The Poultry Podcast Show - #50 - Enhancing bird performance through proper lighting management

Lighting is incredibly important for birds as it affects their behavior, physiology, and overall well-being. Various lighting components, such as light intensity, wavelength, and day length, play a significant role in bird performance and welfare. Properly managing lighting conditions can greatly impact bird health and production outcomes. In this episode, I talk to Dr. Schwean-Lardner about the importance of lighting for birds, as well as transportation and other management aspects related to poultry's overall welfare and performance.

What you’ll learn:

1. Birds transportation

2. Lighting for poultry: research on dark period

3. Lighting and stocking density research on turkeys

4. Poultry beak treatment

5. Future challenges and developments in poultry production

Meet the guest

Dr. Karen Schwean-Lardner

Experience

      ○ Current: Professor at University of Saskatchewan

Background

      ○ Ph.D., Broiler welfare and management (University of Saskatchewan)

      ○ M.Sc., Poultry welfare and management (University of Saskatchewan)

      ○ B.Sc., Animal Science (University of Saskatchewan)