Vision
This content explores current trends in egg production, focusing on the shift to cage-free housing and the different types of housing systems, including enriched colony and free-range options. It highlights the social pressures driving these changes and discusses the implications of male chick disposal and disease management, particularly Avian Influenza. The regulatory landscape surrounding egg production and the importance of biosecurity measures throughout the distribution chain are also examined, shedding light on ongoing training needs in the industry.
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Vision Eggs and Beyond
Eggs as a Commodity -Future trends? Social Pressure for cage free production conversions from conventional cages to: Aviary housing (cage free) Enriched colony housing (intermediate - phasing out) Free-range housing Male chick disposal/utilization? Emergence of Diseases Avian Influenza perennial problem Regulatory burden Food and Drug Administration Salmonella Prevention Program (2009) Biosecurity, rodent suppression, monitoring of flocks, and handling of eggs from the time of lay through the entire distribution chain. Training needs continue
PDPS Where are we now? Faculty Facilities Ken Anderson NCDA Piedmont Research Station NORTH CAROLINA LAYER PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT TEST House 8 CEU ~900 bird facility for layers House 10 CEU 9 floor pens Egg Quality Laboratory? (Anderson) Scott Hall Animal Wing? Battery Cages for pullets/layers Dearstyne Animal and Poultry Teaching Unit (32 floor pens) Curriculum (Courses on the Books) PO 322: Muscle Foods and Eggs (eggs never addressed) PO 340: Live Poultry and Poultry Product Evaluation, Grading, and Inspection PO 421: Commercial Egg Production? (odd years) PO 433: Poultry Processing and Products (meat only?)
PDPS One to Five Years Faculty Assistant Professor Animal Welfare Endowed Layer Professorship Interface of Housing systems/Nutrition/Reproduction Piedmont Research Station underutilized conventional cages (3,600 birds) cage-free (2,160 birds) enriched colony systems (7,700 birds) free-range facility (960 birds). 60,000 egg hatchery (six 10,000 egg setters, 5 hatchers) Pullet cage rearing facility (14,600 birds) Cage-free/free range rearing (~3,500 birds)
Piedmont Research Station 60,000 egg hatchery (six 10,000 egg setters, 5 hatchers) Add a new hatcher for 1-to-1 transfer of eggs Expands incubation research Cross purpose for egg and broiler breeder hatchery management Multiple housing systems Aviary housing needed (US and EEC production models) Sustainability economic and environmental Animal welfare Become a Registered USDA egg processing facility Allows for egg processing research Allows eggs to be sold at market price
PDPS One to Five Years Improve small scale layer research facilities House 8 designed as a pedigree facility Historically used for transgenics Currently used for small scale-layer projects Not ideal, not designed for replicate research Proposed Flex House Remodel Improve small-scale hatching, brooding and growing facilities Scott Hall small scale hatching, brooding, and cage growing Revamp Scott Hall Remodel a house at CEU (House 18?, House 231?) More fully utilize facilities at Piedmont
Flex House Remodel 18 8
Curriculum 1-5 years Egg Production, Safety, and Quality Certificate Program (12 credits) PO 520 Shell Egg Grading and Quality 3Cr Hr PO 522 Egg Products Facilities, processes, and functional properties egg - 3Cr Hr PO 524 Developing an Egg Safety Plan 3 Cr Hr PO 526 Advanced Lay Complex Management 3 Cr Hr Revisit: PO 322: Muscle Foods and Eggs PO 340: Live Poultry and Poultry Product Evaluation, Grading, and Inspection PO 421: Commercial Egg Production PO 433: Poultry Processing and Production
The Beyond. Food Animal Systems Initiative Growing talent, solutions, opportunities and economies First in Food Animal Integration Consumer connections NC Ag Education Trail at Lake Wheeler Food Animal Pilot Plant first totally integrated food animal system for ALL major food animal species World-Class Teaching and Research Facilities Remodel swine, poultry and intensive animal research facilities Upgrade technology to support higher-level research and disease challenges (BSL2/3) New Facilities for meat and muscle science, aquaculture. New CVM Food Animal Services Building
Summary Faculty Facilities Two positions on the books Dearstyne Needs to stay on the radar Piedmont Hatcher would complete current facility Aviary System USDA Approved Egg Processing CEU Flex House Remodel Curriculum Egg Certificate underway Re-examination of current courses
