{"id":125,"date":"2022-05-24T08:54:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T13:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.saumag.edu\/ojtejedamart\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2022-08-03T15:38:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T20:38:22","slug":"careers-in-poultry-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.saumag.edu\/ojtejedamart\/?page_id=125","title":{"rendered":"Careers in poultry science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-89\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.saumag.edu\/ojtejedamart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2022\/05\/20210908_160228-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.saumag.edu\/ojtejedamart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2022\/05\/20210908_160228-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.saumag.edu\/ojtejedamart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2022\/05\/20210908_160228-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.saumag.edu\/ojtejedamart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2022\/05\/20210908_160228-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.saumag.edu\/ojtejedamart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2022\/05\/20210908_160228-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.saumag.edu\/ojtejedamart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2022\/05\/20210908_160228-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.saumag.edu\/ojtejedamart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2022\/05\/20210908_160228-816x612.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Poultry science is one of the most developed areas of the animal agriculture in U.S. and the world, and interacts with several other sciences\/disciplines, allowing for professionals in poultry science to have a vast array of options when it comes to careers in the poultry industry.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to understand that having a degree in poultry science does not imply working with chickens only, but as a professional in poultry science you could have the opportunity to work with several other avian species such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turkeys<\/li>\n<li>Quails<\/li>\n<li>Pigeons<\/li>\n<li>Waterfowl<\/li>\n<li>Peafowl<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Furthermore, the poultry industry includes different areas such as breeder management, hatchery management, grow-out farms, processing, feed-milling, environmental-related activities, engineering, and others. A number of graduates have begun their poultry careers supervising broiler\/breeder operations or in the production of table or fertile eggs. Others become supervisors of processing plants, feedmills, hatcheries, or even have started their own poultry farms.<\/p>\n<p>Students who qualify may also continue higher degrees in different disciplines to be able to teach, conduct research or serve as key members in poultry companies.<\/p>\n<p>There are several poultry careers that you can choose from. Careers in poultry science include:<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Nutritionist<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Food science<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Microbiologist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Veterinarian<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Animal behavior<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Business<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Physiologist<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Geneticist<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Economist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Embryologist<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Engineer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Environmentalist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poultry science is one of the most developed areas of the animal agriculture in U.S. and the world, and interacts with several other sciences\/disciplines, allowing for professionals in poultry science to have a vast array of options when it comes to careers in the poultry industry. 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