International Conference on Animal Genetics

Important dates

1. 9 Nov

   Abstract / full paper deadline

   Passed

2. 6 Dec

   Conference

   Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

All deadlines are as published by the organizer. Check the official website for the time zone.

About this conference

The key intention of ICAG is to provide opportunity for the global participants to share their ideas and experience in person with their peers expected to join from different parts on the world. In addition this gathering will help the delegates to establish research or business relations as well as to find international linkage for future collaborations in their career path. We hope that ICAG outcome will lead to significant contributions to the knowledge base in these up-to-date scientific fields in scope.

Topics and scope

• Algorithms, representations and operators
• Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine
• Animal transportation
• Antimicrobial resistance
• Antimicrobial use issues in companion animals
• Coevolution in GP
• Disease surveillance, biosecurity and emergency preparedness
• Emergency preparedness considerations for natural disaster(s) and foreign animal disease(s)
• Emerging diseases, e.g. avian influenza, west nile virus, BSE
• Emerging therapeutic products
• Establishment of adequate and achievable biosecurity systems
• Establishment of codes of practice for responsible animal care
• Evolutionary design
• Evolutionary inductive programming
• Evolutionary robotics
• Fast/Parallel GP
• Fitness landscape analysis of GP
• GP performance and behavior
• Humane handling of livestock in animal production systems
• Humane slaughter
• Hybrid architectures including GP
• International harmonization of new drug approval processes
• Judicious use of animal health products
• Mass destruction of animals for disease control
• Modularity in GP
• Multi-objective GP
• Multi-population GP
• Object-oriented GP
• Probabilistic GP
• Production animal welfare and animal care
• Risks or benefits to agricultural practices that may result from restrictions being placed on antimicrobial use
• Self regulation of farm animal welfare by industry
• Semantics in GP
• Surveillance standards and procedures required to protect international trade
• The humane handling of livestock throughout the food chain
• Theoretical developments
• Veterinary Medicine Issues and Applications

Call for papers

The call for papers closed on 9 November 2026. For other conferences, see open calls for papers in this field.