Spring 2005 Newsletter : Working Groups of the WPSA Federation of European Branches
There have recently been a number of meetings of the Working Groups which operate under the umbrella of the Federation of WPSA European Branches and on which the UK Branch is represented. Each Group covers a specific area of work and they meet at intervals, often trying to coincide with a World Congress, European Poultry Conference or other events to which members may already be going. Our current representation is shown in the table below. These groups do, of course, operate for the benefit of all members, not just the appointed representatives, and direct contact from interested members of the Branch is always welcomed.
| WG No. | TITLE | UK REP(S) | ORGANISATION | POSITION |
| 1 | Economics & Marketing | Mr Andrew Joret | Deans Food | |
| 2 | Nutrition | Prof Colin
Whitehead Dr Colin Fisher Mr Patrick Garland |
Roslin Inst. Consultant BOCM Pauls |
Chairman Past Chairman |
| 3 | Breeding & Genetics* | Dr Dave Burt Dr Paul Hocking |
Roslin Inst. Roslin Inst. |
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| 4 | Egg Quality | Dr Maureen Bain | Univ of Glasgow | Chairman |
| 5 | Meat Quality | Dr Ian Richardson | Univ of Bristol | |
| 6 | Reproduction | Dr Charles Deeming Mr Glenn Baggott |
Consultant Birkbeck College |
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| 7 | Hygiene & Pathology** | |||
| 8 | Waterfowl | Mr David Martin | Cherry Valley Fms | |
| 9 | Welfare | Mr Arnold Elson Dr Mohan Raj |
ADAS Univ of Bristol |
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| 10 | Turkeys | Dr Nick French | BUT | |
| 11 | Education | Dr Paul Rose | HAUC | |
| 12 | Physiology | Dr Malcolm Mitchell | Roslin Inst. | |
| 13 | Ratites |
*Effectively The Incubation and Fertility Research Group, whose open meetings
are organized by the two UK representatives (see report of last meeting on
previous page).
** Meets at BVPA
Many of these Groups are now very active, holding Conferences and Symposia around Europe. A new Physiology Group (WG12) was launched in Autumn 2003 and the Education Group (WG11) has also been more recently reconstituted. In addition there is a Ratites Group (WG13) and a new Economics and Marketing Group (WG1). Some recent and necessarily brief reports from our representatives appeared in the last Newsletter.