PEAT Unit - Collection HAL

The Tours poultry experimentation center is attached to the Animal Physiology and Livestock Systems (PHASE) and Animal Genetics (GA) departments. It consists of 16 buildings exclusively dedicated to research projects in the poultry sector. This experimental device makes it possible to carry out specific experimental protocols and to reconstitute all the links in the poultry sector: from hatching and accommodation through the manufacture of experimental feeds to slaughter and cutting.

The EU PEAT sets up zootechnical tests in the fields of reproduction and nutrition of poultry, their behavior and welfare, egg production and quality, growth and quality of meat, selection and genetics, metabolism, digestive efficiency and finally the sustainability of poultry farming systems.