Ricke Receives the National Chicken Council Broiler Research Award
Recognizes distinctive research with economic impact on broiler industry
By Fred Miller – July 2, 2020
FOOD SAFETY — Steven C. Ricke, director of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s Center for Food Safety and holder of the Donald Buddy Wray Chair in Food Safety, left, here with former post-doctoral associate Dr. Si Hong Park, will receive the National Chicken Council Broiler Research Award during the 2020 Poultry Science Association virtual meeting July 20-22. (UA System Division of Agriculture photo by Fred Miller)
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U of A System Division of Agriculture
Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
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The National Chicken Council Broiler Research Award recognizes distinctive research work that has a substantial economic impact on the broiler industry. This year’s award recognizes Ricke’s emphasis on foodborne Salmonella and Campylobacter ecology from the broiler farm to the processing plant, including the mechanisms the pathogens employ to survive these highly variable environments.
Ricke uses next-generation sequencing approaches to better understand the interaction of the microbiome with pathogens in the avian gastrointestinal tract and to evaluate feed additives such as prebiotics.
The overall outcomes of these research efforts contribute to a better understanding of the broiler gastrointestinal tract response to feed additives that may help improve bird performance and food safety.
He also uses these sequencing techniques to develop more comprehensive microbial characterization at the poultry processing plant and introduce microbiome mapping for broiler processing.
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