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WPSA is present at

  • 8-11 May, International Poultry Congress 2024, Turkey
  • 24-28 June, European Poultry Congress, Valencia, Spain
  • 2-3 October, Poultry Africa, Kigali, Rwanda

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The World's Poultry Science Association is a long established and unique organization that strives to advance knowledge and understanding of all aspects of poultry science and the poultry industry. Its major role is to encourage, and help facilitate, liaison among research scientists and educators, and between those in research and education and those working in the many diverse sectors of the industry. As a non-profit making organization, it relies for its income almost entirely on membership subscriptions, although a number of poultry companies around the world provide generous sponsorship to help meet some of the production costs of the World's Poultry Science Journal.

With a large and truly international membership of 8,000, the organization's objectives are promoted in various ways. These range from high-profile international congresses and conferences to the many diverse meetings organized by WPSA national branches (of which there are about 80) and two federations of branches - in Europe and in the Asia-Pacific region. Within the Association there are many working groups and committees covering various aspects of poultry science and technology. Dedication to the spread of knowledge, education and training is ranked highly amongst the interests of WPSA members. All WPSA members can attend the regularly held World Congresses and regional conferences, together with many other meetings on various aspects of poultry production and poultry science. In return for their annual subscription, members also receive the World's Poultry Science Journal four times per year.

The World's Poultry Science Journal (WPSJ) has developed a high international reputation for its content, which covers virtually all aspects of production and science in the poultry industry. Collectively the reviews in the WPSJ provide an unrivalled reference source. Other contents include book reviews, book lists, news items on WPSA Branches, technical working groups and a calendar of events around the world, including education and training courses. The WPSJ is currently published four times each year. The address of the Editor is included under Officers of the Association.

Obituary Stanisław Wężyk

13 January 1934 - 5 January 2024 Professor Stanisław Wężyk was born on January 13, 1934 in Ostrów Wielkopolski in Poland. At the local high school he passed his matriculation. In 1956, he received his M.Sc. degree in zootechnics from the Agricultural University in Kraków. He received his PhD in 1...

Obituary Mian Jan Mohammad Javaid (Pakistan)

1 March 1958 – 13 August 2023 It is with heavy hearts that we deeply mourn and formally announce the poignant passing of Mian Jan Mohammad Javaid, a distinguished luminary who served as the revered President of The World's Poultry Science Association – Pakistan Branch and CE Jadeed Group of Compa...

Obituary Sergey V. Cherepanov

10 October 1952 – 29 May 2023 Sergey V. Cherepanov was born in Almaty (Kazakh Republic of the former USSR). He graduated from the Zootechnical Faculty of the Leningrad Agricultural Institute (1974) and in 1974-78 worked at the collective farm “Lensovetovsky” (Leningrad Province). After his post-gra...

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October 2023

Dr Francine Bradley, Treasurer

bradley francine newI think it has been a year since I was last tapped to write something for the Newsletter. I want to thank my friend of many years, Dr Avigdor Cahaner for taking over the editorship of the Newsletter. After being shepherded so well and for so many years by Dr Gerry Havenstein, WPSA is lucky to have another devoted member take the lead. As always, I recognize the constant efforts of Dorien Velner to assist in the development of the newsletter.

This calendar year, I was pleased to represent WPSA at the IPPE in Atlanta and at the Pacific Egg and Poultry Association (PePa) meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona. The United States Branch of WPSA sponsors the PePa Student Programme.

In addition to my normal duties as Treasurer, I also participated on the committees reviewing proposals for Travel Grants and Branch Development support. I wrote after the WPC in Paris, that some members wasted the volunteer time of committee members. Specifically, some students were very lax in following directions. I do not want my young student friends to think me ageist and that I only castigate them. This is not the case and as evidence, I now remind some of our very senior members that they, too, need to take better care with their paperwork. You also need to follow application guidelines for Speakers’ Bureau and Branch Development awards. If your application is awarded, it is your very serious obligation to keep proper and complete paperwork. Your Board and especially your Executive Committee do their best to run an efficient organization. If your inattention to detail results in repeated requests for corrections, you have wasted our time.

