Module II : Specialization Commercial Layers

Early Bird Registration

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Early Bird Registration 〰️ Extended 〰️

  • The course offers 5 full immersion days in collaboration with UNMSM in Lima, Peru, and 44 hours of pre-recorded lectures by various recognized masters in the poultry field.

    The usual course structure begins with the virtual phase followed by attendance at the in-person course. However, there is the possibility of customizing the course if any student requires a later incorporation to the in-person course.

    The exam will take place online a few weeks after the in-person course.

    Minor changes to this program may be made.

  • Early Bird Registration : Take advantage of our special offer of 2350 EUR (regular price 2500 EUR) by registering and completing payment before February 28th, 2025.

    WPSA and WVPA professionals members will be able to obtain a discount of 100 EUR upon course registration by presenting proof of their membership.

    The fee for each course includes access to the online course materials (available for 7 years), the exam administered by Université de Montréal, and membership in the private Facebook group. It also covers dinners and two coffee breaks per day during the residential week. Please note that the fee does not include accommodation, transportation, health insurance, or travel visa costs.

  • Spanish

Hybrid program

Online part

Until January 15th, 2026

May 12-16, 2025
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru

Residential part

  • 6 HOURS

    • Key Points in Rearing and Production:

    • Preparation of the house/shed

    • Sanitation and maintenance of drinking water pipelines

    • Water quality

    • Development of pullets (density, feeding, feeding space and presentation, temperature goals, body weight and uniformity goals, use of paper, lighting, air quality, etc.)

    • Challenges in early viability

    • Non-starters

    • Dehydration

    • Effects of chick cooling

    • Effects of chick overheating

    • Aspergillosis

    • Omphalitis and yolk sac infection

    • Pseudomonas

    1 HOUR

    • Clinical Cases

  • 2 HOURS

    • Lighting Programs:

    • Lighting programs in open houses

    • Lighting programs for closed house systems

    • Managing feed consumption to improve body weight, egg size, viability, and egg production

    3 HOURS

    • Calcium and Phosphorus Metabolism in Commercial Layers:

    • Principles of feeding in layers and nutrition for veterinarians

    2 HOURS

    • Clinical Cases

  • 7.5 HOURS

    • Field Visit: Poultry Farm, Factory

  • 4 HOURS

    • Vaccinology in Commercial Layers:

    • Avian vaccines, viral and bacterial vaccines, recombinant vaccines

    • Example vaccination programs

    • Vaccination equipment and vaccination in the incubator

    • Vaccination equipment and vaccination in rearing

    • Vaccination equipment and vaccination in production

    • Introduction to mRNA vaccines

    1 HOUR

    • Clinical Cases

    1 HOUR

    • Roundtable and Update:

    • Avian Influenza & Biosecurity

    • Animal Welfare

    1 HOUR

    • Clinical Cases

  • 5 HOURS

    • Sampling and Laboratory Analysis

    • Practical work: parasites

    1 HOUR

    • Clinical Cases

    1 HOUR

    • Analysis of Clinical Cases

    • How to valorize the WVEPAH program

Daily Program

In Universidad de San Marcos , Lima, Peru

  • 7 hours

    • Bacterial infections

  • 10 hours

    • Introduction to the global egg industry

    • Egg production systems

    • Egg quality and grading

    • Biosecurity in egg production

    • Pest control

    • Positive and negative aspects of cage-free egg production systems

    • Artificial intelligence in poultry farms

    • Factors affecting the sustainability of egg production

  • 3 hours

    • Toxic problems in commercial layers

    • Calcium toxicosis

    • Sodium toxicosis

    • Ionophore toxicosis

    • CO2 and CO intoxication

    • Sulfur

    • Pesticides

    • Mycotoxins

    • Beak conditioning

    • Behavioral problems in commercial layers

    • Basic pharmacology in egg production

    • Nutritional and metabolic problems:

    • Imbalances and deficiencies (Na deficiency, choline deficiency, Ca deficiency and osteoporosis, P deficiency, deficiencies of vitamins and trace minerals)

    • Visceral and articular gout and renal problems

    • Reproductive system diseases

    • False layers

    • Cloacal prolapse

    • Cloacal pecking

    • Cloacitis

    • Salpingitis and peritonitis due to yolk retention

  • 2,5 hours

    • Physiology of egg production

    • Anatomy and physiology of the reproductive tract

    • Integument and mucous membranes

    • Avian pox

    • Ulcerative dermatitis

    • Feather problems

    • Eye notch

    • Trauma

    • Musculoskeletal problems

    • Pododermatitis in chickens

    • Avian influenza

    • The disease

    • Mexican experience with AI in laying hens (eradication and vaccination)

  • 4 hours

    • Bacterial diseases and mycoplasmosis

    • Avian cholera (pasteurellosis)

    • Gallibacterium anatis

    • Infectious coryza (Avibacterium paragallinarum)

    • Mycoplasma gallisepticum and M. synoviae

    • Spotty liver (Campylobacter hepatica)

    • Botulism

    • Liver problems in laying hens

    • Fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome

    • Infection with hepatitis E virus (BLS)

    • Inclusion body hepatitis

    • Post-bacterin hepatitis

  • 7 hours

    • Communication strategies in case of health emergency, both external and internal

    • Internal and external parasites

    • Cestoes

    • Nematodes

    • Hemoprotozoa

    • Lice, mites, fleas

    • Enteric diseases

    • Animal welfare

  • 13.5 hours

    • Visita de campo: Granja avícola, fabrica

    • Muestreo y análisis de laboratorio

    • Trabajos prácticos: parásitos

  • 11 hours

    • Puntos clave en la crianza y la producción

    • Preparación de la caseta/galpón /

    • Saneamiento y mantenimiento de las tuberías de agua de bebida / Calidad del agua /

    • Desarrollo de las pollitas (densidad, alimentación, espacio de alimentación y presentación de alimentación, objetivos de temperatura, objetivos de peso corporal y uniformidad, uso de papel, iluminación, calidad del aire, etc.)

    • Retos en la viabilidad temprana

    • No iniciadores (non starters) / Deshidratación / Efectos del enfriamiento de las pollas / Efectos del sobrecalentamiento de las pollas / Aspergilosis / Onfalitis e infección del saco vitelino / Pseudomonas

    • Programas de iluminación

    • Programas de iluminación en casetas abiertas / Programas de iluminación para sistemas de casetas cerradas / Manejo del consumo de alimento para mejorar el peso corporal, el tamaño de los huevos, viabilidad y la producción de huevos

    • Casos clínicos

  • 4 hours

    • Vacunología en ponedoras comerciales

    • Vacunas avícolas, virales, bacterianas, vacunas recombinantes

    • Ejemplo de programas de vacunación

    • Equipos de vacunación y vacunación en la incubadora

    • Equipos de vacunación y vacunación en crianza

    • Equipos de vacunación y vacunación en producción

    • Introducción a las vacunas de ARNm

  • • Metabolismo del calcio y fósforo en ponedoras comerciales

    • Principios de alimentación en ponedoras y nutrición para veterinarios