CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

for

ACVNU/IRIS Renal Week 26th – 29th March 2025

The organizing committee of Renal Week 2025 would like to encourage presentation of new ideas, data

and findings in veterinary nephrology at this meeting. We would particularly welcome contributions

from those at an early stage in their careers who wish to gain from the feedback presenting in this open

and friendly environment.

All accepted abstracts will be presented as posters in a session devoted to this activity and individual discussion will be assured by assigning specific delegates with experience in the topic of the abstract to engage the authors in active discussion of their work.

In addition to studies which have yielded data that has been fully analyzed, we are interested in receiving submissions of proposed study protocols for discussion and facilitation of multi-centre collaboration.

Preference will be given to abstracts where the first author is in a training position (residency, PhD program or similar).

Abstracts should be submitted in the appropriate format (see below) by 15th December 2024 to renalweek@friendshiphospital.com.

First authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by January 15th , 2025.

All abstracts presented by authors currently undertaking post-graduate training will be eligible for the Renal Week Research Abstract Prize.

Instructions for Authors of Renal Week Abstracts

Please follow the following format when writing your abstract:

Title – up to 250 characters – encapsulating the main focus of study (in bold)

Authors - Names and affiliations

Introduction – why is this study important, what question does it address?

Methods – what did you do or what do you plan to do

Results – what did you find (include actual data and indication of statistical significance) or if you are presenting a study plan, what are your planned study endpoints and how will they be analyzed statistically?

Conclusions – what can you safely conclude from your study and what questions does this lead on to or if you are presenting a study plan what are the potential issues/pitfalls with your study you would like to discuss?

Word Limit – 300 words excluding title and affiliations

Font - Use 12-point Times New Roman font throughout.

Do Not Use - Subheadings for the above sections. Just start a new paragraph with a space between paragraphs.