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Facilities

CATTLE

POULTRY

POULTRY

  • 40 - 8' x 24' pens
  • Individual pen feeding and watering
  • Individual or group housing
  • Efficacy or disease model development
  • Treatment room with chute and scales
  • Sample collection area
  • TMR mixing capabilities
  • 2 - Pasture lots

POULTRY

POULTRY

POULTRY

Facility I

  • 112 - 4' x 4' broiler mini pens
  • 56 - 4' x 10' turkey floor pens

Facility II

  • 120 - 4' x 4' broiler mini pens
  • 60 - 4' x 8' broiler floor pens
  • 60 - 4' x 10' turkey floor pens

Facility III

  • 120 - 4' x 4.5' broiler mini pens
  • 60 - 4' x 9' broiler floor pens


SWINE

SPECIAL STUDIES

SPECIAL STUDIES

  • 84 - 6' x 8' nursery, grower, and finisher pens
  • 168 - 4' x 6' nursery pens
  • 40 - farrowing spaces
  • 100 - gestations spaces
  • Individual or group housing
  • Portable and aisle scales

SPECIAL STUDIES

SPECIAL STUDIES

SPECIAL STUDIES

  • Battery Room I (BSL-2) 108 - 15" x 36" individual battery cages
  • Battery Room II (BSL-2) 108 - 15" x 36" individual battery cages
  • 14 - 6' x 7' floor pens for swine, poultry, sheep or goats
  • Metabolism area for cattle, swine, sheep, and goats

ADDITIONAL FACTILITIES

FEED MANUFACTURING

  • 1000lb and 4000lb mixer options
  • Batch sizes 250lb - 4000lb
  • Premix preparation for treated feed manufacture
  • Bagging/sewing station
  • Bagged feed and sample storage area
  • Secure test article storage and preparation room
  • State and Federal Licensed

INCUBATOR AND HATCHING

  • 4 incubator units (270 eggs/unit)
  • 4 hatching units (270 eggs/unit)

NECROPSY

  • Euthanasia and Necropsy area
  • Tissue Sample Preparation, Collection and Processing
  • Sample Storage (4°, -20°, and -80°C)

BSL-2 LABORATORY

The BRRS BSL-2 lab currently supports the following activities:

Production of following challenge material for inoculation

  • Clostridium perfringens
  • E. coli
  • Salmonella spp
  • Campylobacter spp

Enumeration of Salmonella spp

  • Carcass rinsate
  • Cecal content
  • Liver
  • Spleen
  • Environmental swabs (boot swabs, drag swabs)
  • Cloacal swabs

Current Capabilities

  • Coccidiosis challenge studies
  • Necrotic enteritis challenge studies
  • E. coli challenge studies in broilers, turkeys and swine
  • Anticoccidial sensitivity studies
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter spp challenge studies
  • Carcass wash studies
  • Food Safety activities (qPCR, serotyping, culture confirmation)

Blue River Research Services, LLC

Carthage, Indiana 46115

765.565.6209

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