Training Program for Poultry Veterinarians in Shanghai, China

This Layers “Specialized” course is an overview of important infectious and non-infectious diseases at different stages of pullets and layers production. The objective of the WVEPAH education program is to offer a highly specialized training on all specific aspects of layers health; pathology, epidemiology, genetics, nutrition, immunology, management, etc., in a format usable in your daily practice. The course also lays the foundation for more in depth studies on specific subjects covered in follow up courses.

Dates: September 10 – 14 & October 22 – 26, 2018

Location: Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences (SAAS).

Course masters: Greg Cutler (US), Nancy Reimers (US), Eric Gingerich (US), Ian Rubinoff (US), Vincent Guyonnet (CA), Shun Fa Tang (CN), Guanghai Qi (CN), Jinlin Zhou (CN), Mohamed Hafez (DE).

Language: The course will be held with English/Chinese translation.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Know how to evaluate the birds’ microenvironment in relation to flock health and welfare.
Gain advanced knowledge relating to mechanisms of disease causation for infectious and non-infectious diseases
Recognize normal poultry tissues and recognize abnormal poultry tissues, characterize lesions, and interpret their significance.
Understand modern diagnostic technologies including both field and laboratory diagnostics.
Plan a logical diagnostic approach to the investigation of disease (including the identification of risk and causative factors of poultry diseases).
Collect appropriate diagnostic samples and perform relevant diagnostic tests for disease investigation.
Know how to interpret diagnostic results
Develop preventive medicine protocols, including biosecurity, coccidiosis, and vaccination
Apply the judicious use of antibiotic therapy
Know supportive and alternative forms of treatment against pathogens

For further information, please contact info@wvepah.org or info@wvepah-asia.org