Membership matters

Subscriptions were due on 1 January and, in spite of renewal notices and reminders, some members have still not renewed their membership. Please take pity on the poor Secretary, and on the Branch resources, and pay now if you have not yet done so. The use of more Banker’s Standing Orders would make life simpler for all parties!

We are pleased to welcome the following new members to the Branch:

Mrs D Drummond, Premier Fresh Foods

Mr Nicholas Hover, SAC Auchincruive

Dr Neville Prescott, Silsoe Research Inst

Miss Siobhan McManus, HSA

Miss Dianne Murray, Roslin Institute

Mr Ian Cockshott, Aviagen Ltd (Re-joined)

Congratulations to the following members on the award of their PhDs:

Dr Amanda Gavin, Danisco

Dr Catherine Drakley, ADAS Gleadthorpe

….and also congratulations to the following two members who have transferred from Student to Full Individual Membership of the Branch:

Mr Ameer Al-Saffar, Harper Adams University College

Miss Victoria Sandilands, SAC Auchincruive

The following members have resigned from the Branch and we wish them well:

Mrs Hilary Bliss, Carrs Agriculture Ltd

Dr Bill Burt, Kimbolton

Mr John Cessford, BOCM PAULS Ltd

Mr Paul Cook, Premier Fresh Foods

Miss Rachel Crowe,Univ of Leeds

Mr Robin Johnston, Inverurie

Dr Behzad Mansoori, Univ of Aberdeen

Mrs A F McLuckie, Univ of Glasgow

Miss Jill Metheringham, HSA

Mr Mike Stephens, BOCM PAULS Ltd

Free CD-ROMs

WPSA President, Dr Peter Hunton, very kindly offered the Branch a small number of free CD-ROMS of the Proceedings of the XXI World’s Poultry Congress with the suggestion that these be given to recent new members. This offer was accepted and ten of these were sent to members who joined the Branch between the last AGM and the end of November. Who said there is no such thing as a free lunch?

World's Poultry Science Journal

In the last Newsletter, the Secretary offered a few copies of the Journal which had been given to him by a retiring member. These have now found a suitable new home. There are now a further 98 copies available for the cost of postage (which might be considerable!):

Vol 19 (Jan 1963) - Vol 36 (Nov 1980) [except Vol 21 No 4, Vol 25 No 4, Vol 26 Nos 2&3, Vol 33 Nos 1,2&3]

Vol 47 No 2 (July 1991) - Vol 57 No 3 (Sept 2001)

Please contact the Secretary, John Parsons, by email if you would like any or all of these.

Also, for his own collection, the Secretary would like to acquire all WPS Journals up to and including Vol 17 (1961).

New Publications

1. We have been notified of the following new publication:
   “Handbook of Poultry Feed from Waste Processing and Use” Second Edition, July 2000. Edited by A R Y El Boushy PhD and A F B van der Poel PhD, published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, £124.00.
   Details and orders: www.wkap.nl
   
2. The Humane Slaughter Association has revised its publication:
   "Code of Practice for the Disposal of Chicks in Hatcheries".
   Produced in association with the British Poultry Council and the Pullet Hatcheries Association, it no longer recommends the use of 100% carbon dioxide as an acceptable method of chick disposal on the grounds of animal welfare.
   Price £2.00 from the HSA, tel 01582 831919.