“Scientific research in poultry is of great value”, says Dr. Michèle Tixier-Boichard from France, current President of the World’s Poultry Science Association (WPSA). “It strongly contributes to feeding the ever growing world population. But at some point, there may be a limit in ever increasing performance. We must find an optimal balance between production, animal welfare and environmental impact .”
In August last year, the four-yearly world congress of WPSA took place in Paris, France. As the chair of the congress, Dr. Michèle Tixier-Boichard was elected to serve in the position as WPSA president for the next four years, taking over from Professor Dr Ning Yang from China.
Members of WPSA are scientists from universities or research institutes,
As well as members of R&D divisions of private companies.
All with the objective to further improve and increase poultry production around the world.
“The strength of WPSA is to be the oldest scientific society in the livestock sector”, says Dr. Tixier-Boichard. “Created in 1912, WPSA celebrated the 100th anniversary of its world’s congress in 2021, which was quite a milestone. And we keep moving on.
- Indeed, poultry production has strongly increased in Asia. Of course, countries differ from each other. Hence, there’s not one solution for all.
- But there many similarities as well. That’s why sharing scientific knowledge is very useful for all countries, justifying the existence of WPSA.
It is a challenge for scientific research to find the right combination of approaches and disciplines to conduct trials and tackle problems like for infectious diseases.
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