Are foodborne disease-causing germs becoming more resistant to antibiotics? Finding the answer to that question is the mission of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS). Since 1996, this multi-agency program has examined certain food-associated germs that can cause...
Institution: Purdue
Principal Investigator:
Darrin M. Karcher, PhD
Assistant Professor, Extension Poultry Scientist
Purdue University
3034 Creighton Hall of Animal Sciences
270 South Russell Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Research has shown that Salmonella persistence and transmission in poultry flocks can be influenced by various housing facility...
Housing technology has advanced in the poultry industry above all other animal production industries. Cooling systems like evaporative cooling and tunnel ventilation, as well as insulated roofs and walls, help mitigate the negative consequences of heat stress in poultry...
UMass Amherst food scientists seek strategies to lower salt in processed food
niversity of Massachusetts Amherst food scientists produced a lower-salt processed turkey that consumers in a blind sensory test preferred to a full-salt version, according to a study published...
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Purpose:
The poultry house environment is made up of many living organisms, not just the chickens we care for. Some of these living organisms can create health threats for our chickens. Many bacteria, viruses, molds and fungi...
Gary D. Butcher and Mojtaba Yegani2
Protecting poultry against disease involves more than simply administering preventive vaccines. Disease prevention is a complex and multifaceted process. Vaccine quality is commonly blamed when a disease occurs; however, there are usually other factors...
ABSTRACT
Understanding factors affecting metabolizable energy (ME) availability for (re)productive processes is an important step in optimal feed formulation and breeding in poultry. The first experiment in this thesis compared a mathematical modelling methodology with the comparative slaughter technique (CST)...
Abstract
The laying hen industry, including in the United States, is responding to social concerns about hen welfare by implementing alternative housing systems such as the aviary, to provide more space and resources to large groups of hens. Data detailing...
Coccidiosis is a common disease of poultry caused by protozoan-type parasites (coccidia). Theseparasites live and multiply in the intestinal tract and cause tissue damage. The resulting damage interferes with food digestion and nutrient absorption. Dehydration and blood loss are...
Highlights
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Handheld spectroscopy becomes even more powerful through Ensemble Learning.
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Authenticity of packaged chicken fillet could be monitored non-invasively.
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Single scans can provide more than 95% classification accuracy.
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This work can be used towards consumer...