Charlie Broussard
Technical Manager
Merck

 Charlie Broussard is from Athens, GA. He attended the University of Georgia where he received his B.S. in Agriculture, a M.S. in Poultry Science and a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine. Additionally, he received a Masters of Avian Medicine from the University of Georgia and is a Diplomate in the American College of Poultry Veterinarians.

Positions held include seven years as Regional Veterinarian for Gold Kist Inc. Four years as Broiler Manager for Gold Kist Inc. at the Boaz, AL complex. He served as Lab Director for Fakieh Poultry in Saudi Arabia for two years. Technical Services Manager for five years with Schering-Plough Poultry Business Unit before becoming Director of Global Technical Services in 2005. In 2010, Dr. Broussard became US Director of Technical Service for the Poultry Business Unit of Merck Animal Health. His current position is as Technical Manager in the Poultry Marketing Group.

Dr. Mark Jackwood
Professor and Department head, Poultry Diagnostic Research Center
University of Georgia

Dr. Mark W. Jackwood is a Professor and Head of the Department of Population Health in the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens GA. He earned his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Poultry Science at The Ohio State University. His office is located at the Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center. Dr. Jackwood is a Molecular Virologist and his primary area of research is the study of avian coronaviruses. Specifically he works with infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), a coronavirus that causes an upper-respiratory disease in chickens, and turkey coronavirus (TCoV) an enteric disease in turkeys, which is also associated with poult enteritis mortality syndrome (PEMS). Dr. Jackwood’s work involves the use of molecular techniques for the identification, characterization, and control of those viruses.