| Topics Wednesday April 17th, 2024 | Speaker | Time |
| Registration | | 8:00 |
| Welcome and Introduction | Filip Van Immerseel (Ghent University, Belgium)
Maarten De Gussem (Vetworks, Belgium) | 9:00 |
| Insights in emerging and re-emerging bacterial pathogens in poultry, with focus on Salmonella, and bacterial chondronecrosis and osteomyelitis, caused by Enterococcus cecorum | Filip Van Immerseel (Ghent University, Belgium) | 9:15 |
| Coffee Break | | 10:00 |
| Session I: INTESTINAL MICROBIOME IN POULTRY | Chairman: Filip Van Immerseel | |
| Chicken microbial composition and functionalities, in relation to gut health | Dana Stanley (University of Queensland, Australië) | 10:45 |
| Microbiota and transcriptomics related factors driving body weight divergence in broiler chickens hatched on farm or in a hatchery | Nadia Everaert (KU Leuven, Belgium) | 11:30 |
| Effects of multi-strain and mono-strain probiotics on intestinal health, intestinal morphometrics, performance, and processing characteristics of broilers exposed to intestinal challenge: importance of inclusion level and strain synergies. | Vasil Stanev (Phibro Animal Health Corporation) | 11:45 |
| Gut microbiota and gene expression in male and female broilers | Natasja Smeets (Kemin) | 12:00 |
| Lunch | | 12:15 |
| Session II: PATHOGENESIS AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES | Chairman: Gunther Antonissen | |
| Virulence factors of Clostridium perfringens that induce necrotic enteritis: more than toxins | Rob Moore (RMIT University, Australia) | 13:30 |
| Efficacy study of an inactivated Salmonella Enteritidis vaccine against a Salmonella Gallinarum challenge in commercial layers | Santiago De Castro Verges (Hipra Animal Health) | 14:15 |
| Butyric glycerides protect chicken enterocytes from pathogen colonization with two different modes of action | Amine Mellouk (Adisseo) | 14:30 |
| Clostridium perfringens chitinases, key enzymes during early stages of necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens | Evelien Dierick (Ghent University, Belgium) | 14:45 |
| Influencing intestinal microbiota of chickens with the offer of fermented cereals to increase resilience against Enterococcus cecorum | Julia Hankel (University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany) | 15:00 |
| Coffee Break | | 15:15 |
| Session III: IN VITRO AND IN VIVO MODELS TO STUDY GUT HEALTHOF DISEASE | Chairman: Maarten De Gussem | |
| Experimental models to study gut health in poultry with a focus on nutrition | Reza Barekatain (University of Adelaide, Australia) | 16:00 |
| Experimental necrotic enteritis model in turkeys using different Clostridium perfringens strains | Monita Vereecken (Huvepharma) | 16:45 |
| Investigation of the effect of antimicrobial and prebiotic substances on broiler intestinal fermentation: A novel ex vivo simulation approach | Teemu Rinttilä (Alimetrics, Finland) | 17:00 |
| Antimicrobial Properties and Gut Colonisation of Bacillus Probiotics in Broilers in a Leaky Gut Model | Darwin Horyanto (Bioproton) | 17:15 |
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| Topics Thursday April 18th, 2024 | Speaker | Time |
| Phage therapy to combat antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens | Jeremy Barr (Monash University, Australia) | 8:30 |
| Speed Date: a variety of 3-minute short communication teasers | Various authors | 9:15 |
| Coffee Break | | 10:15 |
| Session IV: GUT HEALTH MARKERS & DIAGNOSTICS | Chairman: Rob Moore | |
| Smart Poultry Management: An Outlook to the Future | Shayan Sharif (University of Guelph, Canada) | 11:00 |
| PathKinex , a DNA-based microbial surveillance platform can provide insights on bacterial interactions leading to coinfections in broiler chickens | Hector Leyva-Jimenez (United Animal Health) | 11:45 |
| Gut health markers in the ceca of broiler chickens as a means to explain the response to Eimeria challenge | Virginie Blanvillain (ABVista) | 12:00 |
| Proteomic Insights into the Gut Health of Broilers: Blood-based Biomarkers to Bridge Inflammatory Models | Svitlana Tretiak (Ghent University, Belgium) | 12:15 |
| Lunch | | 12:30 |
| POSTER SESSION | Various authors | 13:45 |
| Session V: INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS | Chairman: Sharif Shayan | |
| Precision Feeding What is it, and what are the advantages? | Martin Zuidhof (University of Alberta, Canada) | 14:45 |
| Evaluation of the protective capacity of an innovative anti-mycotoxins agent against the detrimental effects of aflatoxin b1 and fumonisins in broiler chickens | Insaf Riahi (BIŌNTE Nutrition S.L. Reus) | 15:30 |
| Evaluation of the E. acervulina and E. maxima scoring system in anticoccidial sensitivity testing | Brecht Maertens (Poulpharm, Belgium) | 15:45 |
| Using blood pH and CO2 in broilers under high altitude, humidity and temperature to optimise performance | Africa Fernandez Gutierrez (Vetworks, Belgium) | 16:00 |
| Effect of Multienzymes on Hen Production, Egg Quality, Gut Morphology, and Relative Digestive Organ Weights in 96-Week Late-Phase Hens | Royd Joseph Racasa Mosaso (University of the Philippines Los Banos, The Philippines) | 16:15 |
| Dietary Zn amino acid complex and vitamin E levels effects in young broilers and during heat stress challenge in the finisher phase | Leonardo Linares (Zinpro) | 16:30 |
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| Topics Friday April 19th, 2024 | | |
| Session VI: CONTROL SOLUTIONS TO GUT HEALTH | Chairman: Dana Stanley | |
| Maturation and function of the avian mucosal immune system | Bernd Kaspers (University of Munich, Germany) | 8:30 |
| Growth performance and intestinal health improvements in broiler chickens receiving a bacterial xylanase and undergoing an intestinal challenge | Christelle Boudry (Belfeed) | 9:15 |
| Improvement of gut health and performance in poultry with a solution of fatty acid esters | Clarisse Techer (Mixscience) | 09:30 |
| Decoding Betaine: Exploring Intestinal Barrier Interaction in Broiler Chicken | Ana Gavrãu (Agrana) | 09:45 |
| Coffee Break | | 10:00 |
| Session VI: CONTROL SOLUTIONS TO GUT HEALTH | Chairman: Bernd Kaspers | |
| Genetically modified chickens as a tool to dissect the avian immune response | Benjamin Schusser (Technical University of Munich, Germany) | 10:45 |
| Supplementation of a sulfated polysaccharides extracted from marine algae positively influences performance and gut integrity of broilers during a necrotic enteritis challenge | Maria Garcia Suarez (Olmix) | 11:30 |
| Essential oil and probiotic combination: A gut health powerhouse tackling subclinical dysbiosis | Fajrin Sidiq (IFF Danisco Animal Nutrition and Health) | 11:45 |
| Reversing antibiotic sensitivity. Development of a challenge model against β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli | Eva Vidal Hernández (Trouw Nutrition) | 12:00 |
| CONCLUSION, INNOVATION AWARD & CLOSING | | 12:15 |
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