OUr Research |
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
We would like to thank the following agencies for their funding which made this RESEARCH possible
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