Silvopasture systems offer benefits for poultry health

Adding vegetation to poultry pastures could improve poultry health and welfare as well as help prevent the spread of avian flu.

November 26, 2024

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A study out of Virginia Tech looked at how a silvopasture system could increase poultry production’s sustainability while also improving bird health.

Researcher Dr. Leonia Jacobs defined silvopastures as “a system where you deliberately integrate both trees, forage – like grasses – and livestock on the same plot of land,” during her presentation at the Poultry Extension Collaborative Symposium: Sustainable Agriculture & Poultry Welfare.

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