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July 2015No 31
Newsletter of the World Veterinary Poultry Association
ContentsFrom your officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
WVPA Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Branch reports: Austria Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Branch reports: Hungary, Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Branch reports: Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Branch reports: Korea, Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Branch reports: USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Branch reports: Nigeria, Iraq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
WVPAC2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11
Poultry Health Course Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15
Diary of meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
National contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Visit: www.wvpa.netFor more information on the association, membership, grants andawards, publications, meetings and links to related websites
Editor – Charles Hofacre
September sees our biannual congress in Cape Town, South Africa – thefirst time it has been held in sub-Saharan Africa – and we look forward toseeing you there! Our two vice presidents, Hafez and Nigel, recently spenttime with this event’s local organising committee and everything they sawand heard about WVPAC2015 was positive – good venue, strongsponsorship, interesting scientific programme, good social programme anda warm welcome from your South African hosts!
On the awards front we are pleased to advise you that MSD Animal Healthhave renewed their generous support of the Bart Rispens Award for afurther five awards and Merial are supporting a new award for innovationin vaccination. More information on pages 2-3.
At Cape Town we look forward to welcoming two new branches – Iraqand Nigeria – into our fold. We look forward to these two new branchesplaying an important role in the evolution of their country’s developingpoultry industries.
WVPA is your organisation so if you want to find out more about it orhave any ideas on its evolution please feel free to speak to one of us at theCape Town Congress.
We look forward to seeing you in Cape Town.
Yours sincerely
Prof Hafez M Hafez – Vice PresidentNigel Horrox – Vice President
Francois Xavier Le Gros – Secretary TreasurerOfficers of WVPA
From your officers
WVPA awards – have
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The Bart Rispens Research Award
The Bart Rispens Research Award isfinancially supported by MSD Animal
Health. This Award was established in
1973 in memory of the Dutchpoultry veterinarian Dr BartRispens, due to the initiative of hisformer colleague Dr Henk Maas.The main goal of the fund was tohonour the great contribution of Dr
Rispens to the control of Marek'sdisease.
Marek's vaccine CVI988, which wasdeveloped as part of the research of Dr
Rispens, is successfully used to preventMarek's disease in poultry all over the world.The vaccine had been made available to thevaccine industry free of charge only becauseof the attitude of Dr Rispens towards
commercialisation of research subsidised bythe government.
The Award will be given biennially to thefirst author of the best paper published in theWVPA’s journal, Avian Pathology, during thetwo calendar years preceding the Awardpresentation at the WVPA Congress.
The recipient of the Award is elected by theDr Bart Rispens Research Award Committee,which includes representatives of the Boardof the WVPA, a representative of AvianPathology, a representative of the corporatesponsor and four other appointed scientists.
The winner will be presented with amedallion, a certificate and a monetaryaward.
Details of previous winners can be found atwww.wvpa.net
Avian Pathology Lecture Award The Avian Pathology Lecture Award,sponsored by The Houghton Trust, ispresented at each WVPA congress. The awardis made to a young scientist who has mademajor contributions to the field of poultrydisease research to enable them to give akeynote lecture, The Avian Pathology Lecture,at the WVPA’s global congress.
The award comprises payment of the coststo attend the congress at which the lecture isgiven, together with the presentation of anengraved award.
Nominations for the Avian PathologyLecturer can be made in two ways – either bythe Corresponding Secretary of a NationalBranch of the WVPA or by an individualmember of the WVPA.
The maximum age of candidates is 45 at thetime of the relevant congress.
Unsuccessful candidates may be re-nominated on a subsequent occasion,provided they still meet the necessaryrequirements.
The selection process is currently underreview and so the process to nominate thelecturer for the XXth World VeterinaryPoultry Association Congress, to be held inEdinburgh in 2017, will be delayed until afterthe Cape Town Congress in 2015.
However, in general terms, Officers of theWVPA, after due consultation, will make ashort-list of six candidates, which will then beforwarded to the Grants Subcommittee of theHoughton Trust, who will choose the AvianPathology Lecturer.
Details of previous winners can be found atwww.wvpa.net
The Young Poultry Veterinarian AwardThis Award is supported by Zoetis and iscurrently called The WVPA-Zoetis YoungPoultry Veterinarian Award.
This Award was launched in 2012 and ispresented annually to a young poultry
veterinarian (under 35) who is seen to be acredit to the profession, who is anambassador and a communicator and whowould be seen as a worthy winner by allsections of the poultry industry. The Award isjudged by a panel of five members of theWVPA and is led by an officer of WVPA. Thispanel shall have a broad base and bebalanced in its composition.
The recipient of the Award receives$US5,000 which is to be used to attendscientific meetings in order to further developtheir professional knowledge.
The WVPA Young Veterinarian of the YearAward is presented at the WVPA’s biannualcongress and at a suitable alternative meetingin the intervening years – this is currently theWVPA Asia Meeting. Details on how to applyare notified to all national branches of WVPA,announced in the media and also placed onthe WVPA website.
Details of previous winners can be found atwww.wvpa.net
The Innovation in Vaccination AwardThis award is currently supported by Merialand is known as The WVPA-MerialInnovation in Vaccination Award.
This Award was launched in 2015 and willbe presented at each global WVPA Congressto a poultry veterinarian or avian healthscientist for an outstanding contribution inthe field of innovation in poultry vaccination.
The Award is judged by a panel ofrepresentatives from WVPA and Merial and ischaired by an officer of the WVPA.
The recipient of the Award receives €5,000to help fund his/her ongoing professionaldevelopment or training as well as a suitablememento of the occasion.
