Training on Breeder Management & Health

€ 1.500 (excl. VAT).

€ 975 (excl. VAT)

Hotel, per night: € 110 * in Bruges, Belgium.
Dinner, per night: € 60.
* Hotel rates are subject to change due to the high demand during high season.

Morning session

• The poultry breeding evolution: a success story in global egg and meat production
• Breeder anatomy, physiology, behaviour: reading your flock signals
• Getting your feather straight from the start
• Optimising growth and development in breeders
• Feeding strategies for top performing flocks

Afternoon session

• Managing transitions: the importance of the learning process
• Is male long-lasting fertility a myth?
• How to take male fertility to the next level?
• Practical digital visit 1: video on feeding and discussion

Morning session

• Female uniformity and its effects on egg quality
• Synchronisation male-female: the key to female receptiveness
• Metabolic diseases in broiler breeders
• The importance of lighting for performance

Afternoon session

• Nutrition update and practical applications for the modern breeder
• Feathering in breeders
• Egg quality: influencing factors
• Practical workshop 2: A real case in a breeder operation with male fertility problems: how to use egg break-outs to get information on the problem.

Morning session

• Main diseases in breeders and its effect on progeny
• Dealing with health in breeders. Part I
• Control and prevention of parasitic diseases in breeders: coccidiosis, Histomonas and worms
• Dealing with health in breeders. Part II

Afternoon session

• Practical workshop 3. A real case in a breeder operation with a breeder farm suppling broiler chicks with high mortality
• Evaluation test for certification
• Wrap up & Certificates

Carlos Vier
DVM & Poultry consultant

Carlos Vier holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine from UFRGS in Brazil. In 2023, Carlos joined Vetworks Brazil. Currently, he’s pursuing a postgraduate course in Poultry Health Sciences at Ghent University, further enriching his knowledge and expertise in the field.

Africa Fernández-Gutiérrez
DVM, MRCVS & Global poultry consultant

Since June 2019, Africa works as Global poultry consultant at Vetworks with focus on breeder parent’s management, pathogens control, and biosecurity and health plans.

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