CRAIG D. COUFAL Assistant Extension Professor of Poultry Science

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Coufal, C. D., C. Chavez, P. L. Niemeyer, and J. B. Carey, 2006.  Nitrogen emissions from broilers measured by mass balance over eighteen consecutive flocks.  Poultry Science 85:384-391.

Coufal, C. D., C. Chavez, P. L. Niemeyer, and J. B. Carey, 2006.  Effects of top-dressing recycled broiler litter on litter production, litter characteristics and nitrogen mass balance.   Poultry Science 85:392-397.

Coufal, C. D., C. Chavez, P. L. Niemeyer, and J. B. Carey, 2006.  Measurement of broiler litter production rates and nutrient content using recycled litter.  Poultry Science 85:398-403.

Chavez, C., C. D. Coufal, P. L. Niemeyer, J. B. Carey, R. E. Lacey, R. K. Miller, and R. C. Beier, 2004.  Impact of dietary supplemental methionine sources on sensory measurements of odor-related compounds in broiler excreta.  Poultry Science 83:1655-1662.

Chavez, C., C. D. Coufal, J. B. Carey, R. E. Lacey, R. C. Beier, and J. A. Zahn, 2004.  The impact of supplemental dietary methionine source on volatile compound concentrations in broiler excreta.  Poultry Science 83: 901-910.

Chavez, C., C. D. Coufal, R. E. Lacey, and J. B. Carey, 2004.  The impact of methionine source on poultry fecal matter odor volatiles.  Poultry Science 83: 359-364.

Coufal, C. D., C. Chavez, K. D. Knape, and J. B. Carey, 2003.  Evaluation of a method of ultraviolet light sanitation of broiler hatching eggs.  Poultry Science 82: 754-759.

Chavez C., K. D. Knape, C. D. Coufal, and J. B. Carey, 2002.  Reduction of eggshell aerobic plate counts by ultraviolet irradiation.  Poultry Science 81: 1132-1135

Knape, K. D., C. Chavez, R. P. Burgess, C. D. Coufal, and J. B. Carey, 2002.  Comparison of eggshell surface microbial populations for in-line and off-line commercial egg processing facilities.  Poultry Science 81: 695-698.

EXTENSION PUBLICATIONS

IS 1614 – Soil and Broiler Litter Testing Basics; co-author
IB 436 – Economic Impact of the Mississippi Poultry Industry at the Year 2007; co-author
MSU Poultry Science Department Newsletter, Spring, 2007
MSU Poultry Science Department Newsletter, Summer, 2007

Presentations at Professional Meetings

2006 Poultry Science Association Annual Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Abstract title:  Percent carbon and C:N of broiler litter and cake over consecutive flocks.

2005 Poultry Science Association Annual Meeting, Auburn, Alabama
            Abstract title:  Effect of season on nitrogen mass balance of broilers.            
            Abstract title:  Effects of recycling on nutrient composition of loose and caked broiler litter.
           
2005 International Poultry Scientific Forum, Atlanta, Georgia.
            Abstract title:  Annual broiler litter production using recycled litter with and without top-dressing.

            Abstract title:  Annual ammonia production from broilers measured by nitrogen mass balance.
           
2004 Joint FASS Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri.
            Abstract title:  Effects of top-dressing recycled broiler litter on the nitrogen mass balance.
           
2004 International Poultry Scientific Forum, Atlanta, Georgia.
            Abstract title:  Effects of top-dressing recycled broiler litter on bird performance, litter production and litter nitrogen.
           
2003 Poultry Science Association Annual Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin.
            Abstract title:  Measurement of annual litter production and nitrogen mass balance of broilers reared on rice hull litter.
2003 International Poultry Scientific Forum, Atlanta, Georgia.
            Abstract title:  Litter characteristics and nitrogen mass balance in recycled rice hull broiler litter.
           
2002 Poultry Science Association Annual Meeting, Newark, Delaware.
            Abstract Title:  Quantification of nutrients in recycled rice hull broiler litter.
           
2001 International Poultry Scientific Forum, Atlanta, Georgia.
            Abstract Title:  Effects of ultraviolet irradiation on the microbiology and hatchability of broiler hatching eggs.
           
2000 International Poultry Scientific Forum, Atlanta, Georgia.
            Abstract Title:  Effects of ultraviolet irradiation on hatchability of broiler eggs. 

1999 International Poultry Scientific Forum, Atlanta, Georgia.
            Abstract Title:  Effects of guar meal fractions on broiler chick growth.