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Egg and Poultry Production Safety Research Unit Detection of Salmonella in the lab from site collected samples.
 Egg and Poultry Production Safety Research Unit Visit at farm to collect Free Range Chicken swabs.
 Egg and Poultry Production Safety Research Unit  Egg Quality laboratory does multiple measurements on eggs including Egg Shell Strength.
 Checking an Ecoli Plate
 Egg Volume is measured using a Volscan instrument.
 Pasture Broilers


**Mission:** The mission of the Egg and Poultry Production Safety Research Unit is to protect public health and the marketability of eggs and poultry products by developing improved poultry flock production practices and egg processing technologies to prevent the transmission of disease-causing microorganisms to consumers. Among the specific objectives of this research are determining how microbial pathogens infect poultry and cause contamination of edible products, understanding how environmental conditions and poultry production practices influence the prevalence and antibiotic resistance of food-transmissible pathogens, developing effective methods for preventing infection of poultry by these pathogens and for testing to detect infected flocks and contaminated eggs, and improving egg processing practices to reduce microbial contamination while enhancing egg quality.


People Cudnik, Denice Garcia, Javier Gast, Richard Glenn, Sheila Guraya, Rupinder
                                            *- Rupa* Jones, Deana Lee-Rutherford, Laura Li, Xiang Norris, Stephen Oladeinde, Adelumola
                                            *- Ade* Pearson-Gresham, Cheryl Plumblee Lawrence, Jodie Rothrock, Michael Woodroof, Robin


Southeast Area   richard.gast@usda.gov


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