally, she is working in group of TINNET as a delegate of Turkey (TINNET is a European research network funded by the COST program under the Action number BM1306). She finished lots of important projects in her country and still she is dealing with two projects. She gives orthopedic training's in her country. She is married and she has two children.

Small animal surgery and orthopaedics

T K Gahlot is a Professor of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. He is Editor in Chief of Journal of Camel Practice and Research from more than 23 years. He has edited many books on camels, including: “Selected Research on Camelid Immunology”, “Selected Research on Gross Anatomy and Histology of Camels”, “Selected Research on Camelid Parasitology”, “Selected Research on Camelid Physiology and Nutrition”, “Selected Topics on Camelids, Selected Topics on Camelids”, “Selected Bibliography of Camelids” between 1992 and 2000. He has edited proceedings of International Camel Conferences held at Germany, Saudi Arabia and Bikaner (India). He has developed several surgical techniques for dromedary camels specially the Interdental Wiring technique for mandibular fracture repair.

Advances in Camel Science and Research

Srebrenka Nejedli is a full Professor in Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology Veterinary Faculty, University of Zagreb, Croatia. She is also a Member of EAVA and European Aquaculture Society

Her research interests include anatomy, histology and embryology.

Eman Khalifa Sedeek is an Acting Dean of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Matrouh Branch; Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology; Manager of Information Technology (IT Unit). She has her expertise in Biotechnology, Food Microbiology, Animal Microbiology and Molecular diagnostic Microbiology. She has the first record in Egypt and worldwide for isolation and identification of Trichoderma pseudokoningii Rifai from Egyptian immunocompromised cattle with Mycobacterium bovis infection with international record from Mycological Center, Assiut University, and has been published in Nature Precedings.

Her research interest includes Microbiology, Bacteriology, Mycology, Immunology, Biotechnology and Molecular biology

Dr. Mahmoud currently holds the position of a professor in the department of parasitology in the University of Cairo since 2004. Her field of specialization is Fish Parasitology. She joined as an Assistant Lecturer from 1990 to 1994. Lecturer of Parasitology since 1994 and Assistant Professor of Parasitology since Sept.1999. She is a Prof. of Parasitology since 2004.She had received her MVSc (Parasitology, fish parasites) in 1990 and PhD (Parasitology, fish parasites) from Cairo University in 1994.

Her Research interest is in Fish parasitology, "Fish parasitic infestation in relation to environmental pollution".

Paulo Carneiro, DVM degree by the Amazon Federal Rural University (1992), Master of Science degree at the University of Sao Paulo (2000), and currently is a PhD candidate in the Comparative Medicine and Integrative Biology Program at Michigan State University. Dr. Carneiro has 25 years of experience teaching and 11 years of governance as President of the Amazonas State Board of Veterinary Medicine. Amazonas State representative at several regional and national meetings related to the public health, animal production, and disease surveillance. He also has experience and expertise in beef, dairy, and veterinary regulatory affairs in Brazil and the USA.

• Epidemiology and ecology of zoonotic diseases o Tuberculosis o Brucellosis o Leucosis Enzootic Bovine • Dynamics of disease transmission at the human-livestock-wildlife interface • Animal disease surveillance

Srebrenka Nejedli is a full Professor in Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology Veterinary Faculty, University of Zagreb, Croatia. She is also a Member of EAVA and European Aquaculture Society

Her research interests include anatomy, histology and embryology.

Dr M.K. Derbala is a Researcher at Animal Reproduction Research Institute, has a private equine clinic for reproduction, visitor for equine hospitals in Gulf area countries, lecturer in many veterinary faculties in different Arab countries.

Equine embryo transfer, equine semen processing, mares and stallions infertility management.

T K Gahlot is a Professor of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. He is Editor in Chief of Journal of Camel Practice and Research from more than 23 years. He has edited many books on camels, including: “Selected Research on Camelid Immunology”, “Selected Research on Gross Anatomy and Histology of Camels”, “Selected Research on Camelid Parasitology”, “Selected Research on Camelid Physiology and Nutrition”, “Selected Topics on Camelids, Selected Topics on Camelids”, “Selected Bibliography of Camelids” between 1992 and 2000. He has edited proceedings of International Camel Conferences held at Germany, Saudi Arabia and Bikaner (India). He has developed several surgical techniques for dromedary camels specially the Interdental Wiring technique for mandibular fracture repair.