It was a pleasure to make my first visit to Poland this summer. Your WPSA Board met in Krakow, prior to the WG meetings on Egg and Poultry Meat Quality. Our hosts from the Polish Branch put on excellent meetings and all registrants enjoyed wonderful Polish food and hospitality. The Board met for 2 days and covered many topics. There were lengthy discussions dealing with membership issues. Those included branches severely delinquent in their dues payments and the overall tiered structure of membership fees. For WPSA, or any organization, to remain solvent, members must faithfully pay their dues and in turn, Branches must remit the invoiced amount to the global association.

WPSA dues are a bargain relative to the many benefits of membership. I urge all members to pay their individual dues in a timely matter and to confirm that the branch dues are also being paid on time. I also encourage members to check the website regularly. Look for upcoming WPSA meetings that could contribute to your professional development. Use you WPSA membership status to obtain reduced registration fees. Look under the website’s “Support” drop down for sponsorship possibilities.

In my part of the world it is autumn. Fellow WPSA members: do harvest the fruits of your membership in WPSA!

August 2023

Ir Peter van Horne, Secretary General

Dear WPSA members!

horne peterIt is a great honour for me to write my first message in this newsletter, after being elected last summer for the next four years (2022-2026). From the 1st of January 2023 I have been involved in many activities of the WPSA Executive Committee and visited the IPPE Poultry show in Atlanta, the 2nd Pan Africa poultry Conference in Togo and the round table of Working Group 1 on Economics In Helsinki, Finland. I want to meet many members and branches to learn about their views and objectives to further promote knowledge of poultry science and the poultry industry. For the year 2023 and 2024 I will combine being the Secretary General of WPSA with my position as poultry economist at Wageningen University & Research.

This year the working groups of the European Federation have their symposia. Please check the calendar. I want to mention that working groups 4 and 5 jointly organise a symposium on quality of eggs and egg products and quality of poultry meat in Krakow, Poland. The Board of WPSA will attend this symposium after two days of the annual Board meeting.

Later this year the Asian Pacific Poultry Conference (APPC) will be held. This meeting has been postponed because of Covid and will now be held on 31 October to 4 November 2023 in Nanjing, China. For the programme please go to the website.

Later on, I will represent WPSA at VIV MEA in Abu Dhabi (20–22 November 2023) with a booth to promote WPSA activities. For me this is another opportunity to meet with members and branches of countries in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia.

June 2023

Dr Michèle Tixier-Boichard, President

Dear members of WPSA

tixier michele1It is my pleasure to inform you that the proposals submitted to the branch development programme can now reach up to 4000 US$, instead of 2000. We are expecting branch proposals, please visit . The next deadline is JULY 1st, don’t miss it. This is aimed at helping you.

The communication strategy is one important topic for the board, and we received 348 answers from 59 countries to our survey dedicated to the web site and social media. This was discussed at an online board meeting on April 25. The overall content of the web site was generally appreciated, which is a good point. We also realized the need to retain our young members with us.

Together with the Secretary General, Peter Van Horne, and a Vice-President, Fallou Gueye, I attended the 2nd Pan African Poultry Conference co-organized on May 16-18 by the branch of Togo and by CERSA, the regional excellence center for avian sciences based in the University of Lomé. The ministry in charge of research and higher education from Togo opened the conference, in the presence of the delegate ministry of Burkina-Faso for animal resources. The programme featured invited talks and short oral communications that triggered a very lively discussion. Simultaneous translation made possible to gather participants from whole Africa, either French-speaking or English-speaking. I congratulate the organizers for this successful event. In addition, it made possible to gather, on site or on-line, several representatives of WPSA branches from the African WPSA network recently created. The role of a branch was clarified by sharing experience, and it was decided to hold the next Pan African Poultry Conference in 2025, May 12-14, in Johannesburg. Save this date!

Working groups of the European Federation are getting ready for their symposiums, please check the calendar on the website. The waterfowl working group will also meet in Indonesia.

After postponement due to COVID, the Asian Poultry Conference will take place in China in November. See http://appc2023.bomeeting.net/cn for more information.

I hope that you will like the new format of this Newsletter. It is aimed at stimulating exchanges between our members. This is a way to develop the sense of belonging within our large WPSA family.

The World’s Poultry Science Journal is indebted to Prof J.A. Castello, Prof M.A. Grashorn, Dr M. Tixier-Boichard, Mr Tolkachev and Dr Jiangxia Zheng for the translations of these summaries.

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