This advanced course provides a comprehensive and hands-on training experience for poultry professionals, combining 40 hours of online learning with a 5-day immersion in Dakar, Senegal. Led by internationally recognized experts, the program focuses on current challenges in egg production—covering major diseases, welfare considerations, and key management practices—and includes practical laboratory work and a full-day field visit.

Module II : Commercial Layers

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COURSE OVERVIEW

  • Format: Hybrid (Online + Residential)

  • Who it’s for? Poultry veterinarians and professionals

  • Language: French

  • Duration: 5-day residential + 40h online module

  • Certificate: Part of the WVEPAH Certification Program

A comprehensive and practical program designed for poultry veterinarians and production professionals looking to advance their expertise in poultry health, diagnostics, management, and production.

Why join this course

  • Train with internationally recognized poultry experts

  • Gain practical skills for real field situations

  • Develop practical solutions to the most common challenges affecting egg production worldwide

  • Explore the latest developments in layer production systems

  • Strengthen your expertise across health, nutrition, and production

  • Improve your understanding of biosecurity, vaccination strategies, and disease prevention programs

  • Join the official WVEPAH Certification pathway

What you will work on

  • Prevention, diagnosis, and control of the major diseases affecting commercial layer flocks

  • Biosecurity and vaccination strategies

  • Egg production systems and egg quality

  • Nutrition and flock performance.

  • Welfare, behaviour, and heat stress management

  • Farm investigations, diagnostics, and clinical cases

When? 9-13 November, 2026

Where? Ecole Inter-Etats des Sciences et Médecine Vétérinaires de Dakar, Senegal (EISMV), Dakar, Senegal

Price?

  • Early bird rate: €2,350 (until September 30th)

  • Regular fee: €2,500

  • The course fee includes:

    • Access to online course materials (for 7 years)

    • Final exam administered by Université de Montréal

    • Dinners and two coffee breaks per day during the residential week

  • Please note that the fee does not include accommodation, transportation, health insurance, or visa costs.

  • Members of WPSA and WVPA are eligible for a €100 discount upon registration, subject to proof of membership.

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FINANCIAL SUPPORT

WVEPAH, as a non-profit organization, does not offer scholarships or direct financial assistance for its training programs. Participants seeking financial support are encouraged to explore funding opportunities through their employers, professional associations, government agencies, or industry partners. We also offer the possibility of paying the course fee in two installments. If this option would make participation more feasible, please contact us at info@wvepah.org and we will be happy to provide further details.

DETAILED PROGRAM

ONLINE PART

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  • Global egg production

  • Pullet & layer management

  • Egg quality & physiology

  • Layer nutrition programs

  • Genetics & breeding

  • Housing & environmental management

  • Biosecurity in egg production

  • Major bacterial, viral & parasitic diseases

  • Vaccination programs & disease prevention

  • Responsible antimicrobial use

  • Emerging challenges in layer production

  • Artificial intelligence in egg production

  • Clinical case preparation

RESIDENTIAL PART

    • Pullet management & growth

    • Feed, water & environmental management

    • Early-life challenges & heat stress

    • Lighting programs for commercial layers

    • Optimizing egg production & flock performance

    • Clinical case discussions

    • Interpreting layer performance & egg production curves

    • Investigating mortality & sudden drops in egg production

    • Reproductive tract disorders in layers

    • Emerging & re-emerging diseases in commercial layers

    • Salmonella control: vaccination & eradication strategies

    • Clinical case discussions

    • Field visit– details to be provided later on

    • Vaccination programs for pullets & layers

    • Avian influenza: global situation & vaccination strategies

    • Biosecurity for disease prevention

    • Practical laboratory sessions

    • Necropsy & sample collection techniques

    • Parasitology laboratory exercises

    • Clinical case discussions

    • Participant case presentations

    • Diagnostic & problem-solving

    • Prudent use of antimicrobials

    • Interactive group discussions

    • Course wrap-up & next steps

*The schedule listed is subject to change. Minor adjustments may occur.

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