Poultry/animal science

Poultry/animal science reproduction food technology biology physiology business management. 

Sibbald, I.R. (1982) Measurement of bioavaila-ble energy in poultry feedingstuffs a review. Canadian Journal of Animal Science 62,983-1048. 

Leeson, S., Hussar, N. and Summers, J.D. (1988) Feeding and nutritive value of hominy and corn grits for poultry. Animal Feed Science and Technology 19,313-325. 

Opapeju, F.O., Golian, A., Nyachoti, C.M. and Campbell, L.D. (2006) Amino acid digestibility in dry extruded-expelled soyabean meal fed to pigs and poultry. Journal of Animal Science 84,1130-1137. 

Svihus, B. and Gullord, M. (2002) Effect of chemical content and physical characteristics on nutritional value of wheat, barley and oats for poultry. Animal Feed Science and Technology 102, 71-92. 

Ventura, M.R., Castanon, J.I.R. and McNab, J. M. (1994) Nutritional value of seaweed (Ulva rigida) for poultry. Animal Feed Science and Technology 49,87-92. 

Dale, N. Soy products as protein sources in poultry diets. Soy in Jlnimal Nutrition. J.K. Drackley, Ed. Federation of Animal Science Societies Savoy, IL, 2000 pp. 283-288. 

Choct, M., Dersjant-Li, Y, McLeish, J., Peisker, M. (2010). Soy oligosaccharides and soluble non-starch polysaccharides a review of digestion, nutritive and anti-nutritive effects in pigs and poultry. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 23, 1386-1398. 

The modem factory ferming methods, with poultry, swine, and other farm animals kept in confinement and in crowded conditions, has been condemned by animal rights activists. They claim that because the animals are often not able to perform their natural and instinctive behaviors, they are suffering. Animal science departments have been aware of these criticisms and have developed a new field of farm animal welfare. Faculty positions in the emerging field have been filled, and students are being introduced to tbe concepts. Animal welfare is being studied academically in a manner tbat is validated and measured objectively and, tberefore, is reliable. The discipline considers the relationship of ferm animal welfare to the animals environment in three areas how the animals feel, their fitness and health, and their namral behaviors. 

Course work in poultry science is basic for students interested in pursuing a career in egg production. Because most poultry science departments have been absorbed into animal science departments at land-grant universities, the student should carefully search the curriculum, staff, and programs in these departments to determine if they can provide an adequate focus on egg production and technology. 

MARKS. WILSON, Department of Animal Science, Mycotoxin Laboratory., W. JAMES GROOM, JR., Department of Poultry Science, Mycotoxin Laboratory. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA... 

Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, USA Animal Nutrition Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Canada North Wyke Research, Okehampton, Devon, United Kingdom... 

Blokhuis H.J. and Arkes J.G. (1984). Some observations on the development of feather pecking in poultry Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 12, 145-157. 

Lawlor J.B., Sheehan E.M., Delahunty P.A., Morrissey P.A. and Kerry J.P. (2003). Oxidative stability od cooked chicken breast burgers obtained from organic, free-range and conventional reared animals , International Journal of Poultry Science, 2, 398 -03. 

Campagnolo E.R., K.R. Johnson, A. Karpati, C.S. Rubin, D.W. Kolpin, M.T. Meyer, J.E. Esteban, R.W. Currier, K. Smith, K.M. Thug, and M. McGeehin (2002). Antimicrobial residues in animal waste and water resources proximal to large-scale swine and poultry feeding operations. Science of the Total Environment 299 89-95. 

Hermansen, J., Strudsholm, K. and Horsted, K. 2004. Integration of organic animal production into land use with special reference to swine and poultry. Livestock Production Science 90 11-26. 

Nutrient requirements in North America are based on the recommendations of the National Research Council - National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. The recommendations cover pigs, poultry, dairy cattle, horses, laboratory animals, etc. and are published as a series of books. The recommendations for each species are updated about every 10 years, the current Nutrient Requirements of Poultry being the 1994, 9th revised edition. A specially appointed committee of experts meets to review published research findings and to derive estimates of requirement. These are then published as recommendations. The information is used widely by the feed industry in North America and in many other regions. 

Ravindran, V. and Blair, R. (1993) Feed resources for poultry production in Asia and the Pacific. III. Animal protein sources. World s Poultry Science Journal 49,219-235. 

National Research Council Nutrient Requirements of Domestic Animals. 1. Nutrient Requirements of Poultry, National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, Washington, DC, 1984. 

Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph ON, Canada... 

Van Milgen, J., J. Noblet, S. Dubois, B. Carre and H. Juin, 2001b. Utilization of metabolizable energy in broilers. Proceedings International Animal Agriculture and Food Science Conference. Poultry Sci. 80 (Supplement 1), 170. 

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