ARRA - Poultry Research Unit, Starkville, Mississippi
Poultry Research Unit, Starkville, Mississippi
- Scope of work under Recovery Act
Amount: $1.8 million
Repair critical deferred maintenance including replacing roofing
systems on four location buildings.
Milestones
December 2009 - Construction contract awarded for $99,850 to replace the
electrical switch gear at the Harned Laboratory Building.
June 2010 - Construction contract awarded for $274,800 for the installation of an emergency generator at the Harned Laboratory Building.
- Scope of work under Recovery Act
Amount: $1 million - $5 million
Replacement of electrical switchgear, distribution system, and
back-up power source. Replacement of HVAC chiller and components. Replacement
of roofing system on Building 12.
Milestones
February 2010 - Construction contract for $419,987 to replace several roofing
systems.
May 2010 - Construction contract awarded for $216,000 to replace a 100-ton air
conditioning and cooling tower.
September 2010 - Construction contract awarded for $117,969 to replace the electrical switch.
Construction Photos
Research at the Poultry Research Unit
The Poultry Research Unit's work improves the health of poultry and enhances
the efficiency of production in areas such as nutrition and housing. Such
improvements cuts the cost of poultry production and helps keep the cost of
chicken an d other poultry products lowers for consumers.
For example, Researchers at the ARS Poultry Research Unit developed the CPJ
Vaccinator to protect laying flocks from serious diseases like infectious
bronchitis, mycoplasmosis and exotic Newcastle dis-ease. Each year,
mycoplasmosis alone costs U.S. producers more than $140 million, partly due to
uneven vaccine delivery. The vaccinator dispenses vaccine so uniformly that it
reaches more than 90 percent of the birds to be treated.
Project Photographs Before Construction
Project Photographs During Construction
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