Advances in Camel Science and Research

Dr.Erol Guclu Gulanber is a clinician scientist, who is an specialist in Veterinarian Surgery and Integrative Medicine. Between 1989 and 2001, he worked as Assistant Professor in the Veterinary Faculty of Istanbul University; department of surgery. In 1992, Dr. Gulanber became the first veterinarian doctor, who went to the People’s Republic of China from Turkey to get acupuncture education from Beijing Agricultural University, Veterinary College, Department of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine. He completed TCVM and acupuncture course and took the certificate. In 1994, he got the title “Doctor Veterinary Medicine” with the doctorate thesis under the heading “Acupuncture and acupunctural applications in veterinary medicine”. This thesis is the first doctorate thesis, which is related to acupuncture in the field of medical sciences in Turkey. Also, Dr. Gülanber is the clinician, who applied acupuncture in veterinary medicine in Turkey, for the first time. Besides, he studies integrative medicine such as bioresonans, energy medicine, prolotherapy, neuraltherapy and ozone therapy. Researcher Gulanber, having more than 50 national and international scientific publications, is working as clinician in Academia Animal Hospital, Istanbul. He is a board member of World Association of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (WATCVM) and American Association of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (AATCVM).

Small animal surgery,Acupuncture in veterinary medicine,Bioresonans, Energy medicine, Prolotherapy, Neuraltherapy and Ozone therapy

Marina Pavlak is Professor and Head of the Department of Veterinary Economics and Epidemiology at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. She has completed her DVM, Post Graduation and PhD from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb. Marina is a member of Croatian Veterinary Association, Croatian DAAD Club, Croatian Epidemiological Society; Croatian Society for Simulation and Modelling (CROSSIM); World Poultry Science Association-Croatia (WPSA-CRO); Croatian Immunology Society and Croatian Society of Agricultural Economists Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. She has published more than 120 scientific and professional papers including 15 handbooks and books for students and veterinarians. She has been a key speaker at various national and international conferences and has delivered guest lectures in Epidemiology at Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Austria. She has participated as leader on 18 national and international scientific projects.

Epidemiology, Surveillance, Risk Assessment, Cost-Benefit Analysis

He worked in various areas of the veterinary profession including teaching and research as well as clinical practice. He is a member of Council of BEVA for eight years and is the current President of BEVA. He developed a first opinion and referral equine practice from scratch and delivers around 65 days of CPD annually both within the UK and overseas. In 2015 he was a speaker at 66 days of equine CPD in nine different countries ranging from Argentina to Australia. He lectured at all the major International Equine Veterinary Congresses including BEVA (22 times), American Association of Equine Practitioners (3 times), South African Equine Practitioners Group (3 times), World Equine Veterinary Association (3 times) and at the 2008 Bain-Fallon Congress in Australia.

Equine Medicine (Reproduction)

Bernard Vallat was elected Director General of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in May 2000 by the World Assembly, which brings together the national Delegates of all OIE Member Countries. His first five-year term of office began on 1 January 2001. In May 2005 and 2010, the Organisation’s 178 Member Countries elected Dr Vallat for a second and a third five years term of office. He graduated from the National Veterinary School in Toulouse (France) in 1971, qualifying as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. He then took two postgraduate courses, first in tropical veterinary medicine (1972) and then in animal nutrition at the Institut National Agronomique in Paris (1973). He was the Chief Veterinary Officer for France, with the title of Deputy Director General for Food (in charge of animal and plant health and food safety and quality). He is also Doctor Honoris Causa as well as a member of a number of scientific and/or veterinary academies in France and in other countries around the world.

Veterinary Public Health, Animal Welfare

Former scientific project manager in animal production sector at the International Cooperation Centre for agronomic Research in Development (CIRAD- France) and International camel expert at FAO (Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Mauritania, Kazakhstan) Doctorate in veterinary medicine at Lyon (France) in 1974, then MSci in animal nutrition and endocrinology in 1980 After an eight-years African experience both in development (Niger) and in research (Ethiopia), PhD in animal epidemiology in 1995 (Paris University), then habilitation to manage research team (HDR), a French capacity diploma at Montpellier University in 1998 After African period, epidemiologist at the Ecopathology laboratory (National Agronomic Research Institute -INRA) at Clermont-Ferrand (France) and head of this laboratory for ten years (studies on risk factors of diseases in dairy farming systems). Since 1996, joining CIRAD- Montpellier as head of animal production program (1996-2007) and from 2010 to 2015 working as FAO international consultant in Saudi Arabia in the Camel Center at Kharj. Many expertises and missions achieved in more than 50 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania. Awarded of the French Vet academy and “Chevalier du mérite agricole” (Ministry of Agriculture high distinction). Author of 23 books and chapters in different books and more than 600 scientific papers One of the founders of ISOCARD and first chairman of this Society (2006-2009) Since 2016, retired from CIRAD and at present independent international camel expert for FAO, OIE, WHO and private sector.

