Newsletter December 2010

President’s Report

President, Bob Pym

There have been further developments on a number of the matters referred to you in my September report. These include:

Review of WPSA Constitution: The final revision of the Constitution and By-Laws was completed in October and sent out on 21 October by mail and email to the Council for voting. The deadline for receipt of the completed ballot forms is 15 December 2010. If supported, the revised Constitution and By-Laws will come into effect immediately. The requirement as stipulated in the present Constitution is that at least 50% of the Councillors must vote, and that support or rejection will be determined by a simple majority of the votes cast.
The Constitutional review process has taken rather longer than anticipated, but Board members were anxious that all proposed changes were properly considered. If supported, the new Constitution and By-Laws will be published in the next WPSA Newsletter.
Revisions to the various guidelines associated with WPSA programmes and awards, (which are separate to the constitution and By-Laws) will be published in the next editions of WPSJ and on the website.

Revision of the FAO poultry website: The revision of the FAO AGA Poultry website, which provides detailed across-sector information on all aspects of poultry production in developing countries, has been completed to a stage where the website is now online here. Further reviews will be added as they become available. The website is linked to the WPSA website. Comment on the website has been sought from all WPSA branches.
Related to this, an e-conference on poultry breeding in developing countries hosted by FAO, will be held during January 2011. Details on access to this are provided in this Newsletter.

African Poultry Network: Following the workshop held at INRA Nouzilly, France, in August to establish the African Poultry Network, the elected members of the Steering committee have been active in moving forward with the development of the Network. To ensure full collaboration and involvement of the existing WPSA (sub-Saharan) African branches, contact has been made with the executive officers of these branches to encourage close interaction between the branches and the group elected at Tours.
Related to this, the forthcoming African International Poultry Summit to be held in Abeokuta, Nigeria from 20-24 February, 2011, provides an excellent opportunity for face to face contact between stakeholders and for the further development of the Network.
It was my very great pleasure to have been invited as keynote speaker to the meeting of the New Zealand WPSA branch’s 50th Anniversary celebration meeting in Palmerston North from 12-13 October 2010. I was asked to speak on The Role of WPSA in Promoting Poultry Research, Education and Training. It was a very well conducted, informative and enjoyable meeting.

My very best wishes to all WPSA members for a safe and enjoyable festive season and that 2011 will be a year that brings opportunities and personal pleasure and rewards to all, and international harmony and goodwill.

Report from the Office of the General Secretary

General Secretary, Roel Mulder

Constitution: The voting for the revision of the Constitution and By-Laws is going well. A second mailing has been sent to assure Councillor votes will come in before the deadline of 15 December 2010.

Branches: A new branch was formed in Burundi. The inaugural meeting of the Branch in Azerbaijan has been postponed to 2011. The constitution for the Mediterranean Poultry Network is now ready for Board approval.

Meeting/Exhibition Visits: WPSA meetings in Argentina, Colon, Entre Rios, the Baltic Poultry conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, and the AVEC conference in Portoroz, Slovenia, were attended.
WPSA was represented at the VIV China conference, where with the enormous help of the China branch good promotion for WPSA could be done, as well as contacts with industries could be established. The following meetings and exhibitions will be attended early next year: The International Poultry Exhibition in Atlanta, USA; The Asian Pacific Poultry Conference in Taipei, Taiwan; and the Bangladesh Poultry Conference in Dhaka. The WPSA Board will meet during the APPC in Taipei, Taiwan.

Poultry Science Encyclopaedia: The project on producing a Poultry Science Encyclopaedia is now underway. Prof Werner Bessei at the University of Hohenheim (Germany), will be the editor in chief for this project. This project should be completed by the time of the Worlds Poultry Congress that will be held in Salvador, Brazil, in August 2012. WPSA members should have access to its contents at that time.

Advertisers: One of the General Secretary’s main activities at recent meetings and exhibitions was to establish agreements on 2011 advertisements and sponsorships with existing and new companies. The November Eurotier meeting held in Hannover, Germany, proved to be an excellent platform for doing so. Next year WPSA will have booths at the VIV Asia meeting in, Bangkok, Thailand; at Victam Europe, Cologne, Germany; and at VIV Russia in Moscow.

Travel grants: One Travel Grant application has been received and accepted for attending the Australian Poultry Conference that will be held in February 2011. Several applications for travel to the Asian Pacific Poultry Conference that will be held in March in Taipei, Taiwan, have also been received. Decisions on those are expected soon.

Report from the Office of the Treasurer

Treasurer,
Francine Bradley

In many of our countries, autumn is the season for bringing in the crops. I am pleased to report that the WPSA investment accounts held in the United States have harvested significant gains. While leaves have been falling here in California, the value of WPSA’s mutual fund holdings has been rising.

I am most grateful to my colleagues Dr. Mulder and Ms. Kleverwal for helping with the second invoicing of those advertisers and sponsors who did not respond to my first invoice. It is important that all companies receiving acknowledgment and/or advertising in our Journal follow through with their financial commitment. Due to efforts from my office and reminders from the Secretariat, over 90% of all advertisers and 75% of sponsors have paid in full.

I have been finalizing year-end payments and will soon start on tabulation of the 2010 records. To all the members who pay their dues on time and to the hard working branch secretaries who make branch payments in a timely manner, I send my heartiest “thank you.”

