Welcome to the June issue – we have a good mix of papers with some being invited fromspeakers at the World Poultry Congress held in Beijing and the last WPSJ New Zealandbranch meeting in 2016. Otherwise we have reviews concerning novel feed ingredients,diseases (including those which are going to be more of a problem with the anticipatedlimitations on antibiotic use in feed in certain regions soon), and two papers on odour.Increasingly we are receiving papers covering disease control, and we are having to bevery specific regarding the content of such reviews. Any authors wishing to write aboutthe consequences of antibiotic removal and alternatives for in-feed use need to be awarethat, due to this increased submission rate, their papers must be very focussed on singleareas of this topic. It’s a good idea to check back in previous issues to see what has beenpublished before and then concentrate on other areas.

Sadly, we have also had a case of plagiarism, and have now taken extra steps in using thelatest detection software to help remedy this. We are very concerned about blatantplagiarism, and any authors found doing so will have their paper revoked and willnot be allowed to publish in the WPSJ again. The copyright form is a legaldocument, and the declarations it contains must be taken seriously by authors.

On a lighter note, there are several good WPSA meetings coming up this year, includingthe popular meat and egg conference in Scotland in September, which is back to backwith the World Poultry Veterinary conference in the same location, which will hopefullyswell delegate numbers. At the time of writing I am preparing to attend the board meetingheld at the ESPN conference in Spain in May, and hope to catch up with many membersthere, especially our reviewers and translators who are such an asset for the Journal. Theirassistance is very much appreciated.

I have been assessing our print versus online readership, and we are now down to under2000 print copies being sent out, which is a great saving not only in costs but alsoenvironmental considerations. For any members who wish to only receive the onlineversion of the journal, please go onto the main WPSA website for information on how todo this. The online version has features which can cut down time spent looking forcertain papers – members can put in keywords which will automatically send out anemail as and when such keywords appear. The online papers should be accessible well inadvance of the print copy.

Dr Lucy Waldron

Editor