The Center for Poultry and Livestock Excellence is pleased to share these stories of success, highlighting various projects funded by the Center.
Visit this page often for details about the results of Center-funded research and projects as they are available.
The Center for Poultry and Livestock Excellence has designed a four-year marketing poster for sheep and goat producers that starts in 2025 and finishes in 2028.
The poster includes meat specifications for goats and lambs for ethnic and religious holidays, a breeding chart, and a photo detailing the various cuts of meat for goats and lambs.
Call the office or email us to get one to hang in your barn today!
The Center for Poultry and Livestock Excellence awarded $6,000 to a project designed to improve biosecurity education offerings to young exhibitors not directly involved in the 4-H system, as well as expanding biosecurity education to a wider population across the Commonwealth.
A Flip-grid educational tool was created and used to target 99 youth across the Commonwealth.
In an effort to assist Pennsylvania’s agriculture industry through HPAI, The Center for Poultry & Livestock Excellence offered a reimbursement program for on-road transport biosecurity equipment.
Any Pennsylvania business or support service of poultry, swine, lamb, goats and sheep who purchased On-Road Transport Biosecurity Equipment between January 1, 2022 and August 12, 2022, and could produce a paid receipt/invoice for the equipment, was eligible for reimbursement.
In February 2022, PA Poultry Farmers’ concerns grew regarding High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI). The disease is very easily spread and is currently impacting birds all around the Commonwealth, including wild birds, commercial production poultry barns, and small flock-backyard birds. There is no treatment to cure birds impacted by HPAI.
$50,000 was awarded to create and purchase advertisement space in public engaging news outlets, to inform the public of disease threats, how to respond, and where to learn more.
$51,230 was awarded to Delaware Valley University to a project designed to better understand swine producers’ understanding and acceptance of biosecurity.
A survey was designed to assess conceptualizations of biosecurity risk. 129 producers and 46 biosecurity experts responded to the survey. Survey results were used to build an online risk assessment tool, which provides an easy entry for any type of swine producer to answer a few questions about their practices.
$15,950.42 was awarded to a project designed to enhance awareness and compliance with biosecurity from non-farm neighbors and visitors to farms. The funds were awarded to Lancaster County Conservation District- Ombudsman Programs.
$15,000 was awarded to a project aimed to unite PA sheep and goat producers to improve health, biosecurity, identification, safety, and quality. The committee is ongoing, but has seen success through monthly newsletters, profitability webinars, and Quality Assurance training. The funds were awarded to PennAg Industries Association.
The Center for Poultry and Livestock Excellence awarded $2,750 to design 2022 Small Ruminant calendars to include marketing advice and best management practices. 250 calendars were distributed.
$18,835 was awarded to a project designed to utilize a mobile application to look at backyard birds around Coryza infected flocks and coryza negative flocks to determine the level of risk associated with backyard poultry. The funds were awarded to University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine- New Bolton.
$3,594.97 was awarded to a project aimed to investigate and determine how Coryza is spread, and how long it is able to survive in the environment outside of the chicken. The funds were awarded to University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine- New Bolton.
$20,000 was awarded to a project designed to work with poultry producers on a biosecurity template, which demonstrates the value biosecurity and BMPs have on farms’ return on investment. The funds were awarded to Longenecker Hatchery.
$88,281 was awarded to a project designed to work with poultry and feed companies for feed trials of hemp in animal diets, ultimately aimed at gaining approval from the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) for hemp use in livestock diets. The funds were awarded jointly to Kreider Farms, The Wenger Group and Penn State.
In the Spring of 2020, the Center for Poultry and Livestock Excellence offered a reimbursement program to poultry, swine, lamb, sheep and goat processors in an effort to help offset some costs related to increased need for personal protective equipment (PPE) resulting from COVID-19 concerns.
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