In this challenging economy, I wish all of you good fortune. In addition, may you all enjoy good health – a commodity not traded on the stock exchanges, but of the GREATEST value.

World's Poultry Science Journal

Online submission of papers for the World's Poultry Science Journal

As Editor of the WPSJ, I am proud to announce that, from March 2010 onwards, all submissions to the journal will be through ScholarOne Manuscripts at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wpsj or via the WPSA website. Authors must log in and follow the instructions on screen in order to ensure their paper will be processed quickly and efficiently. This system is advantageous in many respects, as it allows quicker processing, easy access to check the progress of each paper, regular automatic reminders for reviewers (to which we are always most grateful for their efforts) and rapid communications with authors. I’m sure some authors will miss the current ‘personal touch’ involved in submitting papers to me, however with ever increasing numbers of papers coming in, and very limited staff capacity, the only way to facilitate processing so many papers is via such a system.
Although most authors are familiar with this kind of submission system, for those who aren’t, please make sure your manuscript strictly adheres to the guidelines given in the instructions. The WPSJ does not charge for publishing papers (except if colour pictures are required), and continues to make every effort to keep the costs of publication to a minimum. However, please be aware that papers which are not reviews or are incorrectly formatted may incur costs that will be charged back to the submitting author (approximately US$20).

Dr Lucy Waldron (previously Tucker), Editor WPSJ

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European Federation of WPSA

The European Federation has planned a number of conferences between now and the end of 2011. The conferences are listed at the end of this Newsletter and contact information is available on the WPSA website (www.wpsa.com). News from a number of the Federation’s working groups are provided below.

WPSA European Working Group News

WG1: The European Federation’s Working Group 1 on Poultry Economics and Marketing held a small informal meeting during the European Poultry Congress in Tours, France during August, 2010. The group plans to hold a 3rd round-table meeting during October, 2011. For information contact the chairman of WG1 Peter van Horne at peter.vanhorne@wur.nl.

WG2: The European Federation’s Working Group 2 will co-host the 18th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition with the Turkish Branch in Cesme, Turkey in 2011. See the Turkey Branch report for further details.

WG3: We are pleased to announce the 7th European Symposium on Poultry Genetics. The Symposium will be held from 5-7 October 2011 at Peebles Hydro, near Edinburgh, in Scotland (contact address: Dr. Paul Hocking: paul.hocking@roslin.ed.ac.uk). The scientific programme will contain sessions on genomic selection, genetic selection and welfare traits, genetic diversity and disease genetics in poultry. Contributions from invited speakers and poster presentation will be significant. We are looking forward to welcoming you at the next Poultry Genetics Symposium in 2011.

WG5: The XX European Symposium on the Quality of Poultry Meat organized by the European Federation’s Working Group 5 will take place in parallel with Working Group 4’s XIV European Symposium on the Quality of Eggs and Egg Products. Both will be held on September 4 to 7, 2011 in Leipzig, Germany. It is planned to have scientific sessions on the first three days and excursions on the last day. More details are shown on the homepage of the conference (www.eggmeat-2011.de).

WG6: Report on the 2010 Meeting of the Incubation and Fertility Research Group (WPSA Working Group 6 {Reproduction}): Over 70 delegates attend the 2010 meeting of the IFRG, held in the beautiful city of Tours, France just prior to the European Poultry Conference. The busy day meeting consisted of four invited papers, ten offered oral papers and ten posters covering all aspects of poultry reproduction, fertility and incubation. The papers were excellent mixture of short reviews and recent research and made a very interesting and stimulating programme.
The four invited speakers gave excellent papers covering all aspects of reproduction. Nicola Tyler (University of ZwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) present her research on lighting programmes for broiler breeder males and Murray Bakst (USDA Beltsville, USA) discussed the role of the hen’s vagina in fertility. Peter Surai (Feed-Food Ltd., UK) reviewed the importance of antioxidants for hatchability and Edgar Oviedo (North Carolina State University, USA) reported on his research that showed how incubation can affect the leg health of broilers.
The organisers are very grateful to Aviagen Ltd, Alltech and the European Branch of the WPSA for sponsoring these speakers.
The full programme of papers can be found on the IFRG website and abstracts of all papers will be published in Avian Biology Research and in International Hatchery Practice.

2011 Meeting: The European Federation’s Working Group 6 on Reproduction will be hosting its 2011 annual meeting in Ede, The Netherlands on 30–31 August, 2011. Please put the dates in your diary.
This meeting is for all those with an interest in incubation and fertility in all avian species. Previous meetings have covered a wide range of topics and already for this year’s meeting we have had offers of papers from a number of scientists.
Further updates and information about the meeting will be posted on the website: http://www.ifrg.org.
If you would like to register your interest in attending this meeting please contact: nfrench@aviagen.com.

