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Providing travel assistance for young WPSA members andstudents to participate in regional and global WPSAConferences

It is generally agreed that enhancing theeducational, research and experienceopportunities of young poultry scienceprofessional and technical people is critical tothe pace of development of more efficientpoultry production, whether it is in anintensive technological industry or in small-scale, family production systems. It shouldalso be stressed that any travel assistance wecan provide should be independent of and inaddition to that currently provided by World’sPoultry Congresses, Regional Conferences orindividual Branches. It should target andbenefit additional students and youngmembers, including young poultry producersfrom developing countries and students fromdeveloped countries. A scheme of opencompetition for such WPSA TravelScholarships now is available. Applicantsmust be a member of WPSA for at least halfa year before they can apply for a Travel Grant.

Applications must be accompanied by a shortCV.

Deadlines

You must submit your application at least 3months prior to the meeting.

Application form

Full details and application forms can beobtained from the WPSA secretariat([email protected]) or you can download theapplication form from the WPSA website(www.wpsa.com).Please send the complete application form

(preferably by e-mail) to the GeneralSecretary of WPSA, Dr Roel Mulder, POBox 31, 7360 AA Beekbergen, TheNetherlands, e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] or fax to +31 207508941.

WPSA Website: www.wpsa.com

The WPSA website provides much valuableinformation about the organisation andactivities of the Association, its regionalfederations and country branches. In additionthere are regularly updated news reports frombranch meetings, conferences and symposiaorganised by the specialist Working Groups,as well as a calendar of future events.In order to keep it regularly updated, the

Association welcomes information andpictures from Branches, Regional Federationsand Working Groups concerning activities ofthe various WPSA organisations, as well asnews about appointment of officers andmembers.Please send your information to Mrs D.M.

Kleverwal, e-mail [email protected].

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WPSA Speakers BureauFostering local and regional conferences in the poultrysciences

During the 34th meeting of the Board of WPSAon August 20, 2000 in Montreal, Canada it wasrecognised that branches in low incomecountries often do not have sufficient financialresources to fund overseas speakers, andfurthermore, expert speakers on certain topicsare not always readily available in thesecountries.So the Board decided to create a Speakers’

Bureau to assist branches in low incomecountries to cover the travel costs of expertinternational speakers. This measure isconsistent with the key objective of WPSA toencourage and help facilitate liaison amongresearch scientists and educators, and betweenthose in research and education and thoseworking in the many diverse sectors of thepoultry industry. Under the Speakers’ Bureauscheme, WPSA will pay only the cost of airtravel (lowest economy class). Local expenseslike accommodation are to be paid for by thelocal organizing branch. WPSA will not payany honorarium to speakers.The Speakers’ Bureau is an expensive

initiative and it is important that optimumvalue be obtained from the money spent ontravel. This can be achieved by insisting thatthe visiting speaker provides more than just onepaper at a conference. The visiting speakercould contribute in a variety of ways, e.g.,present a second paper on a related topic,

conduct a workshop for graduate students,have small group or one-on-one interaction,especially with students, visit industry groups,visit university groups, etc.Unless the Branch (or group of Branches)

can pay all the speakers’ costs itself, aspeaker should NOT be invited until approvalof Speakers’ Bureau funds is made by theWPSA Executive Committee.If a branch or a group of branches want to

apply for Speakers Bureau assistance, there arecertain application conditions as follows:Application conditions

Application must be made using the WPSASpeakers Bureau application form.Application must be submitted at least

2months prior to the meeting.The speaker must be a member of WPSA for

at least 1 year at the time of application.The speaker must contribute more to the

meeting than just presenting one paper.The speaker will be paid by the WPSA

Treasurer and not by the local Branch.The completed application form should be

sent by e-mail to [email protected] by fax to: +31 207 508 941.If you do not have access to e-mail or fax

you can send your application to:WPSA, PO Box 31, 7360 AA Beekbergen,

THE NETHERLANDS

Foundation for Promoting Poultry ScienceStichting Bevordering Pluimveewetenschappen

The XIX World’s Poultry Congress, held inSeptember 1992 in Amsterdam, wasfinancially successful. This outcome was, to alarge extent, due to the contributions receivedfrom the 16 main sponsors and over 2500participants. The terms of reference of theCongress Organizing Foundation required thatany credit balance that resulted after allliabilities had been met should be madeavailable to the Dutch Branch of WPSA asinitiator of the organization of the Congress.As a result, a Foundation for Promoting

Poultry Science (Stichting BevorderingPluimveewetenschappen) was founded. Thegeneral objective of this foundation are “topromote the developments and propagation ofpoultry science in WPSA-structures, andspecifically:1. the stimulation of international

congresses and the promotion ofparticipation in these events, and

2. the support of initiative having theobjective of establishing WPSA-

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branches in countries which do not yethave them”.

Individuals and organizations may apply forfinancial support for appropriate WPSAactivities such as conferences, congresses andsymposia. Applications for financial support ofconferences, congresses and symposia shouldbe forwarded through the local WPSA Branch.The Foundation has a particular interest in

assisting in the process of establishing newWPSA branches and therefore supports thesebranches by covering for three years part ofthe membership fees. Individuals andorganizations may apply for financial supportby contacting Ir H. Hupkes, Odijkerweg 37,

NL-3972 NE Driebergen, The Netherlands, e-mail: [email protected]. An application formwill be send on request.The Board of directors of the Foundation

meets three or four times a year. In case ofrequests for financial assistance to attendconferences, congresses and symposia,applications should be received by thesecretary at least 3 months before the meeting.Application forms should be filled out

completely and can be send through e-mailand fax. An original application form shouldbe send by regular mail.It is the Boards policy not to fund individual

applicants more than 2 times.

