2011 (SBTE) 25th Annual Meeting Proceedings - International ...

Acta Scientiae Veterinariae. 39 (Suppl 1): 2011.
From the Scientific Committe
Greetings!
It has been a great pleasure to serve you and our society at the scientific committee for the past two
years.With the combined efforts of intensive and productive collaboration among ourselves, along with the
tireless support from our associates, post-docs and graduate and undergraduate students, we have strived to
meet our commitment to you, and to bring you the most excellent scientific events and best opportunities for
technical advancement as possible during our annual meetings.
Our Brazilian society has grown and matured into a well respected organization worldwide. Our
annual meeting has attained international proportions, and we are pleased to have many Latin-American
colleagues as faithful SBTE members and regular attendees in our audience, as well as the presence of
participants from many countries throughout North America and Europe. Carrying out annual meetings at
an international scale has been a tradition for SBTE, with the continuous presence of distinguished invited
speakers from Brazil and abroad, who come to us to address issues that are of broad relevance to our country
and economy. The scientific contents of our annual meetings have been directed towards promoting progress
and development to every corner where we may exert influence as professionals and/or members of academia
and research institutes. To keep up with the tradition, we have carefully analyzed the topics and themes
discussed at our past events over the years, with the goal of maintaining those ideas that have been greatly
accepted and anticipated by the public. In addition, by envisioning the present and future of our society, we
attempted to uncover fields and areas of interest that have been less frequently addressed at the meetings. In
doing so, we hope to maintain aspects of the program that have been successful in our scientific discussions
over the years, as well as to expand the scope of the scientific program by including advanced topics that
inexorably have relevance in what we all do, either directly or indirectly, currently or in the near future to us
all.
We must all be aware that the scientific contents of our meetings cannot possibly cover all aspects in
animal reproduction at once. However, as SBTE looks forward into long-term planning, all areas and themes N
are envisioned to be covered over time. That is the reason we try to have a healthy, productive and transparent
transition between administrations. Also, as SBTE is characterized by such wide diversity in terms of
backgrounds, interests, and activities, the programs in the past two annual meetings (24 th and 25 th ) have been
organized in sections blocked as common subjects so that you could focus your attention on specific sections.
This design also allows you to use the time during sections of lower personal interest to carry out other
activities related or unrelated to our event, such as for leisure and entertainment. The simultaneous preconference
symposia offer you a choice of six themes that range from in-depth scientifically oriented topics to
very practical and applied subjects. Following a similar pattern, the main conferences are organized in
sessions covering either basic scientific topics or practical aspects, centered on the application of current
biotechnology of reproduction in an array of animal species, with the bovine species as the main axis.
On behalf of the scientific committee, we would like to take this opportunity to thank: (a) the members
of the Executive Board, for their trust in our ability to carry out our tasks at the Scientific Committee, and for
the organization of this terrific event as a whole; (b) the invited speakers, for their great insights, outstanding
knowledge, and high quality of the scientific material shared with us, along with their kind patience and
willingness to work hard to meet our short deadlines; (c) the Chairs of the pre-conference symposia, for
organizing such exceptional sessions; (d) each member of the Scientific Committee, Section Editors, and
abstract reviewers, for their tremendous efforts to help us in preparing the proceedings in time; (e) the individuals
who worked relentlessly on the never-ending task of formatting and editing the proceedings, along with the
support from the Editor and staff at the Journal Acta Scientiae Veterinariae; (f) the Section Chairs at the main
event, for volunteering to host our invited speakers; and (g) the SBTE staff, composed of the SBTE secretary
and our own students and scholars, who tirelessly helped us all during the events.
Finally, your participation in the scientific program has been the very soul of our conferences. In both
annual meetings (24 th and 25 th ), close to 500 abstracts have been accepted and presented at the meeting as
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