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The grass is greener: Farmers' experiences with pastured poultry
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 2011 AbstractRearing poultry outdoors on pasture for egg and meat production is a growing industry in the USA. However, little has been written on farmers' experiences with this practice. This paper presents the results of in-depth interviews and surveys with 18 California pastured poultry producers (62% response rate).
Kathleen Hilimire
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2019 Nutrient and pathogen pollution are the leading causes of water quality impairment in lakes, reservoirs, and rivers in the United States. Dissemination of these contaminants can result in eutrophication of freshwater resources and pose a risk to public ...
Kristen E Gibson
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Operational challenges and opportunities in pastured poultry operations in the United States
Poultry Science, 2017 As pastured poultry production has gained increased popularity in the United States in recent years, there is a growing need for research and outreach efforts aimed at this sector of poultry production. In order to get familiarized with American pastured poultry producers, we conducted an online questionnaire aimed primarily at evaluating what ...
Maurice Pitesky
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Farm management practices that affect the prevalence of Salmonella in pastured poultry farms
LWT - Food Science and Technology, 2020 Abstract Farm practices can affect the prevalence of Salmonella in the final product when poultry are exposed to the outside environment. Pastured poultry farms in the Southeastern United States were investigated in this study. Farm practice and processing variables that may affect the presence of Salmonella were determined by developing predictive ...
Hao Pang +2 more
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Descriptive survey and Salmonella surveillance of pastured poultry layer farms in California
Poultry Science, 2017 While pasture-raised poultry comprises a small portion of the commercial poultry industry in North America, these alternative rearing systems have become increasingly popular. As such, it is critical to improve our understanding of husbandry practices and prevalence of zoonotic and epizoonotic diseases in these systems.
Deb Niemeier +2 more
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Science of the Total Environment, 2020 Consumer demand has increased for pastured poultry products as the drive for sustainable farming practices and ethical treatments of livestock have become popular in the press. It is necessary to identify the important meteorological factors associated with the prevalence of Salmonella in the pastured poultry settings since the presence of Salmonella ...
Hao Pang, Miao Guo, Abhinav Mishra
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Metagenome-assembled genome reveals species and functional composition of Jianghan chicken gut microbiota and isolation of Pediococcus acidilactic with probiotic properties [PDF]
MicrobiomeBackground Chickens are one of the most widely farmed animals worldwide and play a crucial role in meat and egg production. Gut microbiota is essential for chickens’ health, disease, growth, and egg production.
Hongye Shen +6 more
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Poultry Science, 2019 As commercial free-range and pastured poultry production has gained increased popularity in the United States in recent years, there is a greater need to understand basic husbandry practices including feeding and lighting practices. Because husbandry practices vary greatly between individual commercial pastured poultry and free-range operations ...
Deb Niemeier, Maurice Pitesky
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Campylobacter Diversity Along the Farm‐to‐Fork Continuum of Pastured Poultry Flocks in the Southeastern United States [PDF]
Zoonoses and Public HealthMichael Rothrock, Walid Ghazi Al Hakeem
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Intake of nutrients from pasture by poultry [PDF]
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2003 EC legislation requires the land to which free-range poultry have access to be ‘mainly covered with vegetation’, but the nature of this vegetation is not specified. In practice, most free-range land will be grass pasture. Modern poultry nutrition is a highly-developed science, and to house poultry in an environment in which they may consume an unknown ...
Andrew, Walker, Sue, Gordon
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