Submit a Mystery slide

The Australian Society for Veterinary Pathology invites members to actively participate in the 2025 Conference program by the submission of a mystery slide presentation.

Mystery slides that relate to this year's theme of the Haematolymphoid System will be given preference.

Please note that the deadline for the receipt of mystery slide submissions is no later than June 27, 2025. 

All submissions must be in accordance with the following specifications to be considered. Guidelines that are not submitted in accordance with these specifications will be excluded from the review process:

• Submissions are only accepted from financial ASVP members
• Accepted presenters must register and pay for conference attendance (mystery slide presentation day as a minimum) and present their paper in person. In the event the conference is changed to a hybrid or virtual event, accepted presenters will need to be prepared to either:
       i) deliver their presentation at the designated date and time, via Zoom or other web-based platform or 
       ii) supply a pre-recorded presentation for screening/broadcast on the day, and be available via video conference for questions at end of the broadcast
• Conference registration and payment of any outstanding membership fees must be completed by close of conference registration date. Should this not occur, the abstract will be precluded from publication and the program
• Presentations may be made available to delegates post conference as either a download or accessible as a video file via the ASVP website [subject to presenters consent]
• All presentations are to be in English
• All authors acknowledge that should the mystery slide be accepted it constitutes a formal commitment to present at a time scheduled by the ASVP Committee
• Presenters will need to keep to a strict 15 minute program session, comprising a 12 minute oral presentation with a 3 minutes question time. Please time yourself to avoid incomplete presentations.

The ASVP Committee will review each submitted mystery slide and will consider according to:

• Scientific value or potential clinical value to veterinary pathology
• originality of work
• standard of submission & clarity of abstract
• overall impression

There are a limited number of session times on the program and the order of receipt will also be taken into consideration when finalising the program.

To submit your mystery slide, download and return the below documents to karen.gerber@jcu.edu.au

• Mystery slide history
• Mystery slide summary
• A copy of your slides

If you have any questions, please contact President Karen Gerber directly at karen.gerber@jcu.edu.au or Treasurer John Mackie at john.mackie@vetnostics.com.au