We're highly focused on not letting anyone get sick. We practice what we call population medicine. It's the equivalent of putting the whole population of Clarke County in Sanford Stadium. The medical profession does not deal with that situation, but that's what we deal with every day. Glisson makes sure his students learn the economic outcomes of their decisions, because agribusiness is all economics today.
Chicken houses are computer-operated, so the birds and their environment are a big investment.
The numbers they deal with are hard for most people to imagine. Working in poultry is all I've ever wanted to do. My family has farmed for generations. I wanted to put together my interest in science and agriculture and chickens, but it took me some time to figure out how I was going to do it. I decided I was going to do it through veterinary medicine.