We look forward to receiving abstracts from across all areas of the Deer industry. We have a commitment to equity in and look forward to receiving abstracts that have incorporated this principle. Preference will be given to abstracts presenting original research or practice / innovation. Abstracts from partially completed studies where “results will be discussed” will not be accepted.

You will be asked whether your preference is for oral, poster or either.  Previous years indicate that it is likely we will not be able to accept all those preferring an oral and some of these may be offered posters.

You will also be asked to identify which category you would like your abstract considered under:

1. Deer ecology, environmental impacts and ecosystem services
2. Deer physiology and nutrition
3. Deer biology & behaviour
4. Deer health, disease and welfare
5. Aotearoa New Zealand Indigenous uses and cultural significance of deer
6. Deer products (e.g. venison, velvet, milk, co-products)
7. Deer production and farming systems
8. Genetics and genomics of deer
9. Game management and hunting: wild and estate
10. Conservation: in situ and breeding centers
11. Policy and Management of Overabundant Deer

We appreciate many abstracts may fit across more than one category, please choose the one which fits most closely. You will need to identify if your abstract is part of a larger study with other abstracts submitted.

Presentation type’s post acceptance:

There is no limit to the number of abstracts which may be submitted by one author. However, a presenting author will only be offered a maximum of two oral presentations. Remaining accepted abstracts will be only offered as poster presentations.

Oral presentation

Will be allocated 12 minutes to present including allowing 3 minutes for questions.

Must be able to present in-person

Poster presentation

Posters will be on electronic display for the entire conference – you do not need to provide a physical poster.

Accepted posters may also be offered the opportunity to participate in an oral poster synopsis session if time in the meeting programme allows.

Poster presenters are to design their poster using the following formatting.

1. Format - .jpg or .png
2. Frame Size - minimum 1080 pixels wide x 1920 pixels high (9:16 portrait)
3. Colour - RGB. Not CMYK
4. File size - 200KB - 1MB

Key dates:

Closing date: Tuesday 30 September 2025 at 5.00pm. Abstracts will not be accepted after this date.

Presenters notified: in the week beginning Monday October 21 2025 via email. This will only go to the corresponding author. If you have not heard by Friday 28 October, please contact the conference organiser

Additional submission information:

You should receive an email acknowledgement immediately after submission, if you do not receive this, please check your junk folder before contacting the conference managers.

Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the abstract – they will be reproduced as submitted.

It will be possible to replace your abstract after you have submitted it until the closing date.

If accepted the presenter will be required to register for the Congress for at least the day of their presentation.

In submitting you agree to have your abstract published in the meeting programme handbook.

In submitting you agree the abstract may be selected for publication in the ??????

Abstract format:

Please use the template provided, rename your document with your first and last names and short title save as a PDF and upload. Any incorrectly submitted abstracts will not be reviewed… DOUBLE CHECK formatting before submitting

Abstracts must be no more than 250 words (excluding authors and affiliations)

Title – Calibri in BOLD font size 12, line spacing: 1.15 

Authors - Calibri in normal font weight size 12, line spacing: 1.15 

Affiliations - Calibri in italics normal font weight size 10, line spacing: 1.15

Body: Calibri in normal font weight size 12, line spacing: 1.15 

All text in sentence structure lower case

Authors written in lower case with first and last name only

Do not include titles or degrees

Presenters name must be underlined

Any conflicts of interest must be declared

Identify author affiliations using superscript numbers; each author can have more than one listed

Identify any researchers who are kaupapa Māori and their iwi.

Tables may be included but will be part of the word count.

Headings:

Introduction / Objectives 

Methods

Results

Discussion / Conclusions

References

Mouse MM, Duck DD, Pooh W (year) Title of paper. Journal title vol(issue). Doi [Calibri, 10 pts, single spacing, aligned left]

OR equivalent if submitting a community style project

Any submitters selected to be included for publication in journals will be advised of the required formatting required for that publication.