TUCKER, Ga. — U.S. Poultry & Egg Association's research program has reached a milestone with more than $25 million funded in research grants to the poultry and egg industry.
Since the first $5,000 research grant issued in 1963 to Dr. Allen Edgar at Auburn University to study control measures for infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease), the investment in research and innovation by the USPOULTRY research program has been a vital component in the impressive growth and success of the U.S. poultry industry.
USPOULTRY's research program was implemented 50 years ago in response to the need of. . .

