| Volume 36, June 2016 | Newsletter Editor: Dr G.B. Havenstein, |
Executive Committee
President's Report
Following are conferences activities in which I have recently participated.
WPSA Brazilian Branch Conference (Facta's Conference), 2016: The Facta Conference's theme was ‘Poultry Production and Sustainability’. The Annual Conference of the Brazilian Branch of WPSA, known as Facta's Conference (www.facta.org.br), was held from 17-19 May 2016 in a Convention Centre inside a shopping mall in the city of Campinas, SP, at Facta's head office; the same venue as in 2015. The programme kept the usual schedule with selected papers presented orally and others by posters. Lectures were performed by invited speakers. As usual, the best papers in four different areas were awarded to stimulate new scientists. We also recognize, by nomination and voting, an outstanding professional that has dedicated a great part of his/her time to technical development of the poultry industry. Besides being the most traditional annual scientific poultry meeting in Brazil, the number of attendees as well as sponsors reduced as a result of the Brazil’s present economic situation. As a member of the scientific committee, and as president of the Brazilian Branch of WPSA, I dedicated part of my time to these duties.
Poultry Summit Europe 2016: This meeting was held on May 16-18, 2016 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. ‘A world without Antibiotics?’ was the theme for this Poultry Summit which was organized by VIV Trade Summits in association with WPSA and IPP. I was invited by the organizers as the President of the WPSA. Delegates from 25 countries were represented. Besides meeting with several attendees, I had the opportunity to meet with Dr Coulibaly Abdrahamane, President of the WPSA Mali Branch. We have exchanged emails after the meeting about the possibility of cooperating with them in a Mali WPSA meeting. This Europe 2016 Summit was very interesting with its content and format. Prof. Ning Yang, president of the WPSA China Branch and of the WPC2016, also attended the Summit. Concerning the WPC2016, Prof. Yang, Dr. Roel Mulder, General Secretary of the WPSA, and myself had a meeting reviewing several ceremonial aspects of the upcoming WPC2016.
2nd International Conference on Livestock Nutrition: This conference will be held on July 21-22, 2016 in Brisbane, Australia. I have been invited to serve as a keynote speaker to deliver a presentation on ‘new advances on feed additives (probiotics and prebiotics) for the replacement of antibiotics as growth promoters’.
Edir N. Silva
WPSA President
Secretary's Report
Board meeting: The annual board meeting will be held 4-5 September 2016 in Beijing, China, during the 25th Worlds Poultry Congress. The Council meeting is planned for 8 September 2016. The latest information on WPC 2016 can be found on www.wpc2016.cn and elsewhere in this newsletter.
Council meeting: During the Council meeting officers for the Board will be elected who will serve during the years 2016-2020. Dr Avigdor Cahaner, Israel, chair of the Nominating Advisory Committee started the work of this Committee, whose primary task was to come forward with a list of candidates for the WPSA board officers to be elected. In addition, according to our Constitution, branches and individual members are invited to nominate candidates to the Secretary General as well (). Please regard the deadline for submission of 90 days before the Council meeting.
Programmes: Part of the responsibility of the overall WPSA organization is to support branches, poultry networks, and individual members in organizing meetings, in applying for speakers for their meetings, and/ or to provide travel grants for attending meetings. Please check the WPSA website for more details.
Other meetings: The 5th Mediterranean Poultry Summit will be held from 20-25 October 2016. For more info see this newsletter and www. mpn-wpsa.org/cruise2016.
Promotion of WPSA: For general promotion of WPSA, WPS Journal and WPC 2016, WPSA was present at IPPE Atlanta USA (January), and VIV MEA Abu Dhabi UAE (February). During VIV MEA on 15 February 2016 a mini-conference was organized in co-operation with MEAP Middle East Agriculture Publishers.
The 5th Poultry Outlook Forum 2016 was organized by the UAE branch on 13 March 2016 in Dubai, UAE, during the AGRA ME exhibition. There were over 100 attendees. The 6th Poultry Outlook Forum is planned for 10 April 2017.
