Duration: 14:07:42
18 Continuing Education Credit Hours
The theme of the 70th Western Poultry Disease Conference was “How Current Events Will Shape the Future of the Poultry Industry”. We heard from industry leaders, and gain insight into how the poultry industry has been impacted by COVID-19. 2021's virtual conference consisted of prerecorded presentations, live keynote speakers and live Q&A sessions per presentation topics.
Speakers include Rodrigo Gallardo, David Rives, Helen Wojcinski, Eric Gingerich, and Bruce Stewart-Brown.
The WPDC has been pre-approved by the ACPV for 18 hours continuing education credits.
8 Continuing Education Credit Hours
This online training course is designed to educate general-practice veterinarians about poultry issues in small and backyard poultry flocks. The course was made possible through collaboration between the University of Kentucky, Utah State University, and Michigan State University. Funding was provided by a USDA-NIFA grant.
The course consists of a series of individual modules, which allow each participant to advance at their own pace. At the end of each module, there is a short quiz consisting of true/false and/or multiple-choice questions.
To receive CE credits, each participant must achieve 70% or higher on each quiz. Upon successful completion of all modules in this course, 8 RACE-approved continuing education credits will be granted.
The course was developed to address the needs of the growing population of people with interest in small and home poultry flocks. As with any animal production enterprise, health problems occur. Unfortunately, there are very few avian veterinarians available to help this group of producers. Most avian veterinarians are employed by large poultry production companies. This became a significant issue starting in January 2017 when new Veterinary Feed Directive regulations restricted the availability of common medications to small flock owners. Since 2017, any small or home flock owner wanting to purchase previously available over-the-counter medications now need a prescription from a licensed veterinarian. A valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship must exist for a veterinarian to provide a prescription. Most practicing veterinarians do not feel comfortable treating poultry due to a lack of experience. The purpose of this course is to provide knowledge on poultry health with the hope of educating more veterinarians interested in serving the small flock owners.