NEWSLETTER March

2025

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Introduction from the Secretary General, Ir Peter van Horne

We started the new year with a variety of activities. WPSA has hired marketing specialist Irina Tutert, who will assist the secretary and focus on marketing and promoting WPSA. We aim to have a more professional presence on our website, on social media, and at our booth at conferences and poultry shows.

At the end of March, WPSA will launch its new website. The website has been completely updated and now meets the latest standards. Please take a moment to explore it and learn about all the WPSA activities. WPSA is also active on LinkedIn, where we share our initiatives. We plan to use this platform to keep you informed about conferences, symposia, and workshops. Currently, we have over 300 followers, and we encourage you to connect with our account.

On March 12, WPSA hosted a successful conference at VIV Bangkok. President Michèle Tixier attended the 1st World Native Poultry Conference, which was organized by the working group ‘Small Scale Family Poultry Farming.’ We would like to thank Prof Dr Nasir Mukhtar for organizing this event and for his efforts in making it a success. Click here for a report.

The board will hold its annual meeting at the next large conference in June in Maastricht, the Netherlands: the ‘European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition.’ We hope to see you there.

federations and working groups

24th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition

23-26 June 2025
Maastricht, The Netherlands

XXVI European Symposium on the Quality of Poultry Meat and XX European Symposium on the Quality of Eggs and Egg Products

15-17 September 2025
Zadar, Croatia

13th European Symposium on Poulry Genetics

8-10 October 2025
Gdansk, Poland

World’s Poultry Congress 2026

13-17 July 2026
Toronto, Canada

Branch News

WPSA Programmes

  • The French branch took the opportunity to hold its general assembly, reviewing the association’s numerous initiatives in 2024 and electing new members to the board of directors.
  • Indonesia Branch reports on activities during January-February 2025: national seminar to promote poultry-based protein consumption, election of branch officers, academic promotion of branch members. Click here for the full report.
  • The Japan Poultry Science Association (JPSA) will hold the 2025 Spring Meeting Online on March 27 and 28, titled ‘Exploration of the function of chicken gut microbiota and mode of action of probiotics by using germ-free environment’. Details about the meeting will be posted at https://jpn-psa.jp/en/meeting-information/. The JPSA welcomes broad participation worldwide.
  • The Japan Poultry Science Association (JPSA) encourages the submission of original research articles and review papers to the Journal of Poultry Science (JPS, IF=1.8, 2023) using the following website: https://jpn-psa.jp/en/jps-en/. The JPS is an Open Access Journal; articles can be downloaded freely at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jpsa.
  • The Japan Poultry Science Association (JPSA) has a membership category for foreign citizens residing abroad as ‘Special International Members.’ The JPSA invariably welcomes new members from all over the world. Please visit the JPSA website (http://jpn-psa.jp/?lang=en) for further information.
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PhD student Research support PROGRAMME

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BRANCH DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS

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TRAVEL GRANT PROGRAMME

For ‘older’ WPSA members from developing countries (>40 years).

SPEAKERS’ BUREAU PROGRAMME

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Upcoming conferences

Check the WPSA website for a complete list of upcoming WPSA conferences.
  • On May 20-22, Colombia branch will be holding the first Poultry Incubation and Production Congress in the Caribbean city of Santa Marta, Colombia. We expect the participation of 500 professionals specializing in poultry incubation and production from across the Andean region, bringing together the most renowned experts from the industry and academia to share the latest advancements in technology and science on this important subject. Simultaneous English-Spanish translation will be available.
  • Call for Abstracts for EggMeat2025 Symposium to be held in Zadar, Croatia, 14-17 September 2025. More info about the Symposium kindly find on the official web site www.eggmeat2025.com. In case of any additional help, information or service do not hesitate to contact us on e-mail in**@*********25.com.
  • The 3rd Pan-African Poultry Conference (PPC3), with the main theme ‘Resilience and Sustainability of Poultry Value Chains in Challenging Environments in Africa’, is scheduled to be held on 22-23 September 2025 at the Future Africa, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • The 13th European Symposium on Poultry Genetics, will be held October 8 -10, 2025 in Gdańsk (Poland), and is organized by Working Group No. 3 (Breeding and Genetics) of the European Federation of WPSA and the Polish Branch of WPSA. Deadline for abstract submission April 30, 2025. For more details visit: espg2025.org.
  • A combined workshop organized by the WPSA WG6-IFRG (Incubation and Fertility Research Group) and WG12 (Physiology) will be held from October 22-24 in Berlin, Germany. For more information, registration, and abstract submission look at Combined Workshop 2025 | IFRG
  • The 8th World Waterfowl Conference will be organized in Nantes, France, September 20-22 2027.