Former scientific project manager in animal production sector at the International Cooperation Centre for agronomic Research in Development (CIRAD- France) and International camel expert at FAO (Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Mauritania, Kazakhstan) Doctorate in veterinary medicine at Lyon (France) in 1974, then MSci in animal nutrition and endocrinology in 1980 After an eight-years African experience both in development (Niger) and in research (Ethiopia), PhD in animal epidemiology in 1995 (Paris University), then habilitation to manage research team (HDR), a French capacity diploma at Montpellier University in 1998 After African period, epidemiologist at the Ecopathology laboratory (National Agronomic Research Institute -INRA) at Clermont-Ferrand (France) and head of this laboratory for ten years (studies on risk factors of diseases in dairy farming systems). Since 1996, joining CIRAD- Montpellier as head of animal production program (1996-2007) and from 2010 to 2015 working as FAO international consultant in Saudi Arabia in the Camel Center at Kharj. Many expertises and missions achieved in more than 50 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania. Awarded of the French Vet academy and “Chevalier du mérite agricole” (Ministry of Agriculture high distinction). Author of 23 books and chapters in different books and more than 600 scientific papers One of the founders of ISOCARD and first chairman of this Society (2006-2009) Since 2016, retired from CIRAD and at present independent international camel expert for FAO, OIE, WHO and private sector.

Srebrenka Nejedli is a full Professor in Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology Veterinary Faculty, University of Zagreb, Croatia. She is also a Member of EAVA and European Aquaculture Society

Her research interests include anatomy, histology and embryology.

Dr. Krisztina Kungl graduated at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland. In the Department of Internal Medicine and Clinic of Diseases of Horses, Dogs and Cats she was responsible teacher for Companion animal clinical nutrition and fodder hygiene. She completed her PhD research on the Effects of dietary supplementation of ω3 and ω6 fatty acids on hair coat and skin in the healthy dog, which resulted in a worldwide patent of the formula with Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. She currently holds a post at the Department of Clinical Pathology and Oncology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary, where she continues nutrition consultation and formulation of individualized home-made diets for dogs and cats. She is an expert in small animal clinical nutrition. Previously she was Veterinary Affairs Manager, Hill’s Pet Nutrition Central and Eastern Europe with Russia, also worked for the Hungarian Food Safety Office (HFSO).

In addition, she is lecturer of clinical pathology, pathophysiology and nutrition related topics of internal medicine.

Prof. Ivan is theco-founder, Director and Chief Technology Officer of Kamelian Ltd., a technology start-up focussing on the design and manufacture of advanced semi-conductor devices. I was also a member of flagship Scottish Enterprise (government agency for economic growth) establishment team of the Intermediary Technology Institutes (ITIs), aimed at bridging the gap between basic research and company growth and held the ITI Techmedia Sponsored Chair in Broadband Networks facilitating the interaction between fundamental research in communications technologies and digital media and pre-competitive development of technologies that will form the input to commercialisation activities in Scotland. Presently he is the co-founding member, Chief Technology Officer and Director of Silent Herdsman Ltd a high growth company providing animal health services through wireless sensor platforms.He is also a serving memeber of the CENSIS Board, the Innovation Centre in "Sensor and Imaging Systems".