WG9: On behalf of the Swedish Organizing Committee, the International Scientific Committee, the Swedish Branch of WPSA and the Working Group no. 9 “Poultry Welfare and Management” of the European Branch of the WPSA, we are pleased to invite you to Uppsala, Sweden on June 17th-20th 2013 to attend the IX European Symposium on Poultry Welfare. At this meeting we will share and discuss the latest developments, scientific findings and experiences in order to assist the poultry industry to keep bird welfare at high levels and in line with future demands while maintaining production at acceptable levels.
The European poultry industry, especially, has faced considerable constraints regarding production methods during the last decade. The EU directive on minimum welfare standards for layers is to be fully implemented no later than January 1:st 2012 and the standards for meat producing chickens are already in force.
The organic poultry production has increased considerably in many countries in recent years. This production is also facing strict European directives mainly on nutrition, stocking density and age at slaughter. Two different EFSA reports, on the welfare of broiler breeders and the animal welfare aspects of broiler genetics respectively, have recently been published and may influence both industry standards and EU minimum legislation in the future.
Thus, all welfare directives and reports prepared are challenging to the industry and for the welfare of the birds. Also, different national conditions exist which may strongly affect the success of specific production systems. One relevant and controversial topic in this context is beak trimming.
The discussion on competitiveness and costs of production methods used in different continents/countries is still on the agenda. However, having so far been mainly a European topic, there are now clear developments in several other countries and continents that the development of welfare issues are spreading. The scientific program of the IX European Symposium on Poultry Welfare in Uppsala will address a wide range of topics influencing welfare and sustainability of poultry keeping in different countries. Topics like production and rearing methods, behaviour, health, nutrition, genetics and important interactions between them will be covered.
Once again, welcome to Uppsala in June 2013 - the city of science and art - the home town of e.g. chemist Anders Celcius, botanist Carl Linnaeus and famous film director Ingmar Bergman. We hope for a high number of participants, not only from Europe of course, but from many parts of the world – do not forget poultry is the most widely spread food producing species on land in the world!

WG10: The European Federation’s Working Group 10 on Turkey Production will host the 6th International Symposium on Turkey Production in Berlin, Germany, in June 16-18, 2011. We hope to see you in Berlin.

WG12: The European Federation’s Working Group 12 will host the “5th Workshop on Fundamental Physiology and Perinatal Development in Poultry on the 31 August – 3 September, 2011 in Wageningen, The Netherlands. For additional information about the Workshop please visit the website: www.pdpworkshop2011.com or send an email to info.pdpworkshop2011@wur.nl.

Dr. Henry van den Brand, Adaptation Physiology Group, Wageningen

Asian Pacific Federation

9th Asian Pacific Poultry Conference: The Taiwan branch will host this conference in Taipei 20-23 March 2011. The theme for the conference is “Sustainable Poultry Production in the Modern Era” and the key topics will include: Nutrition and feed additives, Environment and poultry production, Marketing and product safety, Genetics, breeding and reproduction, Poultry health, and Water fowl. The conference will be held at the International House Taipei, 30 Xinsheng South Rd, Sec 3, Taipei, Taiwan. Tel: 886-2-83691155. Information for the conference venue and its location can be viewed at http://intl-house.howard-hotels.com/?Lsn=2.
The organising committee has made an all out effort to keep costs down and to deliver an extremely good value for money event to you. Early bird rates and a two tier registration are being offered. These measures combine to bring you a most affordable event.
You are cordially invited to this most important conference. You will certainly have a most enjoyable time in Taipei, combining business with pleasure. The branch looks forward to meeting you in March 2011 in this vibrant city and welcoming you to the 9th APPC, the foremost poultry conference in the Asia Pacific region. For more information: Contact email: appc@talab.org.tw Website: http://www.wpsa-tw.org.tw.

Mediterranean Poultry Network (MPN)

The Mediterranean Poultry Network’s business meeting was held during the XIIIth European Poultry Congress that was held in Tours, France during August, 2010.

The third Mediterranean Summit of WPSA will be held in Alexandria, Egypt in conjunction with the 6th International Poultry Conference organised by the Egyptian branch. Prof. Yahya Eid, Chair of the Scientific Programme Committee, advised that the Summit will be held between 26 and 29 March, 2012. The main theme of the Summit will be “Poultry production for better human health and a safer environment.” Chair of the organizing committee is Prof. Kosba, who is President of the Egyptian Branch. The first announcement was distributed during EPC. The second announcement including information on registration and accommodation will be available in early January, 2011. Currently, an education programme is under construction for the Third Mediterranean Summit.

On behalf of the Steering Committee of MPN of WPSA
Prof. Dr. Servet YALÇIN

INFPD-FAO

E-Consultation on poultry breeding for developing countries

The International Network for Family Poultry Development (INFPD) in cooperation with FAO is planning an e-consultation with the title: "Opportunities of poultry breeding programmes for family production in developing countries: The bird for the poor".
The e-consultation is scheduled for January 2011 and will address the following topics: 1. What type of birds is required by the family poultry producers?; 2. What are the organizational structures for existing and future breeding programmes?; 3. Strategies of multiplication and distribution networks; 4. Marketing of breeding stocks; and, 5. Conservation of existing genetic resources.
The Technical Coordination Committee includes the following regional representatives:
1. Dr Robert Pym, Australia and Oceania
2. Prof. Kamal Saleh, Egypt and Africa
3. Dr Monchai Duangjinda, Thailand and Asia
4. Dr Joseph G. Mallia, Latin America
5. Prof. Poul Sorensen, Denmark and Europe

The Conference Moderators will be:
Dr D.P Singh, CARI, Izatnagar, India, and
Dr J-C, Fotsa, CRZ, Bamenda, Cameroon

To register please send an email to olaf.thieme@fao.org.

