A highlight of the opening day of the third WVPA Asia Meeting was the presentation of the fifth WVPA-Zoetis Young Poultry Veterinarian Award to Dennis Umali, a Filipino veterinarian.
After being an exceptional veterinary student, Dr Umali spent five years in Japan before returning to the Philippines where he is currently an Assistant Professor and Scientist at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB). Here, he is developing an Integrated Health Management System that will proactively help poultry farmers in the tropics in the early detection of production and health problems in their flocks. While in Japan, Dr Umali worked for a leading diagnostic consultancy whose clients included 72 of Japan’s largest layer and breeding farms.