Project Number: 6612-32000-055-02
Project Type: Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Sep 20, 2006
End Date: Dec 31, 2008

Objective:
To evaluate the relative impact of lighting programs during growout on broiler performance, stress level, behavior, welfare, and colonization by Salmonella and Campylobacter.

Approach:
ARS will be provided access to broiler flocks managed under different protocols at UGA facilities and challenge & necropsy broilers throughout project. ARS will then provide results from challenge and provide input into experimental design parameters and data collection.