From 29-31 March 2016, WPSA was present at Victam Asia Bangkok Thailand. This exhibition has become a meeting place for many members from branches throughout Asia. WPSA was deeply involved with the development of the programme for the Poultry Summit Europe 2016 from 16-18 May 2016 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The title of the meeting was ‘A world without antibiotics?’
World’s Poultry Science Journal: All WPSA members are entitled to the online version of the Journal. On request, the printed Journal will also be sent to members. Members who would like to receive the printed Journal are requested to contact the secretariat: .
Invitations from Branches and Symposia: Following an invitation, your secretary will attend the Scientific sessions organized by the Chilean Branch in June 2016.
Cooperation with the organization on World Veterinary Education in Production Animal Health (WVEPAH): Some years ago, it was agreed to start a formal co-operation with the WVEPAH, a non-profit organization which now also organizes training courses on poultry (for 3 à 4 weeks) in several countries (www.wvepah.org). Activities are announced on our website and in the WPS Journal.
E-mail WPSA Newsletter: The newsletter has over 1500 subscribers and contains increasingly more information on Branch activities. Members and other interested in the work of WPSA are requested to subscribe personally.
Dr Roel Mulder
Treasurer's Report
While in the spring, many think of new life and growth ... for treasurers and accountants it is the time to deal with the old numbers of the previous year. A good portion of the last quarter was spent finalizing WPSA’s 2015 Financial Report and the paper work for our tax-exempt status. I am pleased to report that all this work has been completed and only one required task remains. That is, completion of the tedious Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) form. While the major accounts of WPSA are maintained in the United States, where WPSA is registered, the Association has small satellite accounts in The Netherlands (location of the WPSA Secretariat). Due to the existence of these foreign accounts, WPSA is required to file the very detailed FBAR. This process requires significant input from the Secretary (who controls the foreign accounts), the Treasurer, and the bookkeeper at our Certified Public Accountants office. This work will be completed in early summer.
In anticipation of our upcoming WPC2016, I am working on not only the report of last year’s financial activity, but also the report of the financial activity and trends since our last Congress in Salvador. These reports and many other important reports will be presented at the Council Meeting during the World Poultry Congress. It is, of course, a duty of Councillors to attend. In addition, I urge all interested members to come to the Council Meeting and learn more about the operations of your Association.
Mid-quarter I invoiced all of our Sponsors and Advertisers for the World’s Poultry Science Journal. I am pleased to report that a good number have paid before the due date. Later this month, I will be sending second notices to those companies who have yet to pay.
In the last Newsletter, I wrote about the Student Programme at the Pacific Egg and Poultry Association (PePa) and the continuing sponsorships of the United States of America Branch/WPSA. Since that writing, both I and the Secretary of the Branch have received thank you notes from the students who attended, as well as from the staff at PePa. Below is a photo sent from Debbie Murdock, Executive Director of PePa, showing two of the award-winning poultry students flanking the WPSA flag.
I wish you all a good summer and some days of reflection and relaxation, and I hope to see many of you in Beijing!
Dr Francine Bradley
Beijing to host the World's Poultry Congress
On behalf of the Chinese Organizing Committee, I am pleased to again invite you to participate in the XXV World’s Poultry Congress (WPC2016) which will be held in Beijing during September 5-9, 2016. The Congress is co-hosted by the China Branch of the World’s Poultry Science Association (WPSA-CN) and the Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine (CAAV).
The multidisciplinary scientific programme of WPC2016 will address a wide range of subjects, and it will provide a unique and comprehensive platform for sharing and discussion of the latest scientific research and technology transfer developments for poultry production worldwide.
We look forward to welcoming you to Beijing and offering our attendees the perfect blend of stimulating scientific exchanges and rich cultural programmes.
Ning Yang, Ph.D., President, China Branch of WPSA
Important registration information
| Registration Category | By March 5th, 2016 |
March 6th to |
On-site |
| WPSA Member | $500 | $600 | $700 |
| Non-member | $680 | $800 | $850 |
| Student Member | $200 | $300 | $400 |
| Student Non-member | $300 | $400 | $500 |
| Single Day | $180 | $200 | $250 |
| Accompany Person | $180 | $200 | $240 |
Other important information about WPC2016
Youth Programme: Thirty students will be awarded with full registration to WPC2016, accommodation and one-week visiting in China after the congress. Note: Flight tickets are not included.
