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Our Impact
Environmental control within poultry houses is an important factor in poultry production. Ventilation is a key component of poultry house environmental control in maintaining conditions conducive to achieve optimum bird health and performance. Understanding how to ventilate and operate poultry houses to achieve and maintain productive environments is crucial for both the grower and the integrator. UGA poultry scientists offer two workshops annually (May for hot weather ventilation and October for cold weather ventilation). During these workshops, broiler flock supervisors and allied industry personnel are trained on ventilation principles, poultry environmental needs and ventilation system design and operation. Attendance in 2013 was 105 people for the hot weather course and 109 people for the cold weather workshop. A webinar of the workshop is provided real time and included both national and international participants. This year 35 sites participated in the hot weather workshop and 27 sites participated in cold weather workshops. About 40 percent of the flock supervisors in the state have been through both of these schools. Conservative estimates of the economic impact of these workshops resulting from lower fuel and electricity usage plus improved livability, growth, feed efficiency and yields exceed $ 2.4 million annually.
