Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Farnell, Morgan B."
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Development of Novel Euthanasia and Depopulation Methods for Neonatal Poultry and Caged Laying Hens Gurung, Shailesh (2017-12-01)Rapid depopulation of infected poultry is the primary US strategy to contain and eradicate reportable diseases. Two experiments were conducted to develop a compressed air foam based depopulation method for caged layer hens. ...
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Iselt, Stephanie Mae (2013-04-08)The principal objective of this investigation was to evaluate the effects of mycotoxin contaminated diets (deoxynivalenol (DON)), aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), and fumonisin (FUM)), with or without the use of a commercially available ...
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Klein, Anthony (2010-10-12)The principal objective of this investigation was to evaluate coccidiosis vaccination, with or without probiotic administration, for effects on broiler performance and clinical indices of infection due to field strain ...
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Horrocks, Sadie Lyn (2012-02-14)Coccidiosis has a negative economic impact on the commercial poultry industry, and probiotics are beneficial bacteria that aid in maintaining healthy gut microflora. We hypothesized that probiotic administration would ...
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Enhancement of Growth Performance and Bone Mineralization in Market Broilers through Dietary Enzymes Coppedge, Jacob Ryan (2012-02-14)Four research experiments were conducted to evaluate the influence of dietary enzyme inclusion (phytase and NSPase) on broiler performance parameters, processing yields, and bone mineralization. In Experiment 1, a 35-day ...
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Liu, Xiao (2012-02-14)Four experiments were conducted to evaluate effects of arginine (ARG), vitamin E (VE) and mannanoligosaccharide (MOS) on immune response and clearance of Salmonella in broiler chickens. There were 4 groups in Exp.1 (E.1) ...
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Bray, Joey Lynn (2009-05-15)Three experiments were conducted to evaluate the impacts of removing antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) on broiler performance and yield and to evaluate alternative products as potential replacements. In experiment one, ...
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Waneck, Casey R. (2011-08-08)Gangrenous dermatitis (GD) has become a major health problem among broiler flocks in the United States, resulting in high mortality, carcass condemnations, and trimmed parts. There are large economic losses due to GD. ...
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Winkler, Dawna (2010-10-12)This study was conducted to develop and validate cleaning procedures for different processing equipment of varying complexity and to determine the efficacy of two different allergen tests. Following introduction of selected ...