Young Scientist Programme: Twenty young scientists under 35 years old, who are members of WPSA, and who work in poultry science relevant fields, will be awarded with full registration to WPC2016, accommodation, and round trip economy air fare tickets.
Following are some other highlights related to WPC2016: For additional information about the Congress and its tours, please go to the Congress website: http://www.wpc2016.cn.
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| The programme of WPC2016 will be presented to reflect the current status and evolving advances in the science and practice of poultry production worldwide. The congress arms at a more sustainable poultry production. The multidisciplinary programme of the WPC2016 will address a wide range of subjects. | WPC2016 has finished selecting plenary speakers and sectional invited speakers, and the list of confirmed invited speakers can be found on Home page of WPC2016. Plenary lecture will be held without other parallel sessions, and sectional lectures will be scheduled in parallel. | WPC2016 will offer the opportunity for 30 students to attend the Congress under the Youth Programme. The assistance will include registration fee, accommodation and a post-congress tour. WPC2016 will also provide grants to 20 young scientists under the Young Scientists Programme. The assistance will include registration fee, accommodation, and round trip economy air fare ticket. |
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| WPC2016 will collaborate with VNU to jointly present a special VIV China Show during the same period of WPC2016, which will feature a large scale exhibition for poultry industry to allow international and local companies and organizations to show their products and expertise to a worldwide market. | Sponsorship programmes are uniquely designed to meet your business development goals and objectives. It's an important communication opportunity for the government, entrepreneurial and academic experts, it also opens to business, social and cultural area representatives from other countries. | Beijing, as the WPC2016 host city, is a political, scientific, cultural and educational centre of China. A long history of more than 3,000 years has left a numerous historical sites, which possess great aesthetic and cultural values. |
Organizing Committee of WPC2016
Tel: + 86 (10) 62732741
Email:
www.wpc2016.cn
Click here for the WPC2016 Eblast
European Federation
The European Federation has numerous conferences planned between now and the end of 2017.
News from a number of European Federation's working groups is provided below.
WPSA European Working Group News
WG2
Poultry Nutrition
The Organizing Committee, and IRTA like local organizing Group are pleased to announce that the 21st European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition (ESPN 2017) will be held in Salou, (Tarragona) Spain on May 8-11 2017.
During the four days of the Symposium, the convention Centre in Port Aventura will serve as the primary area for all scientific knowledge, discussions, and innovations concerning poultry nutrition. With more than 1.000 attendees at the last edition of the Symposium in Prague, the European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition is a must for everyone involved in the poultry sector.
If you are a poultry professional, be sure to note the dates of May 8-11 on your 2017 calendar.
WG4
Quality of Eggs and Egg Products
The next meeting for WG4 will be at the WPC in Beijing in September 2016. The WPC scientific committee has put out a call for proposed speakers and themes for that meeting. Please feel free to forward your proposals to either or Yves Nys () who are on the scientific committee for this conference.
Plans for the next EGGMEAT symposium which takes place in Edinburgh on the 3-5th September 2017 are now reaching an advanced stage. The scientific programme for the 2017 meeting has been condensed into just 2 days in the hope that this might attract more delegates. The Turkish Branch of WPSA has offered to host the EGGMEAT Symposium in 2019.
If you would like to join WG4 or would like further details then please contact Prof. Maureen Bain from the University of Glasgow (E-mail: )
Maureen Bain, Chairperson, WG4, and Massimiliano Petracci, Chairperson WG5
WG5
Quality of Poultry Meat
The next EggMeat Symposia will be held in Edinburgh (Scotland) during September 2017.
WG6
Reproduction
The 2016 meeting for the INCUBATION AND FERTILITY RESEARCH GROUP will be organized in Brugge, Belgium, from 4-6 December 2016. The meeting will be held at the Golden Tulip hotel de’Medici (www.goldentulipdemedici.be). Participants are invited to present results of their research related to incubation and fertility issues (Booking and abstract forms are located on www.ifrg.org.