Details on how to apply are notified to allnational branches of WVPA, announced inthe media and placed on the WVPA website.
The WVPA would like to thank theHoughton Trust, MSD Animal Health,Zoetis and Merial for their on-going
support of these awards.
WVPA awards – have you ever thought of applying?
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Please note applications/nominations for the 2015 awards have already closed
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Branch reportsAustriaSimilar to previous years, the first meeting ofthe Austrian poultry sector took place early inJanuary during the ecosocial forum in a smallvillage in the southeast of the country. Thisannual meeting is supposed to linkagriculture and veterinary medicine resultingin a high number of participants from allsectors, especially farmers. Animal welfareand economic issues were the most importantissues. A single talk about campylobacterconcluded the meeting.
A special event was once again the meetingof the Association to promote Research inPoultry Science (VAG), which was held inApril and organised as a two-day meetingoutside Vienna at Lake Neusiedl.
Parasitic diseases were selected as thegeneral topic of the event. The firstpresentation was given by D. Liebhart fromthe Poultry Clinic at the Veterinary Universityin Vienna who gave an overview aboutimportant parasitic diseases in poultry.
This subject was further highlighted by twopractitioners, A. Hemme from Germany andP. Mitsch, who talked about parasitic diseasesin layers, broilers and broiler breeders. Thesubject was concluded by S. Spiess from MSDGermany who outlined recent progress inlicensing a new anti-parasitic product.
In the afternoon a wine tasting wasextensively used to deepen individual
subjects and inthe evening adinner was heldwhich featuredlocal delicacies.The night ended,for variousparticipants, atthe hotel barleading tocertain sideeffects the nextday!
The secondday focused ongut health and
started off with M. Hess who gave anoverview on infectious agents with relevancefor gut health in turkeys. The benefit andpractical application of competitive exclusionwas highlighted by C. Schneitz from OrionPharma, Finland.
The session was concluded by J. D. van Klisfrom Delacon Biotechnik, Austria, who
Members of the AustrianPoultry Association in frontof the castle in Eisenstadt,following the wine tasting.
focused on intestinal health problems inmeat-type poultry and the options ofnutritional interventions.
In June, another meeting of the Austrianpoultry veterinarians will take place adjacentto the 250th anniversary of the University ofVeterinary Medicine in Vienna.
Beside early sex determination in ovo, themeeting will concentrate on viral diseases,especially infectious bronchitis andadenoviral gizzard erosion.
Michael HessCorresponding Secretary
WVPA, Austria Branch
BelgiumThe Belgian branch of WVPA organised fournational symposia in 2014. Each of these wasattended by 40-60 veterinarians active in thepoultry health sector.
On January 23rd we organised a symposiumon the use of antibiotics in poultry. This wasin close collaboration with AMCRA.
AMCRA is a centre of expertise, nationaljoint initiative of government, poultrybusiness, pharma industry and academia,aiming at collecting and spreadinginformation on the proper use of antibioticsand taking initiatives for the reduction ofusage in animal production.
A major part of the symposium was devotedto reporting and discussing previous andforthcoming initiatives of AMCRA.
In addition, Dr Katie Vermeersch from theFederal Agency for the Safety of the FoodChain reported on the present status ofantibiotic resistance in bacterial isolates fromfarm animals at national and European level.All in all, the conclusion of this meeting waspositive, as there is a spectacular negativetrend in antibiotic use in farm animals ingeneral and in poultry in particular inBelgium.
On April 23rd, another hot topic withrespect to poultry health was tackled, namelyhow to control dermanyssus in layers. On thisoccasion, Prof. Luc Thiry from GhentUniversity reported on the results of anational scientific research project aimed atthe development of an integrated controlstrategy for dermanyssus. The idea was topermanently reduce populations of thesenoxious organisms below an economically
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acceptable threshold using a combination ofmethods, including a minimum of chemicalcompounds. He envisaged heat treatment ofthe layer house after depopulation,adaptations to the housing system so as tominimise hiding places, silica, plant extracts,traps, entomophagic fungi and finally,predator mites. At this same symposium, DrAlasdair Nisbet from Moredun Research,Scotland, reported on the development of arevolutionary new vaccine against red mites.Research on delivery systems for the vaccineis in progress.
On June 19th, a symposium was devotedentirely to alternatives to antibiotics for use inpoultry. The first speaker was Dr WimNuboer from Micreos, a Dutch companyspecialising in phage application in animalhusbandry, giving an overview of the past,present and future of phage therapy.
The second speaker was Dr LeenTimbermont from Ghent University, giving anoverview on the use of bacteriocines asalternatives to antibiotics. The third speakerwas Dr Hilde Van Meirhaeghe fromVetworks, a poultry health service andconsultancy company. She reported on the useof short chain and medium chain fatty acidsas alternatives to antibiotics, with emphasison practical experience. Finally, theundersigned gave an overview on the use ofprebiotics and probiotics.
In all of these presentations, emphasis wasclearly on applications for the control ofintestinal health and zoonoses, especially inbroilers, as these appear to be the two areasmost critical to poultry production at present.
The last symposium of 2014 was devotedentirely to the present situation regardinginfectious bronchitis in Europe. Dr Jane Cook,now consultant microbiologist fromHuntingdon, UK, gave an interesting talk onpractical aspects of how to control IB variants.Dr Mieke Steensel for the Central VeterinaryInstitute (CODA) in Brussels reported on theCOST action (FA1207) for coordinated controlof avian coronaviruses in Europe. Finally, DrSjaak De Wit from GD Deventer, TheNetherlands, gave a very in depth talk aboutpathogenicity and tropism of IB strainsworldwide, focusing on molecular analyses ofgenetic variation that underscore the diverseclinical manifestations of this viral disease.
