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Wayne and Judy Skaggs create endowment for water resources and hydrology research | CALS News Center | News from the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, NCSU

Wayne and Judy Skaggs create endowment for water resources and hydrology research | CALS News Center | News from the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, NCSU | Research from the NC Agricultural Research Service | Scoop.it

"Dr. R. Wayne Skaggs, a National Academy of Engineering member and retiring William Neal Reynolds and Distinguished University Professor of biological and agricultural engineering, with his wife, Judy, has created an endowment to support the continued research in his field of water, soil and plant systems management. The Wayne and Judy Skaggs Endowment for Water Resources and the Hydrology of Poorly Drained Lands was created Nov. 9 at N.C. State University’s McKimmon Center. The endowment was signed as part of festivities in commemoration of Skaggs’ career. ..."

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Feeding microbials to chickens leads to mysterious immune response

Feeding microbials to chickens leads to mysterious immune response | Research from the NC Agricultural Research Service | Scoop.it
A paper recently published in the Journal of Animal Science helps researchers further understand how microbials and probiotics affect poultry health.

 

Dr. Matt Koci, poultry scientist, examined the effects of direct feeding on chick growth, metabolism, and immune response. Probiotics are typically added to chicken feeds to improve health; but how they do so is poorly understood.

 

Read the paper: Journal of Animal Science 90(8):2639-2651, 2012

http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/jas.2011-4611

 

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