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Event Title: The Present and Future Control of Necrotic Enteritis
Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Time: 9:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Eastern
Duration: 1 Hour
Protect your Birds, Protect your Bottom Line
Necrotic enteritis is a disease of growing concern for poultry producers. As competition for poultry market share worldwide is intensifying, consumers and regulatory authorities are demanding that poultry be produced without resorting to preventative antibiotics in the feed.
Join three noted poultry experts for this free Webinar as they cover the latest information on current best practices in preventing clinical and sub-clinical necrotic enteritis in broiler flocks. They will also discuss the most promising alternatives being developed to improve on or substitute for in-feed medication with antibiotics.
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Chuck Hofacre
Director of Clinical Services,
Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center,
Athens, Georgia
Charles "Chuck" Hofacre is from Wooster, a small Ohio farming community. He holds a bachelor's degree in agriculture, a master's in poultry science and doctorate in veterinary medicine from Ohio State University. He also has a master's degree in avian medicine and a doctorate in veterinary medical microbiology from the University of Georgia. Chuck was the director of veterinary medicine at turkey production company Cuddy Farms, Inc. in Marshville, NC. He then served seven years as a vice president and member of the board of directors for broiler breeder genetics company Ross Breeders, Inc., in Huntsville, AL. He then moved on to Bayer's U.S. poultry operations where he served as the manager of technical services. Chuck is now a professor in the Department of Population Health and is the director of clinical services for the Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center in Athens, Georgia. He is also the executive secretary-treasurer for the American Association of Avian Pathologists, the professional organization for all poultry veterinarians in the Americas. He accepted this position in 2003 after the office had been at the University of Pennsylvania for 25 years.
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Steve Davis
President and CEO,
Colorado Quality Research, Inc.
Wellington, Colorado
Steve Davis grew up in a small town in southeast Kansas and received his bachelor's in agriculture and doctorate in veterinary medicine from Kansas State University. He also completed an avian medicine internship at North Carolina State University and became a diplomate of the American College of Poultry Veterinarians in 1993. He has held numerous positions in the commercial broiler industry, including director of quality and health services with Gold'n Plump Poultry and director of technical services for Simmons Foods. Steve also served as the director of poultry technical services for the animal health division of Roche for seven years. He then held the position of director of the global poultry business unit for Fort Dodge Animal Health. Currently, Steve manages and owns Colorado Quality Research, Inc. of Wellington, CO, and serves as the company's president and CEO. Colorado Quality Research is a contract poultry research company that has served the industry since 1980 and specializes in poultry nutrition and health research.
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Charles Broussard
Director of Global Technical Services,
Schering-Plough Poultry
Charlie Broussard is from Athens, GA, and attended the University of Georgia where he received his bachelor's in agriculture, a master's in poultry science and a doctorate of veterinary medicine. Additionally, he received his master's in avian medicine from the University of Georgia and is a diplomate in the American College of Poultry Veterinarians. Charles served seven years as regional veterinarian for Gold Kist, Inc. and then four years as broiler manager for Gold Kist, Inc. at the Boaz, AL, complex. He also served as lab director for Fakieh Poultry in Saudi Arabia for two years. At Schering-Plough Poultry, he was poultry business unit manager for five years before becoming director of global technical services in 2005.
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