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2026

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World’s Poultry Congress 2026

13-17 July 2026
Toronto, Canada

IFRG meeting 2026

29-30 October 2026
The Netherlands

8th Mediterranean Poultry Summit

27-30 September 2026
Split, Croatia

World's poultry congress 2026

  • The World’s Poultry Congress will be organized from 13-17 July 2026 in Toronto, Canada. Visit the Congress website for actual information.
  • Registration is open for the 2026 World’s Poultry Congress in Toronto!
    We encourage you to share this registration link and help us spread the word about this landmark event. The Congress brings together poultry scientists, industry professionals, and students from around the world for an unparalleled opportunity to exchange knowledge, build networks, and showcase innovation in our field.
    Please promote registration within your networks so we can ensure strong participation from across the globe.
    Registration link: https://cvent.me/qx3oby
  • Young WPSA members/students and older scientists (>40 y) from developing countries can apply for a WPSA Travel Grant.
  • 2026 Cliff D. Carpenter International Essay Competition. Five travel awards of $2,000 will be made available on a competitive basis to full time graduate poultry science students for attendance at the World’s Poultry Congress in Toronto, Canada. Deadline extended to February 10, 2026.
  • Nominating Advisory Committee (NAC): proposals of candidates for nomination of Secretary-General, Treasurer and Vice-Presidents may be made by any individual member or Branch. Each candidate can only be nominated for one position.
    Nominations must be send to the NAC Chair, Dr Roel Mulder (ro*****@***il.com). Deadline: April 1, 2026. 

Branch/Working group News

WPSA Programmes

Branch News

  • The Indonsesia Branch reports on its activities during November and December 2025. Click here for the full report.

  • The Italian Branch of the WPSA held the first Italian Poultry Week (24–28 November 2025) in Bertinoro, engaging about 40 young researchers and industry professionals. Detailed information, including the event’s program, are available on the website of the Italian Branch.
    The Italian Branch is willing to share its experience from this week with other branches, and support them in organizing similar ones.

  • Activities of the Pakistan branch, including the International Poultry Exhibition 2025 (Lahore, 23-25 October), and all branch information, are reported on the .

  • For full UK branch news, see their latest newsletter: Membership newsletter – Winter 2025-26 – WPSA 
TRAVEL GRANT PROGRAMME

For young WPSA members and students (<40 years).

PhD student Research support PROGRAMME

For PhD students to support their research projects.

BRANCH DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS

For WPSA branches.

TRAVEL GRANT PROGRAMME

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

SPEAKERS’ BUREAU PROGRAMME

For WPSA Branches/Working Groups organizing a WPSA meeting.

Upcoming conferences

Check the WPSA website for a complete list of upcoming WPSA conferences.
  • APSS 2026: The Australian Poultry Science Symposium will be held in Sydney on 9-11 February 2026. It will cover broiler and layer nutrition, artificial intelligence in poultry production, poultry welfare, re-imagining amino acid nutrition, intestinal health and antibiotic replacement, and updates on avian influenza. Registration is now open via the website https://apss.sydney.edu.au/.
  • The Japan Poultry Science Association (JPSA) will hold the 2026 Spring Meeting Online on March 26-27, with presentations from 9:00 to 17:00 (JST). Details about the meeting will be posted at https://jpn-psa.jp/en/meeting-information/ The JPSA welcomes broad participation worldwide.
  • The next UK Branch spring conference will be held in Manchester, 22-23 April 2026. For details and registration, please see our webpage.
  • The Turkish Branch of WPSA will hold the International Congress on Digitalization and Health in Poultry Production on 7-8 May 2026 in Elazığ. Registration is now open at: https://ipc2026.com/eng/?p=reg-accommodation.
  • The next IFRG meeting will take place on 29-30 October 2026 in The Netherlands. Organizing committee: Dr Roos Molenaar (Chair IFRG), Fiona Schoemaker MSc (Royal GD Animal Health), Lotte Hebbink MSc (Royal PasReform), Dr Thijs Manders (University of Utrecht). Updates will be published on the website.
  • The UK branch is hosting the next European Symposium on Poultry Welfare, on 31st May to 3rd June 2027 (please note the change of dates.) See the website and register your interest https://espw2027.com/.
  • The next World Waterfowl Conference will be organized 20-22 September 2027 in Nantes (France). All information is available at the following link.

courses

Scientific articles

Note from the editor

We are happy to have a list oftitles and links to more than 30 scientific articles covering a very wide range of poultry science topics. You are encouraged to use ctrl-F to search the list 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). 

