The first day will offer a selection of lectures and networking opportunities for attendees. Control measures that have been adopted internationally, such as biosecurity on the farm, hatchery sanitation, vaccinations, control of other production-related microbial and coccidial infections, will be discussed along with specific examples of countries and the efficacy of the measures adopted.

The second day, at the University of Georgia Poultry Science Complex in Athens, Ga., will focus on lectures, demonstrations and hands-on activities concerning hatchery sanitation and its contribution to pathogen control at production and processing. Other topics will include vaccines and their efficacy, biosecurity measures for adoption on the farms, associated control measures for poultry health, and contributions to the control of foodborne pathogen prevalence and concentrations. These activities are designed to provide the participants with state-of-the art knowledge, methods and processes in order to address the issues faced by the poultry industry today.

Processing for Antibiotic Free Production will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Jan. 30. Participants will meet back at the Georgia World Congress Center at 7 a.m. on Jan. 31 to be transported to the University of Georgia for the second day’s session, with the participants being transported back to the Georgia World Congress Center after the program ends at 1 p.m. The fee for this program is $600, and lunch is included both days.

More information is available on the IPPE website, where online registration for IPPE is now open.

Source: IPPE