A HEALTHY GUT: THE FOUNDATION OF A GOOD START
Scope of the seminar:
- Gut Health issues have broad implications for the overall health of birds, animal welfare, the production efficiency of flocks, food safety, and environmental impact. The importance of this topic has grown over the past two decades. In this training we will cover the main challenges in the gut health management (early feeding, coccidiosis control trends, dealing with bacterial enteritis and managing gut health issues and their consequences).
- Food safety today is one of the top priorities in the poultry industry since poultry meat and eggs continues to be a major concern for consumers. Why is Salmonella Infantis such a challenge? Contaminants? In this training we will cover the link of food safety with gut health and the main challenges of food safety in poultry including zoonoses Salmonella, Campylobacter and antimicrobial resistance in the poultry production chain.
GUT HEALTH & FOOD SAFETY
May 5-7, 2026 – Izegem, Belgium
2026-05-05 - 2026-05-07
REGISTERPrice: Price range: 650,00 € through 2160,00 €
Key Areas of Focus:
– Gut Health Management challenges (early feeding, coccidiosis control, bacterial enteritis & managing gut health consequences).
– Food Safety and Gut Health (link between gut health and food safety, Salmonella Infantis Challenge, Contaminants and Zoonoses & Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
– Emerging Trends and Best Practices
Who is it for: poultry veterinarians, farm managers, food safety professionals, nutritionists, and anyone involved in poultry production who is responsible for ensuring bird health, production efficiency, and food safety.
It is also suitable for those interested in understanding the broader implications of gut health on public health and environmental sustainability.
Language: English
Accreditation: This training will be accredited by NGROD and WVEPAH.
The course is approved by the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain.
Program: Gut Health & Food Safety
Day 1: Morning session
- Welcome & Introduction
- Form, function, anatomy and physiology
- Necrotic and Bacterial enteritis: contributing factors
- Coccidiosis: Life cycle and impact of coccidiosis and diagnostics
- Coccidiosis prevention tools, therapy, how to make sound anticoccidial programs
Day 1: Afternoon session
- Efficacy testing and safety of anticoccidials
- Effects of mycotoxins in poultry
- Viral enteritis + REO
- Broiler management
Day 2: Morning session
- Biosecurity
- Early feeding concepts
- Gut health management: growth promoters and alternative solutions
- Interactive workshop: Gut Health Management, coccidiosis
Day 2: Afternoon session
- Monitoring systems for coccidiosis and bacterial enteritis
- OPG demo
- Practical session broilers: necropsy/ lesion scoring coccidiosis and gut health/ footpad scoring
Day 3 Gut Health & Food Safety: Morning session
- Introduction for food safety : Interaction between food safety and gut health
- Salmonella in poultry
- How to track Salmonella throughout the food chain
- Campylobacter: important pathogen in both humans and chickens?
- How to fight AMR and reduce AMU : practical solutions
- Prevention and control of Salmonella
Day 3: Afternoon session
- Workshop: Real Case Salmonella Infantis in a Breeder/Broiler Integration and crisis management
- Workshop: Presentation and discussion
- Food safety test and conclusions and certificates
Speakers
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.
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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.
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Dr. Giuditta Tilli
Ph.D., DVM & Global poultry consultant
Dr. Giuditta Tilli is graduated in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Padova. She Pursued a PhD in “Veterinary Science” 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.
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Accreditation
Accreditation from the Flemish
Veterinary Board (NGROD)
