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The Latest News, Articles and Technical Information for the Global Poultry Industry
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Broiler Welfare Can Be Improved Through Nutrition Based on a paper presented at the Eu-
ropean Poultry Conference (EPC)
2010.
POULTRY DigitalThe
Site
February 2011 - Issue 1 Expert Knowledge at your Fingertips
Identifying Genes That Enable Birds To Perform Better This is one of the exciting opportunities
offered by genomics.
Regional News, CompanyNews, Events in Your Area
New online mapping tool to track
animal diseases delivers real-time in-
telligence from over 20 countries.
1
Cost of Hatching Eggs CouldReach New High in 2011
Work in hatcheries and on breeder farms has in-
creased in value, said poultry economist, Mike
Donohue, at the Hatchery-Breeder Clinic organ-
ised in conjunction with the International Poultry
Expo (IPE) 2011 in Atlanta, US. He added that the
cost per dozen hatching egg could reach new high
this year.
It was not that long ago when the industry average
broiler hatching egg cost was around $1.30 per
dozen, according to Mr Donohue, vice president,
Agri Stats Inc. Addressing the audience at the 2011
Hatchery-Breeder Clinic held in conjunction with
the IPE and International Feed Expo, he said that
the cost per dozen hatching eggs has increased 54
per cent because of the increase in corn and soy-
bean meal prices.
Hatching egg cost will come close to doubling per
dozen later in 2011 as birds that have been raised
on higher priced grains come into production. Mr
Donohue commented that hatching egg cost
could go even higher, since corn prices could
reach $7.50 per bushel or more later this year.
Because of the near doubling in hatching egg pro-
duction cost, Mr Donohue said that the work of
people in hatcheries and on breeder farms has
twice the value it did before. He suggested that
managers educate employees about the higher
value of each egg and the impact they can have
on the bottom line.
Hatchery managers cannot control the cost of
corn, but they can have an impact on labour util-
isation. Labour costs make up 40 to 45 per cent
of hatching cost, he added. The industry's chicks-
per-man-hour keeps improving but fully loaded
labour cost per hour, which includes all benefit
costs, has almost doubled in the last 23 years.
Hatcheries have experienced a 50 per cent in-
crease in energy costs over the last 12 years.
Continued on page 4
Features Editorial Team
3 Editorial Jackie Linden - Senior Editor
Chris Wright- Senior Editor
Sarah Mikesell - Senior Editor
Sales Team
Expert Knowl-Issue 0 - November 2010 Febuary 2011 - Issue 1 Expert Knowledge at your Fingertips
4 Cost of Hatching Eggs Could Reach New High in2011Work in hatcheries and on breeder farms has in
creased in value, said poultry economist, Mike Dono-
hue, at the Hatchery-Breeder Clinic organised in
conjunction with the International Poultry Expo
(IPE) 2011 in Atlanta, US. He added that the
cost per dozen hatching eggs could reach a new
high this year.
6 Broiler Welfare Can Be Improved Through NutritionBased on a paper presented at the European Poultry
Conference (EPC) 2010, changes in the diet can re-
duce the severity of pododermatitis in broilers.
20 EventsKeep up to date with what is happening in the
global poultry industry.
10 Identifying Genes That Enable Birds to Perform BetterHelping to identify genes that enable a broiler to
perform better in a commercial environment is just
one of the exciting opportunities offered by
genomics.
Charlotte Johnston - Editor
Chris Harris - Editor in Chief
Alex Guy - Sales Manager
Vicki Robson - Global Account Manager
Sue Snyder - Americas Sales Manager
2
In the US, industry organisations have released a
joint policy statement, which says: 'The Federa-
tion of Animal Science Societies (FASS) strongly
supports the judicious use of antibiotics in food
animal care consistent with the health and wel-
fare of the animals, with preserving the value of
antibiotics in protecting human and animal
health, and with efficient use of the earth's re-
sources in food production.'
New Zealand's Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry (MAF) has proposed a new welfare
code to end the use of conventional battery
cages. It estimates that the annual cost of switch-
ing from cage production would be about $15
million, and this will raise prices for consumers.
Welfare lobbyists are outraged by the proposal,
which leaves open the possibility of allowing
colony systems.