WPSA Programmes

Providing travel assistance for young WPSA members and students to participate in regional and global WPSA conferences

It is generally agreed that enhancing the educational, research and experience opportunities of young poultry science professional and technical people is critical to the development of more efficient poultry production, whether it is in an intensive technological industry or in smallscale, family production systems. WPSA offers a Travel Scholarship scheme of open competition to facilitate this. It should be stressed that any travel assistance WPSA provides under the scheme is independent of and in addition to that currently provided by the World Poultry Congresses, by Regional Conferences and/or by individual Branches. Its aim is to target and benefit students and young members, including young poultry producers from developing countries and students from developed countries. Because of budgetary constraints and the high cost of international travel, the grant is not intended to cover the full cost of attendance at meetings, but rather to facilitate such attendance The maximum age of applicants at time of application is 40 years and applicants must be a member of WPSA for at least six months before they can apply for a Travel Grant. Applications must be accompanied by a short CV.
Deadline: Applicants must submit their applications at least 3 months prior to the meeting.
Application form: Full details and the application forms can be obtained from the WPSA General Secretary’s Office or you can download the application form from the WPSA website (www.wpsa.com).

Send the application form (preferably by e-mail) to the General Secretary of WPSA, Dr Roel Mulder, PO Box 31, 7360 AA Beekbergen, The Netherlands, e-mail: roel.mulder@wpsa.com or wpsa@xs4all.nl, fax: +31 207508941.

Speakers' Bureau: Fostering local and regional conferences in the poultry sciences

During the 34th meeting of the Board of WPSA on August 20, 2000 in Montreal, Canada it was recognised that expertise in several areas of poultry science and production in low income countries is often very limited, and WPSA branches in these countries often do not have sufficient financial resources to fund overseas speakers.
To address this problem, the Board created a Speakers’ Bureau to assist branches in low income countries to cover the travel costs of expert international speakers. This measure is consistent with the key objective of WPSA to encourage and facilitate liaison among research scientists and educators, and between those in research and education and those working in the many diverse sectors of the poultry industry. Under the Speakers’ Bureau scheme, WPSA will pay only the cost of air travel (lowest economy class). All other expenses such as local travel and accommodation are to be paid by the organizing Branch(es). WPSA will not pay any honorarium to speakers.
Given the high cost of international air travel it is important that optimum value be obtained from this expenditure by WPSA. This can be achieved by insisting that the visiting speaker provides more than just one paper at a conference. The visiting speaker could contribute in a variety of ways, e.g., present a second paper on a related topic, conduct a workshop for graduate students, have small group or one-on-one interaction, especially with students, visit industry groups, visit university groups, etc.
Unless the Branch (or group of Branches) can pay all the speakers’ costs itself, a speaker should NOT be invited until approval of Speakers’ Bureau funds is made by the WPSA Executive Committee. The Branch(es) should not assume that approval will be given until so advised by the WPSA Secretary.
Where a Branch or a group of Branches wish to apply for Speakers Bureau assistance, there are certain conditions which must be met.

Full details and the application forms can be obtained from the WPSA General Secretary’s Office or you can download the application forms from the WPSA website (www.wpsa.com).

Congresses / Symposia

Asian Pacific Poultry Conference, 20-23 March, Taipei, Taiwan

See Asian Pacific Federation news.

Update on the planning for the 24th World's Poultry Congress to be held on 5-8 August 2012, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

The planning of the 24th World’s Poultry Congress and EXPO continues. The WPSA-Brazilian Branch has already booked the venue, defined the scientific subcommittees and has negotiated more than 60% of the first EXPO pavilion. The core structure of the scientific programme and the general framework of the Congress is in the process of being finalized.

The Brazilian Branch is working intensively on the organization of the 24th World’s Poultry Congress! In late August, members of the organizing committee attended VIV China where the 24th WPC was strongly promoted and many exhibition booth spaces were reserved or sold. In addition members of WPSA Brazil also attended the 2010 EPC last month which presented a great opportunity to promote the 24th WPC for scientists and researchers from all over the world.

More news will be released continuously through the WPSA Newsletter in order to keep the global WPSA family well informed about the Branch’s progress on organizing the 24th WPC. Additional information is also available on the WPC2012 website http://wpc2012.com/.

WPSA Branch News

Algeria

During 2010, the Algerian Branch organized its first national Symposium on Poultry Science in collaboration with the University of Batna, which was recently held (9 to 11 November, 2010) at the University of Batna. The symposium brought together groups of Algerian scientists, researchers, practitioners in the field of poultry science, as well as a number of invited researchers from France, Morocco and Tunisia. Three hundred individuals participated in the symposium and more than 60 communications were presented and discussed related to the following six scientific themes: Economy and poultry farming practice; Poultry feeding and nutrition; Prophylaxis and pathology; Poultry farming and the environment; Hygiene and quality of the poultry products; Biology, reproduction and selection.
The branch gives special thanks to the president of the university and the local authorities for their kind help and support and to all persons who participated in the success of this event and we look forward to organize future regional and international meetings.

