| Topics Wednesday 3rd April 2019 | Speaker | Time |
| Registration | 7:45 | |
| Welcome and Introduction | Filip Van Immerseel (Ghent University, Belgium) Maarten De Gussem (Vetworks, Belgium) | 8:45 |
| Using meta-technologies in understanding how the microbiota affects intestinal health. | Joël Doré (INRA, France) | 9:00 |
| Break | 9:45 | |
| Session I: GUT HEALTH DIAGNOSTICS | ||
| Approaches to identify biomarkers for intestinal health, and the first tools that become available for poultry. | Filip Van Immerseel (Ghent, Belgium) | 10:30 |
| A novel in vitro continuous fermentation model of broiler caecum to investigate nutritional manipulations | Paul Tetteh Asare (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) | 11:15 |
| Chicken antimicrobial peptides as cell identification markers in the intestine | Edwin Veldhuizen (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) | 11:30 |
| Lesion scoring systems: An epidemiological approach to determine intestinal markers associated with zootechnical performances in broiler chicken flocks | Eric Parent (University of Montréal, Canada) | 11:45 |
| Identification of faecal diagnostic markers for intestinal barrier failure and subclinical necrotic enteritis | Evy Goossens (Ghent University, Belgium) | 12:00 |
| Lunch | 12:15 | |
| Speed dates: a variety of 3-minute short communication teasers | Various authors | 13:15 |
| Session II: FOODBORNE PATHOGENS | ||
| Campylobacter is not a commensal in chickens and compromises gut health and performance. | Lisa Williams (Swansea, UK) | 14:00 |
| Faecal gut microbiota composition of chicks can predict resistance to Salmonella Enteritidis colonization | Philippe Velge (INRA, France) | 14:45 |
| Efficacy of a new carvacrol-based product on Campylobacter jejuni in challenge test in vivo and impact on the whole caecal microbiota | Marion Allaoua (Phodé, France) | 15:00 |
| Development and evaluation of a trivalent inactivated Salmonella vaccine targeting serogroups B, C and D | Stefan De Vries (MSD Animal Health, The Netherlands) | 15:15 |
| Effect of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast products in reducing direct colonization and horizontal transmission of Salmonella Heidelberg in broilers | Charles L. Hofacre (Southern Poultry Research Group, USA) | 15:30 |
| Break | 15:45 | |
| Session III: PATHOGENESIS OF INTESTINAL DISEASE | ||
| Why do we need to understand pathogenesis of infections? | Mark Stevens (Roslin, UK) | 16:30 |
| Development of a necrotic enteritis challenge model in turkeys | Magne Kaldhusdal (Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Norway) | 17:15 |
| Can an intestinal ligated loop model be used to evaluate NE lesions? | Martine Boulianne (University of Montréal, Canada) | 17:30 |
| Novel subunit vaccine for the control of necrotic enteritis in broilers | Audrey Duff (Ohio State University, US) | 17:45 |
| Cocktail Drink | 18:00 | |
| Topics Thursday 4th April 2019 | Speaker | Time |
| Antibiotics, probiotics & anti-virulence drugs: balancing, efficacy, resistance evolution & clinical need. | Sam Brown (Georgia Tech, US) | 8:30 |
| Speed Date: a variety of 3-minute short communication teasers | Various authors | 9:15 |
| Break | 10:00 | |
| Session IV: PARASITIC DISEASES OF POULTRY | ||
| Histomonosis and the molecular repertoire of Histomonas meleagridis. | Michael Hess (Vienna, Austria) | 10:45 |
| The impact of Eimeria vaccines on chicken intestines and local immunity | Maria Kashcheeva (Moscow State Vet. Academy, Russia) | 11:30 |
| Efficacy of a fenbendazole nanosuspension against natural infections of Ascaridia galli and Heterakis gallinarum in layer chickens | Wouter Depondt (Huvepharma, Belgium) | 11:45 |
| Phytogenics in the prophylaxis of broiler coccidiosis | Kirsten De Keyser (AVEVE Biochem, Belgium) | 12:00 |
| Lunch | 12:15 | |
| Poster Presentation Session | 13:15 | |
| Session V:NUTRITION AND IMMUNITY | ||
| Steering immune responses using nutritional interventions: should it be pro- or anti-inflammatory? | Adrian Smith (Oxford, UK) | 14:00 |
| Transgenerational effects on immune responsiveness to dietary yeast beta-glucans | Aart Lammers (Wageningen University, The Netherlands) | 14:45 |
| Effect of early life exposure to adult microbiota on the alertness of intraepithelial lymphocytes of broiler chickens | Nathalie Meijerink (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) | 15:00 |
| Break | 15:15 | |
| Impact of early life interventions on the gut system in broilers | Dirkjan Schokker (Wageningen Livestock Research, The Netherlands) | 16:00 |
| Influence of enteric pioneer colonizers on cell growth and metabolism in day of hatch chicks | Kaylin Chasser (Ohio State University, US) | 16:15 |
| Butyrate affects broiler gut health, depending on its presence in distinct digestive tract segments | Tim Goossens (Nutriad, Belgium) | 16:30 |
| A gene expression panel to evaluate gut health in broilers | Nedra Abdelli (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain) | 16:45 |
| Conference Dinner | 20:00 | |
| Topics Friday 5th April 2019 | Speaker | Time |
| Session VI: FEED ADDITIVES TO CONTROL GUT HEALTH | ||
| What is an ideal feed additive for broilers and how can we assess this? | Steven Ricke (Arkansas, US) | 8:30 |
| New Clostridium perfringens phage stains: can phage maintain gut health as an antibiotic alternative against necrotic enteritis? | Shubiao Wu (University of New England, Australia) | 9:15 |
| Enhanced enterocyte brush border maturation by in-ovo feeding of L- glutamine | Zehava Uni (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) | 9:30 |
| Strong contribution of housing conditions to the variation in cecal microbiota composition in broiler chickens | Jannigje Kers (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) | 9:45 |
| Resin acids reduce expression of matrix metalloproteinases in vitro and in the ileal mucosa of broilers | Annasaheb Kolpe (Ghent University, Belgium) | 10:00 |
| Break | 10:15 | |
| Session VII: THE IMPACT OF NOVEL FEED INGREDIENTS ON GUT HEALTH | ||
| Feeding and breeding strategies to enhance the sustainability of European poultry systems. | Ilias Kyriazakis (Newcastle, UK) | 11:00 |
| Interaction between xylanase and a proton pump inhibitor on broiler chicken performance and gut function | Gemma Gonzalez-Ortiz (ABVista, Spain) | 11:45 |
| New scientific insights into the modes of action of the efficacious probiotic strain Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CECT 5940 | Stefan Pelzer (Evonik, Germany) | 12:00 |
| Prebiotic effect of Fungal Fermented rye in broiler cecal microbiota | Petra Roubos (Trouw Nutrition, The Netherlands) | 12:15 |
| CONCLUSION, INNOVATION AWARD & CLOSING | 12:00 | |
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