The Conference Organizing Committee cordially invites participants to present papers, to sponsor events or to be involved in the activities of the 12th International Conference of the Association of Institutions for tropical Veterinary Medicine (AITVM) which will be held in Montpellier (France) from August 20th to 23rd 2007.

The objective of the conference are :

* To share and exchange knowledge and experiences in various aspects of tropical animal health and production.
* To provide a forum for exchange and dissemination of information in the various fields of veterinary science and related professions and to formulate recommendations.* To establish and strengthen relationships in professional development, education and research through networking and collaboration of members and participants.

Conference participants will include veterinarians, animal scientists, private practioners, academicians, food technologists, agronomists, policy makers, government regulators, livestock producers, students and others from various veterinary-related professions from all parts of the world.

The theme of the conference will be : “Does control of animal infectious risks offer a new international perspective?”

The scientific programme will focus in particular on :

Risk analysis
New vaccine and consequences of vaccination
Adoption of food safety standards
Aquaculture in the South
Education and continuous professional development Veterinary Services under globalised scenario

Free communications on Veterinary Medicine, Animal nutrition, Wildlife diseases and Management are welcome.

The organizing committee invites participants to present oral papers and/or posters in the above mentioned areas.

Deadline for the Abstracts : November 1st 2006 Deadline for the Full paper : May 1st 2007.

Abstract and paper prescription, conference registration, hotel arrangements and all the other information are available on: http://aitvm2007.cirad.fr

For further information on the Conference, please contact :

12th AITVM Conference Secretariat
(Attn : Denise BASTRON)
CIRAD-Emvt - TA30/B
34398 Montpellier cedex 5 - France
Tel: 33 467 593 904
Fax: 33 467 593 795 aitvm@cirad.fr