Research funded by USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation has developed a new ammonia-oxygen monitoring system for poultry houses. This news release from the group says the funded research project at North Carolina State University is part of the association’s comprehensive research program encompassing all phases of poultry and egg production and processing.

Researchers at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, led by Dr. Sanjay Shah, recently completed a research project in which they developed a new system for monitoring ammonia and oxygen levels inside poultry houses. The new ammonia-oxygen monitoring system is portable, weighs less than three pounds and will be relatively inexpensive.

The system functions well in the poultry house environment and provides accurate measurements regardless of relative humidity and temperature. This important new tool will help poultry companies and poultry farm managers to continue to improve the environment in poultry houses.

More information on the project is here.