British Society of Animal Science

British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) is a learned society in the field of animal science, established in 1944 as the British Society of Animal Production.[1]

Mike Steele is the Chief Executive, and the President is Sinclair Mayne.[2] Geoff Simm was the president in 2007 and 2008.[3][4]

Publications

The first Proceedings was published in 1951.ISSN 0369-8521 The editors soon started accepting papers on animal production.[5]

In 1959 the society established a dedicated journal, Animal Production, for this purpose. It was published in three issues per year in 1961, and four issues per year in 1971.[5]

In 1995, the society was renamed, and the journal retitled to Animal Science.[5]

A partnership with Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) and European Federation for Animal Science publish the journal Animal: An International Journal of Animal Bioscience. The journal is a merge of three journals including the BSAS journal Animal Science, which was published six times a year.

Sir John Hammond Award

The society presents the Sir John Hammond Award at the annual conference. Recipients include:[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Helmut Opitz (2002). World guide to scientific associations and learned societies (8 ed.). p. 232. ISBN 3-598-22250-5.
  2. ↑ Dr Sinclair Mayne takes up his post as BSAS President following the AGM on 31 March 2009, BSAS.
  3. ↑ Dan Buglass (10 April 2007). "Simm heads animal science body". The Scotsman.
  4. ↑ "Research body urges DEFRA not to slash animal health research budget". FWi. 4 July 2008.
  5. 1 2 3 Ian J. Lean, Chairman of the Editorial Board (2006). "Foreword". Animal Science. 82 (06): 763–764. doi:10.1017/ASC2006114.
  6. ↑ "Press Releases". BSAS.
  7. ↑ "Sir John Hammond Award". BSAS.

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