And finally, one staggering statistic to ponder.
Over last week's Super Bowl Weekend in the US,
fans were expected to consume one billion
chicken wing portions, estimates the National
Chicken Council.
Jackie LindenThePoultrySite.com Senior Editor
We have chosen Breeding and Genetics as the
theme for issue 1 of ThePoultrySite Digital.
Our lead feature offers the prediction that the
cost of hatching eggs could reach a new high in
2011. This is based on the fact that work in hatch-
eries and on breeder farms has increased in value,
according to poultry economist, Mike Donohue.
Helping to identify genes that enable a broiler to
perform better in a commercial environment is
just one of the exciting opportunities offered by
genomics, says Dr Mitch Abrahamsen, Vice Presi-
dent of Research and Development at Cobb, in
another feature in this issue.
Finally, we outline how welfare can be improved
through nutrition. A paper presented by a group
of Aviagen researchers shows that changes to the
broiler's diet can significantly reduce the severity
of foot pad dermatitis.
In the news this week is the launch of tool to
track animal diseases. Health experts from a wide
range of human and animal health organisations
have publicly launched a web-based, open-access
map to help governments and health agencies
track emerging infectious diseases across the
world. www.HealthMap.org/PREDICT delivers
real-time intelligence from a number of sources
to give users a comprehensive view on the cur-
rent global state of infectious diseases and their
effects on human and animal health.
Pathogens do not respect boundaries and so all
tools to improve international co-operation – par-
ticularly for zoonotic diseases – are welcome, es-
pecially as the news coincided with an
announcement from WHO that a young girl had
died from H5N1 influenza in Cambodia.
Editorial
Welcome to ThePoultrySite Digital Issue 1
3
The Hatchery-Breeder Clinic addressed factors that influence
production and performance. Pictured are Mike Donohue, vice
president with Agri Stats (right) with Mike Czarick (extension
specialist, University of Georgia; centre) and Pat Hawkins of
Tyson Foods.
US Poultry & Egg Association is an all-feather organization rep-
resenting the complete spectrum of today's poultry industry, with
a focus on serving member companies through research funding,
education, communication and technical assistance. Founded in
1947, US Poultry & Egg Association is based in Tucker, Georgia.
Mr Donohue remarked that energy efficiency will
continue to increase in importance for control-
ling hatchery costs.
Is hen mortality due to male aggression or
something else?
Some broiler breeder flocks are experiencing
somewhat higher than normal mortality in hens
during the period of initial photo-stimulation and
early lay, reported Dr Ken Powell, veterinarian
with Hubbard Breeders, LLC. He commented
that questions have been raised in the industry
as to the role that feather and vent picking may
be playing in this increased mortality.
Dr Powell described a continuum of bird behav-
iours ranging from 'feather licking' or 'preening'
at the normal behaviour range of the spectrum
to 'feather pulling' in the middle to 'vent pecking'
at the abnormal end. He said that research in
table egg laying hens has explored a number of
potential causes for these aberrant behaviours.
The Hatchery-Breeder Clinic provided a com-
prehensive look at factors that influence produc-
tion and performance, such as future breeder
trends, effective management practices, and tech-
nology advancements at the breeder farm and in
the hatchery. The seminar covered a variety of
time-sensitive topics, including a 'Vaccine Update'
by Dr Guillermo Zavala of the University of
Georgia and Dr Charlie Broussard of
Intervet/Schering Plough Animal Health along
with a series of other presentations on breeder
and hatchery operations, such as the 'Animal
Welfare in Breeder Operations' by Dr Mike
Wineland of North Carolina State University and
'Hatchery Sanitation/Controlling Aspergillus', by
Scott McKenzie of IVESCO.
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Cost of Hatching Eggs Could Reach New High in 2011
4
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Identification of the Dietary Factors
Impacting Foot Health
Dr Kenny and colleagues explained that the
severity of the condition has been linked to lit-
ter moisture, nitrogen content and pH and so
they investigated the effects of some nutritional
variables – balanced protein level, energy levels,
cereal sources and the effects of feed process-
ing – on the severity of foot pad dermatitis in a
series of trials.