Richard DucatellCorresponding SecretaryWVPA, Belgium Branch
HungaryThe Hungarian Branch organised their annualDerzsy Days on June 4-5th in Zalakaros.
This year’s scientific program had moreinternational speakers:l Josef Bachmeijer (Wiesenhof) – sustainablechicken production.l Marleen Boerjan (Pas Reform) – embryonicdevelopment of the chicks.l Klaus-Peter Behr (Anicon) – autogenouspoultry vaccines.l Look Stooker (Zoetis) – infectiousbronchitis. l Stephane Lemiere (Merial) – respiratoryproblems of turkeys.
Further information will be featured in thenext edition of Aerosols.
Dr László KőrösiCorresponding SecretaryWVPA, Hungary Branch
IsraelThe 50th Annual Convention of the WPSAIsrael Branch held a joint meeting with theWVPA Branch.
This year the members of WPSA met tocelebrate their 50 Year Anniversary. Themembers of the WPSA are specialists in allfields: farmers, agronomists, scientists,nutrition specialists, veterinary specialists inpoultry diseases, and members of the WVPA.
The Israel Branch of WPSA welcomed thedistinguished guests Prof. Paul Siegel,Virginia Tech University, USA, Dr LesleyLarkin, UK, and Prof. Ted Aplgeit, PurdueUniversity, USA.
The program was divided into sessions onlayers, turkeys, and a round table discussionabout the future of broiler chickens, nutritionand heavy breeders.
One day was dedicated to poultry health.Most of the WVPA members attended thissession.
The lectures included the following topics: l Inclusion body hepatitis – isolations of thevirus in the years 2012-2015. New infectionlaryngotracheitis vaccine (ILT) screening withthe help of the feather method.l A report of high mortality in broilerchickens as a result of infection byClostridium perfringens. l Outbreak of avian influenza subtype H5N1
Branch reports
Your officers would greatlyappreciate any feedback onWVPA and its activities.
Please send your feedbackto any of the three officershighlighted on page 19using the emails cited there.
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Branch reportsJanuary 2015: what is known so far about thevirus. A. Lubliin et al., Kimron VeterinaryInstitute, Beit Dagan.
The virus subtype H5N1 returned to Israelon January 16th, 2015. The previous breakwas in April 2012. At the time of thisconference, eight foci of outbreaks hadoccurred in Israel and in the PalestinianAuthority. The infection appeared in meat-turkey houses, heavy breeder houses andanother poultry house of table egg layers. Inaddition, an infected wild bird was found(Vanellus spinosus).
Analysis of all the phylogenetic findings ofthe current outbreak and their comparison toworld and regional viruses, and virulenceindices of the viruses were presented at theconference.
Additional news from IsraelThe family and friends of Dr Oded Pleser, thehead of the Poultry Disease Laboratory in
Jerusalem who was killed in 1973,organised a very well attendedscientific meeting in his honour.
The scientific program included:l A lecture about the Ebola virus,presented by Dr Ran Nir-Paz, from thedepartment of Clinical Microbiologyand Infectious Diseases, the MedicalCentre HADASA in Jerusalem.l Outbreak of Avian Influenza H5N1 inIsrael in January 2015 presented by DrMichal Pery-Markovic, epidemiologistof the State Veterinary Services.l Trials to reduce the contamination of
growing broiler chickens by salmonellabacterias. The lecturer was Dr Orit Mamanfrom the Northern Poultry DiseasesLaboratory.
Dr R. Rachel BockCorresponding Secretary
WVPA, Israel Branch
ItalyOn April 16th and 17th, the Italian branchheld the 54th National Conference of theSocietà Italiana di Patologia Aviare (ItalianSociety of Avian Pathology) in Forlì.
The first day focused on the health statusconcerning Italian breeding farms and themajor diseases diagnosed throughout 2014.Dr Gavazzi (Amadori group) explained the
main diseases of chicken meat, Prof. Camarda(Università di Bari) spoke about the healthconditions concerning laying hens, Dr Da Ros(Amadori group) spoke about the mainpathologies found in meat turkey, and DrScolari presented his report on the minorspecies (guinea fowl, duck, pheasant, etc).
Dr Terregino (Istituto ZooprofilatticoSperimentale delle Venezie) concluded withan update on AI and Newcastle disease. Thereports showed an overall calm nationalhealth picture without showing any criticalsigns within the Italian poultry industry.
On April 17th, the Conference helddiscussions on the ‘Territorial management ofavian diseases’ featuring five reports. Thefirst report was presented by Dr Calistri(National Reference Center for VeterinaryEpidemiology, Istituto ZooprofilatticoSperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise ‘G.Caporale’) who spoke about theepidemiological surveillance systems forinfectious diseases related to poultry.
Following this, Dr Bonfanti (IstitutoZooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie)presented her report on a typical example ofdisease management speaking about the caseof avian influenza. Dr Moreno (IstitutoZooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardiaed Emilia Romagna) continued with anotherpractical example of disease management atregional level speaking about avianlaryngotracheitis. Dr Catania (IstitutoZooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie)presented a report on the management ofmycoplasmi, while Dr Farioli (LombardyRegion) concluded the conference talkingabout the role of the public veterinary system(State Veterinary) in the management ofdiseases. Within the context of the twoconventions and in the afternoon of April17th, 21 scientific papers were presented bythe members.
