More than 170 abstracts received
Thank you to all the Authors
for their invaluable scientific contribution!
Scientific and Organizing Committees has selected 25 Oral presentations, 21 Flash Presentations and 115 Posters.
Presenting authors must be registered participants to the 37th ECVN Symposium (deadline for registration 31st August 2025). Works from unregistered authors will not be included in the Proceedings of the 37th ECVN Symposium.
Deadlines
Deadline for registration: 31st August 2025
Deadline for submission of .PDF files for accepted Flash and Poster presentation: 31st August 2025
Deadline for submission of PowerPoint presentations for accepted abstracts: 5th September 2025
Oral presentations
The time allotted for an oral presentation will be 10 minutes, including 2 minutes for questions and answers. Electronic slides should be organized in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.
Presentations must be sent to secretariat@ecvnbristol2025.org BEFORE 5th of September 2025.
The oral presentations’ time schedule will be published on the Symposium’s website.
Flash presentations
In addition to oral and poster presentations, some authors will be invited to present their work as a flash poster presentation. Flash poster presentations should be organized in a PowerPoint presentation of a maximum 3 MINUTE duration. Only ONE QUESTION will be allowed from the audience, and authors will have only 1 MINUTE to answer.
Please note that presentations should be restricted to a maximum of 3-4 slides. We will be very strict with timekeeping, and we will not hesitate to cut presenters off if you run overtime! The main objective of the presentation is to generate curiosity on your work in a flash: highlight only essentials key findings!
NB Flash-poster-presentations should be organized in form of Microsoft PowerPoint presentation AND printed Poster presentation.
Flash-poster-presentations organized in a Microsoft PowerPoint must be sent to secretariat@ecvnbristol2025.org BEFORE 5th of September 2025.
Please follow the below instructions for Poster presentation.
The flash presentations’ time schedule will be published on the Symposium’s website.
Poster presentations
Abstracts selected for poster presentation should be organized in a Poster of 125 cm height and 90 cm width.
Posters will be displayed in the allocated area at the conference center for the duration of the Main Symposium. Poster set up is required by before Opening Ceremony on Friday 19th September 2025. Posters should be removed on Saturday afternoon at the end of the Symposium. Any left poster swill be removed and recycled.
Poster number ID, as assigned on acceptance of the abstract, will be indicated on poster boards at the location where the poster should be displayed. Push pins will be provided by the organizers.
The Poster session, during which Authors are expected to attend their posters and answer questions of delegates will be announced soon.
Any further questions? Please send an email to secretariat@ecvnbristol2025.org
Annex I
Example of an ECVN abstract as guidance
TRAUMATIC AND IATROGENIC SCIATIC NERVE INJURY IN THIRTY-NINE DOGS AND TEN CATS: CLINICAL AND ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC FINDINGS
Dell’Apa D.1, Auletta L.2, Okonji S.3, Cauduro A.4, Dondi M.1, Opreni M.4, Gandini G.3, Bianchi E1. 1Dept. Of Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Italy; 2IBB CNR, Naples, Italy; 3Dept. Of Veterinary Medical Science University of Bologna, Italy; 4Neurovet Professional Association, Milano, Italy.
Aim of the study was to retrospectively evaluate clinical and electrodiagnostic findings of dogs and cats with traumatic and iatrogenic lesions of the sciatic nerve.
Patients visited in the period 2006-2020 that underwent neurologic examination and electrodiagnostics were included. A grading scale was applied to results of motor nerve conduction (MNCS) based on amplitudes of CMAPs. These data were compared to clinical findings like absence/presence of nociception in the peroneal and tibial nerves using contingency tables.
Thirty-nine dogs and 10 cats (23 males, 26 females) met the inclusion criteria. Injuries were caused by trauma (51%), surgical procedures (44.9%) and injections (4.1%).
Electrodiagnostics were suggestive of neurotmesis in 23 nerves (16 peroneal, 7 tibial). Peroneal and tibial nerve were affected in 83% (41/49) and 92% (45/49) of the patients respectively.
Of the 39 subjects with both nerves injured, 19 had a prevalent peroneal and 3 a prevalent tibial involvement. Nociception was absent in 5/7 tibial and in 16/16 peroneal nerves that had absent CMAPs (neurotmesis). Nociception was absent also in 5/6 tibial and 8/14 peroneal nerves that had severely reduced amplitudes of CMAPs (<1 mV). A significant association between the grading scale and nociception was found for both the tibial and peroneal nerve (P=0.006 and P=0.001 respectively).
Different types of trauma and orthopedic procedures can cause injury and dysfunction of the sciatic nerve. Peroneal is often more severely affected than tibial. Electrodiagnostics appear to be superior to neurological evaluation in differentiating neurotmesis form severe axonotmesis, that may carry a better prognosis.
