Scientists and industry builders who shaped the keeping, breeding and marketing of chickens and other poultry, from poultry science in the universities to the large hatchery and breeding companies. Poultry became one of the most industrialised branches of livestock farming in the twentieth century. A person belongs here when their cited article names them as a poultry scientist or as a pioneer of the poultry industry.
All Poultry Scientists and Industry Pioneers
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B. V. Rao, Wikipedia
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Banda Vasudev Rao Yadav (1935-1996) was an Indian entrepreneur and agriculturalist, considered by many as the father of the poultry industry in India.
Donald Shaver (Wikipedia)
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Donald McQueen Shaver (born August 12, 1920) was a Canadian pioneer in the poultry industry, who founded a breeding company that achieved worldwide prominence.
Willard H. Allen - Wikipedia
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Willard Harry Allen (January 19, 1893, February 25, 1957) was an American poultry scientist who served as New Jersey secretary of agriculture from 1938 to 1956.
Peter M. Biggs (Wikipedia)
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He is known particularly for his work on Marek's disease in poultry, and the development of a vaccine for the virus-caused disease.
Kwabena Darko - Wikipedia
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He owns the largest privately owned agro-industrial concern in Ghana and is listed in “Who’s Who in World Poultry”. Darko is also known by many in the sub-region as the “Poultry King” and "Akokɔ Darko" (meaning "Poultry Darko" in Akan).
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