MDPI’s Journal Cluster of Animal Science | Title Story Authors Webinar of 2025, 23 March 2026

The Editorial Team of MDPI’s Journal Cluster of Animal Science would like to invite you to the “Title Story Authors Webinar of 2025”.

For this webinar, we have invited three authors of title story papers published in the journals Birds, Pets, and Veterinary Sciences in 2025. During the event, they will present the research discussed in their title story papers and share related work and recent findings from their research groups.

This webinar aims to promote academic exchange, highlight impactful research in animal science, and encourage discussion within the research community.

We very much look forward to your participation in the Animal Science Cluster’s Title Story Authors Webinar 2025.

Date: 23 March 2026 at 9:00 a.m. (CDT) | 3:00 p.m. (CET)
Webinar ID: 898 9481 1957

Program

Speaker/Presentation	Time in CET	Time in CDT
Introduction	3:00–3:10 p.m.	9:00–9:10 a.m.
Prof. Dr. Jan S. Suchodolski Severe Dysbiosis Reflects Changes in Important Intestinal Function	3:10–3:30 p.m.	9:10–9:30 a.m.
Dr. Nico Arcilla What's in a Bird's Name? Bird Records and Indigenous Names in Amazonian Territories of Peru	3:30–3:50 p.m.	9:30–9:50 a.m.
Kimberly Boykin Characterizing the Roles of Life Stage and Season on the Prevalence of Select Viral Pathogens in Acheta domesticus Crickets on a Commercial Cricket Farm in the United States	3:50–4:10 p.m.	9:50–10:10 a.m.
Q&A Session	4:10–4:25 p.m.	10:10–10:25 a.m.
Closing of Webinar	4:25–4:30 p.m.	10:25–10:30 a.m.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.

Unable to attend? Register anyway, and we will let you know when the recording is available.

Keynote speakers:

Prof. Dr. Jan S. Suchodolski, Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA;
Dr. Nico Arcilla, International Bird Conservation Partnership, Sweden; Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, USA ;
Dr. Kimberly Boykin, Veterinary Clinical Services Department, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, LA, USA.

Relevant papers:
Pets
“Effects of Metronidazole on the Fecal Microbiota, Fecal Metabolites, and Serum Metabolites of Healthy Adult Cats”
by Sara E. Martini, Teresa Schmidt, Wenyi Huang, Amanda B. Blake, João P. Cavasin, Jan S. Suchodolski and Kelly S. Swanson
Pets 2025, 2(2), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/pets2020019

Birds
“What’s in a Bird’s Name? Bird Records and Aguaruna Names in Amazonian Indigenous Territories of Peru”
by Nico Arcilla, Benjamín Salazar Samecash, Oscar Tsamajain Shiwig, Shan Su and Robert J. Cooper
Birds 2025, 6(1), 2; https://doi.org/10.3390/birds6010002

Veterinary Sciences
“Characterizing the Roles of Life Stage and Season on the Prevalence of Select Viral Pathogens in Acheta domesticus Crickets on a Commercial Cricket Farm in the United States”
by Kimberly L. Boykin, Amy Bitter, Zoey N. Lex, John Tuminello and Mark A. Mitchell
Vet. Sci. 2025, 12(3), 191; https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci12030191