Use of encapsulated essential oils for controlling enteric bacterial pathogens in chickens
Principal Investigator - Joshua Gong, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Year the work was done - 2010-2013
Overall objective -
To optimize protocols to encapsulate essential oils and test their antimicrobial activity in target regions of the chicken gut.
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Assessment and mitigation of contamination risks: critical knowledge to reduce diseases and increase biosecurity compliance
Principal Investigator - Jean-Pierre Vaillancourt, University of Montreal
Year the work was done - 2014-2017
Overall objective -
Determine the level of contamination after biosecurity breaches at barn entrances and evaluation of sanitation procedures to mitigate them and determine how pathogen loads are affected by current barn sanitation procedures recommended by the poultry industry.
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