The election of the new Board of ItalianSociety of Avian Pathology, which will takeoffice from 2016-2018, also took place duringthis conference. All members of the boardwere renewed and newly elected memberswere: Davide Giovanardi (Veronesi group),Rossella Pedicone (Unaitalia), SalvatoreCatania (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentaledelle Venezie), Mattia Cecchinato (Universitàdi Padova), Ferdinando Battistoni (Amadorigroup), Giovanni Tosi (Istituto ZooprofilatticoSperimentale della Lombardia ed EmiliaRomagna), Ana Moreno (IstitutoZooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia
Dr Oded Pleser.
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collaboration withWVPA andhighlighted the role ofthe poultry industryin the nationaleconomy of Pakistan.
The Dean, Faculty ofVeterinary Science,Prof. Dr Zafar Iqbalthanked theparticipants. DrMuhammad KashifSaleemi, Secretary WVPA Pakistan,moderated all the sessions.
In the first technical session two lectureswere delivered. The first lecture wasdelivered by Dr Mustafa Kamal, memberWVPA Pakistan and Chairman PakistanPoultry Association, who has a wealth ofexperience on modern ventilation forenvironmentally controlled houses. He is alsotechnical head of Hubbard’s grandparentpoultry project in Pakistan. His title was ‘Poorventilation and ammonia toxicity: a risk factorfor emergence of respiratory diseases’.
The second lecture was delivered by Prof.Hafez Mohamed Hafez, Head, Institute ofPoultry Diseases, Free University, Berlin (VicePresident WVPA) on Skype from Jordan. Histitle was ‘Respiratory diseases of poultry:diagnosis and control.’
After the first technical session, the annualbranch meeting of WVPA Pakistan waschaired by the President of WVPA Pakistan,
Dr Hanif Nazir. Dr M. Kashif Saleemi,secretary, WVPA Pakistan, presented a reporton branch activities including theparticipation in the Asian Meeting of WVPAby Pakistan. He also encouraged the membersto attend the XIX World Veterinary PoultryAssociation Congress (WVPAC 2015) in CapeTown, South Africa.
After lunch the second technical session had
Branch reportsed Emilia Romagna), and Alessandro Scolari(Vallerana Laboratory).
The President of the Italian Society of AvianPathology (SIPA) has been confirmed for athird term as Dr Guido Grilli (Università diMilano).
Guido GrilliCorresponding Secretary
WVPA, Italy Branch
KoreaOn April 9th of this year the KoreanAssociation of Poultry Veterinarians (KAPV)held their Spring 2015 seminar in Daejeon,Korea. There were around 60 Korean poultryveterinarians in attendance.
Topics included chick quality checks forparent stock, ILT vaccination, how to managefowl tick, new management for eggtransmission disease, E. coli and vaccinationand a discussion on biosecurity policy forHPAI.
The seminar also included a general meetingfor KAPV.
JaeSung HeoCorresponding Secretary
WVPA, Korea Branch
Pakistan The one day National Seminar on ‘AvianRespiratory Diseases: A Serious Threat to thePoultry Industry’ was organised by WVPAPakistan in collaboration with theDepartment of Pathology on December 9th,2014 in the Faculty of Veterinary Science,University of Agriculture, Faisalabad,Pakistan.
A total of 200 participants, including all theWVPA Pakistan members, avian healthprofessionals from the public and privatesector and postgraduate students of theDepartment of Pathology attended.
In the inaugural session Prof. Dr AhrarKhan, Chairman, Department of Pathology,welcomed the participants and chief guestProf. Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan, Vice Chancellorof the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.
He appreciated the professional activityorganised by the Department of Pathology in
Participants of the NationalSeminar held in Faisalabadin December 2014.
From left to right: Prof. AhrarKhan, Prof. Dr Iqrar AhmadKhan (Vice Chancellor),University of Agriculture,Prof. Zafar Iqbal (Dean) andDr Hanif Nazir Ch. PresidentWVPA Pakistan.
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three lectures delivered first by Dr HanifNazir on ‘Newcastle disease an endemicchallenge: its impact and control in Pakistan’.
The second lecture was delivered by therenowned poultry pathologist of PakistanProf. Dr Muhammad Zargham Khan on‘Mycoplasmosis: menace for the poultryindustry’. He shared his practical experienceof mycoplasma infections in commercialflocks and parent flocks.
The last lecture of the second technicalsession was presented by Dr Khalid NaeemKhawaja on ‘Avian Influenza: Current Statusin Pakistan’. Dr Khawaja is the head of theNational Reference Laboratory on PoultryDiseases located in Islamabad. He is also chiefscientist/focal person from Pakistan for FAOon avian influenza.
The last session was chaired by Dr MustafaKamal, President, Pakistan PoultryAssociation. In his speech he appreciated theefforts of WVPA Pakistan and the Departmentof Pathology for organising such aninformative and highly technical seminar. Heapplauded the efforts of Dr Muhammad
Kashif Saleemi, Secretary WVPAPakistan/Assistant Professor Department ofPathology, University of Agriculture,Faisalabad, for organising this NationalSeminar.
At the end of the seminar Dr MuhammadKashif Saleemi appreciated and thanked thefinancial support of SAADAT International,an exclusive partner of Merial in Pakistan.
Merial Pakistan, owned by SAADATInternational Pakistan, provided their fullfinancial support for holding this nationalseminar.
Dr Muhammad Kashif SaleemiCorresponding SecretaryWVPA, Pakistan Branch
USAThe American Association of AvianPathologists (AAAP) Annual meeting willbe held on July 11-14th, 2015 in Boston,Massachusetts with the American VeterinaryMedical Association (AVMA) AnnualMeeting. The AAAP Symposium: ‘An Updateon Marek's disease Vaccination, Diagnosis,and Immunosuppression,’ will be held onSaturday, July 11th, 2015, 7:30am-12:30pm.
