The department was well represented at the XXI World Poultry Congress (WPC) in Montreal from August 20 to 24. The World Poultry Science Association (WPSA) has branches in over 65 countries and nearly 7,000 members around the world and hosts the congress every four years. This particular year, the Poultry Science Association (PSA) met from August 18-21 in the same facility in Montreal. PSA is a North American association, with meetings every year. It was most unusual this year that the Congress was in N.A. and was piggybacked with PSA.

 Kirk Klasing, Francine Bradley, Mary Delany, Annie King, Ralph Ernst, Gideon Zeidler, Jackie Pisenti and Don Bell were the Animal Science faculty who attended, along with several of their students. Emeriti professors who attended included Howard Kratzer, W. Wade Brant and A.S. Rosenwald.

  Francine Bradley presented a poster at the WPC entitled, "Petaluma and the poultry industry as sentinel flocks for changes in rural America" and was invited to chair a  session on "Poultry Production in Developing Countries." She was also re-elected for another 4-yr term as Treasurer of the WPSA.

Ralph Ernst presented his paper on “Enhancing use of the internet for poultry

extension outreach” at the WPC and received a $1,000 travel grant from the USA branch of WPSA.  Gideon Zeidler, Poultry Specialist from the office in Riverside, presented an invited paper on “Product development and marketing of added value egg products in the changing economy.” 

Mary Delany was invited to speak on “The importance of biodiversity preservation for research and industry.” Delany also chaired the Poultry Genome Workshop held January 16-17 in conjunction with the Plant and Animal Genome VIII Conference (San Diego, CA) and was chair of the Poultry Species Committee of the USDA-ARS National Animal Germplasm Program. 

Don Bell was invited to speak on "Participants and issues in the transfer and application of significant new technology." Bell also participated as a member of the Board of Directors at the PSA conference, as he is PSA's immediate past president and serves as chair of the association's nominating committee.