The science behind poultry farming – the rural giveaway

This week the Santa Catarina Poultry Association (ACAF) announced the scientific program of the 13th Symposium on Incubation, Cutting Matrices and Feeding scheduled for October 4-6 this year, in Florianópolis (SC). The site will be the event center for the Oceania Park Hotel, in Ingleses, north of Santa Catarina Island.

Registration is open and can be done through the website. www.simposioacav.com.br. The 2022 edition will be a hybrid, i.e. in person and also with online transmission.

For in-person participation, the registration fee for professionals is R$400 until August 31, BRL450 until September 30th and BRL500 until October 6. To participate online, the value is R$250 for professionals and students through October 6.

General Coordinator Bento Zanioni explained that the symposium will bring together eminent specialists to deal with the latest relevant topics of one of the largest and most advanced production chains in the world – the Brazilian industrial poultry. The symposium is a national reference in technological modernization and sectoral integration. “It is an important moment for agribusiness in Santa Catarina and Brazil, because it brings up the topics of discussion relevant to the poultry industry and, at the same time, showcases the innovations that have emerged in Brazil and the world. All this with a main objective, which is the continuous search for improvement and the quality level of the sector’s production chain “, Zanoni stands out.

Acav’s president, Ricardo Castelar de Faria, emphasizes that the goal is to put poultry farming in the leadership role it deserves. “The symposium initiative is part of the journey in search of efficiency, biosecurity and building increasingly robust production chains. The mind is also the challenge. Santa Catarina is free from the most dangerous diseases that afflict other countries today,” he noted, adding that the sector faces continuous challenges, but remains one It provides jobs, boosts the economy and enhances food security for the population.”

Check the schedule for the Acav seminar:

October 4 (Tuesday)

8 a.m. to 4 p.m. – MSD Animal Health Seminar

4:30 PM to 6:30 PM – Cobb-Vantress Brasil

19:00 – Official Opening

Keynote lecture – “Sustainability from one field to another”, with leaders José Antonio Ribas Jr. (JBS), Neivor Canton (Aurora Coop) and Ricardo Santin (ABPA)

After that, a cocktail reception will be served.

Today 05

8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – Challenges in training people in correct vaccination and common errors in the process, with lead veterinarian Francilan Gomez

9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. – Differential Diagnosis of Existing Diseases by Autopsy, with Dr. Eduardo Muniz

9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – Infectious Bronchitis: A Post-Pandemic Overview, with world renowned speaker Dr. sack de vit

Ten o’clock in the morning – round table on Al-Sadeed bloc topics

10:30 am to 11 am – break

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Aviagen event

From 1 pm to 3 pm – lunch

15:00-15:30 – Key Points of Management and Nutritional Update, with Cobb Specialist, Vitor Hugo Brandales

3:30 PM to 4:00 PM – Key Points of Management and Nutritional Update, with Dr. James Samuel Bentley from Hubbarde

4:00 PM to 4:30 PM – Key Points of Management and Nutritional Update, with Ross Animal Science Expert, Emilio Cora

4:30 PM to 5:00 PM – Round Table on Nutrition Cluster Topics

Today 06

8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – Physiological significance of sowing in water quality, with specialist Francisco Carneño

9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. – The importance of hatching egg quality to the quality of offspring, with animal husbandry expert Claudio Carvalho

9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. – Factors that interfere with embryonic development and their impact on metabolic and post-hatching problems, with Dr. Edgar Oviedo Rondon.

10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Roundtable on Administration Block topics

10:30 a.m. – Book launch of Breeder Management and Nutrition Moving the Industry Forward by Edgar Oviedo Rondon and Hugo Romero Sánchez. There will be a dialogue with the authors and check out books.

11:30 AM to 12:00 PM – New Challenges in People Management in Brazil and Latin America, with Dr. Mario Benz

12:00-12:30 – How AI is changing animal protein production, with Thiago Ponte

12:30 – Innovation and Technology: What’s New in the Poultry World, with Jan Kurtz

1pm-1:30pm – Roundtable on the future of poultry farming with innovation block guidelines

1:30 PM – Closing

Source: Ascom