Module I, Key Disciplines in Poultry Health/Regulation Module OIE – WOAH
Online Training, Spring 2021
General course information
- To access the course notes and the pre-recorded courses, the students must be registered and the course fees paid.
- There will be blocks of 2 hours with the CMs, 3-4 months after the availability of the course notes and the pre-recorded courses.
- Module I will be mandatory before following a specialized module (broiler chickens, layers, turkeys, waterfowl) which will also be completely online in 2021.
- If a Course Master teaches several courses, an attempt will be made to group together the live portion of all his courses.
- There will be only one exam and it will also be done online with the help of the University of Luxembourg. It will be in the form of an MCQ (multiple choice questions) and there will be 100 questions that will cover both Module I and the specialized module.
Course Masters:
Dr Neil Duncan (ZA)
Dr Robert Gauthier (CA)
Dr Mohamed Hafez (GE)
Dr Stéphane Lemière (FR)
Dr Marius Dwars (NL)
Dr E. Parent (CA)
Dr Peter Plumstead (ZA)
Dr Jean-Pierre Vaillancourt (CA)
Dr Hilde vanMeirhaeghe (BE)
Dr Daniel Venne (CA)
Speaker OIE to be determined
Moderator:
Robert Gauthier (CA)
Administrator:
Pierre Cadot (FR)
Registration status
Pre-registration open
Course location
Online course
Course language
English
Tuition fee
1950 EUR / 2.300 USD
Program
Pre-recorded Courses
Dr Robert Gauthier
Course description and objectives
1 hour
Poultry production in the world (broilers, layers, turkeys) and production systems
1 hour
Cost of poultry diseases. Impact of litter on diseases and productivity
30 min
Water quality
2 hours
Intoxications (medications, mycotoxins, feed ingredients) (2 hours)
2 hours
Environment, cleaning & disinfection, pest control
2 hours
Medication, feed additives, antibiotic free production, growth promoters
Dr Éric Parent
4 hours
Antibiotics and antibioresistance
Module OIE : Speaker to be determined
4 hours
OIE presentations
Dr Peter Plumstead
2 hours
Nutrition I, basic principles, requirements
2 hours
Nutrition II, feed ingredient constraints, composition, quality, mycotoxins management, manufacturing
Dr Daniel Venne
4 hours
Introduction to metabolic diseases in poultry. Clinical biochemistry, a new science in avian medicine?
2 hours
Blood parameters and what influences them
2 hours
Hatching eggs and hatchery (production, storage, transportation, incubation)
Dr Mohamed Hafez
2 hours
Avian influenza
2 hours
Important diseases related to public health (salmonellosis, tuberculosis, campylobacteriosis, chlamydiosis, erysipelosis)
2 hours
Reportable diseases (IA & NC), detection and intervention programs, eradication or vaccination
Dr Marius Dwars
2 hours
Newcastle disease
Dr Jean-Pierre Vaillancourt
2 hours
Epidemiology I, basic principles, risk factors
2 hours
Epidemiology II, infection pressure, measurement of the impact of an intervention
2 hours
Epidemiology III, statistical calculation in epidemiology, control measures and biosecurity
2 hours
Epidemiology IV, biosecurity
Dr Stéphan Lemière
2 hours
Immune system
2 hours
Vaccination techniques
2 hours
Laboratory techniques in immunology, serology and bacteriology. Laboratory serology results interpretation
2 hours
How to build an adapted vaccination program?
Dr Hilde vanMeirhaeghe
1 hour
Animal welfare in poultry production
1 hour
Genetic selection, evolution and how to reach the genetic potential
1 hour
Management of communication during a sanitary crisis, the importance of a rapid reaction and of a coordinated reaction (
2 hours
The importance intestinal health in poultry
2 hours
Internal parasites of poultry (broilers, layers, turkeys)
2 hours
External parasites of poultry (broilers, layers, turkeys)
Dr Neil Duncan
1 hour
Anatomy, physiology of the respiratory, digestive and reproductive systems), the importance of histopathology and review of the avian specificity, what sample to collect, for what?
1 hour
What are the most important poultry diseases in the world
Cornell University
4 hours
Videos on necropsy techniques and sample collection
On-line live sessions with the CMs
(7 blocks of 2 hours)
Gauthier/ Parent
May 2021
Plumstead/OIE Speaker
May 2021
Hafez
May 2021
Venne
June 2021
Lemière/Duncan
June 2021
Vaillancourt/Dwars
June 2021
vanMeirhaeghe
June 2021
Minor changes may be made to this program
Total number of hours including the online presence part; 78,5
Tuition fee Module I course 2021:
1.950 EUR / 2.300 USD
Tuition fee includes your place in the course (access to the pre-recorded videos and the live exchanges), access to the course notes, to the « Manual of Poultry Diseases » and WVEPAH private Facebook group as well as the registration fee to the University of Luxembourg.
To access the course notes and the pre-recorded courses, the students must be registered and the course fees paid. For information about payment terms please contact info@wvepah.org.
To register please complete the registration form.