The symposium will be an update ontumour virus diseases, especially concerningMarek’s disease (MD), its differentialdiagnosis from other tumour diseases, MDvaccines and recombinants including HVT-vectored vaccines in poultry and the effect ofMDV-induced immunosuppression as well asthe effect of other immunosuppressiveconditions on MD.
The AAAP Scientific Program will be fromSunday-Tuesday, July 12-14th, 2015, 8:00am-5:30pm. The program will consist of oral andposter presentations on topics such asantibiotics, avian influenza, avian leukosisvirus, bacteriology, case reports, coccidiosis,diagnostics, food safety, gut health,immunology, infectious bronchitis virus,infectious bursal disease, laryngotracheitis,Marek's disease, mycoplasma, Newcastledisease virus, processing, reovirus,salmonella, virology and welfare.l 87th National Conference on AvianDiseases (NECAD) will be in conjunctionwith the Pennsylvania Poultry Sales andService Conference on September 16-17th,2015 at the Penn State Conference
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Branch reports
Contributions toAerosolsWhy not tell Aerosols’ readers about yourbranch and its activities (good quality pictures are always welcomed).
Please also remember to advise us aboutforthcoming meetings so that we can mention them in our diary of futureevents.
National WVPA Branch Secretaries and individual members are encouraged tosend contributions for inclusion in futureeditions of Aerosols to Sue Clanton at: [email protected]
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Branch reportsCenter/Hotel, State College, PA. Forregistration please visit the website. http://extension.psu.edu/poultry-sales-servicel Southern Conference on Avian DiseasesThe meeting will be held together withSouthern Poultry Science Society at theInternational Scientific Forum in Atlanta GA,January 25-26th, 2016. IPSF Onlinepreregistration for the International PoultryScientific Forum available at:http://www.ippexpo.org/ipsf/l North Central Avian Disease ConferenceThe meeting will be held in conjunction withthe 2016 Midwest Poultry Federation (MPF)and features a topic rich agenda of variousscientific presentations. It will be held onMarch 15-17th, 2016 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre, St. Paul, Minnesota. Closer to themeeting, you will be able to register throughMPF, using the Pre-Registration Form, or pre-register online at www.midwestpoultry.coml 65th Western Poultry Disease Conference(WPDC) will be held April 24-27th, 2016 atthe Marriott Vancouver Pinnacle Downtown,Vancouver, BC, Canada. The WPDC websiteis: http://conferences.ucdavis.edu/wpdcl The 2016 AAAP Annual Meeting will beheld August 5-9th, 2016 in San Antonio,Texas.
Dr Charles HofacreCorresponding Secretary
WVPA, USA Branch
New branch - NigeriaThe Association of Poultry Veterinarians inNigeria is open to every veterinarian thatworks in the poultry sub-sector of theagricultural industry – academia, researchcentres/institutes, Government vets, vets inthe poultry industry and vets in the privatesector consulting for the industry.
The organisational structure of theAssociation stands as follows:l President-Head of the managementcommittee: Dr Jones Okoye.l Secretary General/Treasurer: Dr Bala A.Muhamad.l Publicity Secretary: Dr Alo Odumayo.l Financial Secretary: Dr Okeke Cosmas.l Internship program coordinator: Dr UsmanMusa.
The Association will have the followingevents:
l Annual General Meeting.l Publication of a newsletter for sharingupdated information in the poultry industry,both locally and otherwise.l We will network the poultry medicinedepartments of more than eight universitiesoffering veterinary medicine in Nigeria, tomake sure their avian health programs aresound and research is relevant. We will becontacting the known poultry disease expertsin Nigeria to become honorary members ofthe Association.
We look towards WPVA accepting ourrequest to be part of the world body.
Dr Jones OkoyeNigeria
New branch - IraqA new WVPA branch was created in Iraq in2014 with 37 members under the lead ofDr Yaser Jamal Jameel, and will besubmitted for official approval in 2015 inCape Town.
Dr Yaser works in the field of poultryhygiene in the Veterinary College of theUniversity of Karbala.
He is a veterinarian and holds a PhDfrom Baghdad University.
This group already has activities ineducation in veterinary science and localsymposium organisation all over Iraq incooperation with other veterinarycolleges, veterinary clinics and poultrycompanies.
They provide educational trips for studentsof veterinary colleges to poultry field,hatcheries and feed manufacturers to look atall poultry systems and management.
Dr Yasser is also the President of the WPSAbranch in Iraq (since 2013) and head of theVeterinary Syndicate in Karbala.
Sister branchesAs was previously reported in Aerosols,countries in southern Africa that do not haveenough poultry veterinarians are nowforming ‘sister branches’ under the auspicesof the South African branch of the WVPA.
Sister branches are already in existence inBotswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Dr Yaser Jamal Jameel
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The poultry veterinary event of the year – WVPAC2015
Cape Town is awaiting the poultry veterinaryfraternity for the World Veterinary PoultryAssociation’s congress to take place from 7-11th September 2015. With the untimelypassing of the WVPA President, TrevorBagust, the Local Organising Committee ofthe WVPAC2015 decided to dedicate thiscongress in his honour and we will host hiswife, Joanne Bagust as our guest of honour.This congress promises to be a memorableexperience with a scientific program coveringa broad range of topics as well asopportunities for social and tourismexperiences during the visit to South Africa.