ALLOUI Nadir, Branch President
BENNOUNE Omar, Branch General Secretary

Argentina

The Argentinean Branch of the World´s Poultry Science Association (WPSA) collaborated on the organization of the 9th Update Seminar on Poultry Production, so members from this Association received a 15% discount in their registration fees. The Update seminar took place in Colon, Entre Rios, Argentina, on September 14-16, 2010.and it was organized by the Entre Rios Veterinary Poultry Association (AMEVEA). This year was a special one, because AMEVEA celebrated its 20th anniversary. This seminar was attended by 310 participants (producers, students and professionals), making it one of the most important events for the Argentinean poultry community.
The WPSA provided two expert speakers who were provided by the “WPSA Speakers Bureau” programme. Dr. Roel Mulder (Secretary General WPSA and Spelderholt® Poultry Consulting and Research), presented a lecture about “pathogen control in poultry production and processing”, in which he emphasized the developments in science, legislation and technology in this area. The second speaker, Dr. S.F. “Sarge” Bilgili (Department of Poultry Science, Auburn University, USA) provided a presentation on "Deep pectoral myopathy in broiler chickens", including recent research on this disease, characterized by focal necrosis of the Pectoralis minor muscles (i.e., tenders).

Benardo F. Iglesias

Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Branch is in the process of arranging several activities including: The 7th International Poultry Show and Seminar to be held on 25-27 March 2011 at the Bangabandhu International Convention Center, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Agargaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh. In addition, based on a decision that was made during the 6th International Poultry Show and Seminar that was held during 2009, the Honorable Minister, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, has announced that Bangladesh will observe “Poultry Week” during March of each year in the future. Following his declaration, the Branch is in the process of organizing the 1st “National Poultry Week” that will be held during the first week of March 2011. This is a great achievement for the Branch.
Based on another decision that was made during our last General Meeting, the Bangladesh Branch purchased an apartment that will serve as the Branch Office (Flat-B/6 Mega Domicel Road-04,Block-B, Niketan, Gulshan -1, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh. Hopefully the Branch will begin operating from that office starting on October 1, 2010.

Dr. Md. A. Saleque, Secretary, Bangladesh Branch

Brazil

The Brazilian Branch of WPSA is fully engaged on the organization of the 24th World’s Poultry Congress that will be held in Salvador, Bahia state, Brazil during 2012. Several organizing sub-committees are well underway in the detailing of the scientific programme.
More than 70% of the available fair booth space has been reserved and/or sold for/to several national and international companies involved in Poultry Production & Industry worldwide.
We have finished the Scientific Programme of the “Latin American Seminar on Poultry Slaughter and Processing”, which will take place in the end of first quarter next year (March 29–31, 2011) in Maringá , Paraná State , Brazil. The Seminar will include a total of 16 technical presentations that will be given by scientists and university researchers from Brazil and other Latin America countries. Approximately 200 attendees are expected to participate..
We have also completed the scientific programme of the “2011 WPSA-Brazil/FACTA Conference on Poultry Science and Technology“ which will take place on May 31–June 2, 2011 in Santos,, Sao Paulo State,, Brazil. This technical event is considered by the poultry industry community as the largest and most important scientific event in South America, with an estimated attendance of over 1000 for 2011.
Additional information about the World Poultry Congress is available at the 24th WPC web site http://wpc2012.com/.

Carla Palermo, FACTA/WPSA Brazilian Branch

Czech Republic

The Czech Branch of WPSA and Czech Branch of World Veterinary Poultry Association organized conference called “POULTRY 2010”on 14–15 October 2010 in Brno.
This was the 9th Conference sponsored by the Czech Branch of WPSA, and the 14th Conference sponsored by the Czech Branch WVPA. These conferences have been annually organized for attendance by farmers, by representatives of feeding companies, hatcheries and poultry veterinarians. Both branches invite the top specialist from around the world to provide lectures concerning chosen topics. The organisers cooperate also with agricultural and veterinary universities in the Czech Republic. This year the main topic for WPSA branch was poultry reproduction and that lecture was provided by Jean-Pierre Brillard. It opened an excellent discussion regarding the actual problems with decreasing fertilizing ability of highly selected poultry breeds.

Dr. Pavel Trefil, President of Czech Branch

Egypt

The Egyptian Branch will be hosting WPSA's 3rd Mediterranean Poultry Summit in conjunction with its 6th International Poultry Conference on "Poultry production for better human health and a safer environment” on 26-29 March 2012, at Porto-Mariena, Alexandria, Egypt.
For information please contact: Prof. Dr. M.A. Kosba, Poultry Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria, El shatby Egypt 21545. Tel.(002)0106446339 or 002035421631; Fax: 002035231939 or 002035922780; E-mail: mkosba@ hotmail.com.

France

The French Branch of WPSA will be co-sponsoring the 9èmes Journées de la Recherche Avicole (9th Avian French Research Days) which is a meeting between researchers, professionals of aviculture, and the Journées de la Recherche Avicole (JRA). The meeting will be held on March 29-30, 2011 in Tours (France). This French congress is organized by ITAVI, INRA and AFSSA, with support of the French branches of the WPSA and the WVPA. All themes of aviculture will be treated; each session will be introduced by an overview, allowing a review of current issues in poultry industry. The programme and registration information was published in the June, 2010 WPSA Newsletter that is available on the WPSA Website www.wpsa.com.

Japan

The 2010 fall meeting of the Japan Poultry Science Association (JPSA) was held in Shinshu University on September 14-15, 2010. The meeting consisted of a public symposium entitled "Getting back to the basics of poultry production and management" and "The movements of young scientists in poultry science activities", 54 paper presentations and council and general meetings. Excellent presentation awardees (under 30 years of age or student), were Daichi Miyahara, Rie Murota, Chiaki Ogawa and Hiromi Adachi. The satellite symposium, "Application of biotechnology in poultry", was also held on June 28th and was presented by Dr. James N. Petitte, North Carolina State University, USA. The 2010 JPSA young scientist award was given to Hiroki Furuta, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, for his to the achievements with his research on the production of germline chimeric chickens by means of primordial germ cells.

