The well attended 18th CPC Poultry School took place at the Jasmine Palace resort in Hurghada on the Red Sea in Egypt end of 2014.

Owners and senior project managers from the big companies joined new farm managers for the six-day event, which included many interesting presentations on breeding, incubation, management, nutrition, physiology and veterinary/pathology issues. The two full days from the Hubbard technical team revolved around the theme of male and female management and disease.

International speakers were Thomas Verrey (Are Sales Manager for the region), Dr Miguel Valls (Hubbard Veterinarian) who updated the group on the importance and control of coccidiosis. Hammed Abdelmotal (Hubbard Technician) talked about the ‘Right Females For Right Stimulation’, Stéphane Hémon (Hubbard Incubation Specialist) talked about ‘Key Points for Hatchery Management’ and Alastair Lewin (Hubbard Senior Technician) presented talks on breeder male and female management.

Egyptian speakers were Dr Said Shalash on nutrition, Dr Hassen Byoumy on lighting and ventilation, Dr Abd El Rahman on physiology and reproduction, Dr Awad on respiratory diseases, Dr Mohammed El Manawy on management. Dr Shahin (CPC Vet. Manager) gave an excellent talk on 'Dealing with Manure' to reduce spread of disease and a case study which opened the door for some excellent discussion. Furthermore, Dr Hamoud (CPC Technical Director) gave a good talk regarding hot points on 'Avian Immunity & Vaccination', and Dr Mohamed Kamel (Veterinary Manager of the Technical Follow up Team) gave a good talk on 'Current Challenging Diseases'.

Each participant received all the talks in English and Arabic and many Hubbard technical presentations and bulletins. After the exams on the final day, the first three best students were rewarded with a watch.

Hubbard, co-sponsor of the event, wishes to thank Dr Nabil Darwish, Executive Managing Director of CPGP (Hubbard distributor for Egypt), Dr Khaled Mostafa General Manager of CPGP and the organisers: Eng. Ezat, Eng. Medhat and Dr Ahmad Hassan, along with Dr Sayed Shalash and their colleagues, for their hard work, excellent organisation and continued CPC Poultry School commitment to the continuous education of project managers, farm managers and supervisors.

The CPC Poultry School is a real asset to enable the technicians to achieve the best results and benefits from the Hubbard Classic product. The 18th CPC Poultry School continued the excellence of bringing together key member of the industry for a week of communication.