A $5 million “phase 2” expansion of the University
of Georgia Poultry
Research Center has great potential to help the state’s $2.7
billion poultry industry,
said UGA department head Henry Marks.

“This addition increases our capacity to conduct research
across the board,”
said Marks, who heads the poultry science department of the UGA
College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences.

“The new facilities provide better environmental control
for research projects and
the opportunity to conduct research that more closely resembles
industry conditions,” Marks
said. “The facilities both expand and improve our ability to
conduct research of interest to
the poultry industry.”

Adams, Massey at Oct. 3
Dedication

The university will dedicate the new facility in a 5:30 p.m.
ceremony Oct. 3. Remarks
by UGA President Michael Adams and Georgia Poultry Federation
Executive Director Abit
Massey will highlight the event.

Tours of the facility, on South Milledge Avenue (Whitehall
Road) near the State
Botanical Garden, will be available from 4:30 to 5:30. Funding
for the expansion comes
from the UGA Comprehensive Animal Livestock and Poultry Facility
project.

Marks said the expansion will give students more hands-on
experience in many poultry
science courses. “The new processing building, for instance,
will allow students to
obtain a better understanding of poultry processing techniques,
further processing, new
product development,” he said.

“One of the primary goals in developing this
facility,” he said, “was to
enhance our instruction program in poultry science. The new
facility will also provide an
opportunity for cooperative studies with industry to identify
and
solve problems as they
emerge.”