Online Journal subscription for WPSA members

The World’s Poultry Science Journal has beenavailable to subscribers on-line for the pastthree years. As a result of a change in ourpublishing partners (the on-line edition willbe available from Cambridge University Pressinstead of CABI) and the work of a small sub-committee appointed at the 2005 WPSA Boardmeeting, members will have the option ofreceiving the Journal on-line instead of theprint edition.The system will be upgraded to permit

searching of references, tracing citations etc.with a full range of electronic facilities.

The print version will continue to be thenormal method for receiving the Journal. ifyou wish to receive the on-line versioninstead, you must indicate this bycompleting the form on the WPSA website(www.wpsa.com).Most of the content of the Journal will now

be included in the on-line edition with theexception of the advertisements. We will bedeveloping a new page in the on-line versionwhere all of our Gold and Silver sponsors willbe identified, and provide direct links to theircompany websites.

E-mail WPSA Newsletter

WPSA has introduced a new version of theWPSA Newsletter that will be e-mailed toindividual members, on request. To receive

this, please subscribe to the e-mail Newsletteron the website (www.wpsa.com).

World’s Poultry Science Journal – Digital Archive

Access from the first issue in 1945 until 2003 online – a total of 240 issues!

Volumes 1 – 59 of World’s Poultry ScienceJournal are now available on CambridgeJournals Online. The archive is fullysearchable by keyword and author; abstractscan be saved and e-mailed, full text articlesprinted and bibliographic details exported intoreference management software. Perpetual

Access is available for a one-off fee of just£500/$995*.For further information, or to purchase the

WPSJ Digital Archive, please [email protected].

*For those who do not subscribe to the currentvolume, there is an additional annual

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Scholarship Awards 2012

The Foundation for Promoting Poultry Scienceof the Netherlands Branch of the World’sPoultry Science Association has announcedthat the fifth group of awards will bepresented at the XXIV World’s PoultryCongress in Salvador, Brazil in 2012. Theawards are normally made in each of threecategories - Education, Organization andResearch - coinciding with the motto on theWPSA logo. An internationally representativecommittee chosen by the Board of theFoundation for Promoting Poultry Sciencewill decide recipients. While it is anticipatedthat one award will be made in eachcategory, this may vary depending on thenumber and quality of submissions.

Research AwardA WPSA Research Award will be presented ateach World’s Poultry Congress to anoutstanding scientist in recognition ofresearch achievement related to the poultryindustry. Only those who have been membersof the World’s Poultry Science Association forat least two years immediately preceding theCongress at which the award is made will beeligible. The award will consist of a suitablyinscribed certificate or plaque and € 11 000(currently about US$ 14 500). The award willbe made to a scientist who has made anoutstanding contribution in his or her fieldand will be based on up to five publicationsin refereed journals. The papers need not allrelate to the same research project but theymust be in the same general area. Thescientist must be the senior author in the caseof papers with multiple authors.Nominations for the award may only be

made by a WPSA member. Offprints orcopies of the papers (up to five) on which itis based should accompany the nomination(other relevant papers may be cited). Thenomination document, which should notexceed 1000 words, should include:• reasons for making the nomination;• a brief biography of the scientist being

nominated;• plans for the utilization of that part of

the award not given directly to the

recipient. These plans must be insufficient detail to enable the awardsCommittee to assess the nature andvalue of the research programme.Examples of eligible costs include thepurchase of leasing of equipment andstipends for graduate students.

Education AwardA WPSA Education Award will be presented ateach World’s Poultry Congress to an individualor group who, in the view of the AwardsCommittee, has/have made a majorcontribution to poultry management educationin a five year period immediately preceding aWorld’s Poultry Congress. Nominees (orleaders of groups in the case of jointnominations) must have been members of theWorld’s Poultry Science Association for at leasttwo years immediately preceding the Congressat which the award is made. The award willconsists of a suitably inscribed certificate orplaque and € 11 000 (currently about US$ 14 500).Education will be interpreted liberally with

achievement being represented by books, otherpublications, films, videos or the developmentof training programmes for poultry scientists,managers or workers. Nominations for theaward may only be made by a WPSAmember and should consist of:• a description of the work, summarized

in not more than 1000 words, whichshould give details of the educationalproject (including information on thetarget group or groups);

• an assessment of how much impact hasbeen achieved;

• a clear indication of how the balance ofthe award would be applied to futureeducational activities. Examples mightinclude publications, extension ofcourses, revision of videos etc., orentirely new initiatives.

The nominating document may be supported byadditional items in the form of written or otherwork by the nominee/nominee group, but the

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nomination itself must be sufficient to stand-alone for evaluation by the Awards committee.Industry/Organization AwardA WPSA Industry/Organization Award will bepresented at each World’s Poultry Congress toan individual or organization who/which, in theview of the Awards Committee, has made anoutstanding contribution to the developmentand/or success of the poultry industry in afive-year period immediately preceding aWorld’s Poultry Congress. The developmentof trade organizations, promotional orinformation programmes, or the invention ofnew processes or products relevant to thepoultry industry will form the basis of theaward. Nominees (or leaders of nominatedorganizations) must have been members ofthe World’s Poultry Science Association forat least two years immediately preceding theCongress at which the award is made.The award will consist of a suitably inscribed

certificate or plaque and € 11 000 (currentlyabout US$ 14 500).Nominations for the award may be made by

any WPSA member and should consist of acitation in not more than 1000 words whichincludes:• a description of the action or activity

and how this has been of benefit tothe poultry industry;

• an assessment of how much impact hasbeen achieved;

• a clear indication of how the balance ofthe award would be applied to futureactivities, for example, new initiativesor the furtherance of the one which isthe subject of the nomination.

