Prerecorded Presentation Upload:
All presentations must be recorded and uploaded in advance to the 2026 Symposium on Gut Health. Presenters have been sent an email with instructions for uploading their prerecorded presentation.
Prerecording upload deadline: Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Oral presenters will be allowed 10 or 20 minutes, and poster presenters will be allowed 5 minutes for presentation.
As a presenter, you have many ways to record a presentation on your computer and then save an mp4 video file for upload. Please refer to this link for suggestions on creating your presentation video file.
Video presentations have a file size limitation of 200 MB.
Poster Upload:
Presenters were sent an email with instructions for uploading their poster PDF. Poster PDFs may be uploaded online by Tuesday, September 1, 2026.
Oral Presentation Slides Upload:
All oral presentations must be uploaded in advance. No presentations will be loaded while the session is in progress, between presentations, or during breaks. Files will not be accepted by email.
The deadline for uploading oral presentations online is 11:59 p.m. CDT Tuesday, September 1, 2026. No exceptions will be made.
Oral Presentation Slides Online Upload
Log in to the abstract submission application here.
Oral presentation slides online upload deadline: 11:59 p.m. CDT Tuesday, September 1, 2026.
Instructions: After you click the button above, click the “Login and Manage Abstracts” Link and be sure to use the same account login information that was created at the time of submission. If you do not recall this information, use the “forgot password” link on the log-in page. Once you are logged in, click the "add/manage oral slides" link for your abstract in the table to go to the upload page.
If you are an invited speaker who did not submit an abstract, please contact us at abstract@assochq.org for instructions. Do NOT send your presentation file by email.
Presentation File Guidelines
All presentations must be in Microsoft PowerPoint or Adobe PDF format. PowerPoint is strongly recommended for oral presentations. PDF is required for poster presentations. For accurate text rendering, it is recommended that you embed all fonts. Presentation screens will have a 16:9 (widescreen) aspect ratio. PowerPoint Presenter view (notes viewing mode) will NOT be available.
Abstract submissions for all species of food animals (ex: poultry, swine, cattle, and aquaculture) are welcome.
Abstract Submission
Submit abstract
The abstract submission portal has been extended and will close at 11:59 p.m. CT on July 6, 2026.
Symposium on Gut Health in Production Animals:
Intestinal Biology, Immunology, and Systems Approaches
Session Categories
1. Intestinal Biology & Physiology: Epithelial cell biology, barrier integrity and tight junction regulation; mucus layer structure function; nutrient absorption and transport physiology, stress physiology
2. Mucosal Immunology & Host Defense: Innate immune mechanisms; adaptive mucosal responses; immune development and early‑life programming
3. Microbial Ecosystems: Microbiome, Virome & Mycobiome: Microbial metabolites and host signaling; bacteriophage and viral influences on gut ecology; dysbiosis, ecological resilience, and recovery
4. Nutrition–Host–Microbe Interactions: Functional feed ingredients, nutrient sensing and metabolic signaling; precision nutrition approaches; diet‑driven modulation of intestinal biology and immunity
5. Intestinal Resilience, Robustness & Health Outcomes: Mechanisms of resilience to infectious, nutritional, or environmental stress; repair and recovery pathways; biomarkers of intestinal robustness; integrative models linking gut function to whole‑animal outcomes; resilience‑based approaches to health and performance
6. Disease Ecology & Pathobiology: Enteric pathogens and co‑infection dynamics; inflammation; pathogen–host–microbiome interactions
7. Vaccines, Immunomodulators & Therapeutic Innovations
8. Systems Approaches, Modeling & Translational Science: Multi‑omics integration (transcriptomics, metabolomics, spatial omics); computational modeling and systems immunology; AI‑driven prediction and decision support; biomarker discovery and diagnostics
9. Production Systems, Management & Welfare: Welfare–microbiome–immunity interactions; behavioral indicators of gut function and resilience; neuroimmune and gut–brain axis mechanisms; early‑life management and developmental programming; precision livestock farming tools for welfare and gut‑related outcomes; sustainable production and welfare‑linked performance metrics