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From Pipping to Processing

Spring – March 12

 – 13

, 2020

Harrogate

Spring Meeting

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Location: Harrogate

Hotel Details

Cedar Court Hotel

Park Parade
Harrogate
HG1 5AH

Phone: 01423 858585
Email:
Website: https://cedarcourthotels.co.uk/hotels/harrogate/

Set in the heart of historic Harrogate overlooking the Stray, Cedar Court Hotel Harrogate blends rich heritage with modern comfort. Guests can unwind with on-site experiences including the Harrogate Head Spa, Bliss Hair & Beauty salon and massage treatments, and Amber’s Restaurant for fine dining, Sunday lunch and afternoon tea.

The property is a historical site, dating back to 1671, the town’s first-ever hotel. Our Harrogate hotel offers guests modern facilities and super-fast Wi-Fi. It is only a quick stroll away from the must-visit attractions in the city centre. These include the famous Bettys Tea Roomunique Moorish-style Turkish Baths and Harrogate Theatre, and nearby Knaresborough.

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THURSDAY, 12th March 2020 – Session: 11:00AM – 5:15PM
10:50 am
Richard Irvine
BVPA President
Welcome and opening remarks
11:00 am
Anne Rae
Cherry Valley
Duck breeding, from genetics to genomics (Keith Gooderham Waterfowl Lecture)
12:00 pm
Keith Warner
Avara Foods
What is required from a modern veterinary service – an integrators perspective
12:30 pm
Lunch Break
1:30 pm
Lukasz Kropiwnicki
FSA
FSA poultry condition cards: Past, present and future
2:00 pm
Sally Hutton
Crowshall Vets
Practical and technical review of on-farm hatching
2:30 pm
Carla van de Pol
Hatchtech
Improving leg health in broilers through optimisation of perinatal bone development
3:00 pm
Wouter Bruins
In Ovo
How culling of male chicks will become a thing of the past
3:30 pm
Tea/Coffee Break
4:00 pm
Paul McMullin
Layer Sector Update: Antibiotic stewardship & Salmonella Control
4:30 pm
Alan Buckle
University of Reading
Salmonella and campylobacter control on the farm: the role of rodents
5:15 pm
BVPA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – members only
8:00 pm
BVPA 2020 Spring Meeting Dinner
After Dinner Speaker: BVA President, Daniella Dos Santos
After Dinner Speaker: BVA President, Daniella Dos Santos
9:00 am
Gary Ford
NFU (Poultry)
Economic & environmental impact of producing a higher welfare broiler
9:30 am
David Welchman
APHA
Broiler rejection card and an update on gamebirds hatching and rearing
10:00 am
Richard Jackson
BVPA Junior Vice President
BVPA Working Group updates
10:30 am
Tea/Coffee Break
Clinical and Realted Papers
11:00 am
Sam Morgan
Mount Vets Ltd
Spotty liver, with reference to Campylobacter hepaticus
11:20 am
Carlo Bianco
APHA
Leg deformities in reared pheasants - an emerging condition?
11:40 am
Dana Simpson
St Davids-Poultry
Mycotoxicosis in commercial layers - a clinical case
11:55 am
Annoucements
12:00 pm
End of meeting and closing remarks

Past Meetings

The previous 4 BVPA meetings
Members have full access to all previous BVPA meetings and papers presented at them
  • Poultry Viral Diseases
    March 26 - {acf_end_date: j} {acf_start_date: Y}
    Harrogate
    plant
  • Poultry Bacterial Diseases
    November 13 - {acf_end_date: j} {acf_start_date: Y}
    Coventry
    snowflake
  • Poultry Management Innovation
    March 12 - {acf_end_date: j} {acf_start_date: Y}
    Harrogate
    plant
  • Poultry Diagnostic
    October 10 - {acf_end_date: j} {acf_start_date: Y}
    Coventry
    snowflake