Optical networks, photonic switching and routing, optical code division multiple access, wireless sensor networks, wireless ad hoc networkin

Dr.Erol Guclu Gulanber is a clinician scientist, who is an specialist in Veterinarian Surgery and Integrative Medicine. Between 1989 and 2001, he worked as Assistant Professor in the Veterinary Faculty of Istanbul University; department of surgery. In 1992, Dr. Gulanber became the first veterinarian doctor, who went to the People’s Republic of China from Turkey to get acupuncture education from Beijing Agricultural University, Veterinary College, Department of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine. He completed TCVM and acupuncture course and took the certificate. In 1994, he got the title “Doctor Veterinary Medicine” with the doctorate thesis under the heading “Acupuncture and acupunctural applications in veterinary medicine”. This thesis is the first doctorate thesis, which is related to acupuncture in the field of medical sciences in Turkey. Also, Dr. Gülanber is the clinician, who applied acupuncture in veterinary medicine in Turkey, for the first time. Besides, he studies integrative medicine such as bioresonans, energy medicine, prolotherapy, neuraltherapy and ozone therapy. Researcher Gulanber, having more than 50 national and international scientific publications, is working as clinician in Academia Animal Hospital, Istanbul. He is a board member of World Association of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (WATCVM) and American Association of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (AATCVM).

Small animal surgery,Acupuncture in veterinary medicine,Bioresonans, Energy medicine, Prolotherapy, Neuraltherapy and Ozone therapy

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Dr. Sudipta Ghosh received his Ph.D. from National Dairy Research Institute. He is working as an A. Profressor. Professor Sudipta s articles published in many international journals and he has written many popular aticles and book chapters. He has received numerous awards and grant from many reputed organization at this young age. He is associated with most prestigious institutes of his country due to his important contribution in this field of science.

Use of herbs and medicinal plants for better animal health, production and sustainable livestock farming

Charles E Short is an Emeritus Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, USA. He is the Founding Charter Diplomate of American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists, 1975 and Diplomate of European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 1996. Dr. Short has been honored with Dr.h.c. (doctor honoris causa) from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland in 2015 and received his Career Achievement Award from American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia in the same year. He has made a total of 352 publications including 155 journal publications; textbooks, Veterinary Anesthesia, 1974; The Principles and Practice of Veterinary Anesthesia, 1987 and Animal Pain, 1991; book chapters and other scientific publications. He is the Co-Founder of International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management. He has made 447 presentations and lectures for professional groups in the United States and 293 in 45 countries.

Veterinary Anesthesiology and Pain Management

Olivier Sparagano is Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Coventry University. He has been elected as Chair of European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action Grant (2015-2019), leading on research into poultry ectoparasites. Olivier Sparagano was Professor of Health and Biotechnology and Associate Dean for Research and Innovation at Northumbria University at Newcastle. He got his PhD in 1994 with the Institut Pasteur Lyon and the University Claude Bernard in France followed by research posts at Reading, Edinburgh, Utrecht, Herriot-Watt University before moving to a Lectureship at Newcastle University and a Professorship at Northumbria University. Olivier is a Chartered Biologist, a Fellow of the Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (for which he is currently the President for the third time), a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, a Fellow for the Society of Biology and an Associate Member with the Royal Society for Chemistry. He has published over 135 peer-reviewed papers and over 250 conference abstracts.

Vector-borne diseases, animal health, agriculture, vaccine development and molecular diagnostics

John Webster is Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, in South West England. He is a former President of both the Nutrition Society and the British Society for Animal Science. He is internationally renowned for his work in animal welfare assessment and the implementation of theory into practice. His academic and scientific accomplishments are extensive. John Webster became a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1963 and obtained his PhD from Glasgow University in 1966, studying the energy metabolism of ruminants. He first proposed, and later developed, the concept of the ‘Five Freedoms,’ which have been adopted by the U.K. Farm Animal Welfare Council and other organizations as the basis for assessing animal welfare. John and colleagues established the Bristol Welfare Assurance Programme for monitoring and improving animal welfare on farm. Aside from over 250 scientific, educational and other professional articles, John has authored three books, ‘Understanding the Dairy Cow’ (2nd edition 1993), ‘Animal Welfare: A Cool Eye towards Eden’ (1994, still in print) and ‘Animal Welfare: Limping towards Eden’ (2005). His current pursuits include studies to address lameness in dairy cattle, and the improvement of quality assurance schemes for livestock farms. John also acts as an expert witness for the European Commission.

Animal welfare

Ivan Morrison is a group leader at The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh having stepped down in 2012 as the Head of the Institute's Infection and Immunity Division. He obtained his BVMS and PhD at the University of Glasgow before taking employment at the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD) in Nairobi. In 1990 Professor Morrison became the Head of the Division of Immunology and Pathology at the Institute for Animal Health then in 2002 he became Professor of Immunology at the R(D)SVS. In 1990 he received the Pfizer Award for outstanding contribution to understanding bovine diseases and he has also received The Wellcome Trust Medal for Veterinary Research (1991), American Association of Veterinary Immunologists Award (1997), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1997) and the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Bledisloe Veterinary Award (2001). Professor Morrison currently studies the mechanisms of T cell-mediated immunity against intracellular pathogens of ruminants and how dysregulation of such responses can result in enhanced pathology.

