NEWSLETTER March

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 

Branch/Working group News

WPSA Programmes

Branch News

  • The webpage of the African Poultry Network of the WPSA (WPSA-APN), which provides detailed information about its Constitution, Office Holders, Pan-African Poultry Conferences and Proceedings, has been updated and can be visited at https://wpsa.com/african-poultry-network.

  • The Cameroon branch of WPSA, with the support of Le Studium – Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies in France, held an international webinar on ‘Understanding the Drivers of Poultry Meat Quality Along the Supply Chain’ with presentations by Dr. Elisabeth Baeza-Campone of INRAE (France) and Prof. Mbouguen Pierre Désiré of the University of Ngaoundéré. The webinar aimed to strengthen scientific cooperation between the French and Cameroonian branches of WPSA, as well as research institutions. The replay (In French) can be watched at link.

  • The Cameroon branch of WPSA held a training session on March 2–7, 2026, for more than 20 young participants from Cameroon and Chad. The training focused on best practices in broiler production and the development of profitable poultry business projects, aiming to strengthen participants’ technical and entrepreneurial capacities. The recap slides can be seen here.

  • The Indonsesia Branch reports on its activities during January and February 2026. Click here for the full report.

  • Activities of the Pakistan branch during January 2026, and branch information, are reported on the .

Guidelines

The new guidelines relating to designing surveillance for HPAI in resource-limited settings have just been published by WOAH: World Organization for Animal Health (2026). Surveillance of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza for Smallholder Poultry Systems in Resource-Limited Settings It can be downloaded from https://www.woah.org/app/uploads/2026/01/2026-guidelines-avian-influenza-surveillance-en.pdf. 

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.
  • Registration for the UK spring conference (22-23 April 2026, held in Manchester) is now open: WPSA UK spring meeting 2026 – WPSA. You must register by 3rd April 2026. You can view the preliminary programme here.
  • The Turkish Branch of WPSA will hold the International Congress on Digitalization and Health in Poultry Production on 7-8 May 2026 in Elazığ. Deadline for abstract submission is 30 March 2026. For registration and other information, go to: https://ipc2026.com/eng/?p=reg-accommodation.
  • The European Symposium on Poultry Welfare (ESPW) will be hosted by the UK branch, and held in Glasgow, 31 May – 3 June 2027. Register your interest here.
  • The 8th Mediterranean Poultry Summit (MPS 2026) will be held on 27–30 September 2026 in Split, Croatia, bringing together scientists and industry representatives to discuss region-related recent advances in poultry production, product quality, and sustainability. Researchers are invited to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations. Abstract submission deadline: 15 June 2026. More information: https://www.mpn-wpsa.org/split2026/home/index.php.
  • The Working Group 6 – IFRG (Incubation and Fertility Research Group) of the European Federation of WPSA, will hold its meeting in Utrecht, the Netherlands on October 29–30, 2026. For information and registration, go to .https://www.ifrg.be/ifrg-meeting-2026.
  • The next World Waterfowl Conference will be organized 20-22 September 2027 in Nantes (France). All information is available at the following link.

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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). 

Surveillance of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza for Smallholder Poultry Systems in Resource-Limited Settings (WOAH)
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Relationships between models and data in growing poultry (UK)
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Management and Genetic Approaches for Enhancing Meat Quality in Poultry Production Systems: A Comprehensive Review (USA)
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A Comprehensive Review of Wooden Breast Myopathy in Broilers: Impacts, Detection, Processing, and Future Perspectives (China)
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Can we taste extensiveness? Linking production concepts of extensification factors to the eating quality and consumer liking of chicken breast meat (The Netherlands)
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Prevalence and risk factors for Salmonella infection in layer flocks in Israel between 2018 and 2023 (Israel)
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Paternal heat conditioning enhances offspring’s thermal resilience via epigenetic regulation of mir-210a (Israel)
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Detection of CH25H gene polymorphism associated with growth traits of Yuexi frizzled chicken (China)
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Genome-wide association study reveals candidate genes associated with key egg production traits in Langya chickens (China)
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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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Multi-omics reveals co-regulation of hepatic bile acid metabolism in laying hens by host genetics and the cecal Anaerostipes (China)
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First detection of natural co-infection with mutated very virulent IBDV (mvvIBDV) and novel variant IBDV (nVarIBDV) (China)
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Regulatory effects of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor genes knockdown on intracellular Ca²⁺ concentration and ion channel–related gene expression in duck uterine epithelial cells (China)
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METTL14-mediated RNA m6A modifications of TET1 and TET2 in duck myoblast differentiation (China)
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Genomic analysis reveals potential involvement of the brain-retina axis in regulating chicken feeding behavior (China)
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Integrated blood transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses reveal potential biomarkers associated with residual feed intake in meat ducks (China)
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Spatiotemporal expression and molecular regulation of calcium transport-related genes in the uterus of ducks during the egg-laying cycle (China)
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Synergistic roles of follicle-stimulating hormone and testosterone in Sertoli cell proliferation and testicular function in roosters (China)
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Natural selection dominates the codon preference and host adaptability of the novel goose astrovirus related to gout symptons, with non-structural protein playing a key role (China)
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Loop-mediated isothermal amplification combined with a Pyrococcus furiosus argonaute system for the rapid detection of goose astrovirus (China)
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The crosstalk between fatty acid metabolism disorder and mitochondrial dysfunction is involved in hepatotoxicity co-induced by cadmium and molybdenum in ShaoXing duck (Anas platyrhyncha) livers (China)
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Poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles significantly enhance the immunoprotective efficacy of Ascaridia galli excretory-secretory antigens (China)
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Protection of goose adiponectin-derived peptide gADP3 on LPS-induced thymus and spleen injury in goose (China)
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Dietary fenugreek leaf powder improves growth performance, immune function, antioxidant status, and intestinal health in yellow-feathered broilers (China)
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Effects of dietary tributyrin on quality of breast meat in heat-stressed Taihe silky fowls (China)
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Identification of blood biomarkers associated with hepatic lipid accumulation in aging laying hens with fatty liver (China)
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MicroR-15b-5p targets JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway to regulate glucose and lipid metabolism in primary chicken hepatocytes (China)
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