The nominating document may be supported byadditional written or other material, but mustitself be sufficient to stand-alone for evaluationby the Awards Committee.

NominationsNominations should be submitted to the WPSAAwards Committee at least six months beforethe start of the Salvador World’s PoultryCongress. The deadline for receipt ofsubmissions will be 31st December 2011.Please send nominations: c/o Dr R.W.A.W.(Roel) Mulder, Secretary WPSA, PO Box 31,7360 AA Beekbergen, The Netherlands, e-mail:[email protected] show how awards are utilized, those

nominated must, if successful, undertake topresent a report of their work at the nextWorld’s Poultry Congress following the oneat which the award was made.

Is there a role to play for the poultry industry in asustainable world?

Yes, the poultry industry specifically can playa role in a sustainable world. That is theconclusion one may draw from a mini-symposium held by the Dutch WPSA branchwhen celebrating its 60th anniversary inBurgers Zoo in Arnhem.

On June 25, 2010 the Dutch branch of theWPSA, founded on December 9, 1959,celebrated its 60th anniversary with a mini-symposium. The theme of the symposiumwas: Is there a role to play for the poultryindustry in a sustainable world. Speakersfrom different origin presented their view,starting with Prof. Dr John Hodges, who alsoacted as a keynote speaker at the WPC 2008 inBrisbane. Prof. Hodges, who is retiredprofessor of Animal Genetics and directedGenetic Improvement of Livestock at the

FAO, once again urged the poultry industryto not ignore the changing socio-economicenvironment in which the industry currentlyhas to operate. He believes that livestockproduction reached its boundaries and urgedmankind to not further separating themselvesfrom other species and take responsibility forthe community of all life by saying: “The mostmeaningful and effective statement onsustaining human community comes fromJesus: ‘Treat others the way you would likethem to treat you. Do not do to others whatyou do not want them to do to you’”. Whichaccording to Hodges means that without ethicsthere will be no sustainable future.

Elite capital controlIn the Western society we have bought in aPost-Enlightenment ideology, which created a

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materialistic consumption, Hodges said. Publicdecisions are based on economics wherebyindividualism and maximum profit is theultimate accolade. Nobody is accountable forpublic good. Agriculture and food is now abroken system. It is controlled by ‘the CityElite Capital’. It has the power over land,water, seeds (patent ownership), resulting inmonoculture, limiting fertility, degrading ofanimals and peasants living in slums.Over the next decades the world population

will increase to about 9 billion in 2050. Some50% will be living in developing countries anddepend upon livestock or poultry to maintainbasic quality of life. Hodges warns thatattempts to introduce western intensivemethods in an unchanged environment indeveloping countries are doomed to fail. Wehave to understand that livestock in a naturalenvironment cannot be separated from thehistoric culture and values of the people. It isimportant to enable people to help themselves.Hodges: “We need a large vision of life andmust see humans as more than simply a topanimal and make a sustainable community apriority. That should be done by adding valueof people and society and not value addedsimply to corporations based upon wisdomand not only knowledge.”Within this context Hodges urges the poultry

community to secure biodiversity by stoppingthe destruction of breed diversity withindomesticated animal species. Biodiversity isto his opinion the foundation of sustainability.He calls upon the poultry community to notfurther diminish the number of avian breedsin view of the fact that today more than 40percent is at risk.

Dealing with myths and dilemmasThe farming community has to play a pivotalrole in providing sufficient food for thegrowing world population. At least half ofthe future consumers will live in the citiesand is making a living outside of theagricultural sector. This means that theproduction per farmer has to increase.Considering the pressure from the demandside this production has to be done in asustainable manner, but cannot be done withtraditional local methods. Historicallylivestock provided draft power, manure forsoil fertility, food rich in proteins andminerals, hides and bones for manufacturingand housing, and it generated employmentand income for many. These positive traits

tend to be ignored by many said Prof. DrMichiel A. Keyzer, Director of the Centre ofFood Studies of the Free University ofAmsterdam in his presentation. He pointedout that livestock producers deal with anumber of myths and dilemmas. One of themost popular myths today is that livestock isthe major cause of global warming. Fact is thatover the past 20 years except for poultry globallivestock population in number of heads(animal-year) has remained almost constant.Since greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) aremore or less constant per animal-year we canconclude that total GHG emitted remainedconstant.Despite this livestock production has to

become part of a sustainable future ratherthan of a sinful past, Prof. Keyzer said. Hetold that the transition to sustainableeconomic growth from a physical perspectivemeans ensuring the supply of raw materials byavoiding waste and supporting an energytransition from fossil fuels to for examplesolar or nuclear energy. Meanwhile we willhave to focus on closing cycles by re-usingminerals and avoiding and capturing CO2-emissions.

