ANSC 440

Review of poultry production systems with emphasis on breeding, housing and environmental control, feeding, disease prevention, and processing of meat and eggs. Lectures will integrate scientific principles with production techniques, relate management and nutrition to problems in and the economics of industrial production and highlight current issues. Laboratories will include tours of selected poultry facilities, when feasible, as well as projects in artificial incubation and hatching, management techniques for poultry and judging egg quality.