In each case, the diets were fed to day-old Ross
308 broilers housed in pens with wood shav-
ings as litter. A three-phase feed programme
was used and the birds were kept to 40 days of
age. A complete range of production and pro-
cessing traits were measured.
The results showed that increasing balanced
protein levels or reducing dietary energy levels
increased the incidence of pododermatitis le-
sions. On the other hand, lesions were reduced
by using lower mineral levels, by feeding maize
rather than wheat and by coarse grinding of
the feed ingredients.
Effects of a Preventative Diet on
Pododermatis Incidence
The Aviagen group then examined the total ef-
fect of the nutritional response under trial con-
ditions. Again, using a three-phase feeding
programme, they combined all the factors
Based on a paper presented at the European Poul-
try Conference (EPC) 2010, changes in the diet
can reduce the severity of pododermatitis in
broilers, writes Jackie Linden, senior editor of
ThePoultrySite.
At the EPC last year in Tours, France, Drs Marcus
Kenny, Carolyne Kemp and Colin Fisher from Avi-
agen Ltd's Nutrition group in Scotland, presented
the results of series of experiments investigating
the effects of feeding on the incidence of podo-
dermatitis (foot pad dermatitis) in broilers.
They found that, by combining all the dietary vari-
ables believed to prevent pododermatitis, they
could reduce the incidence of lesions to very low
levels.
Contact dermatitis of the foot pads of broilers
(pododermatitis) is an important commercial con-
dition in the rearing of broilers, they explained.
The welfare implications of the condition have
been proposed for EU legislation, while economic
costs are incurred as the result of carcass down-
grading, especially in markets where the foot is
valued.
Contact dermatitis affects the surface of skin that
is in prolonged contact with the litter and when
the feet are involved, the skin turns black, erodes
and fibrosis develops. In severe cases, lameness
and secondary infections may result.
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Broiler Welfare Can Be Improved Through Nutrition
protein content. Mortality, however, was im-
proved and they suggested this was for the same
reason. Litter condition and the incidence of
pododermatitis lesion were greatly improved.
Conclusions
The results show that manipulation of the feed
and nutrient levels can play a significant part in a
strategy to avoid reduced welfare and economic
loss as a result of pododermatitis lesions, said
Kenny and colleagues, and they suggested that
other contact lesions, such as hock burn and
breast damage, would be controlled to some ex-
tent in the same way.
Jackie Linden ThePoultrySite.com Senior Editor
ReferenceKenny M., C. Kemp and C. Fisher 2010. Nutrition and pododermatitis
in broilers. Proceedings of the XIII European Poultry Conference in
Tours, France, August 2010.
shown or believed to reduce the incidence of
pododermatitis in a diet they called the 'preven-
tative' treatment. Compared to the control diet
('normal'), it had:
. A reduced level of balanced protein in the
grower (95 per cent of the control). Maize (at 25 and 15 per cent, respectively in
the starter and grower) in place of wheat. Reduced mineral levels (see Table 1). Betaine supplement (1g per kg). Some chelated trace minerals (10, 40 and 40
mg per kg copper, zinc and manganese, re
spectively). Protected butyric acid (1.5 and 1.1g/kg) in
addition to the usual organic acid supplement.. The diets were prepared by 'coarse' grinding,
achieved by regrinding standard pellets.
The results of the experiment are shown in Table
2 and Figure 1 (see page 8 ). The 'preventative'
treatment resulted in poorer performance, which
Kenny and colleagues attributed to the reduced
7
Mineral Levels 1 Feed Ca mg/kg Av.P mg/kg Na mg/kg
Normal Starter 10.5 5.0 2.0
Grower 9.0 4.5 1.8
Finisher 8.5 4.2 1.8
Reduced Starter 9.5 4.5 1.5
Grower 8.0 4.0 1.4
Finisher 7.5 3.7 1.4
Table 1. Mineral levels used in the dietary treatments
1 All feeds contained phytase and Ca, P and Na levels include components from phytase addition
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DietLiveweightat 32 days
(g)FCR1 at 2kg Mortality at
32 days (%)Litter
capping2
Litter moisture(g/100g)
Normal 2938 1.46 5.6 40.0 52.8
Preventative 2866 1.52 3.8 28.8 40.7
Table 2. Effects of a diet designed to prevent pododermatitis in male broilers on performance
and litter condition
1 Feed conversion ratio corrected for mortality
26 days 34 days 40 days0
20
40
60
80
100
71
4448
96
84
94
Normal Preventative
Bird age
Figure 1. Proportion of male broilers fed two different feeds with zero pododermatitis scores
(based on three-point score where 0 = no lesions)
2 Litter capping scored visually at 39 days
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A lot of those initial investments were made to
understand what opportunities DNA technolo-
gies afforded and to generate large enough data
sets for a critical evaluation.
