Vetworks consists of a global team of veterinarians with a collective experience of over 40 years in the Poultry Industry. Our consultants maintain a broad network of key opinion leaders and decision-makers including individuals from industrial, academic, veterinary and pharmaceutical communities which enables Vetworks to offer both in-house expertise and external support to our clients.
Maarten De Gussem
DVM & Global poultry consultant
Maarten is founder & global poultry consultant at Vetworks since 2009 providing support on poultry health topics with focus on mycoplasmosis, general gut health and coccidiosis.
Hilde Van Meirhaeghe
DVM & Global poultry consultant
Hilde is a global Poultry Consultant at Vetworks since 2010. She’s previously worked with DGZ and currently working with several partners and projects.
Tiago Prucha
DVM & Global poultry consultant
Since 2018, Tiago works as a Poultry Consultant at Vetworks. Tiago is working on several projects: EU-H2020 Phagovet and the E-learning modules to the Broiler Signals manual.
Africa Fernández-Gutiérrez
DVM, MRCVS & Global poultry consultant
Since June 2019, Africa works as Global poultry consultant at Vetworks with focus on breeder parent’s management, pathogens control, and biosecurity and health plans.
Eline Vallaey
DVM & Global poultry consultant
Eline joined Vetworks in 2019 after graduating with a Master in Veterinary Medicine – specialization in ‘Swine, Poultry & Rabbits’ at Ghent University.
Gunther Antonissen
Professor (Ghent University, Belgium)
Gunther received his PhD in Veterinary Sciences at Ghent University in 2015, studying the predisposing effect of the mycotoxins deoxynivalenol and fumonisins on necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens.
Dennis V. Umali
DVM & Global poultry consultant
From 2014 to present, Dr. Umali is based in the Philippines and works as an independent veterinary consultant.
René Heijnen
DVM, Poultry Consultant & Nutritionist
René Heijnen, DVM also has a Post-graduate on Poultry Nutrition from Wageningen University. Since 2022 René works as an independent veterinary consultant at Vetworks.
Ph.D. Miriam A. Tempra
Ph.D. & Global head nutritional consultancy services
As a Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Science – major in Animal Nutrition – Dr. Alberto-Tempra is based in the Philippines and works as an independent nutrition consultant.
Patricia Soster
DVM & Poultry Consultant
Patrícia Soster is graduated in Veterinary Medicine at UFRGS and she is a M.Sc in Animal Production at the same University, in Brazil. Currently she is doing her PhD at Ghent University
Bibek Bandhu Regmi
DVM & Poultry Consultant
Dr. Regmi completed his Master of Veterinary Science in 2022 from the Faculty of Animal Science, Veterinary Science, and Fisheries [FAVF], Agriculture and Forestry University [AFU], Nepal. Dr. Regmi is also serving as Director MarComm of Vet Nepal.
Tom Serrarens
Specialist Broiler Management
Tom Serrarens received a Bachelor in Agro- and Biotechnology in 2008 at Hogeschool Ghent in Belgium. Nowadays, Tom supervises his broiler farm and also works as an independent consultant in the field of broiler management.
Giuditta Tilli
DVM & Poultry Consultant
Giuditta Tilli is graduated in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Padova. She Pursued a PhD in “Veterinary Science and Food Safety” and is currently a student of the Postgraduate course in Poultry Health Sciences at Ghent University. She is also a resident in the European College of Poultry Veterinary Science.
Carlos Vier
DVM & Poultry Consultant
Carlos Vier holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine from UFRGS in Brazil. In 2023, Carlos joined Vetworks Brazil. Currently, he’s pursuing a postgraduate course in Poultry Health Sciences at Ghent University, further enriching his knowledge and expertise in the field.
Kris Van Daele
Poultry Consultant
Kris Van Daele holds a Bachelor degree in Agriculture and Biotechnology and pursued further education with a postgraduate degree on Marketing from VLEKHO Business school. His professional expertise spans across technical and operational domains, complemented by strong leadership and management skills.
