Postgraduate course Poultry Health Science
Are you a veterinarian or a postgraduate in Life Sciences and working in poultry in a scientific or leading position, now or in the near future? Continuing Education Veterinary Medicine of Utrecht University and Royal GD developed a postgraduate course Poultry Health Science to train academic professionals to become experts in poultry health care.
Course content
Poultry production is a global, fast-growing industry that is the biggest supplier of animal protein and eggs worldwide. Further growth is expected due to the growing demands. Production is no longer just about the lowest costs and highest efficiency; other aspects such as human health and environment are increasingly important. Therefore, thorough and continuous education is needed on poultry health, clinical reasoning, evidence-based medicine, disease management, animal welfare and related matters. This course offers in-depth knowledge on these topics.
Module 1. Infectious bronchitis virus - starts January 22th 2024
In this 4 week module a broad overview on infectious bronchitis virus will be given. Topics are: new IBV strains, virulence, transmission, susceptibility in relation to cleaning and disinfection/stability, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and economic impact, interactions with other pathogens, immune responses, diagnostic techniques, interpretation of laboratory results, vaccination, cross protection, interference and treatments.
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Programme and application
Poultry health
A theoretical as well as a practical training to expand your knowledge, including a laboratory tour at GD.
Target audience: novice farm veterinarians and starting managers of poultry farms, other interested parties.
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Advanced poultry health
An advanced level training on poultry production, focusing on major diseases and how to approach them.
Target audience: professionals who completed the Introduction to Poultry Health, Climate and Feed or have 5 to 10 years work experience in poultry production.
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Dairy health
An unique programme of in class training combined with farm visits. You will also have the unique chance to see our state of the art veterinary lab.
Target audience: managers of large scale dairy farms, technical managers, dairy veterinarians at the beginning of their career (1 to 4 years), other interested parties related to advising large scale dairy farms.
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Pig Health, Climate and Feed
Join the pig health training programme on focusing on health and disease, climate and feed. This is a complete 5 day training programme.
Target audience: Professionals with 1 to 5 years of experience in the sector.
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Goat Health, Climate and Feed
Are you looking for both a theoretical as well as a practical training to expand your knowledge? Join our goat health training programme. We use a practical approach for training. Our theory lectures combined with hands-on training makes this a complete program of five days.
Target audience: Professionals with 1 to 5 years of experience in the sector.
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Technical lab training ELISA and PCR
This entry-level training program is specifically developed for laboratory employees who are looking for a better understanding of technical and practical background of the tests, the consequences of their activities and the use of a quality control system.
Target audience: This entry-level training program is specifically developed for laboratory employees who are looking for a better understanding of technical and practical background of the tests, the consequences of their activities (mainly general laboratory guidelines, regulations, ELISA and PCR) and the use of a quality control system. Participants must at least have some practical experience in a laboratory.
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