2011 Africa and Middle-East region
Apeh Omede - Researching Heat Stress in Poultry
Apeh A. Omede is a bright young animal science student, studying poultry heat stress at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria. He is a regional winner in the 2011 Alltech Young Scientist competition. We asked him to describe his research and his interest in science.
Q: What did you research?
A: My paper was a review on “Pre-natal Acclimation of Poultry Birds to Heat Stress in the Tropics”. I was trying to take an extensive look at research studies conducted on how to enhance thermotolerance in poultry birds in the hot tropics.
Q: What inspired you to explore this topic?
A: Knowing that heat stress is one of the major causes of economic loss in poultry production in the hot tropics, I was inspired to explore this topic because I wanted to know if there are possibilities of enhancing birds’ ability to cope with the increasing problem of rise in global environmental temperature which in turn will increase heat stress problems in poultry production, especially in the hot tropics.
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Graduate Winners
First place Winner Graduate Africa and Middle-East
Apeh A. Omede- Federal University of Technology (Owerri, Nigeria), Nigeria
Second place Winner Graduate Africa and Middle-East
Roni Yair- Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Third Place Winner Graduate Africa and Middle-East
Wasseem Khattab- Benha University, Egypt