Substitution of non-renewablesThe transition to sustainable growth requiresinternational cooperation, Prof. Keyzercontinued, but it also requires the substitutionof non-renewables by cultural goods. Thisdematerialization has however ethicaldimensions like sublimating needs, addressingpoverty and inequity, keeping peace and takinganimal welfare seriously. Within this contextthe livestock sectors have to accept thatbesides keeping up important traits like ahigh feed efficiency and daily gain, traits likeeconomic viability, animal welfare, humanhealth and environmental sustainability are ofimportance.Their dilemma however is that production

techniques suitable for one criterion oftenfails to meet others. Prof. Keyzer: “Extensiveanimal husbandry may, according to many, bevisually attractive, it however has higher GHGemissions and presents more hazards to humanhealth. So we are facing dilemmas in animalwelfare (see box) versus GHG emissions. Thiscalls for research, innovations and politicalchoices”.Poultry production though has interesting

advantages to other livestock sectors. Besidesbeing accessible to the poorest farmers it is

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resistant to tropical diseases and is more feedefficient and its GHG emission is lesscompared to other livestock. In additionpoultry meat is considered to be healthierthan red meat and is popular all over the world.

Improving genetic potentialThis popularity stimulated during the pastdecades global production and consumption.More than 90 percent of the global demand isproduced by the country or region ofproduction. The remaining is traded overdistance, with the USA and Brazil being themajor producers. Due to their low feed priceand in the US preference for breast meat, largevolumes of poultry meat (esp. dark meat parts)are shipped from one continent to another. Prof.Dr Leo den Hartog, director of R&D andQuality Affairs with Nutreco in Boxmeer(NL) underlined in his presentation that therole of international trade will remainimportant, but that will not replace theresponsibility of producers in importingcountries to keep up with the internationalcompetition. He made clear thatintensification of the production is requiredand optimization of farm management is keyto improved efficiency and sustainability. Theaverage productivity of farm animals still is 30-40% below their genetic potential due tosuboptimal conditions and health.Dr Ir. Marijke de Jong, senior policy maker

for livestock production for the Dutch AnimalWelfare Organization, underlined theimportance of ethics and animal welfare inlivestock farming. Besides describing herorganisation’s view on housing laying hensand their policy on marketing eggs from henshoused in animal friendly conditions, sheunderlined the need for better welfare ofbroilers. She described the advantages ofusing slow growing broilers, which proved to

be more healthy and showed lesser feet and legproblems. The introduction of the slow growing“Volwaard kip” which received 40% morespace and access to an outdoor run was asuccess, despite a 25% higher supermarketprice. This broiler is positioned in the marketbetween the standard broiler and organicbroilers.

Low GHG emissionSlower growth however means the need ofmore feed and the production of more litter.This will have an impact on GHG emissions,acidification and eutrophication, said Dr Ir.Theun Vellinga, Senior Scientist Grass andForage, Animal Production, at WageningenUniversity in his talk. He highlighted thatconspiring these traits poultry still has majoradvantages over other livestock. Bothintensive meat and egg production have thelowest impact. However the poultry industryshould, according to Vellinga, be looking attheir role in converting feed protein in foodprotein. Here much should be done to reducethe use of human edible protein.Europe, which is depending for 75% on

foreign feed protein, according to Vellinga,will have to do much to become lessdependent.The panel discussion following the

presentations made clear that there is a brightfuture for the poultry sector, but still a lot has tobe done to meet the requirements of the society.Although the word ´sustainability´ needs to bebetter defined it is clear that the Dutch poultryindustry is well aware of the issues andprepared to look at the ethics of livestockfarming. In some segments of the poultryindustry it already takes a lead in developingmore animal friendly and sustainable housingand production techniques.

Dilemmas in animal welfare Basic moral dilemma in livestock sector

• Against the objection that killing animals and even keeping them to kill them iswrong

• Stands the argument that the animal owes its very life to the fact that it will be killedeventually

Hence the animal’s life should be worth living, which means enjoy good livingconditions until slaughter but:• How is risk of illness to be discounted relative to freedom?• How about longevity?

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Longer life means:• Proportionate rise in GHG• Different meat products• More than proportionate rise in feed demand• Higher production costs, higher prices, easier for meat substitutes

Prof. Dr John Hodges: “Without ethics therewill be no sustainable future!”

Prof. Dr Michiel A. Keyzer: “Livestockproducers deal with a number of myths anddilemmas”

WPSA Working Group 3 – Breeding and Genetics

We are pleased to announce the 7th EuropeanSymposium on Poultry Genetics. TheSymposium will be held from 5-7th October2011 at Peebles Hydro, near Edinburgh, inScotland. The scientific program will containsessions on genomic selection, geneticselection and welfare traits, genetic diversityand disease genetics in poultry. Contributions

from invited speakers and poster presentationwill be significant. We are looking forward towelcoming you at the next Poultry GeneticsSymposium in 2011.

On behalf of the organizing committeePaul Hocking ([email protected])Steffen Weigend

Report on the 2010 Meeting of the Incubation and FertilityResearch Group (WPSA Working Group 6 - Reproduction)

Over 70 delegates attended the 2010 meeting ofthe IFRG, held in the beautiful city of Tours,France just prior to the European PoultryConference. This busy day meeting consistedof four invited papers, ten submitted papers andten posters covering all aspects of poultry

reproduction, fertility and incubation. Thepapers were excellent mixture of shortreviews and recent research and made a veryinteresting and stimulating programme.The invited speakers gave excellent papers

covering all aspects of reproduction. Nicola

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Tyler (University of KwaZulu-Natal, SouthAfrica) present her research on lightingprogrammes for broiler breeder males andMurray Bakst (USDA Beltsville, USA)discussed the role of the hen’s vagina infertility. Peter Surai (Feed-Food Ltd., UK)reviewed the importance of antioxidants forhatchability and Edgar Oviedo (NorthCarolina State University, USA) reported onhis research that showed how incubation canaffect the leg health of broilers. Theorganisers are very grateful to Aviagen Ltd,

Alltech and the European Branch of theWPSA for sponsoring these speakers.The full programme of papers can be found

on the IFRG website and abstracts of all paperswill be published in Avian Biology Researchand in International Hatchery Practice. Detailsof the 2011 meeting will be announced on theIFRG website www.ifrg.org.