Following are the preliminary plans for the programme:
Session 1 on: Preservation of Endangered Avian Species
Elisabeth Blesbois (INRA, Tours, France) is prepared to review this topic as a keynote speaker.
She will review current research on reproduction, including biotechnology, necessary for the preservation of endangered avian species. She is currently the leader of an EU-funded project on reproduction addressing this specific topic.
We invite other participants working in this field to present their results via a lecture or poster. Do not hesitate to add your presentation to this session.
Furthermore, we invite participants to contribute to one of the following sessions:
Session 2 on: Chick Quality and the First Weeks Growth
Session 3 on: Breeder Nutrition and Chick Quality
Sessions 4 – 8: Committee members please feel free to suggest or add other relevant topics or themes
Dr. Marleen Boerjan, President IFRG
Incubation and Fertility Research Group on Reproduction
WG9
Poultry Welfare and Management
WG9 met in Antwerp, Belgium, for the annual meeting kindly hosted by the Belgian branch at the "Experimental Poultry Centre from the province Antwerp". The participants had a very interesting discussion about several topics.
The main one was the set up of the programme of the next Symposium to be held in Ploufragan (Brittany, France) in 2017, June 19-23rd [http://www.poultrywelfare2017.com].
Moreover the group decided to write down some guidelines to help the National Branches in their proposals for the candidate to join the WG9. The main reason is to improve knowledge and expertise within the group, but at the same time to try to have not a too big group (maximum 40 people).
The Group generally agreed that the main criteria for membership are that members are active and contribute to the group, either by attending our annual meeting or by communicating by email or other means and by submitting a country report. Criteria for joining the group are to be able to communicate in English and have an appropriate competency in poultry welfare (which is not restricted to research only).
The Danish representative informed the Group about a 2-week course on Poultry production and Health for PhD students (and possibly master students) in October 2016 [see: http://projects.au.dk/poultry-production-and-health/].
The Group decided to have a web meeting to finalize the program of the Symposium after the abstract review.
The Group had a very interesting visit to the new poultry facility of the Experimental Poultry Centre.
Asia Pacific Federation
APF Newsletter has been circulated: Very recently a new APF newsletter has been circulated to all AP Federation branches. That newsletter can also be seen on the APF website www.asiapacificpoultry.com.
APF Working Groups 1 and 2: Time has been allocated on the WPC 2016 programme for oral presentations on Small Scale Family Poultry Farming, and for Waterfowl during the upcoming congress in Beijing in early September. Check the congress website for further information (www.wpc2016.cn).
Working Group 3 - Ratites Symposium: The 6th International Ratite Symposium will be held in Stellenbosch, South Africa on the, 6-7 July, 2016. You can find more information about this symposium elsewhere in this newsletter. Check out www.sasascongress.co.za.
APF meetings at WPC: There will be three Asian Pacific Federation meetings conducted during WPC 2016 in Beijing: including 1) a General APF Committee meeting; 2) a WG1 (Small Scale Family Poultry Farming) Committee meeting; and 3) a WG2 (Waterfowl) Committee meeting. These meetings will provide updates as they are being held mid-term in the APPC cycle.
Branch Secretaries please note - Important meetings at WPC: Branches should begin preparing now for the Council meeting which will be held during the congress. During this important meeting, a new board will be elected to serve during the years 2016 - 2020. The number and type of vacancies have not yet been officially announced. However, it is very likely that there will be enough nominations for some of the various positions to require a vote. It would be a good idea to take a look at the WPSA Constitution and By-laws to familiarise yourselves with the processes involved. See www.wpsa.com/images/downloads/2015_Constitution_Bylaws.pdf. Branch secretaries should review all communications from the WPSA Secretariat regarding branch responsibilities at these meetings. Branches should note that there will also be a meeting of all Branch Secretaries during WPC 2016.
Alan Gibbins, President Asian/Pacific Federation
WPSA Asian-Pacific Working Group News
A/P WG2
Waterfowl
There will be a waterfowl symposium during the 25th World’s Poultry Congress in Beijing in 2016. The next WG2 Committee Meeting will be held during the 25th World’s Poultry Congress in Beijing during September 5-9, 2016.