One of the things that's difficult to do as a scien-
tist is to translate, and develop a plan to trans-
late, all this basic biological knowledge into
something that has value for the company.
So my goal really was to come in and work with
the R&D team to transition the focus from using
genomics as an exploratory and investigatory
tool, to developing an approach to incorporate
genome technologies into our breeding pro-
gramme to help drive the business.
RR: Of course, you need to have a good idea of
Helping to identify genes that enable a broiler to
perform better in a commercial environment is
just one of the exciting opportunities offered by
genomics, Dr Mitch Abrahamsen, Vice President of
Research and Development at Cobb tells Roger
Ranson in the latest issue of Cobb Focus.
Roger Ransom (RR): Let's turn back to when you
joined Cobb over a year ago. What attracted you
to Cobb and why did you want to work in poultry
breeding?
MA: I never realised that growing chicken was so
complicated!
The amount of time and energy in thought and ef-
fort put into making sure that we are making ge-
netic progress caught me off guard compared to
what my expectations were coming in.
From that standpoint, it's clear that the invest-
ments that Cobb has made to have a state-of-the
art biotechnology and R&D programme for
breeding chickens are well justified, and the op-
portunities to make a difference in a relatively
short period of time has really got me excited
about this position.
RR: So what were your goals a year ago and how
much progress have you made towards them?
MA: Cobb had made a significant investment in
genome technology and application of biotechnol-
ogy to driving their business.
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Identifying Genes That Enable Birds to Perform Better
Dr Mitch Abrahamsen,
Vice President of
Research and Development
11
where the product is going, what the customer is
going to be wanting in five or 10 years' time. How
clear an idea do you have of where the global mar-
ket is heading at the moment?
MA: A lot of the interest right now is around deal-
ing with the economics of trying to feed agricul-
tural species – the impact that we saw in the last
two to three years related to feed costs and the
political and social pressure on the growers to jus-
tify the environmental cost it takes to produce a
bird. And so clearly issues around feed conversion
and efficiency are high on everybody's list. At the
same time, you have a lot of interest from the pub-
lic around welfare and safety concerns regarding
the food chain, not only making sure we have a
safe product to feed ourselves and our children
but making sure that people are happy with the
way we are producing food.
RR: You mentioned feed efficiency and the need to
produce a bird that performs well. I remember
that a year ago, John Hardiman spoke about this
as being his prime goal for 20 years and in many
ways people see feed efficiency as being the trade
mark of Cobb. Do you still see that as your main
focus today?
MA: Absolutely. Feed efficiency is clearly something
that has made Cobb very attractive in the market
place and we're not going to change our focus on
the importance of being able to grow a bird very
efficiently. But we do see the need to continue to
focus efforts on issues that affect the welfare of
the bird and that provide a bird that meets the
needs of the grower. So we've not decreased our
efforts on feed conversion, but we have clearly fo-
cused on some other traits in our selection pro-
gramme that we believe are important to address
the needs of the customers down the road.
RR: Now you mentioned along with that the in-
creased emphasis you're placing on welfare and
safety traits. Tell us a little more about this.
MA: There is a growing social interest in making
sure we don't overuse antibiotics in the human
food production chain. As antibiotic usage is re-
duced and or even eliminated, birds will be ex-
posed to higher pathogen loads increasing the
risk of developing health issues and exhibiting de-
creased broiler performance. In our R&D pro-
gramme, we have several efforts focused on
identifying DNA-based markers associated with
increased pathogen resistance.
