Membership

By now all members will have received their copies of the 2001 Membership Directory of the Association which will be immensely useful to all of us. There will inevitably have been changes in individual membership details, previously notified to me, which did not make it into the Directory. This is due to the time lag between preparation and final publication and we apologise for any of these that have occurred. They will be corrected next time! It is important to try to keep our records up to date, so please remember to notify me of any changes of status or personal details as they occur.

All sectors of the poultry industry, trade, education and research, are still experiencing a chill economic wind and inevitably this results in some losses in WPSA UK Branch membership as people retire, move on or move out. It is most encouraging that the number of new members joining the Branch very nearly balances these losses, but we still need all our members to be on the lookout for potential recruits in order to keep our numbers up.

We are delighted to welcome the following new members, who have joined the Branch since our last Newsletter:

Bernard Matthews Ltd

Dr Medlssa Albentosa, University of Lincoln

Dr Jonathan Cooper, University of Lincoln

Miss Carol Murphy, Queens University, Belfast

Mr Charles Nyeleti, University of Bristol

Miss Michelle Lewis , Harper Adams Univ Coll

Regrettably, the following members have resigned from the Branch:

Dr Janey Barnard, Cobb Breeding Company Ltd

Dr David Cowan, Novozymes UK

Dr Steve Dagnall, AEA Technology plc

Miss Grainne McEntee, SAC Auchincruive

Nutec Ltd

Mr Alastair Pykett, Deans Foods Ltd

Dr John Ralph, Aviagen Ltd

Mr J P Rigney, Eire

Miss Fenella Turkington, N. Ireland

Mr John Vernam, Cherry Valley Farms Ltd

Ms Caroline Westacott, SAC Auchincruive

Student grants/bursaries

The Worshipful Company of Poulters’ Charitable Trust is, once again, offering grants/bursaries to help students who are involved with poultry related research. They like to assist those who either have an exciting project and/or are finding funding difficult. These can be awarded at any level from undergraduate to PhD.

The Worshipful Company was founded in the 15^th Century to promote the interests of the poultry industry in London. Over the years it has evolved to become one of the most prestigious livery Companies of the City of London. Its members now come from all walks of life, professions and industries and have considerable connections in the fields of finance, commerce and government. Recently the Poulters’ Company has decided to reaffirm its connections with the poultry industry and to promote education and research. The emphasis is on encouraging young people in the poultry industry by offering financial support and guidance where necessary. To this end they are initially starting with two projects:

i) to identify and encourage a student at PhD (or similar) level, who is involved in education or research in poultry, by offering a bursary of £1000 per annum to assist their work.

ii) to provide an annual prize of £500 to an individual under the age of 30 who has made a major contribution in the areas of research, development, innovation or other related matters connected with the production, promotion or welfare of poultrymeat, eggs or avian game. The recipient may not be the beneficiary of the Poulters’ bursary. It is hoped that this prize will be awarded for the first time in December this year in London.

The Trust will assess and interview applicants, hopefully making the financial awards prior to the academic year commencing October 2002. Further details and applications should be made as soon as possible to the Chairman of the Poulters’ Trust Mr Robert Haynes, 40 Westgate, Louth, lincolnshire, LN11 9YD, tel 01507 602707, fax 01507 606162 or email robert.haynes@chickandegg.com

Poultry Science Books

Once again, Nottingham University Press are offering WPSA members discounted prices on their range of new, forthcoming and best-selling poultry science books. Savings of at least 10% are offered. To take advantage of this offer members should respond to the invitation on the flyer included within this Newsletter by 1^st July.

Feeds Directories

Nottingham University Press are also promoting their series of Directories from Context Products Ltd. Of particular interest to members are the two Feeds Directories - Commodity Products Guide and Branded Products Guide. Each Directory costs £29.50 plus £2.75 UK delivery. Details are available on the websites www.nup.com and www.contextproducts.co.uk

International Journal of Poultry Science

We have been notified of the forthcoming publication of this Journal, which is inviting the submission of manuscripts for publication. The Journal will be published in Pakistan 6 times a year in print and electronic format and will be available free of charge on the internet. Further information is available on the website www.pjbs.org/ijps/ijps.htm or email to editor-ijps@pjnonline.org

British Poultry Science

A reminder to any recently arrived poultry scientists about British Poultry Science. Published 5 times a year, it is a leading international journal for poultry scientists and advisers to the poultry industry throughout the world. In addition to a majority of independently refereed papers originating outside the UK, the journal also features rapid publication of the Short Communications and Summaries of papers presented at the Annual Meeting of the UK Branch of WPSA. Subscriptions are: Institutional Rate £178, Personal Rate £80. Details: Taylor and Francis Group, tel 01256 813002. A fully searchable sample copy of this journal is available by visiting www.tandf.co.uk/journals

Training Programmes

IPC Plant.Dier Barneveld in the Netherlands are promoting a series of short training courses including:

Modern Animal Feed Manufacturing

Feed Formulation

Modern Breeder Farm Management

Modern Broiler Farm Management

Layer Management

Modern Hatchery Management.

Typically of twelve days duration and costing around €2300, courses are conducted in English.

Further information is available from Bertus Bronkhorst on 00 31 342 414881 or email B.Bronkhorst@ipc-training.nl

WPSA Federation of European Branches - Working Groups

It is hoped that the long awaited Working Group No 12 (Physiology) will hold its inaugural meeting at the European Poultry Conference in Bremen in September under the Chairmanship of Dr Shlomo Yahav from Israel. UK Branch Representative will be Dr Malcolm Mitchell from Roslin Institute. This completes our representation on the nine current Working Groups, full details of which were published in the Spring 2001 Branch Newsletter. Reports from these Groups now feature regularly in this Newsletter and I would remind Representatives to let me have their contributions after their Groups have met.