South Africa as adestinationSouth Africa has recently been named as oneof the top 50 most tourist-friendly countriesin the world, in a recent Travel and TourismCompetitiveness Report by the WorldEconomic Forum. The aerial approach toCape Town's International Airport offers aspectacular view over the Atlantic Ocean andthe iconic Table Mountain, and has beennamed the 10th most scenic landing strip inthe world by a global booking platform forprivate jets.
Scientific programmeThe scientific committee, chaired by DrCarine Pienaar with advisor Professor DickJones, had the huge task of selecting suitableabstracts for oral presentations and posterswith the aim of ensuring a balancedprogramme. This program caters for allpoultry health professionals including,
poultry veterinarians from academia, poultryhealth researchers and poultry veterinariansin practice.
21 plenary sessions are included withkeynote speakers from across the globe.
Experts from the USA, UK, RSA, Austria,Germany, Belgium, Bangladesh, Thailand,Mozambique and others will be presenting ona variety of topics. Themes include viral andbacterial diseases, immunity and immunesuppression (viruses and mycotoxins), guthealth and diseases, parasites, publichealth/food safety, ratite, turkey and duckdiseases, aspects of poultry management(including welfare and disaster management),therapeutics and antibiotic resistance.
Two sessions are dedicated to smallscale/backyard farming and case reportsfrom poultry veterinarians who are active inthe field.
A first for WVPA congresses will be aninteractive electronic poster wall with posterspresented in electronic format – no morescrolls in carry-on luggage.
The digital posters will also be available tocongress delegates which means no need fortaking pictures of posters to try and readlater.
WorkshopsTwo separate workshops will be hosted onthe Monday afternoon preceding the congresswith the topics: ‘Diagnostic Pathology ofPoultry Diseases: A Review’ and ‘WritingScientific papers: How to please editors,reviewers and readers’.
Congress AppAn App for smartphones and tablets will beavailable with the congress programme –
The poultry veterinary event of the year – WVPAC2015
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another first for WVPA congresses. This willallow you to manage your attendance ofdifferent sessions in a ‘smart’ way and also tobe alerted of possible changes in theprogramme or other events.
Time off during thecongressFrom past experience, delegates become tiredof just attending lectures non-stop and tendto go and do some sight-seeing during lecturetime. The Local Organising Committee of thiscongress decided to have the Thursdayafternoon as free time to do some explorationof Cape Town, especially for those whocannot fit in a pre-or post-congress tour. TheGala dinner will be hosted on the Thursdayevening after an afternoon of well-deservedrelaxation.
Sponsors and exhibitorsThis congress has three Diamond sponsors i.e.Ceva, Merial and MSD who will be offeringtheir own satellite symposia. Hipra is ourTanzanite (a unique African gemstone)sponsor. Our Gold sponsors are Phibro andZoetis. Our Silver sponsor is BoehringerIngelheim. In addition to these majorsponsors, there will be various otherexhibitors, including some local SouthAfrican companies, with whom delegates caninteract and establish contacts duringnumerous refreshment breaks.
The exhibition hall will also host theelectronic poster wall, refreshment stationsand a power bar to recharge electronicdevices for delegates’ convenience.
Travelling andaccommodationCape Town International Airport isapproximately 20km away from the citycentre where the congress venue, Cape TownInternational Convention Center (CTICC), islocated. There are a number of directinternational flights into Cape Town or
connecting flights via Johannesburg’s O.R.Tambo International Airport.
South African Airways is the preferredtravel partner for this event and discountrates ranging from 5-8% per point of sale areoffered. Log on to www.flysaa.com and usethe Promo Code: WVPAC2015 to receive yourdiscount.
From the Cape Town International Airportspecific hotel shuttle services or the ‘My Citi’bus rapid transport system, metered taxis orself-drive options with rental cars could beused to reach your place of accommodation.
Some hotels are situated within walkingdistance of the congress venue. Otheraccommodation options are also available inthe vicinity of the Convention Centreincluding Hotels, Guest Houses, Backpackersand Self Catering units.
For visa requirements please refer towww.homeaffairs.gov.za/index.php/immigration-services/apply-for-a-south-african-visa
We are looking forward to sharing thisprestigious International Congress of theWorld Veterinary Poultry Association with allour colleagues from across the globe.
Hannes Swart – LOC Chairman
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Poultry health course onlineFollowing over 40 years of successful deliveryas a face-to-face course by the UK’s leadingexperts in poultry health, microbiology andvirology, the Poultry Health Course, whichhas been running at The Institute for AnimalHealth, Compton Laboratory for the last 20years, is entering a new phase ofdevelopment.
Compton, and now the IAH PirbrightLaboratory (now Pirbright Institute), haveentered into partnership with the Universityof Nottingham to develop an entirely onlineversion of the poultry health course. Thiscourse contains the same learning outcomesand content as the residential course, isdelivered by the same leading experts, andfeatures a series of interactive tutorials to helpreinforce students’ learning.
The partnership has been able to utilisefunding from the AgriFood AdvancedTraining Partnership grant provided by UKBiotechnology and Biological SciencesResearch Council (BBSRC) for thedevelopment of post-graduate trainingcourses for AgriFood sectors.
The original Poultry Health Course was andremains a residential course involving a seriesof more than 38 lectures presented by 29international experts in their own fields, overa two week period. The course typicallycomprises lectures on major non-infectiousand infectious diseases and the associatedpathogens together with problems inproduction and in individual sectors andapproaches to disease control. In addition,practical tuition is provided in laboratorytechniques, post-mortem analysis andvaccination equipment.
The course has been designed to meet theneeds of veterinary surgeons and poultry,feed and pharmaceutical professionals whowill lead the poultry industry in the future.