The mechanisms of T cell-mediated immunity against intracellular pathogens of ruminants and how dysregulation of such responses can result in enhanced pathology.

Marina Pavlak is Professor and Head of the Department of Veterinary Economics and Epidemiology at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. She has completed her DVM, Post Graduation and PhD from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb. Marina is a member of Croatian Veterinary Association, Croatian DAAD Club, Croatian Epidemiological Society; Croatian Society for Simulation and Modelling (CROSSIM); World Poultry Science Association-Croatia (WPSA-CRO); Croatian Immunology Society and Croatian Society of Agricultural Economists Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. She has published more than 120 scientific and professional papers including 15 handbooks and books for students and veterinarians. She has been a key speaker at various national and international conferences and has delivered guest lectures in Epidemiology at Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Austria. She has participated as leader on 18 national and international scientific projects.

Epidemiology, Surveillance, Risk Assessment, Cost-Benefit Analysis

Romain Paillot is currently Head of Immunology and holds the position of Chair of Equine Immunology at the University of Caen, France. Romain’s research career began in Lyon (France) as a student under the supervision of Pr JP Revillard, who was recognised for his work in the field of Immunology of transplantation. From 1995 to 1998, he studied the immunosuppressive drugs methotrexate and described a new mechanism of action. From 1998 to 2004, Romain worked in the Discovery Research Department for a Veterinary Vaccine Manufacturer to develop new immunological assays in several veterinary species. In 2004, Romain moved to the Animal Health Trust to start a PhD on cell mediated immunity induced by EIV and EHV-1. He held the position of Immunology Team Leader in the department of Infectious Diseases at the Animal Health Trust from 2007 to 2012.

Veterinary Immunology and Infectious Diseases, and research into the importance of genetic background in the response to vaccines and susceptibility to infectious diseases.

Sally Charlton is a registered McTimoney Animal Practitioner, having graduated from the McTimoney College of Chiropractic with an MSc in Animal Manipulation at Distinction level. Sally has previously worked in the animal feed industry for 20 years specialising in mineral and vitamin nutrition and young animal diets. She has held managerial and consultant positions in the UK, South Africa and Canada and is also the author of three books.

Mineral and vitamin nutrition of animals

Srebrenka Nejedli is full professor in Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia. She has got project «Research of ontogenesis and growth of musculature in important fish species», she is member of EAVA and European Aquaculture Society.

Antomy, Histology and Embryology

Omar El-Tookhy has attained Pre-doctoral scholarship. He did his Post-doctoral study from Qassim University, KSA. Currently, he is working as a Full Professor at Cairo University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Egypt. He has published more than 21 papers in reputed journals and serving as a reviewer for some international journals in his field.

Veterinary Medicine, Multimedia software production, E-learning and Information Technology

Alen Slavica is Full Professor and Vice Dean for Science and International Cooperation at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia. He is engaged in different national and international scientific projects such as “Wildlife health monitoring”, “Applied biomedical research of game species in Croatia”, ”Dental pathology of wild mammals”, ''Breeding of European brown hare (Lepus europeus) in small farms'' and ''Lobsters farm breeding''. He has published three books, 85 peer-reviewed papers and over 120 conference abstracts. Alen is a member of World Aquaculture Society, Wildlife Diseases Association, EWDA and CSP, and a permanent member of the Commission to assess the impact on the environment at the Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection. As a member of the Organizing Committee he took part in the organization of several international symposia, and currently he is president of the scientific committee of the International Congress 'Veterinary Science and Profession'. Alen is also a member of the Editorial Board of ‘Veterinarski Arhiv’.

Wildlife Diseases & Epidemiology, Game Parasitology, Game Nutrition, Wildlife Genetics & Proteomics

Salah Afifi is currently serving as an editor of Assiut Vet Med. J. He is also the Professor of Veterinary Pathology, Assiut University, Egypt. He was the Department Head of Pathology and Clinical Pathology, Assiut University, Egypt from 2009-2012.

