Dr. Stewart Ritchie is the President of Canadian Poultry Consultants and S.J. Ritchie Research Farms.
He developed and has been participating in the Platinum Brooding® program since inception. The Platinum Brooding® program is an educational session used by poultry producers to promote poultry health and is now part of the curriculum at the University of Georgia, Master of Avian Medicine program and the Aviagen International Broiler Production School in Alabama. The Platinum Brooding® program is now part of the New Producer Entrant program of the British Columbia Broiler Chicken Marketing Board.
He has now completed his term as President of the American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP).
Stew was the founder of the Western Meeting of Poultry Clinicians and Pathologists in 1990 and is a member and has participated in numerous poultry production and scientific sessions throughout the globe.