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Current Projects
-Impact of beak treatment on the productivity and welfare of commercial turkeys
-The influence of LED lighting on the production, physiology, and behaviour of broiler chickens
-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
-The effects of stocking density on turkey hen performance, health, and welfare to 12 weeks of age
Past Projects
-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
-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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