The 2010 outstanding paper awardees of the Journal of Poultry Science (JPS) were as follows: Nakamura, Y., Usui, F., Atsumi, Y., Otomo, A., Teshima, A., Ono, T., Takeda, K., Nirasawa, K., Kagami, H. and Tagami, T. on the Effects of busulfan sustained-release emulsion on depletion and repopulation of primordial germ cells in early chicken embryos, JPS 46(2): 127-135, 2009; and Ekawa, T., Terai, S., Amano, F., Hanatani, Y. and Ohta, H. on the Diverse pathogenicity of salmonella enteritidis clones isolated from poultry farms in chicks and BALB/c mice, JPS 46(4): 370-376, 2009. The JPSA will support a part of the travel expenses to attend the 9th Asia Pacific Poultry Congress, Taipei, Taiwan on March 20-23, 2011 to the following young scientists, Tomomi Kamizono, Hiroshi Tanizawa, Yuki Nakajima and Akira Tsukada. The 2011 spring meeting will be held in Atsugi Campus, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Kanagawa on March 28. The JPS bids welcome to submit reviews and original papers (http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jpsa/index-e.html). The first impact factor of JPS (2010 IF) will appear in 2011.

Dr. Tamao Ono, Secretary of Japanese Branch WPSA

Korea

The Korean Branch held its Annual Meeting on 11th November, 2010 at ChungNam National University, Daejeon, Korea. Over 150 people, both members and non-members, attended the meeting and presented their on-going research, either by oral or poster presentation. The President of the Korean Society of Poultry Science (KSPS), Dr. Jae-Hong Kim (Professor, Seoul National University), opened the meeting with a brief review of the previous year’s events and future activities. After an opening address, in the first session, four young poultry scientists presented special lectures on poultry nutrition, avian germ cell biology, and poultry disease. In the second session, graduate students and researchers from many universities and institutes introduced their scientific results and achievements regarding poultry science and industry.
Various types of social activities were available for the meeting participants. These activities were promoted and the participants had a chance to communicate and discuss current status and application of poultry science in Korea with renowned scientists, government officials and professors who attended this meeting. The KSPS will continuously support this kind of scientific excitement and warm friendship through the annual meeting which maximizes the benefits of the active in-depth discussions and provides an excellent opportunity of upgrading poultry science. Meanwhile, the board of directors of KSPS approved the extension of the President’s term for one more year. The board has high expectations for President, Dr. Jae-Hong Kim due to his considerable achievements during his term of office.

Dr. Jae Yong Han, Secretary, of the Korean Branch

Malaysia

Seminar on the Export potential for livestock and livestock products to China.This seminar, which was jointly organised by the Department of Veterinary Science and Malaysian Branch of WPSA was held on 12 October 2010 at Dewan Siantai 1, Kompleks Perbananan Putrajaya, Persint 3, Putrajaya, Malaysia. It was envisaged to be, to some an eye-opener and to others an impetus to the promotion of the commencement of trading with China, and hence the industry players were encouraged to attend in order to acquaint themselves with the Chinese importation rules and their needs and requirements for introducing livestock and livestock products from Malaysia.
The seminar was officially open by the Director General of the Department of Veterinary Science for Malaysia, Datuk Dr. Aziz Jamaluddin. The Organizing Chairman was Dr. Kok Poe Chu and the emcee was Dr. Lim Eng Soon. The speakers were Madam Shi Xiao Wei (Director of Certification and Accreditation Administration of P.R.C. of China) and Mr. Dai Yong Hua (Vice Director of Zhejiang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of P.R.C. of China. Both spoke on the Introduction To the Sanitary Registration System For Import Food of China, The Introduction to the Import Food Inspection and Quarantine in China

Dr. Teo Kim Lai, Secretary

Workshop on transformation of poultry industry in Malaysia towards 2020held 12-15 October 2010 held at the Glory Beach Resort, Port Dickson. This workshop was organized by the Department of Veterinary Services, Malaysia, to formulate new strategic action plans to transform the poultry industry in Malaysia in line with the government’s Economic Transformation Programme (ETP). It was attended by all stakeholders, experts, WPSA-Malaysia, Federation of Livestock Farmers’ Association Malaysia (FLFAM), academicians, representatives from the producers, processors, farmers and government officials to dwell on the future direction and transformation of the poultry industry in Malaysia. There were 5 plenary papers presented before the break off sessions for group discussions. One of the plenary papers on the “Global Outlook of the Poultry Industry & its implications on the Poultry Industry in Malaysia” was presented by Dato’ Dr. Vincent Ng, President WPSA-Malaysia.
As announced by the Hon. Prime Minister, Dato’ Sri Najib Tun Razak, the ETP will kick start Malaysia’s drive towards high-income nation status with 131 entry point projects and 60 business opportunities. The aim is to increase the Gross National Income (GNI) from RM660 billion in 2009 to RM1.7 trillion in 2020. The agriculture sector plays an important role in Malaysia’s economic development, providing rural employment, uplifting rural incomes and ensuring national food security. By 2020 agriculture will be transformed into agribusiness, moving towards a model that is inclusive but simultaneously anchored on market needs, economies of scale and value chain integration. Malaysia will focus on large global markets with high growth potential such as aquaculture and premium processed foods, while maintaining a strong presence in strategic sub-sectors such as paddy and livestock to ensure national food security. To do so, we will need to capitalize on natural resources while enhancing productivity and adopting a truly demand driven approach.

