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All photographs and cliparts not created by our team have a citation underneath the photo. Clip art in the Flash Introduction courtesy of www.animationfactory.com

Credits were prepared using the Citation Machine.

Warlick, David. "Landmark's Son of Citation Machine." Citation Machine. April 2006. The Landmark Project. 09 May 2006 <http://citationmachine-east.net>.




 Special Thanks

Expert Interviews

Dr. George A. Mensah, MD, FACP, FACC, Chief Medical Officer and Associate Director of Medical Affairs, National Center for Chronic Disease and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Mr. Sig Von Bargen, Compliance Manager, Tampa Farm Service





Field Trips

Tampa Farm Service, Layer Farm, Dade City, Florida

 Print Materials:

Mercia, Leonard. Storey's guide to raising poultry . 2nd edition. Pownal IL: Storey Books, 2001.

Merle, Ellis. Cutting-up in the kitchen : the butcher's guide to saving money on meat & poultry . 2nd edition. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1976.

Damerow, Gail. The Chicken Health Handbook. 3rd. North Adams, MA: Storey Publishing, 1994.


"Answers to Often Asked Questions about eggs ." American Egg Board 7(2001)

"Eggcyclopedia". American Egg Board, 2003




 Reference Materials

"Chicken." Encarta. CD-ROM.2005, 2nd ed.Microsoft

"Domesticated Fowl." Encarta. CD-ROM.2005, 2nd ed.Microsoft

"Poultry Farming." Encarta. CD-ROM.2005, 2nd ed.Microsoft





 Internet Sources

Animal Care and Education. BCSPCA. 08 April 2006 <http://www.spca.bc.ca/animalissues/>.

Animal Fighting- the Final Round. The Humane Society of the USA. 08 April 2006 <http://www.hsus.org/hsus_field/animal_fighting_the_final_round/>

Avian Flu. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 04 March 2006 <http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/index.htm>.

Avian Influenza. World Health Organization. 04 March 2006 <www.who.int>.

Biosecurity for the Birds. USDA/APHIS. 08 May 2006 <http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/birdbiosecurity/>.

Brannon, Heather. Chicken Pox. About.com. 03 May 2006 <http://dermatology.about.com/cs/chickenpox/a/chickenpox.htm>.

Breeds of Chicken. Oklahoma State University. 21 March 2006 <http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/poultry/chickens/>.

BYC. Backyard Chickens. 03 May 2006 <http://www.backyardchickens.com/>.

Certified Humane Raised and Handled. Certified Humane. 03 May 2006 <http://www.certifiedhumane.com/>.

Chicken. Wikipedia. 16 Apr. 2006 <www.wikipedia.org>.

Chicken Combs. University of Illinois. 03 May 2006 <http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/res11-combs.html>.

Chicken Farmers. Chicken Farmers of Canad. 08 May 2006 <http://www.chicken.ca/defaultsite/index_e.aspx?ArticleID=811>.

Chicken Feed. Lions Grip. 11 April 2006 <http://www.lionsgrip.com/chickenegg.html>.

Chicken Recipes. Allrecipes.com. 21 March 2006 <http://chicken.allrecipes.com/>.

Chickoscope. University of Illinois. 11 April 2006 <http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/explore/embryology/>.

Cockfight. Wikipedia. 03 May 2006 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockfight>.

Economic Information. US Poultry and Egg Association. 03 May 2006 <http://www.poultryegg.org/EconomicInfo/index.html>.

Egg Quality. Univeristy of Florida IFAS Extension. 11 April 2006 <http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_PS020>.

Egg Nutrition. Egg Nutrition Center. 08 May 2006 <hwww.enc-online.org/GoodNews.htm>.

Embryology in the Classroom. Penn State College of Agricultural Science. 08 April 2006 <http://ulisse.cas.psu.edu/4hembryo/parts.html>.

Emerging Infectious Diseases. CDC. 05 April 2006 <http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no02/05-0936.htm>.

Factory Farming. Humane Society of USA. 03 May 2006 <http://www.hsus.org/farm/>.

Gamerooster.com. 08 April 2006 <http://www.gamerooster.com/programs/vbulletin/printthread.php?t=14892>.


Incubation and Embryology. University of Illinois. 16 Apr. 2006 <http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/res00-index.html>.
Incubation and Embryology. University of Illinois Extension. 08 April 2006 <http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/res16-egg.html>.

National Center for Animal Health Surveillance . USDA. 03 May 2006
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ceah/ncahs/index.htm>.

National Chicken Council. NCC. 08 May 2006 <hwww.nationalchickencouncil.com>.

Online Poultry News. poultrynrws.com. 08 May 2006 <http://www.poultrynews.com/>.

Pandemic Flu. Pandemicflu.gov. 04 March 2006 <http://www.pandemicflu.gov/>.

Pladomon, Robert. Feeding Chickens. 08 May 2006 <http://www.plamondon.com/faq_feed.html>.

Poultry. How Stuff Works. 08 May 2006 <http://home.howstuffworks.com/poultry-basics-ga.htm >.

Poultry Diseases. University of Minnesota. 21 March 2006 <http://www.ansci.umn.edu/poultry/resources/diseases.htm>.

Poultry Perspective. University of Maryland. 03 May 2006 <http://www.agnr.umd.edu/AGNRNews/Article.cfm?ID=943>.

Safe Food Handling. USDA. 21 March 2006 <http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Safe_Food_Handling_Fact_Sheets/index.asp>.

Salmonella. Food and Drug Administration. 05 April 2006 <http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/CONSUMER/CON00072.html>.

Salmonellosis. National center for Infectious Diseases. 04 March 2006 <http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/submenus/sub_salmonella.htm>.

The Science of Cooking. Exploratorium. 16 Apr. 2006 <http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/eggs/eggcomposition.html>.

Skinner, Kate. The City Chicken. 03 May 2006 <http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/thecitychicken/>.

thepoultrysite.com. The Poultry Site. 03 May 2006 <http://www.thepoultrysite.com/>.

The Incredible Edible Egg. US Poultry and Egg Association. 03 May 2006 <www.aeb.org >.

United Egg Industry Update. United Egg. 08 May 2006 <http://www.unitedegg.org/>.

USA PEEA. USPoultry and Egg Export Association. 03 May 2006 <http://www.usapeea.org/>.


Virus. How Stuff Works. 08 May 2006 <http://science.howstuffworks.com/virus-human.htm>.

Virtual Hatch Project. 4-H Virtual Farm. 11 April 2006 <http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/poultry/poultry_eggparts.html>.

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