Course Incubation Biology and Hatchery Management

Registration deadline: this course is already fully booked.
Register directly for the reservelist or download the flyer.

Why follow this course?

After completing the course, you are updated with the latest scientific insights regarding best practices of incubation biology and hatchery management. Furthermore, you will be able to apply them in your daily practice as the knowledge is translated into practical applications.

For whom is this course?

The course is aiming at enriching knowledge of professionals (academic level) and is intended for hatchery managers, poultry biologists, incubator manufacturers, engineers, poultry breeding companies, technical managers of poultry integration companies, veterinarians, researchers and teachers in poultry science. Furthermore, participants from the supplying industry and governments are welcome in this course.

Programme and topics

The course includes a variety of presentations spread over two consecutive days. The topics are introduced by a number of experts. There will be sufficient opportunity for discussion. In this course we will pay attention to the following subjects:

• The early biology of the developing embryo
• Pre-incubation and storage factors of eggs
• Incubation temperature during the setter and the hatching phase and consequences for later life
• Alternative hatching systems and early nutrition
• Hatchery hygiene
• Hatchery automation and chick handling
• In ovo sexing
• Big data in the hatchery

Course leaders

Dr. ir. H. (Henry) van den Brand, Wageningen University, Animal Sciences
and Dr. R. (Ron) Meijerhof, Poultry Performance Plus.

More information & registration

You can register for the reservelist of the course Incubation Biology and Hatchery Management or download the flyer. Questions? Contact the programme manager Geurt Heimensen.