Dr Jeng-Fang Huang, Chairperson
A/P WG3
Ratites
The 6th International Ratite Scientific Symposium will be held on 6 and 7 July 2016 at the Spier Estate, near to Stellenbosch in South Africa. The symposium is presented by the Western Cape Branch of the South African Society for Animal Science (SASAS) under the auspices of the Asia-Pacific branch of the World Poultry Science Association (WPSA). In concurs with the poultry sessions of the 49th annual SASAS congress to allow for the ratite and poultry industries to share experiences and discuss issues of mutual interest.
Topics to be discussed include challenges common to both industries, an industry-specific feedback session, nutrition, chick rearing and husbandry, veterinary and health aspects, products, reproduction and breeding, as well as incubation and embryology. A total of 14 invited keynote addresses and 17 contributed papers will be presented in 8 plenary sessions from 08:00 on 6 July (Wednesday) to 13:00 on 7 July (Thursday). Several well-known ratite and poultry scientists and industry leaders will share the podium during this period.
Registration for the symposium is still open until 13 June 2016. Tariffs (including lunch and tea/coffee) are ZAR 2550 (US$ 162) for WPSA members, ZAR 2850 (US$ 181) for non-members, ZAR 2250 (US$ 143) for fulltime student WPSA members and ZAR 2450 (US$ 155) for fulltime student non-members. Further information can be obtained from Dr Helet Lambrechts (Western Cape SASAS chair and overall SASAS/ratite convenor) at or Prof Schalk Cloete (ratite symposium scientific programme convenor) at . All interested WPSA members are welcome to attend.
Dr Irek Malecki, Working Group 3 Ratites
Mediterranean Poultry Summit
5th Mediterranean Poultry Summit (The conference on a cruise)
Dear Colleagues,
Preparations for the 5th MPS are underway and in full swing. We are looking forward to a most enjoyable and scientifically rewarding conference. We have 14 internationally known keynote speakers to introduce the various sessions and abstracts have been received for both oral and poster presentations. We expect to have a big turnout with over 500 participants. All of the details for registration and abstract submission can be obtained from our website www.mpn-wpsa.org. We look forward to your participation.
The Mediterranean Poultry Network of the WPSA published its 5th Newsletter for the up-coming 5th MPS which will be cruising between Italy, Spain and France in October 20-25, 2016. The committees are very pleased with the anticipated attendance so far, and we are very pleased with the number of papers that will be presented. In addition to the 14 keynote papers (listed on the website), a total of 132 abstracts have been accepted The 14 keynote papers, the 55 oral presentations, and the 63 digital posters will be provided by scientists from 33 countries.
One of the new innovations at this conference will be digital poster presentations along with short oral presentations. This should provide an innovative and practical way of presenting the posters.
See all the details in the website: www.mpn-wpsa.org
Branch News
Germany
In March more than 100 members and interested people came to Köthen, a nice small city near Leipzig, to participate in the annual meeting of the German Branch.
Activities of the past year were reviewed during the business meeting,. Based on the branches sound financial status, we will again support young scientists from Germany with travel grants to encourage their participation at the WPC2016 in Beijing.
Following a witty guided tour through the Johann-Sebastian-Bach City of Köthen, part of the tour was performed by costumed medieval washerwomen. The day ended with a dinner in the relaxed atmosphere of the Köthener Ratskeller. For those of you who are not aware, the photograph at the right shows what the washerwomen looked like!
Interesting presentations with veterinary, nutritional, egg handling and economic topics and fruitful discussions thereafter were part of the well-attended scientific programme on the second day. In the afternoon Leo Graf von Drechsel and his team from Wimex organized a very interesting programme to visit either a parent stock farm or the new veterinary lab ‘Praxis Müller-Molenar & Todte’.
The next annual meeting will be held in March 2017 in Hannover.
Anke Forester, German Branch Secretary
Italy
The Italian Branch of WPSA organized the 52nd edition of its annual meeting that dealt with ‘Insects: alternative and sustainable protein sources for poultry diets?' on April 1st, 2016 in Bastia Umbra (PG) in conjunction with the 48th edition of ‘Agriumbria’ Fair. Text and slide of the presentations for this meeting can be accessed from our website:
http://www.wpsa.it/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=as002057free:category&id=46&Itemid=176.