Recent conferences: Proceedings and presentations

Webinars / podcasts

Check the WPSA website for a complete list of upcoming webinars.

courses

Scientific articles

Note from the editor

We are happy to have titles and links to scientific articles covering a very wide range of poultry science topics. You are encouraged to use the search function to search for words of interest to you (e.g., broiler, duck, egg, meat, genome, mRNA, virus, etc.)

Individual members are encouraged to send links of their papers to the Newsletter Editor (av*************@**********ac.il). 

Embryonic heat conditioning induces paternal heredity of immunological cross- tolerance: coordinative role of CpG DNA methylation and miR-200a regulation (Israel)
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Classifying vocal responses of broilers to environmental stressors via artificial neural network (Israel)
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Categorization of early embryonic malformations in broilers by a new classification method combining light microscopy and high-resolution Episcopic Microscopy (Israel)
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Social interactions do not affect mycoplasma infection in griffon vultures (Israel)
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Outdoor access versus conventional broiler chicken production: Updated review of animal welfare, food safety, and meat quality (WG5)
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Gaping conditions of the Pectoralis minor (tenders) in commercial broilers: Prevalence, histology, and gene expression (WG5)
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Estimation of breed effects and non-additive genetic variation for ostrich slaughter and skin traits (Ratite WG)
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Propagation of goose primordial germ cells in vitro relies on FGF and BMP signalling pathways (Hungary)
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Full-length transcriptome sequencing of seven tissues of GuShi chickens (China)
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The first report and biological characterization of Avian Orthoavulavirus 16 in wild migratory waterfowl and domestic poultry in China reveal a potential threat to birds (China)
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BMP2 is required for granulosa cell proliferation and primordial follicle activation in chicken (China)
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Multi-Omics Reveal the Effects and Regulatory Mechanism of Dietary Magnolol Supplementation on Production Performance of Post-Peak Laying Hens (China)
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Selenium deficiency exacerbates ROS/ER stress mediated pyroptosis and ferroptosis induced by bisphenol A in chickens thymus (China)
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Rapid detection of Pan-Avian Influenza Virus and H5, H7, H9 subtypes of Avian Influenza Virus using CRISPR/Cas13a and lateral flow assay (China)
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A novel gelatin/chitosan-based ‘sandwich’ antibacterial nanofiber film loaded with perillaldehyde for the preservation of chilled chicken (China)
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JTF-SqueezeNet: A SqueezeNet network based on joint time-frequency data representation for egg-laying detection in individually caged ducks (China)
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Integrating lipidomics and metabolomics to reveal biomarkers of fat deposition in chicken meat (China)
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Dynamic m6A Modification Landscape During the Egg Laying Process of Chickens (China)
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Integrated metabolome and transcriptome analysis reveals key genes and pathways associated with egg yolk percentage in chicken (China)
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Chicken genome-wide CRISPR library screen identifies potential candidates associated with Avian influenza virus infection (China)
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GPR120 exacerbates the immune-inflammatory response in chicken liver by mediating acetochlor induced macrophage M1 polarization (China)
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Synergy of genetics and lipid metabolism driving feed utilization efficiency in chickens (China)
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miRNA-34a-5p inhibits chicken myoblasts proliferation and differentiation via NOTCH1 inhibition (China)
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Genomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal the genetic basis of leg diseases in laying hens (China)
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Changes in gut microbiota affect DNA methylation levels and development of chicken muscle tissue (China)
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Probiotics improve eggshell quality via regulating microbial composition in the uterine and cecum (China)
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The m6A modification regulates the composition of myofiber types in chicken skeletal muscle (China)
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Comprehensive cultivation of the broiler gut microbiota guides bacterial isolation from chickens (China)
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Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma synoviae in commercial poultry: current control strategies and future challenges (multinational)
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