Scholarship shows Aviagen/CPRC shared dedication to future commerce experience
Congratulations to Faculty of Alberta graduate pupil Jo Ann Chew, the 2022 Aviagen® Poultry Genetics Scholarship winner. The scholarship is part of Aviagen’s yearly contribution to the work of the Canadian Poultry Evaluation Council (CPRC), of which Aviagen is a long-time supporter.
Evaluation to spice up the way in which ahead for poultry breeding
A panel of Aviagen specialists chosen Chew based totally on her potential for future
commerce administration, along with the usual of her doctoral evaluation and its potential to
revenue the poultry breeding commerce. Whereas her Grasp’s thesis centered on poultry
welfare and conduct, her PhD thesis focuses on eating regimen and physiology. Her
evaluation addresses the affect of feed and eating regimen on the reproductive
enchancment of youthful female chickens (pullets), and the scholarship will help her
further this work.
Chew remarked, “I am excited regarding the potential my evaluation could have on the
poultry commerce. The outcomes will help us greater understand the underlying
mechanisms that contribute to sexual maturation in pullets. It is going to open additional
avenues for laying-hen evaluation and allow us to make scientifically educated
alternatives that revenue the poultry commerce. My sincerest gratitude to Aviagen and the
CPRC for the scholarship award!”
Dedication to our subsequent period
Chew earned a Bachelor of Science in Animal Effectively being from the Faculty of Alberta,
and a Grasp of Science in Animal Science from the Faculty of Saskatchewan.
Whereas working in the direction of these ranges, she served as a educating assistant. After
reaching her Grasp’s, she labored as Supervisor of the Faculty of Saskatchewan
Poultry Evaluation Unit. She presently serves on the faculty’s Animal Care
Committee and school’s Graduate Faculty college students’ Affiliation and is part of the
worldwide Poultry Science Affiliation Board of Directors, all whereas sustaining a
extreme grade-point frequent in her PhD coursework.
“Aviagen is dedicated to the Canadian poultry commerce, and its sustainability depends upon
on shiny youthful scientists much like Jo Ann. Resulting from her dedication, passion and
excellence in evaluation, I’ve little query she goes to make invaluable contributions to the
commerce and our future. On behalf of Aviagen, I congratulate Jo Ann and need her
every success for a satisfying career in poultry,” remarked Matt Klassen, Canadian
Account Supervisor for Aviagen.
“The CPRC and Aviagen share a wish to strengthen the Canadian poultry commerce
and secure its future by way of an funding in evaluation and the occasion of our
future period,” added CPRC Authorities Director Bruce Roberts. “I stay up for
many additional years of worthwhile collaboration between the CPRC and Aviagen.