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AN SC 471

Applied Poultry Science

3 units

Fall 2020

Topics

  • Introduction & expectations
  • Industry overview
  • Animal care training (mandatory)
  • Genetics and broiler breeding
  • Incubation, hatching, brooding
  • Broiler industry issues
  • Broilers
  • Broiler production
  • Turkey industry issues
  • Turkey production
  • Manipulating the environment
  • Nutrition
  • Feed additives
  • Modeling growth and development
  • Modeling
  • Poultry reproduction
  • Broiler breeders
  • Hatching Egg production
  • Layer industry issues
  • Layers

Readings

  • Scanes, C. G., and K. D. Christensen. 2019. Poultry science. Fifth ed. Waveland Press, Inc., Long
    recommended
  • Grove, Illinois, USA
    recommended
Fall 2017

Topics

  • Research new technologies or subjects in poultry science independently. 2
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