April 2021 PSA Postings April 2021 PSA Postings

PSA Hatchery's Student of the Year Award PSA Hatchery's Student of the Year Award

Applications for Student of the Year through the PSA Hatchery are now being accepted. The purpose of this award is to recognize exceptional PSA student members in the time period of August 20…

Interpretive Summary: Rice paddies may be the ideal environments for raising organic duck meat—and improving carcass qualities Interpretive Summary: Rice paddies may be the ideal environments for raising organic duck meat—and improving carcass qualities

Are rice paddies and duck operations a match made in heaven? In a recent Poultry ScienceⓇ study, researchers with Yangzhou University investigated the effects of integrating ducks into a rice…

March 2021 PSA Postings March 2021 PSA Postings

Interpretive Summary: Poultry scientists examine laying hen welfare during depopulation in noncage systems Interpretive Summary: Poultry scientists examine laying hen welfare during depopulation in noncage systems

Poultry producers maintain healthy, productive flocks by carrying out depopulation when hens reach 65 to 90 weeks old. Depopulation means hens need to be caught, carried and put in crates on t…