Schedule of Events: Tuesday 18th March 2025
19:00
Informal meet & greet – for group dinner bookings please make a reservation with the hotel.
Schedule of Events: Wednesday 19th March 2025
08:00
08:00
08:00
Registration and welcome coffee or tea
09:15
08:00
08:00
Data analysis and feedback to enhance performance and genetic progress
Sylvain Briere, Hendrix Genetics, France
09:40
08:00
09:40
Field evaluation of a Mycoplasma synoviae (Ms) live vaccine in turkey breeders, by Ms specific PCR and serology
Xavier Dubord, Laboratoire LCV, France
10:05
10:05
09:40
Renewed look at turkey feed and water withdrawal
Greg Hansen, Poultry Intellimetrics Inc, US - on behalf of Aviagen Turkeys Ltd, UK
10:30
10:05
10:30
The effects of toxin mitigation strategies on poultry physiology and hatchability of turkey eggs
Cornelia Becker, Biochem, Germany
10:55
10:05
10:30
COFFEE BREAK
Shooting Lodge Suite
11:20
11:20
11:20
New veterinary legislation and off-label use: the devil is in the details
Wouter Depondt, Huvepharma NV, Netherlands
11:45
11:20
11:20
The use of enzymatically-processed soybean meal in turkeys
Dr Megan Bible, Hamlet Protein, Denmark
12:10
11:20
12:10
Does flickering light have an impact on turkey welfare or productivity?
Karen Schwean-Lardner, PhD, University of
Saskatchewan, Canada
12:35
12:35
12:10
LUNCH BREAK
Redmond's Restaurant
13:50
12:35
13:50
Nutrition density in starting and fattening period and its impact on final performance
Valentin Theneau, Techna, France
14:15
12:35
13:50
PMV vaccination associated with ornithobacterium rhinotracheale autovaccines as a mean of antibiotic demedication in broiler turkeys in France Dr. Alexandre Vove, Amont LDC, France
14:40
14:40
14:40
Overview of phytobiotic use on turkey farms: From in vitro tests on Histomonas and Eimeria to field results
Jean Marie Watier, IDENA, France
15:05
14:40
14:40
The turkey microbiome
Laura Hoving, Novonesis, Denmark
15:30
14:40
15:30
TEA BREAK
Shooting Lodge Suite
15:50
15:50
15:30
R&D innovations and focus on the future
Charlie de Hollander, Hendrix Genetics Turkeys, France
16:15
15:50
16:15
Pre-harvest pathogen control – the role of prebiotics as a front-line defence measure
Dr Richard Murphy, Alltech, UK
16:40
15:50
16:15
Healthy and super food: strong positioning for consumers to sustain the turkey industry
Naum Babaev, Damate, Russia
17:05
17:05
17:05
FINISH
Schedule of Events: Wednesday 19th March 2025
19:25
19:25
19:25
Pre-dinner drinks reception – Morgan’s Bar
kindly sponsored by Aviagen Turkeys Ltd
20:00
19:25
19:25
Conference dinner – Carden Suite
Schedule of Events: Thursday 20th March 2025
09:15
09:15
09:15
Strain typing of Pasteurella outbreak isolates and biosecurity implications
Kenton Hazel, Aviagen Turkeys Ltd, UK & Gerard Leveque, Hendrix Genetics, France
09:40
09:15
09:15
The Achilles’ heel of Campylobacter in poultry?
Dawn Reinhoudt, Danisco, Netherlands
10:05
09:15
10:05
Critical control points in turkey egg incubation in order to achieve the best quality poults
Simona Georghitoiu, Petersime, Belgium
10:30
10:30
10:05
Supporting gut function through dietary interventions
Gemma Gonzalez Ortiz, AB Vista, Spain
10:55
10:30
10:55
COFFEE BREAK
Shooting Lodge Suite
11:20
10:30
10:55
ALERT: Introduction and spread of Avian Metapneumovirus in the United States
Steven Clark, Huvepharma, US
11:45
11:45
11:45
The link between gut health and bone health in turkeys
Prof. Doug Korver, University of Alberta, Canada
12:10
11:45
11:45
Poultry house air filtration 101
Michael Czarick, UGA Poultry Housing, US
12:35
11:45
12:35
Supplementary xylanase improves metabolisable energy of rape seed meals obtained by cold pressed hexane extraction when fed to turkey poults
Vasil Pirgozliev, Harper Adams University, UK
12:55
12:55
12:35
LUNCH
Redmond's Restaurant
14:10
14:10
14:10
The impact of bacterial Chondronecrosis with Osteomyelitis (BCO) lameness in poultry and the therapeutic role of active form of vitamin D3 (1,25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol)
Dr Jan Dirk der Klis, Innovad Group, UK
14.35
14:10
14:10
Turkey gut health, challenges and solutions
Luis Valenzuela, DSM, Denmark
15:00
14:10
15:00
Emerging insights on the correlation between nutrigenomics and nutrient absorption
Veerle Van Hoeck, Kemin, UK
15:25
15:25
15:00
Microbial supplementation: three decades of practical applications and learnings in turkey production
Pierre Lebreton, Lallemand, France
15:50
15:25
15:50
FINISH OF EVENT
Thank you for your support!