The Italian Branch is also actively involved in the organization of the 5th Mediterranean Poultry Summit that will be held on 20-25 October 2016 (website www.mpn-wpsa.org). See more information on this event elsewhere in this newsletter.
Russia
Poultry breeder forum in Lipetsk
The International poultry breeder Forum has been carried out in Lipetsk town on May 23 to 27, 2016. The forum theme has been ‘Innovations in production are poultry enterprise ef-fectiveness guarantee’.
The Russian Poultry Breeding Union and FNTS ‘VNITIP’ RAN has been the event or-ganizers. OEZ ‘Lipetsk’ and ‘Terbuny’ has become the Forum platform. The world poultry cage equipment market leader the ‘Texha’ plant and the premix production plant of ‘MegaMix’ com-pany are working here.
The extensive programme has been prepared for the Forum participants of the domestic and foreign poultry expert reports. The ‘Texha’ company plant visiting has been provided by the event plan. The plant has got its own design office and produce cage equipment for poultry in-dustry. The Forum participants have been shown the robotic complex for poultry automatic un-loading.
“We bought these cages in Italy, in Germany and in The Netherlands until recently, and this plant start-up will be the outlet in this respect. But we must not stop, we must go forward constantly”, – the ‘Rosptitsesojuz’ president Vladimir Fisinin commented.
The Company share at Russia market is 10 percent now. “Our plan is to reach 50 per-cent”, - the ‘Texha’ OOO General Director Serguey Gromov said in his report at the International poultry breeder Forum.
The Company workers consider this aim to be ‘attainable and real one’ as they are sure in Russia poultry branch development prospects.
The main event of these days has taken place within the Forum on the May 26. It is the opening ceremony of the ‘MegaMix’ new producing complex for premix production.
Some Lipetskaya region leaders have taken part in the solemn complex opening: Yury-Bozhko, acting as Lipetskaya region Administration head, Nikolay Taguintsev, the deputy region head, Serguey Ivanov, the Lipetsk head, and also Vladimir Fisinin, The Russian Poultry Breeder Union president, and Serguey Barabanstchikov, the Terbun district head.
“The main is that we not start-up the plant simply, we start-up the most innovative plant. After all it is important not only to bring in premix vitamins and micro minerals but to make the high quality homogeneous mixture”, – the ‘Rosptitsesojuz’ president academician Vladimir Fisinin has emphasized.
The Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev has noted the new premix plant great im-portance for Russian agriculture on the eve of the Forum opening at the enlarged meeting of Ag-ricultural Ministry total commission on May 25.
“The plant will produce premixes (feed mixtures) for all agricultural animal and poultry species. This plant with full capacity 140,000 tons per year will be able to provide up to the half of Russian market requirement”, – said Vasiliy Frizen, the ‘MegaMix’ company General Director at the opening ceremony.
The own A class storage facility areas more than 13,000 m2.
The stuff number will be some 240 persons after the plant exit to full capacity. The company will become the largest premix producer in Russia taking into account the operating production cite in Volgograd. Serguey Vlasov has become the General Director of ‘MegaMix Center’ OOO in Lipetsk.
The project technologic partners have become the world chemical industry leader – BASF SE concern – and the Dutch equipment producer ‘Ottevanger Milling Engineers’. The main new production feature is two autonomic production lines availability one of which is in-tended for premixes with medical preparations.
The group of ‘MegaMix’ companies is the largest Russia premix producer for all agri-cultural animal and poultry species. The company is operating at the market more than 17 years. Now the company has two modern production complexes: in Volgograd town and in the Li-petsck region. The plant has undergone the testing for International quality standard accordance ISO 9001, and it is confirmed by SGS company.
‘MegaMix’ company testing laboratory has the accreditation in International ‘Analitica’ system. The research is being carried out more than on 270 indicators. This laboratory is the most modern in the branch now.
‘MegaMix’ company partners are many animal breeding and poultry breeding complexes in Russia and abroad. Each fourth feed ton in Russia is being produced at the base of ‘MegaMix’ premixes now.
Tatiana Vasilieva