Most delegates hail from the UK but theworld of poultry medicine and science isbecoming increasingly a global enterprisewith centres of production moving towardsAsia and South America. There is thuspotentially huge scope for wideninginternational participation and discussion inthe course through its translation to an onlineformat.
Students can elect to study the course eitherthrough the residential or online pathway.The residential course will be held in springas usual in all probability during the monthof April in 2016.
The online course will be rolled out for the
first time in early October 2015. Lectures willbe released sequentially over an eight monthperiod until May 2016.
The course can be attended as a part ofcontinuing professional development (CPD)course with delegates receiving a certificate ofattendance. Students can also opt to sit anexam which will allow entry into a series ofadditional courses including poultryproduction, poultry business managementand poultry nutrition, leading to aPostgraduate Certificate in Poultry Healthand Production
Further information on the content anddelivery of both courses and the subjectspecialists involved can be obtained at thefollowing website:www.poultryhealthcourse.com
On their recent visit to South Africa to beupdated on the Cape Town Congress, the two vice presidents of the WVPA
met a well known president.
Frank T. W. JordanProfessor Frank Jordan BSc, PhD, DSc,DPMP, FRCVS, the eminent poultryveterinarian and academic, died on 9thJanuary 2015 at the age of 97.
Frank was born in Newport inMonmouthshire, South Wales in 1917and was always proud of his Welshheritage.
Frank qualified in 1941 at the RoyalVeterinary College, London with a BSc
in Veterinary Science and Membership of theRoyal College of Veterinary Surgeons(MRCVS). He spent his final twoundergraduate years in Berkshire, havingbeen evacuated due to the London Blitz.
There were few jobs in veterinary practiceavailable then, but Frank worked as a farmlabourer for a few months until he foundemployment in a mixed practice in York. Herehe gained useful experience but soonvolunteered for military service and became aCaptain in the Royal Army Veterinary Corpswhich took him to Burma.
After his war service, and teaching briefly atthe Royal Veterinary College, Frank workedin a mixed practice until 1949 when hebecame an Assistant Veterinary InvestigationOfficer at MAFF Aberystwyth. Here hebecame particularly interested in poultrydiseases but somewhat frustrated at not beingable to follow-up investigations to define thecauses.
After joining the University of LiverpoolVeterinary School in 1952 as a lecturer, he wasable to initiate his research at LeahurstCampus. Frank was awarded his PhD(London) in 1954 and became a Fellow of theRoyal College of Veterinary Surgeons(FRCVS) in 1955. Later in his career he wasalso awarded his DSc (London, 1970) and,after helping to establish the Royal College ofVeterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Diploma inPoultry Medicine and Production asChairman of the RCVS Poultry SpecialisationBoard (1987), he was among its firstrecipients. This was followed by two yearsserving as Chairman of its examinationssubcommittee.
In the early days at Liverpool, Frank wasone of the few academics at the time whoconsidered poultry diseases to be worthy ofstudy and research. Alone, he obtainedfunding from the then Agricultural ResearchCouncil and the British Egg Marketing Boardto establish at Leahurst a dedicated research
laboratory building, animal house facilitiesand a team of research staff. The research unitopened in 1966 and, following his officialretirement in 1985, the laboratory buildingwas renamed the Jordan Building. The workof this initially small group comprisedresearch on poultry diseases and lecturing onthese topics to veterinary undergraduates.
In 1973, a one-year taught MVSc course inAvian Medicine was established by Frank totrain veterinarians from all over the world inpoultry diseases and it ran for 11 years. Thecourse also proved to be an excellentrecruiting ground for PhD researchcandidates.
Frank’s main research interests were inpoultry respiratory diseases and he focusedinitially on infectious laryngotracheitis andthen mycoplasmosis and other agentsinvolved in chronic respiratory disease.Together with his colleagues, the researchoutput of the group numbered more than 500publications and put the University on theworld map in terms of poultry diseaseresearch.
Frank delivered numerous invited talks atprestigious conferences in many differentcountries. He also undertook study leave andadvisory work in various countries and wasin the USA in 1963 at the time when PresidentJohn F Kennedy was assassinated and in 1984he was helping PhD students in Tripoli whenthe UK severed diplomatic relations withLibya. He certainly had his share ofadventures!
Frank was an inspiring teacher, neverhappier than being with students in a chickenhouse, sniffing the atmosphere for ammoniaor delving in carcases in the post-mortemroom pointing out a swollen bursa or necroticenteritis. He also gave lectures on poultrydiseases, by invitation, to students at Bristol,Glasgow and Edinburgh Veterinary Schoolsand at the Institute for Animal Health,Compton.
He edited several editions of the classic textPoultry Diseases which enhanced hisinternational fame. The book has been usedas a standard all over the world wherestudents learn about poultry.
Frank still found time to be President of theBritish Veterinary Poultry Association,President of the Association of VeterinaryTeachers and Research Workers and amember of several University andGovernment committees and visiting groups.He held office in the International
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Organisation for Mycoplasmology andtravelled as an advisor on behalf of the WorldHealth Organisation.
Frank officially retired in 1985 and, ratherremarkably, was co-author on at least 18publications after retirement. He continued towork in the Jordan building at the LeahurstCampus until he was in his late eighties andwas highly regarded by both established andnewer poultry researchers as their guru. Hisfinal two papers were published when he was88 and 91 years of age.
In recognition of his achievements Frankwas elected an Honorary Life Member of theWorld Veterinary Poultry Association(WVPA) in 1983. He was awarded the GordonMemorial Trust Lecture and Medal in 1985 ‘inrecognition of distinguished contributions topoultry science’. In the same year he waselected as a Life Member of the BritishVeterinary Poultry Association and in 1995 hewas awarded the Poultry Industry Award forlifetime services to the poultry industry. In1993 he was appointed MBE in recognition ofhis ‘services to veterinary medicine’.
