1. 8 th International Symposium of Animal Nutrition and Biology September 24-25, 2009 Bucharest, Romania The Scientific and Organizing Committees cordially invite you to participate to the 8 th International Symposium of Animal Biology and Nutrition MAIN TPOICS covered by the symposium: organized by The National Research-Development Institute for Biology and Animal Nutrition www.ibna.ro The event gathers experts and scientist in biology and animal nutrition from all over the world, who will present their most recent research and will focus on current scientific trends - animal nutrition within the food chain context; - animal husbandry and the global changes: environment, the new regulations, global market - management of animal genetic resources: genetics, animal breeding, reproduction, biodiversity * Scientific contributions in other topics related to biology and animal nutrition will also be welcomed Contributors are warmly invited to contact the Organizing Committee and send their articles to symposium@ibna.ro Looking forward to meeting you in Bucharest, Prof. Dr. Horia Grosu Director General

2. SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: Nollet Lode – BelgiumCirckovic M. – Serbia Mircea Pop – RomaniaBracarense Ana Paula – Brasil Yaman Sema – Turkey Ţăranu Ionelia – RomaniaLevic Jovanka – Serbia Şara A. – RomaniaLalles J.P. – France Stoica I. – RomaniaKistanova Elena– Bulgaria Souffrant W. – GermanyKadlecik O – Slovakia Soysal I. – TurkeyJuskiene Violeta – Lithuania Simionescu D. – RomaniaHebean Veronica – Romania Ralcheva Simona – BulgariaGrosu H. – Romania Popescu Vifor St. - RomaniaGhiţă Elena – Romania Popa Mona – RomaniaFievez Veerle – Belgium Pinares C. – New ZealandDrânceanu D. – Romania Petkova Mariana – BulgariaDrăgănescu C. – Romania Oswald Isabelle – FranceDragomir Catalin – Romania Nys Y. – FranceDihoru A. – Romania Nicolae M. – RomaniaCriste Rodica D. – Romania Murphy Michael - USAChrenkova Maria – Slovakia Marin Daniela – RomaniaBelc Nastasia – Romania CONTACT: Correspondence concerning scientific maters should be addressed to: Dr. Dragomir Catalin (Scientific Director)‏ E-mail: symposium@ibna.ro * upon registration you will be assigned a contact person, who will guide you through the reviewing and publication process and help you on practical aspects related to the symposium All correspondence concerning registration, transport, accomodation and other practical matters should be addressed to: Symposium Secretariat INCDBNA Balotesti Calea Bucuresti nr. 1, Balotesti, Ilfov, ROMANIA Tel: +40-(0)21-351 20 84 Fax: +40-(0)21-351 20 80 E-mail: symposium@ibna.ro IMPORTANT DATES: LANGUAGE: - registration opens March 1 st and closes May 30, 2009 - deadline for submitting abstracts: May 30, 2009 - deadline for submitting full text articles: June 30, 2009 The official languages of the symposium are English and Romanian. Simultaneous translation (on headphones) will be provided All papers accepted for presentation will be published as abstracts in the Symposium’ Books of Abstracts. In parallel, papers will be reviewed for publication “in extenso” in Archiva Zootechnica or Analele IBNA PUBLICATION: