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Prospects for biological research in poultry1,2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

Colin G. Scanes
Colin G. Scanes*
Affiliation:
College of Agriculture, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
*
3Address for correspondence: Dr Colin G. Scanes, 138 Curtiss Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
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Abstract

The present state of the art of biological/physiological research on poultry is described with special emphasis given to future direction. Public policy issues related to agricultural research are considered, including funding, and questions related to the balance between fundamental and applied research and to competitive grants are addressed. The view is espoused that there should be a balance between fundamental and applied research and that this research should have high scientific quality, with relevance to the problems of the industry, and impact on their solution. This is best achieved with a portfolio of research projects ranging from disciplinary to multidisciplinary. In the belief that there needs to be a scientific infrastructure that provides mutual support, and hence improved productivity, a plea is made for greater communication and tolerance among scientists in different fields.

Keywords

Biologyfundingfuturephysiologypolicypoultryresearch
Type
Research Article
Information
World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , March 1997 , pp. 49 - 57
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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Footnotes

1

Based on Journal Paper No. J-17017 of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa, Project No. 0150, and supported by Hatch Act and State of Iowa funds.

2

Paper presented as part of the WPSA UK Branch 50th anniversary symposium, The Next 50 years, at Scarborough, Uk on 22 March 1996.

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