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2026 Mentorship Program

by: Ms. Lauren Willins
Category: AAAP Member News
Nov
13

2026 AAAP Mentorship Program

Deadline: November 20th, 2025

The AAAP Membership Committee is pleased to announce the 10th annual AAAP Mentorship Program! This program is designed to support undergraduate, graduate, and veterinary students, as well as residents and early-career professionals with less than 5 years in the poultry industry.

If you are interested in participating, please send the requested details below to Dr. Julie Kelly ([email protected]) by November 20th, 2025.

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2025 Raffle Tickets Available for Purchase

by: Ms. Lauren Willins
Category: AAAP Member News
Apr
15

2025 Raffle Tickets Available for Purchase

Drawing for Winners: July 31st, 1PM PST

Buy your AAAP Foundation Raffle tickets now! Raffle tickets are $10 each or 5 tickets for $40.  This year's raffle features a Maine Shore Clambake Gram for Two donated by BioChek and a 2nd Generation Apple Airpods Pro 2 donated by IDEXX. Winners will be announced on the AAAP website and also notified via email.  

All proceeds raised from the raffle will go towards funding the AAAP scholarships. These scholarships will encourage students to continue a career track in poultry health.

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AAAP Respiratory Diseases Committee Webinar

by: Ms. Lauren Willins
Category: AAAP Member News
Apr
15

AAAP Respiratory Diseases Committee Webinar

Title: Challenges and Promises of IBV Serotyping with qPCR and Sequencing  
Date: Monday, April 21, 2025
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM, EST
Speakers: Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo, Dr. TJ Gaydos, & Dr. Brian Jordan
Register Here

Please join the Respiratory Diseases Committee as we dive into “The Challenges and Promises of IBV Serotyping with qPCR and Sequencing.” Drs. Rodrigo Gallardo and Brian Jordan have vast research and diagnostic laboratory experience utilizing qPCR and first- and next-generation sequencing techniques, and Dr. TJ Gaydos has ample field experience in using this data to develop IB control programs. We begin this explainer on April 21st at 1pm EST and look forward to providing a better understanding of what the current IBV typing methods can tell us and where diagnostic services may be going from here. Q&A to follow

A Zoom registration Link will be sent to registrants upon the completion of AAAP registration form.  Please use the same email and name during the Zoom Webinar as on your AAAP profile. 

Avian Diseases Journal Special Issue Now Available

by: Ms. Lauren Willins
Category: AAAP Member News
Apr
15

Avian Diseases Journal Special Issue Now Available

 

I am pleased to announce the publication of the 2024 Special Issue of Avian Diseases (Volume 68 Issue S1) that has the unofficial title “Current Infectious Bacterial Diseases of Poultry.” The entire Special Issue is being published Open Access. The 19 articles in this Special Issue are divided into 6 important bacterial disease sections: 1) Avibacterium paragallinarum, 2) Enterococcus spp., 3) Streptococcus gallolyticus, 4) Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale, 5) Campylobacter hepaticus, and 6) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.

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Webinar H5Nx Policy Gaps and the Path Forward A Deep Dive Into the Current Situation of H5 Influenza

by: Ms. Lauren Willins
Category: AAAP Member News
Mar
14

Webinar H5Nx Policy Gaps and the Path Forward A Deep Dive Into the Current Situation of H5 Influenza

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This webinar provides a unique opportunity to engage with leading experts from the American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP) as they discuss the recently released statement on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1, focusing on the identified policy gaps, necessary actions, and strategies to mitigate the impact of this disease on animal health, human health, and food security.

76th North Central Avian Disease Conference Call for Abstracts

by: Ms. Lauren Willins
Category: AAAP Member News
Feb
12

76th North Central Avian Disease Conference

Call for Abstracts

Minneapolis Convention Center

Minneapolis, Minnesota

April 07 – 08, 2025

This is a call for Titles and Abstracts for the North Central Avian Disease Conference (NCADC). This year’s NCADC will be held on April 07-08, 2025, in Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in conjunction with PEAK 2025.