Nick FrenchChairmanIncubation and Fertility Research Group(WPSA Working Group 6 {Reproduction})

WPSA Working group 13 – Ratites

During EPC 2010 in Tours, France, theEuropean Federation announced that it willdiscontinue the work of this working group.Reasons for this decision is the lack ofresearch activity in Europe, and theanticipation that ratite research activities willnot come to a high level again in a

foreseeable future. Nevertheless there areresearch activities with ratites in other partsof the world and WPSA encourages futureconference and congress organisers to includea session on ratites. If there is interest aboutcontinuing a ratite working group elsewherewithin WPSA, please contact the secretary.

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Branch News

Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Branch is in the process ofarranging several activities including: The 7thInternational Poultry Show and Seminar to beheld on 25-27 March 2011 at the BangabandhuInternational Convention Center, Sher-e-BanglaNagar, Agargaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Inaddition, based on a decision that was madeduring the 6th International Poultry Show andSeminar that was held during 2009, theHonourable Minister, Ministry of Livestockand Fisheries, has announced that Bangladeshwill observe “Poultry Week” during March ofeach year in the future. Following hisdeclaration, the Branch is in the process oforganizing the 1st “National Poultry Week”that will be held during the first week ofMarch 2011. This is great achievement forthe Branch.Based on another decision that was made

during our last General Meeting, theBangladesh Branch purchased an apartmentthat will serve as the Branch Office (Flat -B/6Mega Domicel Road-04,Block-B, Niketan,Gulshan -1, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh).Hopefully the Branch will begin operatingfrom that office starting on October 1, 2010.The Bangladesh Branch also published its 1st

Newsletter during January 2010. It includedfeature articles, research and technologyreports, and local news.

Dr Md. A. Saleque, Secretary, BangladeshBranch

Brazil

The Brazilian Branch of WPSA is workingintensively on the organization of the of the24th World’s Poultry Congress that will beheld during 2012 in Salvador, Bahia!Members of the organizing committeeattended the recently held (late August) VIVChina where the 24th WPC was stronglypromoted and many fair both spaces werereserved/sold. In addition members of WPSABrazil also attended the 2010 EPC last monthwhich provided another great opportunity forpromoting the 24th WPC for scientists andresearchers from all over the world.Additional information is available at the 24thWPC official site http://wpc2012.com.

On August 10th–11th, WPSA Brazil andFacta held the Brazilian National Seminar onEgg Incubation: New Technologies. Theseminar was held in Campinas-SP andpresented the most updated scientificinformation on egg artificial incubation, dayold chick quality and broiler breeder fertility.WPSA Brazil is in the last steps of

organizing the Latin American Seminar onPoultry Slaughter and Processing which willtake place during November 2010.

Mariana Castrillon, Communications Assistant,FACTA/ WPSA Brazilian Branch

Cameroon

The Cameroon Branch of WPSA hosted its firstever conference with poultry stakeholders inBafoussam on January 21, 2010. Theconference theme was: How to make moreprofit from chicken rearing. The mainsponsor was Orange Cameroon. About 180participants from all the divisions of the westRegion of Cameroon attended. Prof. TéguiaAlexis, President, opened the Conferencewhich was led by two key resource persons:Dr Poné Kamdem Dieudonné, the Regionaldelegate of the Ministry of ScientificResearch and Innovation for the North WestRegion, and Dr Zambou Henri Réné, theGeneral Manager of EQUAVET. Each ofthem dwelt on a particular field of interest,notably on the nutrition and health problemsfaced by poultry producers in the region,respectively.Dr Poné’s presentation focused on the

nutrition and management of poultryproduction in Cameroon. Hence, he reviewedthe current status and trend of the Cameroonpoultry industry, laying emphasis on theprimordial importance of state fundedresearch and the availability of variousresearch results adaptable to farmers’circumstance. He further provided an insighton the market trends for eggs and broilermeat with the resulting setbacks since theofficial announcement of Fowl influenza in2006. His presentation yielded a deep interestto the satisfaction of the audience.The second presentation by Dr Zambou

Henry Rene dealt with the health situation ofthe poultry industry and the challenges faced by

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producers and breeders. He emphasizedhygiene on poultry farms, from creation toroutine management. He emphasized routineprophylactic programmes as well asbiosecurity.

As a matter of evaluation, nearly all theparticipants asserted the need for such aconference to be regularly held so as to beefup the collaboration area between poultryscientists and producers, as well as policymakers for the overall success in poultrydevelopment in Cameroon.

