Editor’s note 

 

Dear theriogenology friends, 

Clinical Theriogenology journal, managed by the Society for Theriogenolgy, is entering its 13th year.  
I am very thankful to many colleagues including the founding editor (Bob Youngquist) and the copy 
editor (John Kastelic) for helping me to grow as an editor during the last 3 years. Furthermore, members 
of the editorial board have been a tremendous help. I am extremely thankful to our management office 
(Charles Franz and Tara Beasley) and Omnipress to generate every issue in a timely and orderly manner.  
I appreciate the encouragement and support from the leadership of Society for Theriogenology and 
American College of Theriogenologists.  
 
As I was organizing the manuscripts for this issue, I went back and reread the mission of our journal.  
Yes, our journal continues to provide a venue for our students, residents, practitioners, and clinical 
investigators in our profession and in allied professions to publish their scholarly work. In addition, 
conference and symposium papers and conference abstracts also add value to our journal. I appreciate  
the outstanding job of our conference leaders and session chairs and I am very thankful for colleagues 
who give their time and effort to submit quality manuscripts and abstracts, and work with me and the 
reviewers to refine and improve their publication. The Scientific and Abstract Committee of the  
American College of Theriogenologists enables our journal to publish quality abstracts. Chairs and 
members of this committee have worked untiringly to fulfil their remits and responsibilities. I do recall 
my days of serving on this committee and it was a wonderful learning experience.    
 
This issue has 2 manuscripts that describe laparoscopy ovariectomy technique in 2 species addressing  
2 clinical situations. I sincerely encourage colleagues to create case and technique reports to make our 
journal more beneficial. 
 
In addition to excellent reviews that are published in the conference issue, we welcome review papers 
similar to the 1 published in this issue. We have many talented and experienced scholars in our field  
and allied fields who can create high-quality reviews in many applied aspects of theriogenology. As I 
have been in the last 3 years, I will personally continue to reach out to colleagues to create reviews and 
look forward to publishing 1 or 2 this year. Please do help me! In this regard, Igor Canisso suggested to 
have series of reviews in comparative topics across species or very species-specific topics that would be 
of general interest. Creating reviews (both mini and series) by theriogenology residents will enable them 
to develop their writing skills under the tutelage of their mentors. For example, Richard Hopper and 
Maria Ferrer are working with their residents to write reviews on clinical topics.  

 
I was very much encouraged by the number of research reports submitted for consideration last year  
and I am confident that we can do much more in 2021. I implore colleagues working in various 
theriogenology arenas to submit research reports, an area that our journal has to definitely improve.  
I earnestly desire to receive more manuscripts in all 4 areas (research, clinical case(s), technique,  
and review) of our journal in 2021. Please help our journal to continue to grow! 
 
Please feel free to write to me (petera@purdue.edu) if you have questions or suggestions.  

Regards, 

Augustine  

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