This year’s conference theme is “Disease Epidemics: Role of Diagnostics, Vaccination, and Biosecurity” where the focus will be on diagnostics, different vaccination approaches, and variable biosecurity techniques to combat diseases outbreaks.

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APHIS Updates Policy to Enhance Surveillance of Turkey Flocks in Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Affected States

by: Ms. Lauren Willins
Category: AAAP Member News
Jan
22

APHIS Updates Policy to Enhance Surveillance of Turkey Flocks in Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Affected States

As part of its ongoing, multi-faceted efforts to combat the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service today is updating its policy for pre-slaughter surveillance to enhance testing of turkey flocks in affected states.  In late-December 2024, APHIS became aware of a genetic link between turkeys potentially infected with HPAI H5N1, virus detected in raw pet food, and an infected household cat. 

These updates include implementing isolation with clinical monitoring and premovement testing 72 hours prior to sending to slaughter, for turkey premises outside control areas in HPAI-affected states. Specifically, APHIS will be piloting this enhanced pre-slaughter surveillance, starting with turkey premises greater than 500 birds in Minnesota and South Dakota, based on current and historical HPAI detections of commercial turkey premises in these states. These states were selected because of genetic linkages to virus from infected cats and because of the high percentage of cases in turkeys in those states. APHIS will continue to evaluate progress of the outbreak and may update this policy, if needed, to include additional states.

Call for Abstracts for 2025 AAAP Annual Meeting

by: Ms. Lauren Willins
Category: AAAP Member News
Jan
09

Call for Abstracts for 2025 AAAP Annual Meeting

Deadline: January 24th, 2025

The AAAP is calling for abstracts to be presented at the 2025 AAAP Annual Meeting in Portland, OR on July 29-31. The deadline to submit an abstract is January 24th, 2025. You will be notified of your submission status on February 14th, 2025. If you have any questions please contact the AAAP business office at [email protected] or 904-425-5735.

  • The AAAP is using a new abstract submission system called Oxford Abstracts. You will need to create a profile with Oxford to submit. Please keep this login information in case you need to edit your submission later.
  • You must be a AAAP member to submit an abstract. Join AAAP if you are not already a member.
  • The AAAP Annual Meeting will provide RACE certified continuing education credits. In order to obtain this certification presenters will need to provide a CV no more than two pages long during the abstract submission process. Students will have to provide three recommendation forms.
  • This will be a hybrid meeting, meaning you have the option of presenting online. Online Presentations will be prerecorded and uploaded to AAAP’s learning management system. Attendees of the meeting will be able to view (but not download) the presentation from July 1st to August 1st. Oral presentations will not be recorded and will remain in-person only.
  • Please read our speaker agreement carefully before submitting.
  • Oral Presentations are 15 minutes, 12 minutes for presentation and 3 minutes for questions.
  • Posters should be no bigger than 4’ by 4’
  • The AAAP provides travel support to speakers upon request. Travel support is given from a fixed pool of funds evenly to all student presenters who request it. This means if you do not require travel support more is available for other speakers who do.
  • Presenters have registration fees discounted using a code that will be provided at a later date. Presenters must not share this code with any other parties.
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AAAP Semi-Annual History Committee Meeting Invitation

by: Ms. Lauren Willins
Category: AAAP Member News
Jan
09

AAAP Semi-Annual History Committee Meeting Invitation

January 17 at 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST
Click Here to Join the Virtual Meeting

The AAAP History of Avian Medicine Committee invites members of the AAAP to participate in their semi-annual committee meeting on January 17 at 2:00 PM EST. The passcode to join is: 905499.

You can click the button below to view the agenda for this meeting. For any questions/concerns, please contact Committee Chair Ton Schat at [email protected].

Call for AVMA Committee Representatives

by: Ms. Lauren Willins
Category: AAAP Member News
Jan
09

Call for AVMA Committee Representatives

New Deadline to Self Nominate: Friday January 10th, 2025

We are in need of an AAAP member to serve as the Alternate in the AVMA Food Safety Advisory Committee for the 2025 - 2028 term. 

To learn more about this position, click here: Food Safety Advisory Committee | American Veterinary Medical Association.  To self-nominate yourself for this position, please click the button below:  

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