Photo:Executive bureau of Cameroon Branch

Dr Fotsa Jean Claude, WPSA branch secretary

France

From August 23 to 27 the French Branchhosted the XIII European Poultry Conferencein Tours. The European Congress takes placeevery 4 years and France, after Italy in 2006,had the responsibility of organizing and hostingit. The branch supported by INRA, ANSES,ITAVI, the local authorities and sponsors,tried to create a climate convenient to theexchanges. More than 1200 participantsattended to the congress. During the 3 daysof the Congress the organizers attempted tobring a new dynamic to poultry production.Participants from 69 countries attended, withabout half from academic institutions and theother half from private companies. A 4th daywas offered to 30 young researchers that wasdedicated to technical visits and a programmeof discovery of the French poultry industry.The programme of the conference is availableon the Web site: EPC2010.org .The French branch of WPSA will also be co-

sponsoring the 9èmes Journées de la RechercheAvicole (9th Avian French Research Days)which is a meeting between researchers,professionals of aviculture, and the Journéesde la Recherche Avicole (JRA). The meetingwill be held on March 29th and 30th, 2011 in

Tours (France). This French congress isorganized by ITAVI, INRA and AFSSA, withsupport of the French branches of the WPSAand the WVPA. All themes of aviculture willbe treated; each session will be introduced byan overview, allowing a review of currentissues in poultry industry. The programmeand registration information was published inthe June, 2010 WPSA Newsletter that isavailable on the WPSA Website www.wpsa.com.

Lebanon

The Lebanon Branch of WPSA held its annualmeeting on Saturday July 10, 2010, at the Al-Amin Restaurant and club starting at 10:30 a.m.Over 60 people, both members and non-members, attended the meeting. Dr NuhadDaghir, President of the branch opened themeeting with a brief review of the previousyear’s events and future activities. Thetreasurer of the branch Mr Samir Cortbawithen provided a financial report, and themeeting was then opened for discussion.After a brief discussion, Dr Muhamad Farran,Vice president of the Branch and professor ofpoultry science at the American University ofBeirut presented a paper on the “Formulation ofpoultry rations on the basis of digestible aminoacid values rather than total amino acids”. Heshowed that under Lebanese conditions, usingdigestible amino acid values increases weightgrains and reduces feed per gain in broilers.There was a slight increase in cost of theserations, but this was overcome by theimproved performance. This presentation wasfollowed by an extensive paper on the“Effects of globalization on the poultry sectorin Lebanon in particular and the Middle East ingeneral” by Mr Musa Freiji, a well know andprominent poultry expert of the Middle eastregion. Mr Freiji has pioneered the poultrybusiness in the Middle East since its earlyinception in the 1960’s. After presenting dataon the poultry sector, Mr Freiji indicated that hebelieved that the broiler meat industry in theMiddle East will be facing difficulties ofcompetition with countries that are producersof poultry feed and unless the region beginsto produce enough feedstuffs to cover mostof its needs, there may be a decline in broilerproduction rather than an increase. Thesituation with table eggs is not as bad sincethe demand is mainly for fresh eggs in theregion. The two papers were followed by a

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discussion and then the executive committee ofthe branch presented a certificate ofappreciation to the treasurer Mr SamirCortbawi for his distinguished service to thebranch since its establishment in the early1960’s. Mr Cortbawi besides serving as thetreasurer, has always helped the branch innumerous ways and promoted the objectivesof the association. Lunch was then served at1:30 p.m. when members enjoyed the famousLebanese mazza and mixed grill delicacies. TheWPSA Lebanon branch now has over 50members and has been in existence since1963, the second oldest among the Arabcountries.

Nuhad Daghir, President

Malaysia

WPSA Satellite Seminar held in conjunctionwith the 22nd Veterinary AssociationMalaysia CongressProfessor Dr Zulkifli Idrus, Dr Teo Kim Laiand Dato' Dr Vincent Ng In Hooi of theMalaysian Branch of the WPSA organized avery successful satellite seminar entitled“Positioning the poultry industry for asustainable tomorrow” on 1st August 2010 inconjunction with the 22nd VeterinaryAssociation Malaysia Congress. The half dayprogram included an excellent mix ofgovernment and industry officials andresearchers. Dr Wong Lai Sum of theMalaysia External Trade DevelopmentAgency provided a comprehensive overviewof the impact of the Asia Free Trade Area onthe livestock industry. Dr Abdul Razak Zailan’spresentation also addressed the issue of freetrade agreements on the Malaysian poultryindustry. An overview of the benefits ofclosed house production systems was clearlypresented by Dr Ahmad Azam of PK PoultryIndustrial. Dr Kok Poe Chu of Sunzen BiotechBhd. delivered a thought provoking talk on theuse of organic acids in the production ofantibiotic free chickens. Dr Richard Chong ofAlltech Malaysia provided a thought provokingoverview of current food safety issues inrelation to poultry and poultry products. Theparticipation of the author of this report wassupported by WPSA to facilitate the deliveryof a talk on the threat of Influenza A subtypeH1N1 to the poultry industry. Thanks to a kindinvitation by Assoc. Prof. Dr Loh Teck Chwenof the Malaysian Association of Food Animal

Veterinarians (MAFAV), the author was alsoable to speak on the impact of the H1N1pandemic to participants in the MAFAVsatellite seminar.

Robyn Alders, Tufts University

Workshop: The transformation of poultryindustry in Malaysia - towards 202012-15 Oct 2010 held at Port Dickson,MalaysiaThis workshop was organized by Departmentof Veterinary Services Malaysia to formulatenew strategic action plans to transform thepoultry industry in Malaysia in line with theEconomic Transformation Program (ETP) putin place by the government. It was attended bya variety of delegates including stakeholders,poultry specialists, Malaysian WPSA branchmembers, the Federation of LivestockFarmers’ Association - Malaysia (FLFAM),academics, poultry producers, processors,farmers and government officials in order todiscuss the future direction and transformationof the poultry industry in Malaysia. There werefive plenary papers presented before the breakoff sessions for group discussions. One of theplenary paper, entitled ‘Global Outlook of thePoultry Industry & its implications on thePoultry Industry in Malaysia’ was presentedby Dato’Dr.Vincent Ng, President WPSA-Malaysia.As announced by the Hon. Prime Minister,

