Scope of the seminar: Focus on Food Safety trends including zoonoses Salmonella, Campylobacter and antimicrobial resistance in the poultry production chain. As well as Gut Health issues such as the latest on coccidiosis control trends, dealing with bacterial enteritis and managing gut health issues and their consequences.
Location: Novotel Brugge Centrum, Belgium.
Dates: 03, 04, 05, 06 March 2020 / 08, 09, 10 September 2020.
Language: English | Places available: 20-30 places.
Gut Health – Day 1
Morning session:
Intestinal tract in poultry: anatomy, physiology, microbiota, normal functions and special features
Necrotic and Bacterial enteritis: contributing factors
Coccidiosis: important disease in poultry
Coccidiosis prevention tools, how to make sound anticoccidial programs
Afternoon Session:
Coccidiosis in breeders and long living birds
Broiler signals/farm management to optimize gut health
Early Feeding how it affects intestinal health
Consequences of bad gut health: footpad lesions and slaughterhouse condemnations
Gut Health – Day 2
Morning Session:
Gut health management: growth promotors and alternative solutions
How to fight AMR and reduce AMU: practical solutions
Monitoring systems for coccidiosis and bacterial enteritis
Interactive workshop: Gut Health Management, coccidiosis: vaccines and anticoccidials, Antibiotics, Additives
Afternoon Session:
Scoring systems for coccidiosis and bacterial enteritis
Practical session* broilers: necropsy/lesion scoring coccidiosis and gut health/footpad scoring
Practical scoring* of coccidiosis & bacterial enteritis based on Johnson and Reid, 1970 and De Gussem, 2010
*Technical field visits & practical sessions are not included in the 1-day workshops
Gut Health & Food Safety- Day 3
Morning Session:
Introduction for food safety (holistic view) – only for food safety attendees
Interaction between food safety; food safety issues, welfare and gut health ( consequences of bad gut health)
Mycotoxins and Gut Health & feed structure
All you need to know about Salmonella infections in poultry and how to control it pt. 1
Interactive workshop: Control of salmonella
Afternoon Session: Technical field visit*
Farm approach broiler management
Practical session: Farm approach broiler management on Salmonella and correct sampling methods;
How to assess gut and general health, management, litter quality at broiler farm
Food Safety- Day 2
All you need to know about Salmonella infections in poultry and how to control them pt2
Campylobacter: important pathogen in both human and chickens?
How to track Salmonella throughout the food chain
Prevention and control of Salmonella and Campylobacter
A holistic view on food safety: US vs. EU Approach?
Afternoon Session: Technical field visit*
Workshop: Real Case Salmonella Infantis in a Breeder/Broiler Integration.
