The research was made possible in part by an endowing USPOULTRY Foundation gift from Cargill and proceeds from the International Poultry Expo, part of the International Production & Processing Expo.
The consumer transparency study focused on consumers’ growing interest in transparency and its importance in their purchasing decisions and brand trust.
The research fellowship advances understanding of the environmental impact, market, consumer perceptions, technical opportunities and overall potential of upcycled food.
The expected long-term impact of the study was to help poultry breeders selectively breed chickens to have the most effective AvBD1 genotype, reduce the Salmonella population within the chicken gut and ultimately produce a safer poultry product.
Through these and other efforts, USDA is working to implement a risk-based, comprehensive, integrated disease monitoring and surveillance system domestically and enhance collaborations with national, regional and global One Health partners to build additional capacity for zoonotic disease surveillance and prevention.
Findings showed that vaccination with BBS 866 or AviPro Megan Egg significantly reduced colonization by S. Reading in turkeys, indicating that these vaccines are cross-protective and could be a pre-harvest intervention strategy against this serovar.