Datuk Dr. Vincent Ng In Hooi, President of WPSA Malaysia Branch

WPSA Malaysia sent its heartiest congratulations to one of the members of our Executive Committee, Prof. Dr. Mohd Hair Bejo, on the great occasion of his providing of the Inaugural Lecture on Poultry Vaccines on November 12, 2010 at the University of Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

Dr. Teo Kim Lai, Secretary, WPSA Malaysia Branch

Nigeria

1st African International Poultry Summit (AIPS): The Nigerian Branch will host an African International Poultry Summit (AIPS) between 20–24 February, 2011 at the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, with the theme of “Climate Change: Implications for poultry Production in Africa.” The event will feature discussions, seminars, youth event, tours and a professional exhibition.

For further details contact:
Professor O. M. Onagbesan (LOC Chairman)
Director Biotechnology Centre
University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun state, Nigeria
+234 703 320 4685

Dr. A.O. Fafiolu, (Branch/LOC Secretary)
Fafiolu2000@yahoo.com, fafioluao@unaab.edu.ng
+234 803 822 5891

Norway

The Norwegian Branch of the WPSA is honoured to have been chosen to organize the European Poultry Congress that will be held in 2014 (EPC 2014). The conference will take place in Stavanger. The Stavanger region is situated on the west coast of Norway and offers spectacular natural surroundings as well as a metropolitan experience. The venue for the conference is the Stavanger Forum. The Organising Committee is pleased that its years of planning will now move towards fulfilment .The Branch successfully organized The 14th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition in Lillehammer in 2003, and we are looking forward to welcoming all of you to Stavanger in 2014!

In addition, the Norwegian branch is in the process of arranging its annual meeting which will be held during the April- May period of 2011. The meeting will include presentations of ongoing research. The 2010 meeting had 45 participants.

Tone B. Hansen

Senegal

The Senegal Branch will be meeting held at the Veterinary School of Dakar in Senegal on the 7th of December, 2010,to develop a workshop related to the competitiveness of the broiler industry in Senegal.

Professor Ayao Missohou, Dakar, Senegal

Sudan

The Sudan Branch in collaboration with the Department of Poultry (under patronage of H. E. Minister of the Animal Resources and Fisheries) organized three training courses during the year 2010 for veterinary and animal production officers working in the private and public poultry sectors. The three courses and their dates were: Poultry Farm Management, 8–19 March 2010; Marketing and Quality control for Poultry products, 13-17 June 2010; and Public Health and Biosecurity in the Poultry Industry, 13-18 October 2010.
Each course included 35 trainees, who came from the different states of the Sudan to the H. Q. of the Ministry of Animal resources and Fisheries in Khartoum where the courses were held. The courses included the following contents: Lectures, video shows, and visits (farms , poultry meat processing plants and feed factories). At the end of each course, attendance certificates were issued to the participants.
The Branch’s programme for the coming year (i.e. 2011) will includes: Three training courses; Nine one day Seminars in collaboration with the Sudanese Veterinary Association; Participation in the Sudan Poultry Exhibition; Joint extension & training programmes with private poultry companies; and, the Production of extension leaflets.

Dr. N.A. Mohamed, Sudan Branch

Taiwan

The Taiwan Branch will be hosting the 9th Asian Pacific Poultry Congress on 20-23 March, 2011 in Taipei, Taiwan. The final announcement is currently being prepared.

The contact information is as followed:
Prof. Dr. M. J. Chen, Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, TAIWAN. E-mail:appc@talab.org.tw; Phone: 886 2 33664169; Fax: 886 2 27324070; Website: http://www.appc2011.tw/

Chih-Feng Chen, Secretary

Turkey

The 18th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition is being organised by the Turkish Branch of WPSA and is scheduled for 31 October – 4 November, 2011 at the Altın Yunus Resort Hotel in Çeşme, İzmir, Turkey. Çeşme is a charming town on the Aegean coast of Turkey with healing mineral springs, beautiful sandy beaches, crystal clear waters and sun, perfect for vacationers. It has been famous for its architecture, vineyards, and windmills for over 150 years, and now, its name is associated with the popular sports of windsurfing and kitesurfing. Çeşme is located 94 km west of Izmir, on the very tip of the peninsula that bears its name.
This Symposium will present the most recent and relevant scientific information on poultry nutrition. Invited papers will be presented by leading scientists. Oral and poster presentations will also be displayed during the symposium. We expect that the symposium will be the meeting place for all involved in poultry nutrition, making a bridge between university and industry. We would welcome your participation in this important meeting. For additional information contact: Prof. Dr. Nizamettin Şenköylü at: nsenkoylu@yahoo.com.
We look forward to welcoming you to Çeşme, Turkey in October 2011.

