Sustainable Poultry Farming
Spring – March 14
– 15
, 2024
Harrogate
Spring Meeting

Location: Harrogate
Hotel Details
The Crown Hotel
Crown Place
Harrogate
HG1 2RZ
Phone: 01423 567755
Email: Reservations@crownhotelharrogate.com
Website: https://www.crownhotelharrogate.com
With a history dating back over 300 years, alongside an enviable location just moments from many of Harrogate’s most popular sites, The Crown Hotel combines beautiful surroundings with a storied past and luxurious facilities. An ideal location for business and leisure trips.
The Crown boasts individually-styled accommodation across its 115 guestrooms, modern amenities, and ornate dining, all set within the charming old town of Harrogate itself and within easy reach of the Harrogate Convention Centre.
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THURSDAY, 14 March 2024, SESSION: 11.00 AM – 5.00 PM
10:50 am
Michael Clark
BVPA President
Welcome and opening remarks
11:00 am
Kiss Marton
Hungary
Current challenges in waterfowl healthcare and biosecurity in Europe The Keith Gooderham Waterfowl Lecture
12:30 pm
LUNCH BREAK
1:30 pm
Ilias Kyriazakis
Queens Belfast University
Trade-offs in the enhancement of sustainability of poultry systems
2:15 pm
Patrick Wall
You are in the Human Health Business
2:45 pm
Libby Syddall
Nestera.eco
Improving Sustainability in Backgarden Poultry
3:15 pm
Tea/Coffee Break
4:45 pm
Open discussion: All Speakers & All Participants
5:10 pm
BVPA Annual General Meeting – members only
8:00 pm
BVPA 2024 Spring Meeting Dinner
After Dinner Speaker: Dr Anna Judson, BVA President
FRIDAY, 15 March 2024, SESSION: 9.00 AM – 12.00 NOON
9:00 am
Ian Brown
APHA
Do we still need to concern about HPAI: recent reflections and future landscape?
9:40 am
Ian Brown
APHA
Questions & Answers & Discussion: Speaker & All Participants
10:00 am
Wachiraporn Sansom
University of Liverpool
Effect of water acidifier on control of ST in commercial broiler chickens
10:30 am
Tea/Coffee Break
Clinical and Related Papers
11:00 am
Kannan Ganapathy
University of Liverpool
RCVS CertAVP (Poultry) – University of Liverpool; National Egg & Poultry Awards - Young Farm Vet of the Year: 2024
11:40 am
Will Ingham-Farrow
Poultry Health Services
Salmonella typhimurium and antibiotic resistance in pigeons and the risks it poses to the poultry sector.
12:00 pm
Announcements & End of meeting
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 Management Innovation
March 12 - 13 2025Harrogate
Poultry Diagnostic
October 10 - 11 2024Coventry