Mycotoxicosis, Mycosis, Growth rate, Hypersaline Water

Lidija Kozacinski is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia. She is engaged in several national and international scientific projects (Safety sausage, BASELINE, Indi Sheep Tradi Cheese, PROMISE) in the field of food safety and veterinary public health. She has published three books, 91 peer-reviewed papers and more than 100 conference papers or abstracts. Under her guidance, 34 diploma theses, three masters’ theses and nine doctoral theses were defended. She is a permanent member of Academy of Medical Sciences of Croatia, member of Croatian Microbiology Society, Croatian Dairy Association and the World Poultry Science Association. She is an editor of the national journal “Meat” which covers topics in the field of meat science.

Dairy Science, Meat Science & Technology, Veterinary Public Health, Microbiology

Ashraf M Ahmed has completed his PhD from Keele University, UK, on 2002 and has ongoing Research Fellowship at Keele from 2004 to until now, and Fellow of the Royal Society, UK, in 2004. He is a Professor of Medical Entomology at Zoology Department at El-Minia University, Egypt, (currently at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia). His current research interest is “mosquito immunity and biocontrol”, aiming at utilizing the immune response of mosquito vectors against mosquito-borne disease agents, and biological agents in the biocontrol measures against mosquito vectors. He has successfully achieved several grants for research projects, and got two currently ongoing granted projected (1.6 million Saudi Riyals each). One grant is for isolating native mosquito Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria with enhanced larvicidal activities for use in the battle against mosquito vectors in Saudi Arabia. The other grant is for isolating immune peptides from honey-bees for use as natural antibiotic against the American Foal Broad disease (AFB) that threatens the global Apiary industry. He had successfully monitored undergraduate, postgraduate students and research scholars. His academic output consists of more than 26 papers in reputed journals, membership of several scientific societies, attended several local, national & international conferences and invited for main talks in many international conferences.

Mosquito immunity and biocontrol

T K Gahlot has completed his PhD from Haryana Agricultural University. He is the Director of Clinic, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner, India and Professor and Head of Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner. He is Editor in Chief of Journal of Camel Practice and Research since 1994. He has published more than 150 papers in reputed journals and edited five books on camelids. He is Principal Investigator of Centre for Disaster Management Technologies in Animals at Veterinary University, Bikaner.

Study of camels

Sulaiman Ngongu Depamede has completed his PhD from The University of Adelaide, South Australia. Besides being a Lecturer at the Faculty of Animal Science of Mataram University, he is also a Chairman of Immunobiology Laboratory, Mataram University (2005-2015); he now serves as Secretary of the Consortium for Research Large ruminants. His research in the last five years focused on the proteomics of Bali cattle (Bos javanicus) saliva. In 2013, he was a Visiting Scientist at the Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand; there, together with researchers from the Ruakura Research Centre, he conducted a study on BSP-30 (a candidate bloat marker) in Bali cattle vs. New Zealand dairy cow saliva. He has published his research papers in reputed journals.

Animal Science, Immunology, Biotechnology

Bernard Vallat was elected Director General of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in May 2000 by the World Assembly, which brings together the national Delegates of all OIE Member Countries. His first five-year term of office began on 1 January 2001. In May 2005 and 2010, the Organisation’s 178 Member Countries elected Dr Vallat for a second and a third five years term of office. He graduated from the National Veterinary School in Toulouse (France) in 1971, qualifying as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. He then took two postgraduate courses, first in tropical veterinary medicine (1972) and then in animal nutrition at the Institut National Agronomique in Paris (1973). He was the Chief Veterinary Officer for France, with the title of Deputy Director General for Food (in charge of animal and plant health and food safety and quality). He is also Doctor Honoris Causa as well as a member of a number of scientific and/or veterinary academies in France and in other countries around the world.

Animal Welfare, Veterinary Public Health

Mushtaq Memon received veterinary education in Pakistan, PhD in Theriogenology from University of Minnesota, St. Paul, and residency training at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Memon is a Diplomate, American College of Theriogenologists, and participates in teaching and providing clinical service as a part of the Comparative Theriogenology section at Washington State University (WSU). Dr. Memon received certification in Veterinary Acupuncture from Chi Institute, FL in 2008. At WSU, he coordinates Complimentary & Alternative Vet Med course. He is author or co-author of more than 170 publications in scientific journals, conference proceedings and book chapters. Dr. Memon has given more than 120 presentations at international, national, state/local meetings. Internationally, Dr. Memon has given presentations in more than 20 countries. Before joining WSU, Dr. Memon taught at veterinary colleges of Oklahoma State, Louisiana State and Tufts University in MA.