Prof. Dr. Servet Yalçın., Secretary of the WPSA Turkish Branch

United Kingdom

The UK Branch would like to invite you to the 30th Poultry Science Symposium on Alternative Systems for Poultry – Health Welfare and Productivity that will take place on 9–11 September, 2011, at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. For more details, please see our website at http://www.wpsa-uk.com/newSite/meetings/30thPoultryScienceSymposium.html.
This conference will investigate how methods of housing poultry affect health, welfare, nutritional requirements, the environment, and economics of poultry production. This exciting meeting proposes to cover a wide range of poultry (e.g. laying hens, meat chickens, turkeys, breeding stock, waterfowl, and gamebirds) and their various housing systems (e.g. barn, free range, organic, aviary, furnished cages).
The programme will consist of invited speakers from around Europe, plus submitted papers and poster presentations. Invited speakers’ papers will contribute to a book to be published by CABI.
Abstract: Paper Submission - Submitted papers are invited. Further details will be available on WPSA’s website in late 2010.
The Destination: Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city, is one of the liveliest and most cosmopolitan destinations in Europe. Glasgow has a strong academic and scientific heritage with three excellent universities. From Glasgow, delegates can extend their stay to either enjoy more of the city or to travel further afield to explore Edinburgh, Loch Lomond, world-class golf courses, whisky distilleries or the majestic scenery of the Scottish Highlands.

USA

The USA and Canadian Branches jointly hosted the annual WPSA Lecture held during the Poultry Science Association Annual Meeting in Denver, CO during July, 2010. The Lecture was presented by Dr. Hafez M. Hafez of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Free University of Berlin. His lecture was entitled “Poultry Production: Current and Future Challenges and Opportunities”. The engaged audience enjoyed the viewpoints of Dr. Hafez on both the history and developments in the poultry industry, followed by his projections of what will be required of the industry in the future.
A very successful student mixer was also jointly hosted by the two Branches during the Poultry Science Association Annual Meeting. Students from a large number of universities took advantage of the opportunity to interact away from the formality of the scientific meetings. This student mixer is expected to become an annual event.
The USA Branch elected two new members for the Branch leadership team: Walter Bottje (University of Arkansas) and Edgar Oviedo (NC State University). The PSA President appointed Bob Taylor (University of New Hampshire) to the remaining open committee position. These three individuals replaced Billy Hargis, Mike Lilburn and Janet Snow who had completed their committee appointments.
During the XXIV World's Poultry Congress in Salvador, Brazil, in 2012, Scholarship Awards for Research, Education, and Industry/Organization will be presented by the worldwide WPSA.
All WPSA-USA members are encouraged to consider submitting nominations for these awards. The deadline for nomination submission is December 31, 2011.
For more information, visit http://www.poultryscience.org/docs/WPSA-Scholarship-Awards-2012.pdf. Questions may be directed to Robert E. Buresh, Branch Secretary, WPSA-USA, bob.buresh@novusint.com.

Bob Buresh, USA Branch President

WPSA sponsored and other poultry related symposia and conferences

A number of WPSA sponsored and other poultry meetings have been planned for 2009 and 2010 (see the WPSA Website Calendar for contact and registration information), including:

2011
26-28 January 2011	2011 International Poultry Expo and International Feed Expo, Atlanta, GA, USA Contact: Tanisha R. Scott
14-16 February 2011	Australian Poultry Science Symposium, Sydney, Australia Contact: Jo-Ann Geist
20-24 February 2011	African International Poultry Summit, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria Contact: Dr. A.O. Fafiolu
9-11 March 2011	VIV Asia 2011, Bangkok, Thailand
21-23 March 2011	9th Asia Pacific Poultry Conference, Taipei, Taiwan Contact: appc@talab.org.tw
25-27 March 2011	7th International Poultry Show and Seminar, Dhaka, Bangladesh Contact: ma_saleque05@yahoo.com
29-30 March 2011	9th Avian French Research Days (9 èmes Journées de la Recherche Avicole), Tours, France Contact: secretariatJRA@journees-de-la-recherche.org
17-19 May, 2011	VIV Russia 2011, Moscow, Russia
9-11 June 2011	VIV Turkey 2011, Istanbul, Turkey
16-18 June, 2011	6th International Symposium on Turkey ProductionBerlin, Germany Contact: Prof Dr H.M. Hafez
31 August - 3 September 2011	5th Workshop on Fundamental Physiology and Perinatal Development in Poultry, Wageningen, The Netherlands Contact: Dr Henry van den Brand
4-8 September 2011	XX European Symposium on the Quality of Poultry Meat and XIV European Symposium on the Quality of Eggs and Egg Products, Leipzig, Germany Contact: Michael Grashorn
6-9 September 2011	Latin-American Poultry Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina
7-9 September 2011	30th Poultry Science Symposium, Glasgow, Scotland Contact: info@pss2011.com
22-24 September 2011	VIV China 2011, Beijing, China
5-7 October 2011	7th European Symposium on Poultry Genetics, Edinburgh, Scotland Contact: Paul Hocking
31 October - 4 November 2011	18th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition, Cesme, Turkey Contact: kongre@saltur.com.tr

2012
22-24 February 2012	VIV India 2012, Bangalore, India
26-29 March 2012	3rd Mediterranean Summit of WPSA, Alexandria, Egypt Contact: Dr Yahya Eid
5-9 August 2012	XXIV World's Poultry Congress, Bahia, Brazil

2013
17-20 June 2013	IX European Symposium on Poultry Welfare, Uppsala, Sweden Contact: Prof Ragnar Tauson

We hope that many of you will consider participating in one or more of these poultry educational meetings. See the WPSA website Calendar for further details and registration information.

Volume 14, December 2010	Newsletter Editor: Dr G.B. Havenstein gerald_havenstein@ncsu.edu