Predoctoral Research Contract For The Project "Heat Stress Management In Broiler Chickens With ...

A contract to pursue a PhD title in the framework of the project "Heat stress management in broiler chickens with nutritional and artificial intelligence tools" is offered. The project PID2023-149145OB-I00, funded by the Spanish Research Agency, will be hosted by the Department of Agricultural Production at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. The thesis project's main objective is to evaluate new strategies for broiler chicken feeding and management to minimize the negative effects of heat stress on broiler production and meat quality. The focus will be on the nutritional and physiological properties of different lipid sources and the antioxidant, immunomodulatory, and digestion-stimulating characteristics of phytogenic additives.Your duties and responsibilities include:Together with other project members, design and carry out the in vivo nutritional trials with chickens.Laboratory analysis of samples.Data analysis and interpretation.Give scientific presentations internally and at scientific meetings.Writing scientific publications leading to a dissertation.#J-18808-Ljbffr