Lessons to be learned from the world of the poultry vet

There are fewer than 250 members of the British Veterinary Poultry Association but they care for 40 million laying hens and 1 billion chickens per year. That's a lot of animals under their care. So much of what they deal with is transferrable to other areas of veterinary practice. Want to know about recent experiences of dealing with a Notifiable Disease outbreak, or how to do herd health on a grand scale, or what medications to use in backyard poultry or how artificial intelligence is impacting livestock production? Ask a poultry vet.

• Discover the career paths to becoming a poultry vet
• Understand how the private & public sector interact in poultry production
• See what innovations are being used in poultry production & care
• Appreciate what is transferrable from commercial poultry medicine to other livestock production systems and backyard poultry care
• Experience what happens when an Exotic Notifiable Disease becomes endemic (HPAI)