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Current Projects
-Effect of LED flicker on the welfare, health, and production of pullets reared to 16 weeks and further impacts on hen performance, welfare, and egg production and quality
-Determination of ideal perch space allowance for pullets
-Assessing hatchery related well-being of leghorn chicks
-Nutritional mitigation of heat stress in broilers
-Impact of LED flicker on the welfare, health, and production of 11 week old turkey hens
-Impact of simulated environmental conditions (temperature and humidity) on the meat quality, stress physiology, and behaviour of market age turkey hens and toms
-Impact of dual light intensity on broiler production and welfare
-Does blue light during rearing impact pullet behaviour or hen production?
-Egg residue depletion of oral and topical formulations of Fluralaner (Bravecto) in laying hens
-Determination of ideal perch space allowance for pullets
-Assessing hatchery related well-being of leghorn chicks
-Nutritional mitigation of heat stress in broilers
-Impact of LED flicker on the welfare, health, and production of 11 week old turkey hens
-Impact of simulated environmental conditions (temperature and humidity) on the meat quality, stress physiology, and behaviour of market age turkey hens and toms
-Impact of dual light intensity on broiler production and welfare
-Does blue light during rearing impact pullet behaviour or hen production?
-Egg residue depletion of oral and topical formulations of Fluralaner (Bravecto) in laying hens
Past Projects
-The influence of different LED wavelengths on the production, physiology, and behaviour of broiler chickens
-The effects of stocking density on turkey hen performance, health, and welfare to 12 weeks of age
-Impact of pattern of lighting on broiler gastrointestinal tract contents
-Impact of UVA light on broiler productivity and behaviour
-Impact of stocking density on broiler performance and welfare
-Impact of beak treatment on the productivity and welfare of commercial turkeys
-Attracting young turkey poults to feeders to avoid litter-eating
-The effects of transportation on end of cycle laying hens
-The effects of different light intensities during pullet rearing on bird's use of space, behaviour, and health
-Utilizing yellow mealworms grown on deoxynivalenol contaminated wheat as a protein source for poultry diets
-Do "RWA" (raised without antibiotic) diets influence the impact of lighting programs for broilers
-Understanding the effects of beak blunting and its potential to be used as an alternative to current beak treatment methods
-The effects of transportation on pullets
-Understanding the specifics of how infrared beak treatment affects beak tissue and the healing response of brown and white feathered laying hens
-The assessment of on-farm euthanasia for broiler chickens
-In-ovo lighting effects on chick welfare and post-hatch behaviour
-Effect of rate and extent of starch digestion on performance, physiology and behaviour of broilers and laying hens
-The impact of infrared beak treatment (IRBT) on the production, behaviour, and welfare of layer pullets and hens
-The effects of stocking density on turkey tom performance, health, and welfare to 16 weeks of age
-The impact of dark exposure on the feeding behaviour, production, and gastrointestinal tract segment and content weights of broiler chickens