​The South African Branch of the World’s Poultry Science
Association’s 40'th Scientific Symposium
5 & 6 March 2024
CSIR Conference Centre, Pretoria

  
​ABOUT  THE WORLD POULTRY SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

​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. 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. 

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The South African Branch of the World’s Poultry Science Association’s
40th Scientific Symposium
 
CSIR Conference Centre, Pretoria on Tuesday 5 March & Wednesday 6 March 2024
 
Theme: Scientific Solutions for Poultry Challenges
  
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

5 March 2024 | Day 1

Session 1                      Chairperson - Nicky Tyler - University of KwaZulu-Natal
08:30 – 09:45                Registration
10:00 – 10:10                Welcome - South African Branch of WPSA
10:10 – 10:40                Izaak Breytenbach – SAPA - Setting the scene of the SA Poultry Industry
10:40 – 11:20                Sonia Liu - University of Sydney - The importance of digestive dynamics in
                                         broiler chicken nutrition
11:20 – 12:00                Nadia Yacoubi – Evonik - Intestinal microbiome modulation in animal nutrition: Myth or reality?​
12:00 – 13:00               Lunch  & viewing posters
  
Session 2                      Chairperson - Peter Plumstead - Chemunique
13:00 – 13:35                Shelby Remerez - DSM - Early cocci detection
13:35 – 14:15                Bernd Kaspers - LMU Munich Germany  - Avian Immunology System
14:15 – 14:30                Gerhard Claassen – Digestibility of dietary calcium and phosphorus in broilers supplemented
                                         with 1, alpha-hydroxycholecalciferol in combination with phytase
14:30 – 15:00                WPSA SA - AGM
15:00 – 15:45               Tea & Viewing Posters
  
Session 3                      Chairperson – Gay Boomgaard  – Meadow Feeds
15:45 – 16:20                Erik Hoeven – Nestborn – On Farm Hatching
​16:20 – 16:55                Tahir Mahmood - Addiseo – Implications of low protein diets in poultry  –
                                         opportunities and challenges
16:55 – 17:30                Kelly Brannon – Beneficial Feed – Maintaining Hatchability despite egg supply challenges
17:30 – 18:30                Posters Session and Award Session
18:30                              WPSA Braai - Social Function
   

6 March 2024 | Day 2

Session 4                      Chairperson - Mariana Ciacciariello - University of KwaZulu- Natal
08:00 – 09:00                Registration / Coffee
09:00 – 09:05                Welcome
09:05 – 09:45                Sonia Liu - A Reappraisal of amino acids in broiler chicken nutrition
09:45 – 10:25                Vasil Stanev – Phibro - Salmonella control from European perspective
10:25 –  11:30              Tea & viewing posters
 
Session 5                      Chairperson - Christine Jansen van Rensburg - University of Pretoria
11:30 – 11:05                Kyle Venter - Chemunique – Available Calcium application
11:05 – 11:20                Student Presentation 
11:20 – 12:00                Brendan Graaf – Cobb - Ventilation Challenges unpacked 
12:00 – 13:00               Light Lunch
 
Session 6                      Chairperson – Johan du Plessis  - Quantum Foods
13:00 – 13:40                Shahn Bisschop - AI update – South Africa and the world
13:40 – 14:20                Javier Senz Corella - Aviagen - AI Vaccination experience from Europe and
​                                         recommendations on how to manage an AI outbreak in a vaccinated flock
14:20 – 15:00                Johan Willemse – South African economic outlook
15:00                               Closing & Light Lunch
 
 
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