November 18, 2014

Peer Review: Eleanore O’Neil ’15 Raises Chickens on Energy-Efficient Feed

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By SARAH COHEN

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In the next fifty years, the world’s population will continue to expand, as will its need for basic supplies such as food and energy. Eleanore O’Neil ’15, an animal science major, researches the diets of commercial chickens in the lab of Prof. Xin Gen Lei, animal science, to combat these important global issues.

Courtesy of Eleanore O’NeilGreen grub | Eleanore O’Neil ’15 studied how chickens respond to a diet with algae.