Growth performance, meat quality, cecal microbiota and metabolomics profile of turkeys fed diets containing black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) meal (Italy)
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Susceptibility of Conventional and Organic Chicken Breast and Thigh Meat to Lipid and Protein Oxidation During Heating and In Vitro Digestion (Belgium, France, Italy)
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Comparative transcriptome analysis of pectoralis major muscles affected by white striping, wooden breast and spaghetti meat in male and female broiler chickens (Italy, Serbia)
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Updating descriptive sensory evaluation of chicken: proposing new protocols and statistical analysis (Germany)
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Investigating factors affecting the incidence of tibial dyschondroplasia in meat-type poultry: A meta-analysis (Canada)
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Evaluation of breast meat quality in slow-growing native chickens compared with commercial medium- and fast-growing hybrids (Italy)
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Multidrug-Resistant pESI-Harboring Salmonella enterica Serovar Muenchen Sequence Type 82 in Poultry and Humans, Israel, 2020–2023 (Israel)
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Molecular detection of antimicrobial resistance in livestock mycoplasmas: current status and future prospects (Hungary, France, Belgium, Australia, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, UK, Israel)
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Advancing standardization of diagnostics and antimicrobial susceptibility testing for pathogenic mycoplasmas of livestock origin: insights from the MyMIC network (France, Italy, Finland, Belgium, Poland, Sweden, Hungary, Israel, Germany, Spain, UK, Austria, Switzerland)
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Genetics and breeding of a black-bone and blue eggshell chicken line. 4. Responses to 3 cycles of selection for blue or green eggshell (China)
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Transcriptome profiling of fast-glycolytic and slow-oxidative muscle fibers in chickens under short- and long-term high-fat diets (China)
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Integrated lipidomics and transcriptomics to elucidate heterogeneity between intramuscular and abdominal fat and identify serum and liver markers for their differential deposition in chickens (China)
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Integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis reveals key regulatory genes and pathways associated with feed conversion efficiency in Tianchang Sanhuang chicken (China)
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Comparative analyses of dynamic transcriptome profiles reveal that DUSP1 regulates myogenic differentiation and muscle fiber type transformation (China)
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Exploring the mechanism of Qiling Jiaogulan Powder in protecting heart injury of heat-stressed broilers based on transcriptome (China)
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Single-cell analysis of differential fat deposition in chicken pectoral muscle and abdominal fat tissues (China)
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Lnc237 regulates duck myoblasts proliferation and differentiation via the miR-22-5p/MYL9 axis (China)
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Impact of specific VP3 mutations on the pathogenicity of chicken infectious anemia virus: genomic characteristics of full-length infectious DNA clones (China)
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Synaptotagmin-1 regulates egg production by con trolling luteinizing hormone secretion in chickens (China)
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Dynamic alternative polyadenylation in ovaries of Muscovy ducks across different laying stages based on full-length transcriptomics (China)
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miR-1737 targets TAK1 to mediate the BMP-Smad signaling pathway to regulate the molecular mechanism of chicken tibial chondrodysplasia (China)
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PMEL governs autosomal dominant inheritance of white-tail independent of yellow body plumage in chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) (China)
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Identification of molecular markers associated with comb traits through genome-wide association study on a specialized strain of yellow feathered broilers (China)
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LncRNA HAND2OT encoding micropeptide regulates the estradiol secretion, proliferation and apoptosis of ovarian follicular theca cells in chickens (China)
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Establishment of an efficient electroporation-based knock-in system in chicken primordial germ cells and a rapid method for positive cell selection (China)
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17β-estradiol mediates sex-biased progesterone receptor expression via estrogen receptor α in chicken pituitary (China)
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Herbal treatment of IBV–E. coli salpingitis establishment of a salpingitis model of layer chickens caused by co-infection of infectious bronchitis virus and Escherichia coli for the curative efficacy assessment of three Chinese herbal compounds (China)
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Integrated analysis of DNA methylation and transcriptome profiles in broiler heart and lung tissues reveals epigenetic regulatory mechanisms underlying ascites syndrome (China)
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The mutated very virulent IBDV (mvvIBDV) suppresses immune responses to avian influenza and newcastle disease immunization (China)
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Dietary calcium, non-phytate phosphorus, and electrolyte balance in low-protein diets for laying hens: Evaluating laying performance, egg quality, and nutrient utilization (China)
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