Clinical Theriogenology 2022; 14: 130

Editor’s note

Dear theriogenology friends,

Greetings and welcome to the 2022 conference issue of 
Clinical Theriogenology journal.

Many colleagues invested their time and effort toward making 
this conference issue a reality! We are especially grateful to 
the leadership of our organizations, conference chair, session 
chairs, symposium chair, abstract committee and chair, and 
student abstracts chair.

In addition to sharing their expertise at the conference, 
speakers (all but 2) have created manuscripts to accompany 
their presentations. We do thank them. Session chairs’ help in 
processing the papers is highly commendable. 

A few years ago, it was Dr. Robyn Wilborn, past president of 
SFT, along with Dr. Charles Franz and SFT leaders, streamlined 
the process of gathering abstracts and conference papers, and 
compiling them for the editor. Once again, Ms. Tara Beasley of 
our SFT office did a fine job. Tara created an Excel spreadsheet, 
was in constant touch with session chairs (and authors), 
abstract committee, and finally enabled me to download the 
manuscripts and abstracts for further processing (editing, 
formatting, and copyediting). 

In all, for 2022, we are able to publish 26 manuscripts and 
114 abstracts.

Despite our (me and copy editor Dr. John Kastelic) 8 decades 
of collective scientific manuscript writing and editing 
experience, and burning ‘a few midnight candles’ this time 
around, we might have missed capturing a few errors and also 
might have altered unintentionally the intended meanings of 
authors. Our sincere apologies! 

Wish I had time to share with authors of abstracts and 2 
production animal papers for their approval. Deadline to 
meet Omnipress placed us in a very tight spot. I want to 
acknowledge my trusted colleague John’s passion, patience, 
and perseverance for copy editing. How true it is, if you give 
an additional remit to a busy person, the person will not only 
say ’yes’ but will also do a fine job!

On the brighter side, it is a delight to observe the increase 
in both quantity and quality of abstracts. Student abstracts 
reflect the enthusiasm students have for theriogenology and 
the dedication of our colleagues to our discipline. 

Omnipress leadership and staff deserve our appreciation. 

Finally, my heartfelt thanks to my dear wife, Damayanthy 
Peter, for all the support!

Please feel free to write to me (petera@purdue.edu), if you 
have questions or concerns regarding our conference issue, 
since I will not be able to attend this year’s conference. 

Enjoy the conference and benefit from the proceedings.

Regards,

Augustine