Scientific Topics

01 – Poultry Nutrition

Optimizing performance through science-based feeding strategies.

Advances in poultry nutrition play a crucial role in improving animal performance, health, sustainability, and profitability. This topic covers feed formulation, nutrient requirements, ingredient evaluation, precision nutrition, feed efficiency, and innovative nutritional strategies for modern poultry production.

02 – Alternative Feed Additives for Gut Health

Supporting intestinal health beyond antibiotic growth promoters.

As the poultry industry seeks sustainable alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters, maintaining optimal gut health has become a major priority. This topic focuses on probiotics, prebiotics, phytogenics, organic acids, enzymes, postbiotics, and other innovative feed additives that support intestinal health, immunity, and productivity.

03 – Poultry Health

Advancing disease prevention and flock well-being.

Poultry health remains fundamental to sustainable and profitable production systems. Contributions under this topic may address disease prevention, diagnostics, vaccination programs, biosecurity, epidemiology, antimicrobial stewardship, emerging diseases, and innovative approaches to flock health management.

04 – Egg Quality and Food Safety of Egg Products

Ensuring quality from farm to consumer.

Consumers increasingly demand high-quality and safe egg products. This topic includes egg quality assessment, shell and internal quality, processing technologies, traceability systems, contamination control, food safety standards, and innovations that enhance the value and safety of eggs and egg products.

05 – Meat Quality and Food Safety of Poultry Products

Enhancing product quality and consumer confidence.

Ensuring the quality and safety of poultry meat is essential throughout the production chain. This topic covers carcass quality, processing technologies, meat characteristics, shelf life, traceability, pathogen control, consumer expectations, and strategies to ensure food safety and product excellence.

06 – Poultry Economics

Understanding the business of poultry production.

Economic sustainability is a key driver of decision-making in the poultry sector. This topic explores production costs, market dynamics, international trade, risk management, investment strategies, value chain analysis, and economic tools that support efficient and competitive poultry enterprises.

07 – Poultry Housing, Management and Environment

Balancing productivity, welfare and sustainability.

Modern poultry production requires efficient management systems that balance productivity, animal welfare, and environmental responsibility. This topic addresses housing design, ventilation, climate control, welfare assessment, precision farming technologies, environmental impact, and sustainable management practices.

08 – Reproduction and Genetics

Shaping the future of poultry breeding.

Genetic improvement and reproductive efficiency continue to drive progress in poultry production. This topic covers breeding programs, genetic selection, genomic technologies, reproductive physiology, hatchery management, fertility, incubation, and innovations shaping the future of poultry genetics.

09 – Extension Programs and Teaching

Connecting research, education and practice.

The transfer of knowledge from research to practice is essential for industry development. This topic focuses on education, training, extension services, technology transfer, communication strategies, professional development, and innovative approaches to teaching poultry science.

10 – Other / Miscellaneous

Emerging ideas and interdisciplinary perspectives.

This category welcomes contributions that do not fit within the main thematic areas but are relevant to poultry science and industry development. Interdisciplinary studies, emerging topics, innovative concepts, and new perspectives are particularly encouraged.