Dato’Sri Najib Tun Razak, the ETP has beenorganized to kick-start Malaysia’s drivetowards high-income nation status with 131entry point projects and 60 businessopportunities. The aim is to increase theGross National Income (GNI) from RM 660billion in 2009 to RM 1.7 trillion in 2020.The agriculture sector plays an important rolein Malaysia’s economic development,providing rural employment, improving ruralincomes and ensuring national food security.By 2020 agriculture will be transformed intoagribusiness, moving towards a model that isinclusive but simultaneously anchored onmarket needs, economies of scale and valuechain integration. Malaysia will focus onlarge global markets with high growthpotential such as aquaculture and premiumprocessed foods, while maintaining a strongpresence in strategic sub-sectors such aspaddy and livestock to ensure national foodsecurity. To do so, there is a need tocapitalize on natural resources while

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enhancing productivity and adopting a trulydemand driven approach.

Datuk Dr.Vincent Ng In Hooi, President ofWPSA Malaysia Branch.

Seminar on Export Potential Livestock andLivestock Products to ChinaThis seminar, jointly organised by the DVS andWorld Poultry Science Association (WPSA)Malaysian Branch on 12 October 2010 atPutrajaya, Malaysia. The event was run inorder to give delegates insight as well as animpetus to the promotion of thecommencement of livestock trading withChina. As a result, those involved in thepoultry industry were encouraged to attend toacquaint themselves to the Chinese importationrules and their needs and requirements forintroducing livestock and livestock productsfrom Malaysia.This seminar was officially open by Director

General of Department of Veterinary MalaysiaDatuk Dr. Aziz Jamaluddin. The OrganizingChairman was Dr. Kok Poe Chu and Dr. LimEng Soon acted as seminar co-ordinator. Thespeakers were Madam Shi Xiao Wei(Directorof Certification and AccreditationAdministration of P.R.C. of China) and Mr.Dai Yong Hua (Vice Director of ZhejiangEntry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureauof P.R.C. of China). They discussed theintroduction to the sanitary registration systemfor import food of China and the introductionto the import food inspection and quarantine inChina respectively.

Dr. Teo Kim Lai, Secretary of WPSA MalaysiaBranch

Nigeria

The Nigerian Branch held its National PoultrySeminar on 28th July, 2010 at Good HealthPoultry Farm, Igbesa Ogun State Nigeria. TheEvent had the theme: Poultry Waste to Wealth.Practicing farmers, government officials,researchers, tutors and students participated inthe one day event. Speakers at the eventincluded Dr (Mrs) A.O. Babalola and Dr C.Adejuyigbe of the Department of Soil Scienceand land Management and Dr Adeosun of theDepartment of Aquaculture and Fisheries. Theevent was also used to popularize theassociation and its activities.1st African International Poultry Summit

(AIPS): The Nigerian Branch will also hold anAfrican International Poultry Summit (AIPS)between 20–24 February, 2011 at theUniversity of Agriculture, Abeokuta, OgunState, Nigeria, with the theme of “ClimateChange: Implications for poultry Productionin Africa.” The event will feature discussions,seminars, youth event, tours and a professionalexhibition.

For further details contact: Professor O.M.Onagbesan (LOC Chairman), DirectorBiotechnology Centre, University ofAgriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun state, Nigeria,phone: +234 703 320 4685orDr A.O. Fafiolu, (Branch/LOC Secretary), E-

mail: [email protected],[email protected], phone: +234 803822 5891.

Norway

The Norwegian branch of the WPSA ishonoured to have been chosen to organize theEuropean Poultry Congress that will be held in2014 (EPC 2014). The conference will takeplace in Stavanger. The Stavanger region issituated on the west coast of Norway andoffers spectacular natural surroundings as wellas a metropolitan experience. The venue for theconference is the Stavanger Forum. TheOrganising Committee is pleased that itsyears of planning will now move towardsfulfilment. The Branch successfully organizedthe 14th European Symposium on PoultryNutrition in Lillehammer in 2003, and we arelooking forward to welcoming all of you toStavanger in 2014!In addition, the Norwegian branch is in the

process of arranging its annual meeting whichwill be held during the April- May period of2011. The meeting will include presentations ofongoing research. The 2010 meeting had 45participants.

Tone B. Hansen

Russia

Seminars for Poultry Breeders in Ptitsegrad: Anew academic year for poultry breeders hasbegun in the All-Russian Scientific Researchand Technological Poultry Breeding Institute(VNITIP). Prof. V. Fisinin, in Sergiev Posad,Moscow Region is the Director. More than

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1000 specialists attend the course each year,including technologists from poultry farmsand feed mills, veterinarians andzootechnicians, breeding farms and hatcheriesheads and specialists, engineers, powerspecialists, mechanical engineers andeconomists. Lectures are provided by leadingscientists of educational and scientific-researchinstitutes, enterprises and companies specialists.VNITIP will also the following seven plannedsessions this year where both Russianspecialists but foreign colleagues will present.Choose the seminar and we welcome you at thePtitsegrad courses.13-18 September: New technologies in feed

production, the modern approaches to thefeeding of high productive poultry crosses,raw material and mixed feeds andbiologically active additions quality control(for poultry farms and feed millstechnologists, veterinaries, zoo- and vet-laboratories heads, zootechnicians in feed).27 September - 1 October: Actual questions

of poultry products processing, quality andstandardization (for specialists in eggs andpoultry meat production and processing).11-16 October: Progressive resource saving

technologies for eggs production (fortechnologists and experts in eggs productionand processing).25-30 October: News in poultry selection

and breeding (for breeding farm heads andexperts).8-13 November: Modern approaches to

poultry eggs incubation technology, poultryembryo diseases (for hatcherieszootechnicians, veterinaries, heads andmechanicals).15-20 November: Innovation technologies

and ways of broiler meat productionefficiency increasing (for technologists andexperts in poultry meat production andprocessing).29 November - 4 December: Some

perspective technical decisions and equipmentfor resource saving poultry products productionand processing technologies (for poultry farmsengineers, power specialists, technologists).

