Improving Poultry Welfare & understanding breeder management
Vetworks will provide a fully adapted streaming service for the Welfare + 1-day breeder management training on the 22th till the 24th of June.
This training will allow you to learn in an interactive and practical way while having all the information without leaving the comfort and safety of your home.
During these 3 days of online streaming, flexible moments are foreseen to follow pre-recorded topics to allow you flexibility.
Scope of the seminar: Focus on trends in animal welfare including general poultry welfare, welfare in the hatchery, welfare for breeders, layers and broilers, welfare during catching, transportation and at the slaughterhouse. The training includes interactive workshops and field visits to production sites.
Language: English
Accreditation: This training will be acrredited by NGROD and WVEPAH.
Available dates
Interested in following a Welfare workshop?
Register for our training in Poeke (Belgium) or our online streaming training (World Wide).
Pricing
Please note that our live training is depending on guidelines of local authorities with relation to COVID-19. In case restrictions are inhibiting attendants to join live, online streaming with refund will be offered.
1-day Breeder Management: € 500
2-day Poultry Welfare: € 1.000
3-day Poultry Welfare & Breeder Management: € 1.500
Excl. VAT
Per night: € 160* in Bruges, BE
Please note that restaurants and hotels offerings are depending on guidelines of local authorities with relation to COVID-19. In case restrictions are inhibiting attendants to join live, online streaming with refund will be offered.
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak we provide a fully adapted streaming service.
Follow our training online while you’re safe at home.
1-day Breeder Management: € 325
2-day Poultry Welfare: € 650
3-day Poultry Welfare & Breeder Management: € 975
Excl. VAT
Program
Day 1: Morning session
- Introduction: What Is Animal Welfare in poultry?
- Structure of the poultry industry
- Anatomy, physiology, behaviour
- Welfare at the hatchery. Chick culling: male chicks in the egg industry
- Early feedings. Facts, systems.
- Different housing systems: climate, litter in floor housing
Day 1: Afternoon session
- Important pathogens in poultry: intestinal, respiratory, locomotory
- Practical digital video: farm visit; E-learning
Day 2: Morning session
- Biosecurity
- Welfare at the farm
- Euthanasia
- Welfare during catching and transport
- Welfare at the slaughterhouse
Day 2: Afternoon session
- How to measure and influence welfare? Key welfare indicators pt1. (broilers)
- How to measure and influence welfare? Key welfare indicators pt1. (layers; broiler breeders)
- Practical digital video: slaughter house visit; E-learning
Day 3: Morning session
- Role of farmer, veterinarian, government
- Perceived welfare vs real welfare
- Welfare requirements: legislation and quality labels
- Inspection and Audit on Welfare
Day 3: Afternoon session
- Workshop: How to manage bad news?
- Evaluation test for certification
- Wrap up & certificates
Speakers
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 including: EU-H2020 Phagovet and the E-learning modules to the Broiler Signals manual
+351 917443901 
tiago.prucha@vetworks.eu
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.
Accreditation from the Flemish Veterinary Board (NGROD)
