The 2022 cycle was completed, 13 workshops were held in 9 locations and 10 seminars were given at different universities.
With the participation of 480 people and 1665 visualizations in the 13 workshops held, the topics covered were: Health management in laying hens; Good poultry practices for family farming; Breeding, management and marketing; Biosecurity and common diseases in laying hens; Health management in laying hens; Biosecurity and common diseases in laying hens; Breeding, management and health in laying hens; Animal health; Family, peasant and indigenous peri-urban agriculture; Sustainable production alternatives and technological sovereignty; Gender perspective, youth and migrants.
The objectives of the cycle that has just ended were to generate good management practices in poultry production, to inform about the benefits of extensive production in poultry farms and parasitic disease and guidelines for its control, to update on the effect of coccidia in poultry production in the central zone of Chile and Argentina and its impact on family farming and to inform about how increasing the welfare of production animals generates a healthier, more profitable product that is more acceptable to consumers.
In addition, new knowledge was disseminated so that future veterinarians can learn about the practices carried out in layer and broiler sheds to increase the comfort of poultry in production.
A total of 279 undergraduate and postgraduate students attended 10 seminars given at the following universities, in Chile, Universidad Mayor (UM), Universidad de Chile (UC); and in Argentina at Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora (UNLZ) and Universidad de Salvador (USAL). The topics discussed were: Coccidia and poultry production: how does it affect the peasant family economy in the central zone of the country-Chile?; Poultry parasitology: coccidiosis; Animal welfare in production birds; Avian coccidiosis: epidemiology and control alternatives; Animal welfare in laying hens and broiler chickens; Avian coccidiosis: epidemiology and control alternatives.