Not necessarily only resistance to specific
pathogens, but also a generalised resistance to
environmental challenges that birds will en-
counter in a commercial setting. In addition, there
is a lot of public concern about how birds are
grown and what a socially acceptable chicken
looks like. These are areas we're trying to under-
stand and incorporate into our R&D programme
to ensure we are providing birds that meet the
needs of our customer.
RR: Cobb is investing heavily in research in the
US and there are plans for doubling the size of
MA: To me, it's been reassuring that the new ge-
nomic approaches have demonstrated that the
breeding programmes within Hendrix and Cobb
have been very effective in improving the genetic
capabilities of these birds and the genomic tools
have shown that Cobb has been doing the right
thing for a long time.
But there are opportunities to identify and move
forward on traits that are difficult to address
using traditional breeding schemes. So for exam-
ple, all our selection is done on pure lines in a
pedigree environment, which is maintained with
very strict biosecurity and environmental con-
trols. However, our birds in the market place are
a cross-bred bird that needs to perform in a very
different type of environment and it's difficult to
put birds under selection in a pedigree environ-
ment that is representative of the commercial
environment.
the European research farm in the Netherlands.
Does this signify something of a change in direc-
tion in having an R&D base in Europe as well as
North America?
MA: It really relates to what we talked about re-
garding the impact that different nutritional pro-
grammes have on the performance of a bird. By
investing in our research farms in the Nether-
lands, we're able to expand and improve our se-
lection programme to identify and produce birds
that have maximum performance on the types of
diets that are being fed in Europe.
RR: Turning to genomics, you have this five-year
joint programme with Hendrix Genetics. What
have we learned so far mid-way through this proj-
ect?
MA: The data that we have generated and the
open sharing between the two companies has
convinced us that genomic technologies clearly
provide the opportunity to improve the accuracy
and speed of selection in both the breeder and
layer industry.
Working with Hendrix has given us a lot of op-
portunities to leverage the value of individual data
sets, as well as accelerate and improve our ability
to develop and use tools and approaches that are
valuable to both companies. Things like infectious
disease and welfare traits are important for both,
so by putting our data together and our scientists
together we are really able to move forward
quicker on how we apply these technologies to
make a real difference for our respective busi-
nesses.
RR: Have you been surprised by any of these find-
ings?
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Identifying Genes That Enable Birds to Perform Better
12
programme.the commercial environment that
we can then transfer back into our pedigree se-
lection programme.
RR: How much does cost come into this?
MA: The cost is always decreasing and that's im-
portant for the ability to analyse larger and larger
number of animals, but the reality is that the cost
is probably cheap enough today – it is small com-
pared to the cost of actually phenotyping the an-
imal.
And so even though genotypes are becoming
very cheap the major expenditures we have is in
the traditional phenotypes, the performance
traits that we continue to measure in our tradi-
tional breeding programme.
And so, even with our expanded efforts, at this
point the cost for the genotyping is significant but
is not the major expenditure within our total re-
search budget.
RR: We're talking here about high science, but
how far have we gone away from the more tra-
ditional selection methods, which have been used
very successfully you might think for 50 years or
more?
MA: In the next five or 10 years, you're going to
see more emphasis on DNA-based technology
and a significant discussion of the advances that
it has afforded breeding companies.
However, it's hard to imagine a scientific scenario
where this technology will exist independent of
a traditional breeding programme.
RR: Finally, how have you found your first 12
months in the poultry industry?
So DNA technology does provide an opportunity
to identify those birds in a commercial environ-
ment and explore what are the key genetic differ-
ences between birds that perform well in a
commercial environment versus birds that don't
perform so well there and to take that informa-
tion back and use it in our pedigree selection pro-
gramme.
RR: And how far have you got then?
MA: One of the needs we identified is the ability
to genotype lots of birds in a commercial environ-
ment.
That was one of the motivating factors for build-
ing our new animal health and biotechnology lab-
oratory facility here in Siloam Springs, to be able
to handle the number of samples that we need to
process to obtain that genetic information from
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MA: I think Cobb is a fantastic company to work
for and the investments they are making in R&D
give me a lot of confidence that my time here will
be well spent helping Cobb maintain that leader-
ship in the industry.