In 2013, the President of the WVPA (the lateDr Trevor Bagust) visited Frank’s residentialhome in Delph to deliver in person acertificate and speech to induct him as one ofthe first 52 members of the WVPA Hall ofHonour for ‘exceptional contribution to theWVPA and the world of poultry healthmanagement’.
Ahmed Ali Sami Ahmed It is with great sadness that we inform you ofthe death of our friend, colleague and mentorProf. Dr Ahmed Ali Sami Ahmed who passedaway on the 3rd March 2015 at the age of 81.
Professor Ahmed Sami was born on 20thOctober 1933 in El-Minia Province, Egypt. In1958 he obtained his veterinary degree fromthe Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, CairoUniversity.
He completed his Dr medicinae veterinariaeat the Department of Poultry Diseases,Giessen University, Germany, and in 1971 hesuccessfully completed his Dr habilitatusthesis at the Department of Poultry Diseases,University of Munich.
In 1958, he joined the staff of theDepartment of Poultry Diseases at Faculty ofVeterinary Medicine, Cairo University andbecame Professor in 1976. Then he was named
as the Dean of the then newly establishedFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, AlexandriaUniversity, Egypt.
From 1979 to 1982, he served as Professor ofPoultry diseases at the Faculty of Veterinaryscience, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.He returned back to Alexandria University inEgypt and served as the head of Departmentof Poultry Diseases until his retirement andbecame an Emeritus Professor in 1994.
Professor Ahmed Sami established theEgyptian branch of the World VeterinaryPoultry Association (WVPA) in 1986 andserved as president until 2006. He organisedthe XII World Congress of the WVPA that washeld in 2002 in Cairo, Egypt.
From 1997 to 2005 he served as VicePresident of the WVPA; and in 2005 he wasnamed as Honorary Life president of WVPA.In 2013 he was selected for the WVPA Hall ofHonour.
His contributions to poultry veterinaryscience were recognised by numerous awardsfrom industry, academia and government. Heserved as a scientific advisor for severalpoultry companies in Egypt and severalMiddle Eastern countries.
Over the past 50 years, he was selected tochair most, if not all of governmentalcommittees related to poultry diseases andproduction in Egypt. His knowledge andexpertise were instrumental to theenhancement and growth of the poultryindustry in Egypt and the Middle East.
Professor Ahmed Sami’s career has focusedon diagnosis and control of poultry diseases,with particular emphasis on respiratory andfoodborne diseases. He has publishednumerous papers in peer-reviewed journalsand supervised more than 50 post-graduatestudents. He is best known for his work onNewcastle disease, infectious bronchitis andadenovirus infections, but has also worked onbacterial and parasitic diseases of chickens,duck and geese.
He will be missed by poultryspecialists of the World VeterinaryPoultry Association, as hiscontributions will not be forgotten. Wewill remember Professor Ahmed Samifor his long lasting, valuablecontributions to academia, teaching,and research that supported the poultryindustry in the Middle East.
Our thoughts are with his wife,Hildegard, his daughter Susanne andson Hani.
Obituaries
Ahmed Ali Sami Ahmed
(1933-2015)
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July 11-14 – American Veterinary Medical Association and American Association of Avian PathologistsBoston, Massachusetts, USAWebsite: www.avma.orgwww.aaap.info
September7-11 – XIX Congress of the World Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA)Cape Town, South AfricaWebsite: www.wvpac2015.com
15-18 – SPACERennes, FranceWebsite: www.space.fr
21-22 – 2nd WVPA-WPSA (MalaysianBranch) Scientific MeetingKuala Lumpur, MalaysiaEmail: [email protected]
21-23 – Livestock AsiaKuala Lumpur, MalaysiaWebsite: www.livestockasia.com
October8-10 – Ildex IndonesiaJakarta, IndonesiaWebsite: www.ildex.com
12-14 – National Meeting on PoultryHealth, Processing and Live ProductionMaryland, USAWebsite: www.dpichicken.org/events
November 12-13 – BVPA Winter MeetingManchester, UKWebsite: www.bvpa.org.uk
January 201625-26 – Southern Conference on Avian,Diseases, World Congress CenterAtlanta, Georgia, USAWebsite: http://www.ippexpo.org/ipsf
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April24-27 –Western Poultry Disease Conference (WPDC)Vancouver, BC, CanadaWebsite: http://conferences.ucdavis.edu/wpdc
August5-9 – American Veterinary MedicalAssociation and American Association of Avian PathologistsSan Antonio, Texas, USAWebsite: www.avma.org www.aaap.info
September/OctoberWVPA Asia MeetingThe PhilippinesWebsite: www.wvpa.net
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As I stand atop the Castle RockAnd gaze on Edinburgh’s braesI cast my eye and smile as ILook back on olden daysFor within the city tall and wideThere’s an ancient wall with a toon insideEver known as Scotland’s prideAuld Edinburgh Town
A capital, to crown them allAn’ steeped in Scotland’s fameWhere er ye gaun, yer heart is drawnTae yer Edinburgh hameFor within the city old and newA beating heart comes shining throughThe place from where the city grewAuld Edinburgh Town
As you wander down the ancient townThe history unfoldsThere you’ll find some peace of mindAnd stories to be toldWith a modern City rich in styleFrom the Port Of Leith to the Royal MileWe welcome you to stop a whileIn Auld Edinburgh Town
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