USPOULTRY’s 2015 Live Production and Welfare Seminar will address the latest management techniques, husbandry and technology to enhance the health and welfare of the bird. The seminar will also address timely biosecurity measures to combat the potential spread of avian influenza into the fall season. Sponsored by USPOULTRY, the seminar will be held September 15-16, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Nashville, Tenn.
This year’s agenda will address the following topics.
- Disease Update: What’s Happening Around the Country
- Veterinary Feed Directive: What’s a Manager Going to Have to Do?
- Antibiotic Free
- Is it Sustainable?
- Impact on Density / 7-Day Mortality
- Legal Review for Live Production / Animal Welfare
- Gaps in MS Biosecurity Audits
- Bacterial Chondronecrosis and Osteomyelitis (BCO) / Leg Problems
- New Technology
- Housing / Fans
- Light Intensity
- Where Did It Come From, How Did It Spread?
- Biosecurity . . . Back to Basics / Preparing for the Fall Season
- Euthanasia / Disposal
- Vaccination: Pros and Cons
The seminar agenda was developed by a program committee of live production managers and poultry health professionals (left to right): Eric Greene, Claxton Poultry Farms, Inc.; Henry Welch, Peco Foods, Inc.; and Dr. John Smith, Fieldale Farms Corporation.
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