The Houghton Trust - Promoting research into poultry diseases
The Houghton Trust - Promoting research into poultry diseases
The Houghton Trust - Promoting research into poultry diseases
The Houghton Trust - Promoting research into poultry diseases
The Houghton Trust - Promoting research into poultry diseases
The Houghton Trust - Promoting research into poultry diseases
The Houghton Trust - Promoting research into poultry diseases
The Houghton Trust - Promoting research into poultry diseases

The Avian Pathology Lectures
sponsored by the Houghton Trust

On the occasion of each Global World Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA) Congress, the Houghton Trust sponsors a Keynote Lecture, the Avian Pathology Lecture. This has been the tradition since 1993 with the international congresses but has now been extended to the two regional meetings, the Asian since 2012 and the African, starting this year, 2022. Each lecture is given by an early to mid-career researcher who has made a major contribution to the field of poultry disease research. The lecturer will have been selected by the Houghton Trust and members of the international or regional branch of the WVPA.

To mark the occasion, each lecturer is presented with a certificate and an engraved commemorative award. All costs of attending the Congress at which the lecture is given are met by the Houghton Trust.

Nominations for future presenters can be made in two ways:

  • By the Corresponding Secretary of a National Branch of the WVPA, or
  • By an individual member of the WVPA.

In either case, the nomination details must be on the form available for download on the WVPA website (http://wvpa.net/awards.php).

Previous Avian Pathology (Houghton Trust) Lecturers at Global WVPA Congresses

Year WVPA Venue Lecturer Country Topic
1993 Sydney Paul Barrow UK Salmonellosis
1997 Budapest Isabelle Kempf France Mycoplasmas
2002 Cairo Khatjiah Yusoff Malaysia Newcastle disease
2003 Denver Vladimir Zelnik Slovakia Marek's disease
2005 Istanbul Ilaria Capua Italy Avian influenza
2007 Beijing Amir Noormohammadi Australia Mycoplasmas
2009 Marrakech Pete Kaiser UK Avian immunology
2011 Cancun Erica Spackman USA Viral diagnostics
2013 Nantes Filip van Immerseel Belgium Necrotic enteritis
2015 Cape Town Dieter Liebhart Austria Histomonosis
2017 Edinburgh Mark Stevens United Kingdom Bacterial Zoonoses
2019 Bangkok Mattia Cecchinato Italy Infectious bronchitis
2023 Italy Damer Blake United Kingdom Coccidiosis

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Previous Avian Pathology Asian Lecturers

Year WVPA Venue Lecturer Country Topic
2012 Bangkok Thaweesak Songserm Thailand Duck Vaccination
2014 Bangkok Md Rafiqul Islam Bangladesh Infectious Bursal Disease
2016 Manila Abdul Rahman Omar Malaysia Newcastle Disease Virus
2018 Kuala Lumpur G. Dhinakar Raj India New Generation Poultry Vaccines
2022 Dhaka Md Hair Bejo Malaysia Fowl Adenovirus Vaccines

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The Avian Pathology Lecturer at the first WVPA Africa Congress

This was held in Marrakech, Morocco from 23-25 June.

The lecture was presented by Dr I. Shittu of the National Veterinary Institute, Vom, Nigeria entitled ‘The situation of Newcastle disease in Africa: challenges and control options.’

Year WVPA Venue Lecturer Country Topic
2022 Marrakech Ismaila Shittu Nigeria Newcastle disease