British Society of Animal Science

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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]

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Maggie Mitchell is Chief Executive of the British Society of Animal Science. [2] . Elizabeth Magowan was appointed president in March 2023. [3]

Publications

The first Proceedings was published in 1951. ISSN   0369-8521 The editors soon started accepting papers on animal production. [4]

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. [4]

In 1995, the society was renamed, and the journal retitled to Animal Science . [4]

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: [5] [6]

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References

  1. Helmut Opitz (2002). World guide to scientific associations and learned societies (8 ed.). p. 232. ISBN   3-598-22250-5.
  2. [https://www.bsas.org.uk/about/our-team Maggie Mitchell, CEO British Society of Animal Science]
  3. [https://www.bsas.org.uk/news/elizabeth-magowan-appointed/ Elizabeth Magowan, President, British Society of Animal Science]
  4. 1 2 3 Ian J. Lean, Chairman of the Editorial Board (2006). "Foreword". Animal Science. 82 (6): 763–764. doi: 10.1017/ASC2006114 .
  5. "Press Releases". BSAS. Archived from the original on 13 February 2006.
  6. "Sir John Hammond Award". BSAS. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010.