RR: Also, you've also been working with John
Hardiman for the past 12 months, somebody who
has played a major role in the breeding pro-
gramme. Would you like to comment on his work
and what he's doing at the moment?
MA: Clearly John has been at the heart of the suc-
cess of Cobb for the past 25 years, and his expert-
ise and experience in a traditional breeding
programme continues to be invaluable for Cobb.
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Identifying Genes That Enable Birds to Perform Better
10
In addition, John has played a key role in my tran-
tion to Cobb as well as for Dr Mark Cooper in
his new role as Director of Genetics.
Now as Chief Scientific Officer, John continues
to play a very crucial role by interfacing between
the R&D organisation and our marketing and
sales group as well as our customers to help un-
derstand what R&D needs to do in the next five
to ten years.
He's also helping to translate the progress we are
making in R&D into the market place so people
understand what Cobb is doing and so demon-
strate the leadership of our products.
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RUSSIA & EU - A meeting was held yesterday to
discuss issues relating to the export of Russian
poultry products to the EU
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Regional News
Europe
Managing PerfectionImprove the quality of your hatching eggs
Regional News
Africa and Oceania
World Experts to Tackle Infectious Disease
Threats
AUSTRALIA - More than 600 of the world’s lead-
ing experts in human, animal and environmental
health will discuss ways to tackle the increasing
threat of new infectious disease outbreaks in Mel-
bourne next week at the first International One
Health Congress.
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Excessive Brine Injection Revealed
SOUTH AFRICA - Investigations by the agricul-
ture department at a Supreme Poultry plant have
revealed the excessive use of brine injection into
chicken breast fillets.
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Conditional Sale of Tegel to Asian Equity Co.
NEW ZEALAND - Poultry business, Tegel
Foods, has been conditionally sold to an Asian
private equity fund in a deal tipped to be worth
$605 million.
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New Hen Welfare Code Gets Mixed Recep-
tion
NEW ZEALAND - The government says that
the new welfare code for layers is expected to
push up egg prices, and the code has not been
welcomed by welfare organisations.
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Australian Egg Sales Break Record
AUSTRALIA - Egg sales hit a record last year, al-
most eight per cent more than in 2009, as Aus-
tralians ate more eggs.
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Swazi Minister Calls for End to Beef, Poultry
Imports
SWAZILAND - Locally produced beef and poul-
try meat are now exceeding demand, according
to the agriculture minister.
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Oman's Private Sector Aims to Improve
Food Security
OMAN - A'Saffa Foods, the Sultanate's leading
homegrown poultry producer, is taking a leading
role in the campaign of domestic self-sufficient
for its food requirements and reducing the na-
tion's dependence on imported products.
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'Feeding the World'
The Royal Society, Kohn Centre, London SW1, UK
Wednesday 15th February
Conference on the role of livestock medi-
cines and animal science in meeting the de-
mands of a growing world population,
organised by the National Office of Animal
Health (NOAH)
1st African International
Poultry Summit (AIPS)
University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria
Sunday 20th to Thursday 24th February
The Nigerian Branch of the WPSA will hold
an African International Poultry Summit with
the theme of 'Climate Change: Implications
for poultry Production in Africa'. The event
will feature discussions, seminars, youth
event, tours and a professional exhibition.
For further details, contact Professor O. M.
Onagbesan (LOC Chairman)
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Australian Poultry Science
Symposium 2011
University of Sydney, Australia
Monday 14th - Wednesday 16th February
The theme of the event is 'Tangible Solutions
from Innovative Poultry Science.
Vaccine World Summit India
New Dehli, India
Tuesday 1st to Thursday 3rd March
Vaccine World Summit India is the largest
and only vaccine conference in India to bring
together Indian and international vaccine in-
dustry’s leading players.
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VIV Asia 2011
BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand
Wednesday 9th to Friday 11th March
BIT Life Sciences 3rd Annual
World Vaccine Congress 2011
China National Convention Center, Beijing, PR China
Wednesday 23rd March
This conference is to protect the world
from health threats. BIT Life Sciences Annual
World Congress of Vaccine has become a
forum to report on the latest progress and
developments in vaccines for disease pre-
vention and treatment.