The Poultry Health Sciences Chair has been established at the faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Ghent University. The chair has been jointly established by the departments of Pathology, Bacteriology & Avian Diseases (prof. dr. Filip Van Immerseel, promoter chair) and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Biochemistry (prof. dr. Siska Croubels, promoter chair) and two Flemish companies Vetworks and Poulpharm. Prof. dr. Gunther Antonissen is appointed as chairholder.
This chair offers an unique opportunity to encourage partnership with national and international industrial partners, universities, and research institutes focusing on poultry research and education.
A successful poultry production needs knowledge in various disciplines, including management, housing and climate control, disease control, nutrition, sustainability, and animal welfare among others. There is thus a high demand for trained and educated experts. Furthermore, there is an obvious need for effective solutions for many challenges, including infectious and non-infectious diseases, and increased consumer awareness of food safety, sustainability and animal welfare for which fundamental and applied research is necessary.
A collaboration between Ghent University and two companies: Vetworks and Poulpharm, will strengthen both education and research in this area of poultry health.
Time to discover the research topics and researchers of the team Chair Poultry Health Sciences. All research project and researcher are presented in a movie, click on the underlined name of the research topic or researcher to play the movie.