Tatyana Vasilieva, Secretary Russian Branch

Turkey

The 18th European Symposium on PoultryNutrition is being organised by the TurkishBranch of WPSA and is scheduled for 31

October – 4 November, 2011 at the AltınYunus Resort Hotel in Çeşme, İzmir, Turkey.Çeşme is a charming town on the Aegean coastof Turkey with healing mineral springs,beautiful sandy beaches, crystal clear watersand sun, perfect for vacationers. It has beenfamous for its architecture, vineyards, andwindmills for over 150 years, and now, itsname is associated with the popular sports ofwindsurfing and kitesurfing. Çeşme is located94 km west of Izmir, on the very tip of thepeninsula that bears its name.This Symposium will present the most recent

and relevant scientific information on poultrynutrition. Invited papers will be presented byleading scientists. Oral and poster presentationswill also be displayed during the symposium.We expect that the symposium will be themeeting place for all involved in poultrynutrition, making a bridge between universityand industry. We would welcome yourparticipation in this important meeting. Foradditional information contact: Prof. DrNizamettin Şenköylü at: [email protected] look forward to welcoming you to

Çeşme, Turkey in October 2011.

Prof. Dr. Servet Yalçın., Secretary of the WPSATurkish Branch

The Turkish Branch is planning to introduce, asmuch as possible, WPSA to the Turkish publicin order to increase its interaction with themedia associated with the poultry industries,universities and research centres.The Branch is also in the process of

organizing several additional meetings,symposia, congress and conferences that willtake place as follows in the near future:7-9 October 2010: Poultry congress jointly

with University of Erciyes, Faculty ofAgriculture in Kayseri. We will celebrate'World's Egg Day' on 8th of October. One ofthe most renowned Professors oncardiovascular diseases, Prof. Dr BingürSönmez will make a presentation on therelationship between atherosclerosis andcholesterol. He will explain the significanceof the egg on human health and correct thebias on the subject. On the same day we willdistribute eggs to school children with a leafletthat informs them about the importance of theegg on human life.17 October 2010: The Branch will

participate in the poultry symposium at

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Antalya, which is being organized by thecompany PharmaVet. Most of the Branchmembers will be present, and the President ofthe Branch will provide the openingpresentation.25 October 2010: Branch members will

participate in a meeting being organized inAnkara by the Ecological AgriculturalAssociation.9-10 December 2010: The Branch is

organizing a Food Safety Symposium thatwill be held in Istanbul, jointly with the FoodSafety Association and the other concernedAssociations.

Dr Akbay is the advisor for the “HealthyChicken Meat Platform”. From time to timemeetings are being held, and issues related tothe poultry industry are being discussed.The Secretary of the Turkish Branch, Prof.

Dr Servet Yalçın has been appointed as aMember of the Board for British PoultryScience.Meetings are being held every two weeks

related to the organization and planning ofthe 18th European Symposium on PoultryNutrition that will be held on 31 October- 4November 2011 in Çeşme İzmir. The planningis well underway, and we expect that theattendance will be good..Finally, Prof. Drs. Akbay and Yalçın, and 25

other members of the Branch attended theEuropean Poultry Congress that was held inTours, France Between 22-28 August 2010.Prof. Akbay, in her position as the PastPresident of WPSA, participated in theWPSA Board Meeting that was held justprior to the EPC.

Prof. Dr Ruveyde Akbay, President of TurkishBranch

United Kingdom

The UK Branch is pleased to announce thatthey will be hosting the 30th Poultry ScienceSymposium that will be held in Glasgow,Scotland, 7-9 September 2011. TheSymposium theme will be AlternativeSystems for Poultry – Health, Welfare, andProductivity.This conference will investigate how

methods of housing poultry affect health,welfare, nutritional requirements, theenvironment, and economics of poultryproduction. This exciting meeting proposes tocover a wide range of poultry (e.g. laying hens,meat chickens, turkeys, breeding stock,waterfowl, and gamebirds) and their varioushousing systems (e.g. barn, free range,organic, aviary, furnished cages).The programme will consist of invited

speakers from around Europe, plus submittedpapers and poster presentations. Invitedspeakers’ papers will contribute to a book tobe published by CABI.Abstract: Paper Submission - Submitted

papers are invited. Further details will beavailable on WPSA’s website in late 2010.The Destination: Glasgow, Scotland’s largest

city, is one of the liveliest and mostcosmopolitan destinations in Europe. Glasgowhas a strong academic and scientific heritagewith three excellent universities. FromGlasgow, delegates can extend their stay toeither enjoy more of the city or to travelfurther afield to explore Edinburgh, LochLomond, world-class golf courses, whiskydistilleries or the majestic scenery of theScottish Highlands.Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities:

This scientific symposium will offeropportunities for commercial organisation’sparticipation. For further particulars, pleaseemail [email protected].

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