Boosting turkey reproductive output

A research team in the US has received a US$?500,000 grant to develop strategies to overcome the constraints that the seasonal cycle imposes on the reproductive output of turkey hens. In agricultural systems such as turkey production, the day-length timing mechanism that regulates reproduction can impede animal production because it provides only a seasonal window when an animal is able to reproduce, according to Paul Bartell, lead researcher of the Penn State University research team and assoc