As part of the USPOULTRY and Foundation Comprehensive Research Program, funding will be extended to proposals relating to egg production. Recent awards were:-
- DNA immunization as a safe and economical vaccination strategy against infectious laryngotracheitis virus to enhance mucosal protection in primary sites of infection
This project will be conducted by scientist of the University of Georgia and was made possible through a foundation gift from Fieldale Farms Corporation.
- Updated decision support tool for supplemental heat requirements in barn depopulation during an HPAI outbreak
This project will be undertaken by Iowa State University with an endowing foundation gift from MPS Egg Farms.