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0.1 Houghton Trust International Travel Grants
Royalties from the sale of Avian Pathology are used by the Houghton Trust to establish a fund to provide young research workers of any nationality for attendance and participation in scientific meetings and training courses. It is an absolute requirement that the grant will be used to advance research on avian diseases. Applicants must normally be aged 35 or under. Grants will normally be made to cover only part of the cost involved. Applications, on the official form only, should be received by 15th February, 15th June or 15th November each year and be for visits overseas.
Application forms may be obtained at the web site of the Houghton Trust (www.houghtontrust.org.uk) or directly from the Secretary of the Trust: Dr J K A Cook, (Houghton Trust), 138 Hartford Road, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE29 1XQ, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
0.2 Online colour reproduction in Avian Pathology
Figures can be printed in colour, although there is a charge for this. However, there is no charge for having colour figures in the online version of the journal. Even if an author chooses not to have figures reproduced in colour in the printed journal, the figures will appear in colour in the online version, free of charge, provided that the author submits the figures in colour for the publisher. Colour figures should be provided as high quality prints and on disk.
0.3 Avian Pathology online
Institutional subscribers to Avian Pathology can access the same volume of the journal online at no extra charge. In order to do this your institution needs to register to obtain a password for online access. This process can be started by going to the journal's web page (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/03079457.html) and selecting the "e-journal" button.
On the Avian Pathology web pages you will also find, amongst other things: tables of contents for volumes 25–32 and free access to the abstracts of papers published in volumes 28 (1999) onwards.
1 INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS
Information on international meetings that include any aspect of pathogens and diseases of avian species may be sent to: Dr Dave Cavanagh, Editor-in-Chief, Avian Pathology, Institute for Animal Health, Compton Laboratory, Compton, Newbury RG20 7NN, UK. E-mail: [email protected]; Fax: +44 1635 577263. It is advisable to send details of meetings at least a year in advance.Information added/altered since the last issue of Avian Pathology is marked by ⇒
1.1 April 2004
5th Asia Pacific Poultry Health Conference, Surfer's Paradise, Queensland, Australia, 23–24 April, 2004.Contact: Dr Pat Blackall, Scientific Program Convenor, APPHC 5, Animal Research Institute, Locked Mail Bag No 4, Moorooka QLD 4105 Australia.Fax: +61 7 3362 9429; E-mail: [email protected] International Conference on the Control of Infectious Animal Diseases by Vaccination , Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13–16 April, 2004.Contact: Dr A.A. Schudel, Office International des Epizooties, 12 Rue de Prony, Paris, France. Fax: +33 01 42 67 09 87; E-mail: [email protected]; www.oie.int.
1.2 June 2004
Fifth International Symposium on Turkey Diseases, Berlin, Germany, 16–19 June, 2004Contact: Professor Dr. H. M. Hafez, Institute for Poultry Disease, Free University, Berlin, Koserstrasse 21,D-14195 Berlin, GERMANY F +49 308385 58 24; E-mail: [email protected]
XXIIth World's Poultry Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 8–12 June, 2004.Istanbul Convention and Exhibiiton Center, Taksim Istanbul.Contact: Dr. Servet Yalcin, Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, Izmir TurkeyFax: 90 232 388 18 64 E-mail: [email protected]; www.wpc2004.org
1.3 July 2004
7th International Marek's Disease Symposium, Oxford, UK, 11–14 July, 2004Contact: Scientific Programme: Dr Venugopal Nair E-mail: [email protected] Registration etc.: Dr Margaret Carr E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 1635 577227 Institute for Animal Health, Compton Laboratory Newbury RG20 7NN, UK
1.4 ⇒ 2005
XIVth World Veterinary Poultry Association Congress Istanbul, Turkey
2 WVPA Matters
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2.1 Lower subscription (2004) cost to Avian Pathology for WVPA members
Members of WVPA may subscribe to Avian Pathology for the year 2004 at a price of £60 or US$96 (unchanged from 2000). If you are a member of WVPA and have not yet subscribed to Avian Pathology but wish to do so, you will find details on how to subscribe on the first page of each issue of the journal, and at the journal's web site (www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/03079457.html). Please include proof of your membership of WVPA. This may be obtained from your national veterinary poultry association/WVPA Branch if your subscription to WVPA is paid via your national association or, if you send your subscription directly to the Secretary/Treasurer of WVPA then you will receive an acknowledgement from the WVPA. Periodically the Secretary/Treasurer of WVPA sends a list of WVPA members to Taylor and Francis, publishers of Avian Pathology. If the name of a WVPA member is on the latest version of that list then it will not be necessary for a subscriber to provide additional evidence of membership of WVPA.
2.2 Web site of the WVPA
The World Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA) web site can be accessed at http://www.wvpa.net. The latest issue of the Association's newsletter, Aerosols, is available online at the WVPA site.