From the Field

Contact: Ashley Wiskirchen | Marketing and Communications

Stone Mountain, Georgia. — In April of 2018, the World Poultry Foundation sponsored a two-day training workshop for field extension agents and veterinarians in Ethiopia.
Training and educational programs are an essential part of the foundation’s mission. Hands-on training opportunities facilitated by professionals at the top of their game enable the foundation to carry out its vision of supporting and educating growers and other poultry professionals across the globe.

At the Ethiopian training workshop, sixty-four veterinarians met in Addis Ababa to receive intensive interactive training in the areas of poultry health and management. This workshop was facilitated by Scott Gillingham, DVM and Sainos Manzira, BVSc.

These professionals gave educational presentations at the training and facilitated learning among participants.

Dr. Gillingham received his veterinary degree from the University of Guelph in 1986 and in 1993 received his diploma from the American College of Poultry Veterinarians. From 1986 until 1996 he served as the Director of Technical Services for Intervet Canada. He joined the poultry business unit of Bayer in 1996 as the National Sales Livestock Manager. For the past 18 years, Dr. Gillingham has served as the Canadian Regional Business Manager for Aviagen North America. Dr. Gillingham just published a book, Raising Amazing Chicks, that focuses on poultry management, particularly during the brooding phase of the bird’s life.

Dr. Manzira received his veterinary degree from the University of Pretoria in 2008. After graduation, Dr. Manzira joined Immunovet Services as a company veterinarian for two years before joining Intervet as Sales Manager for Eastern and Southern Africa. In 2017, Dr. Manzira assumed a new role as Technical and Business Development Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa for Merck (also known as MSD Animal Health).

About the World Poultry Foundation

The World Poultry Foundation (WPF) is a non-profit organization founded in 1997 whose mission is to help solve hunger and poverty issues and promote economic development in distressed areas and emerging markets outside the United States through the production and consumption of poultry by empowering farmers in developing regions.