Applied Animal Reproduction

Chad Gregory is the President and CEO of United Egg Producers & United Egg Association, USA. Chad grew up in the egg business as his father Gene, the former President and CEO of the UEP who has been involved with U.S. egg production for over 50 years. Chad earned a baccalaureate degree with a double major in management and marketing from Southern Illinois University. He has been affiliated with the UEP for over 14 years and when he was the Director of Membership he visited farms and plants operated by virtually all members of the UEP.

Poultry Science, Animal Welfare

Felix R. Althaus serves as a Professor of Pharmacology and Director of the Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology at the University of Zürich. Dr. Althaus serves as Chairman of Scientific Advisory Board of Niadyne, Inc. He has been Dean of Research and Strategic Planning at the Veterinary School of Zürich. His expertise includes DNA repair mechanisms and NAD functions in cellular mechanisms. Dr. Althaus is also involved in representing Niadyne throughout Europe to potential marketing partners, skincare industry analysts, scientists and investors. He obtained his Doctoral degree (Dr. med. vet.) from the University of Zürich, Switzerland. After postdoctoral training in the USA, he received a PD-degree in Pharmacology and Toxicology (habilitation at the University of Zürich).

Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, ADP-ribosylation Reactions, Medical Decision Support Systems

Charles E Short is an Emeritus Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, USA. He is the Founding Charter Diplomate of American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists, 1975 and Diplomate of European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 1996. Dr. Short has been honored with Dr.h.c. (doctor honoris causa) from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland in 2015 and received his Career Achievement Award from American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia in the same year. He has made a total of 352 publications including 155 journal publications; textbooks, Veterinary Anesthesia, 1974; The Principles and Practice of Veterinary Anesthesia, 1987 and Animal Pain, 1991; book chapters and other scientific publications. He is the Co-Founder of International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management. He has made 447 presentations and lectures for professional groups in the United States and 293 in 45 countries.

Veterinary Anesthesiology and Pain Management

Manfred Coenen studied veterinary medicine in Hannover and Munchen, Germany. His doctoral thesis was finished in 1978, his habilitation thesis in 1992. In 1996, he was appointed Professor for Animal Nutrition and Dietetics at the Veterinary High School of Hannover, and since 2005 he directs the Institute for Animal Nutrition, Nutrition Diseases and Dietetics of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany. His main research interests on horses are the digestibility of feedstuffs, the energy as well as the water and electrolyte metabolism.

Horse nutrition, Ruminant and pig nutrition, Dog nutrition, Mycotoxins

Mo Salman is a Professor of the Animal Population Health Institute of College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University. Professor Salman educational background is in veterinary medicine, preventive veterinary medicine, and comparative pathology. His veterinary degree was from University of Baghdad - Iraq, and his both MPVM and PhD were from University of California at Davis. He is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine(ACVPM) and a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology (ACE).

Methodology of surveillance and survey for animal diseases with emphasis on infectious diseases.

Fred Williams III. has completed his undergraduate education at Tuskegee University and continued to the veterinary school there at Tuskegee to become a member of the class of 2001. He started a residency at the University of Missouri in 2002 and continued on there following the completion of his residency as a faculty instructor. Currently, he is still at the University of Missouri as an associate professor in pathobiology with a primary focus on clinical education of professional students and diagnostic work for the Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab at the University of Missouri. He has special interests in pathogenesis and exotic animal diseases.

Infectious disease, exotic animals and wildlife

Salah Afifi is currently serving as an editor of Assiut Vet Med. J. He is also the Professor of Veterinary Pathology, Assiut University, Egypt. He was the Department Head of Pathology and Clinical Pathology, Assiut University, Egypt from 2009-2012.

Mycotoxicosis, Mycosis, Growth rate, Hypersaline Water

El-Tookhy has travelled for predoctoral scholarship and visits to Germany and Switzerland,postdoctoral study and work in Canada and has spent 3 years at Qassim University, KSA as vet-surgery professor. Currently he is working as a full professor at Cairo University, school of veterinary medicine, Egypt.He has published more than 21 papers in reputed journals and serving as a reviewer for some international journals in his field.

Veterinary Medicine, Multimedia software production, E-learning and Information Technology