This swine research nursery is located in Sycamore, OH and has been conducting applied research since 2005. This facility operates as a commercial production facility that conducts comprehensive research during the nursery phase of swine production.
Research Capabilities
- Up to 6 dietary treatments with 6 replications in a single room
- Up to 4 water treatments with 10 replications in a single room
- Study length = 6 weeks
- Individual and pen body weights, feed and water intake, health status and metrics analyzed
- Blood analysis
- Economic analysis
- Statistical analysis
- Comprehensive report
Facility
- 2 attached barns with 3 rooms/barn
- 360 pigs/room with 36 pens/room
- 10 pigs/pen (0.28m/pig)
- Slatted metal flooring in pens
- 4-hole self-feeders
- Nipple cup drinker
Built in 2021, the Kalmbach poultry research center is a world-class broiler research facility located in Carey, OH. Our experienced team conducts university quality research in both floor pens and battery cages for our commercial partners and the wider poultry industry.
Research Capabilities
- Body weight, feed intake, and mortality collected by pen/cage
- 48 or 96 pens/cages available for robust experimental designs
- All major broiler genetic strains available
- Statistical analysis, report writing, and ability to present data at scientific meetings upon request
- Experience with tissue, fecal, and bone sampling
- University partnerships for accurate feed manufacturing
- Proven Coccidiosis and Necrotic Enteritis challenge models
- On-site feed and ingredient analysis available via Veritas Agrilabs
- Processing yield data by pen available
- Large pens ideal for straight-run studies with low variation
Battery Cage Research
- Straight-run placement
- 96 tiered cages – 24” L x 24” D x 15” H
- 7-10 chicks/cage
- 670-960 chicks/study
- Up to 12 dietary treatments (8 replications)
- Challenge trials: Coccidiosis or Necrotic enteritis
- Digestibility trials
- Trial lengths = 3-4 weeks
- Cage body weights and feed intake, mortality, blood analysis, economic analysis, statistical analysis, comprehensive reports
Floor Pen Research
- 96 Pens – 7’ x 7’ dimensions (49 ft2)
- 50-60 chicks/pen
- 4,880-5,760 chicks/study (depending on target weight)
- Up to 8 dietary treatments (12 replications)
- Up to 4 water treatments (24 replications)
- Trial lengths = 5-7 weeks
- Pen body weights and feed intake, mortality, blood analysis, economic analysis, statistical analysis, comprehensive reports
- Multiple breed choices