Registration Information
Registration Form
This course will be held at the Kellogg
Hotel & Conference Center on the campus
of the Michigan State University in East
Lansing, Michigan. Since the course is
designed to provide personalized training
in a small group setting, registration will be
limited to 30 participants on a first-come,
first-serve basis. To ensure a place in the
course, please complete the attached form
and return it with the registration fee made
payable to Western University of Health
Sciences no later than March 31, 2009.
The registration fee for the course is $375,
which includes course proceedings, a
diagnostic sampling kit, 2 continental
breakfasts, 2 lunches, dinner, and
refreshment breaks. For more information
about this year’s Layer Health
Management School, please contact Dr.
Teresa Y. Morishita at (909) 469-5512 or
tmorishita@westernu.edu
I am registering for the Layer Health
Management School
School Director
Dr. Teresa Morishita, Western University of
Health Sciences (WUHS)
2009 Program Director
Dr. R. Mick Fulton, Michigan State University
Poultry Health Management
School Planning Team
Dr. Todd Applegate, Purdue University
Dr. Rob Porter, Jr., University of Minnesota
Dr. Teresa Morishita, WUHS
Mr. Ralph Stonerock, Biomin, Inc.
Registration Coordinator
Ms. Mary Paine, Western University of Health
Sciences
Program Coordinator
Dr. D. Karcher, Michigan State University
LAYER HEALTH
MANAGEMENT SCHOOL
MANAGEMENT & HEALTH
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Wednesday & Thursday,
May 6 & May 7, 2009
Please make checks payable to:
Western University of Health Sciences
Presented by
Michigan State University
Please send registration form and
payment by March 31, 2009 to:
College of Veterinary Medicine
Western Univ. of Health Sciences
Attn: Mary Paine
309 E. Second Street
Pomona, California 91767
Phone: (909) 469-5557
Fax: (909) 469-5635
In collaboration with
Purdue University
University of Minnesota
Western University of Health
Sciences
Layer Health Management:
Management & Health
The 2-day Layer Health Management School
is designed to provide in-depth lecture
presentations and hands-on training to those
individuals working in the pullet and layer
industries. The primary goal of this year’s
school is to provide practical information on
the effects of management factors as it
relates to diseases in the layer industry.
Participants will learn about disease of
pullets and layers and how to become more
proficient in evaluating management
conditions for disease prevention and control.
Moreover, participants will be able to work-up
real disease cases to evaluate their field
diagnostic training and to learn about the
impacts of management factors on these
diseases. The school will conclude with an
interactive discussion of diseases of
importance to today’s egg producer.
Certificates will be awarded upon successful
completion of the 2-day workshop.
Layer Health Management School
Tentative Schedule
4:30 -5:15 Necropsy Techniques
Day 1 – Wednesday, May 6, 2009
7:00 REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL
BREAKFAST
8:00 Introduction & Welcome to Michigan!
8:30 Management-Related Layer Respiratory
Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases
9:15 Management-Related Layer Digestive
Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases
10:15 BREAK
10:30 Hatchery Effects on Chick Quality
11:15 Water Quality Basics
11:30 Urolithiasis and the Laying Hen
The airport closest to Michigan State
University,East Lansing campus is the
Capital City Airport.
5:15-6:00 Evaluating Feed Quality
6:30 DINNER
Day 2 – Thursday, May 7, 2009
7:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00 Working with Actual Cases of Environmental
Factors Impacting Bird Health (Practical
Assessment)
10:00 BREAK
10:30 Discussion of Practical Assessment Results
11:30 Pest Management
12:30 LUNCH
12:00 Biosecurity Updates
1:30 Control of Mycoplasma & ILT in Layer
Production
12:30 LUNCH
2:00 Trouble Shooting Environmental Impacts on
Egg Quality
1:30 Fly Management for Poultry Health and
Neighbors
2:30 Heat Stress Management for Layers
Hotel Information
A block of rooms are reserved at the Kellogg
Hotel & Conference Center (800) 875-5090
or (517) 432-4000. When making a
reservation, please mention that you are with
the “Poultry Health Management Schools”.
Lodging rates range from $94/night (single or
double).
4:30 -6:00 LABORATORY / SNACK TIME
2:00 Principles of Building Ventilation and Trouble
Shooting Problems
3:00 Cage Layer Fatigue
3:15 BREAK
2:30 House Environment Management Systems
and Trouble Shooting Problems
3:30 Field Perspectives in Layer ManagementRelated Diseases Across the U.S.
3:00 BREAK
3:15 Evaluating Production in Caged Layers
3:45 A Poultry Nutritionist’s Perspective: Trouble
Shooting Feeding Errors in the Layer
Industry: Case Studies
4:00 Emerging Diseases and Disease Roundtable
Discussion
4:30 Awards Program
HAVE A SAFE TRIP HOME!