NutraMaize NIFA grant for heat stress research (IMAGE)

Purdue University

NutraMaize NIFA grant for heat stress research

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Agriculture company NutraMaize has received a three-year, $460,455 Laying Hen and Turkey Research Program grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Researchers will assess how the antioxidant carotenoids abundant in NutraMaize Orange Corn can mitigate the negative health effects and production losses associated with heat stress in laying hens.

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