Poultry Management Innovation
Spring – March 12
– 13
, 2025
Harrogate
Spring Meeting
Location: Harrogate
Hotel Details
Double Tree by Hilton Harrogate Majestic Hotel & Spa
Ripon Rd
Harrogate
HG1 2HU
Phone: +44 1423 700300
Email: enquiries@doubletree-harrogate.co.uk
Website: https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/lbahadi-doubletree-harrogate-majestic-hotel-and-spa/
Built in 1889, their hotel sits on eight acres of landscaped gardens in the heart of Harrogate. Royal Hall and Harrogate Convention Centre are a five-minute walk away, and they are half a mile from Betty’s Café. Their spa features six beauty treatment rooms, a steam room, sauna, and indoor pool. Every stay starts with their signature warm chocolate chip cookie.
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THURSDAY, 13th March 2025 – SESSION: 11:00AM – 5:00PM
10:30 am
Welcome Tea and Coffee
10:30 am
Michael Clark
BVPA President
Welcome and opening remarks
11:00 am
Jim Jurgielewicz
Duck production on the other side of the Pond The Keith Gooderham Waterfowl Lecture
12:00 pm
Dr Sasha van der Klein
IFF
The true value of Feed additive technologies in poultry nutrition & health; today and tomorrow
12:30 pm
Lunch Break
1:30 pm
Dragan Antic
University of Liverpool
Modern, flexible and risk-based approaches to poultry meat safety assurance systems
2:30 pm
David Brass
Lakes Free Range
Sensors, data and Artificial Intelligence the golden future of the layer industry
3:00 pm
Michael McCreesh & Nick Munce
MSD Animal Health
Data Monitoring Insights Transforming Broiler Production
3:30 pm
Tea/Coffee Break
4:30 pm
Toby Arkell
Aviagen
Innovation – a technical perspective
5:00 pm
Announcements & end of meeting
5:10 pm
BVPA Annual General Meeting – members only
7:30 am
BVPA DINNER
After Dinner Speaker
FRIDAY, 14th March 2025 – SESSION: 9:00AM – 12 NOON
9:00 am
Zenaide Ragael
De Freitas Mala
Lowering Antibiotic usage of on broiler farm
10:20 am
RCVS Cert AVP Coordinator
University of Liverpool & BVPA team
Presentation of RCVS CertAVP (Poultry) to the 5 successful candidates (Congratulations)
Clinical and Research Papers
11:00 am
Sirorat Munyahongse
University of Liverpool
IBV serology: comparison between ELISA and HI
11:30 am
Hyungwook Kang
SRUC
Do activity sensors identify behaviour changes in laying hens exposed to a vaccine challenge?
12:00 pm
Announcements, end of meeting and closing remarks
Past Meetings
The previous 4 BVPA meetings
Members have full access to all previous BVPA meetings and papers presented at them
Poultry Viral Diseases
March 26 - 27 2026Harrogate
Poultry Bacterial Diseases
November 13 - 14 2025Coventry
Poultry Diagnostic
October 10 - 11 2024CoventrySustainable Poultry Farming
March 14 - 15 2024Harrogate