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The 19th Western Meeting of Poultry Clinicians and Pathologists

"WestVet 19"

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Post Hotel - Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada

Please note that attendance at the WMPCP is limited to Veterinarians only.

Contact the Post Hotel at 1-800-661-1586 regarding reservations. 

A reception will be held Monday, September 29^th, 2008

 at 7:30 pm in the Post Hotel Library. 

(Sponsored by Merial Canada Inc.)

The meeting will commence Tuesday, September 30^th, 2008

with the following agenda:

8:00 am         Registration & Continental Coffee Service

8:25 am         Introductions

8:30 am         Prevalence of pathogenic genes of Campylobacter jejuni as detected by PCR in strains isolated from humans and bovine species

                      Brenda Allan

8:50 am        Use of Camelina Meal in Turkey Feed: Growth Performance and Omega-3 Fatty Acid Content of Meat

                     David Frame

9:10 am        Strategies for Transition to Antibiotic-Free Broiler Production

                     Linnea Newman

9:30 am         Salmonella Heidelburg: Ceftiofur-related resistance in human and retail chicken isolates in Canada

                         Rebecca Irwin

10:00 am       Refreshment Break

10:30 am        Broiler Production Data and the Poultry Rejection Project

                      Neil Ambrose

10:50 am       ILT in a Saskatchewan Backyard Flock

                      Bob Goodhope

11:10 am       Rickets in several broiler flocks in Alberta

                     Darko Mitevski

11:30 am       "Case du jour"

                    Tom Inglis

12:00 pm      Working Luncheon

(Sponsored by Intervet/Schering Canada Inc.)

1:30 pm        Inclusion Body Hepatitis as a primary disease in broilers in Canada

                     Susantha Gomis

1:50 pm        Inclusion Body Hepatitis in Broiler Chickens: Field Reports

                    Stewart J. Ritchie

2:10 pm       Big Bellied Baby Broiler Breeders

                    Jenny Fricke

2:30 pm       Review of SE PT13 in BC

                   Bill Cox

2:50 pm       Avian Influenza - Saskatchewan Outbreak 2007

                   Sandra Stephens

3:10 pm         WMPCP Business Meeting

                        ·  WCVM Scholarship

                        ·  CgFARAD

                        ·  Westvet Finances

                        ·  “WestVet 20” – Tentative Date – September 29, 2009

3:30 pm         “Burning Question Period”

                          · Salmonella

                          · Necrotic Enteritis

                          · AI Monitoring Program     

4:00 pm         Meeting Adjourned

SPONSORS

Alpharma Animal Health

Ambrose Poultry Consulting Ltd.

Aviagen North America

 Canadian Poultry Consultants Ltd.

DSM Nutritional Products - The makers of Hy-D

ELI Lilly Canada Inc./Elanco Animal Health

Engage Animal Health

 Intervet/Schering Canada Inc.

Lohmann Animal Health

 Merial Canada Inc.

Poultry Health Services Ltd.
Vetoquinol NA Inc.

Wyeth Animal Health

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