Animal Welfare and Management Committee Meeting

Tuesday, January 30th from 7 - 9am EST

The Animal Welfare and Management Committee (AWMC) would like to invite members of AAAP to attend their committee meeting in the Georgia World Congress Center on Tuesday January 30th from 7 - 9am EST.

Here, meeting attendees will be discussing the impacts on avian influenza prevention.  This meeting is open to all members who have an interest in the topics being discussed, regardless of whether or not they members of the AMWC committee.  Please see the agenda below for more information: 

2024-25 AVMA Fellowship Program

Application Deadline: February 9, 2024

2024 International Avian Respiratory Diseases Conference

May 14 - 17, 2024
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Apply for the 2024 AAAP Student Awards

Deadline: February 1st

Criteria and Award Applications

The AAAP Foundation is accepting applications for the following student awards: the Richard B. Rimler Memorial Paper Award, the Reed Rumsey Award, the L. Dwight Schwartz Travel Scholarship, and the Avian Biosciences Travel Scholarship. These awards help defray travel expenses to attend the 2024 AAAP Annual Meeting.  Full details on award criteria and submission process can be found on the AAAP website.

Association of Poultry Consultants and Independent Labs (APCIL) Virtual Meeting

Dear AAAP members,

AAAP Demographics Survey
Deadline: December 6, 2023

The AAAP’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee is conducting an anonymous demographics and climate survey to evaluate the diversity climate of the AAAP.

The survey consists of 20 questions and will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. Participation in this survey will help the AAAP leadership and the Diversity and Inclusion Committee in developing strategies that promote inclusivity and equity and benefit the entire AAAP membership.

Call for Abstracts for 2024 AAAP Annual Meeting

Deadline: February 1, 2024

The AAAP is calling for abstracts to be presented at the 2023 AAAP Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MI on July 9-11. The deadline to submit an abstract is February 1^st, 2024. You will be notified of your submission status on March 17^th, 2024. If you have any questions please contact the AAAP business office at [email protected] or 904-425-5735.

Registration and Submission of Abstracts for the 14th International Symposium on Marek's Disease and Avian Herpesviruses

Union Station Hotel, St. Louis, MO
July 12 - July 14, 2024

Join or Renew Your AVMA Membership

Join / Renew your AVMA Membership by January 1, 2024 for the Best Rate

We need your help in ensuring that AAAP continues to be recognized as an allied veterinary association of the AVMA.

The AAAP's status as a constituent member of the American Veterinary Medical Association is dependent on AAAP demonstrating that we have a achieved the required threshold of members who are also AVMA members. Thus, it is vital that members get involved so AAAP can achieve the required number to maintain our constituent member status with AVMA.

AAAP Committee Membership

A great way to get more involved in AAAP activities, is to join a committee! AAAP members can join or leave committees using the forms found under the "Committees" tab on the website, or by clicking one of the buttons below.

Join a Committee

AAAP on Modern Poultry

Modern Poultry now has a page dedicated to the AAAP under their Industry Insights! AAAP members can find this page by clicking the button below or by clicking the link under External Links on the AAAP homepage.

AAAP on Modern Poultry

APHIS HPAI Epidemiology Update: Webinar Materials

On May 31st, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service put on a webinar entitled "Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Epidemiology Update".

Volunteer to be a AAAP Awards Committee Member

The Awards Committee is looking for two new members who are interested in recognizing the achievements of AAAP members and poultry professionals. We maintain an equal balance of industry, academia and research/government and are currently in need of one new member from academia and one from industry.

AVMA’s First Frederick Douglass Patterson Award Winner: Dr. Willie Reed

On July 14, 2023, Dr. Willie M. Reed, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Purdue University, was named the inaugural recipient of the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Frederick Douglass Patterson Lifetime Achievement Award for his distinguished leadership in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the veterinary profession. Congratulations to Dr. Reed on this well-deserved honor!

2023 AAAP Strategy Plan Survey

Deadline: August 31, 2023

This year the AAAP Board of Directors will meet to assess and update the strategy plan of our organization, so it remains relevant in our ever-changing environment.

New AAAP Foundation President-Elect

We are pleased to announce the results of this year’s American Association of Avian Pathologist Foundation President-Elect election.  

The 95th Annual Northeastern Conference on Avian Diseases (NECAD) Call for Abstracts

Gamebird Medicine and Management Book

Gamebird Medicine and Management (eds. Teresa Y. Morishita and Robert E. Porter, ISBN: 978-1-119-7121-3, 384 pages, October 2022)) is a complete and authoritative reference on the management of gamebirds and exhibition Galliformes in health and disease.  The authors combine relevant material from avian veterinarians, commercial production professionals and experts from the conservation and captive breeding sectors, to develop diagnostic and treatment plans for small or large gamebird flocks.  The emphasis is on management and diseases of pheasants, partridges and quail, but the text includes focused chapters on exhibition galliformes, guinea fowl and peafowl.

New AAAP Foundation President-Elect

We are pleased to announce the results of this year’s American Association of Avian Pathologist Foundation President-Elect election.

AAAP Meeting for Students AND Virtual Vet Panel!

Hello AAAP student members!

TLDR: Organize for AAAP with this document. Save the date for May 17 at 8pm EST virtual poultry vet panel.