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Spanish poultry education: assisting the needs of the poultry industry.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19834100     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The Hispanic population is rising in most states in the United States, not only as an absolute value but as a proportion of the overall population of each state. Consequently, various poultry-related jobs have been increasingly filled by Hispanic personnel. However, although few problems have risen from lack of performance from these employees, in some cases, the language barrier has hindered professional development and production efficiency. As a result, various broiler integrators have suggested that we equip our undergraduate student body with some basic skills that would enable these future professionals of our industry to better communicate with Hispanic employees, both in casual conversational as well as at the technical poultry level. For that purpose, a course was recently developed and provided to our students and the results seem promising. Acceptance by our students of the technical information being conveyed was, for the most part, satisfactory and it was concluded that finding a common ground as a starting point was the most challenged area.
Authors:
A Corzo
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Poultry science     Volume:  88     ISSN:  0032-5791     ISO Abbreviation:  Poult. Sci.     Publication Date:  2009 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-10-16     Completed Date:  2009-12-11     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401150     Medline TA:  Poult Sci     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2457-60     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Poultry Science, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State 39762, USA. acorzo@poultry.msstate.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Agriculture / education*
Animal Husbandry / education*
Animals
Chickens*
Commerce
Hispanic Americans
Language*
Multilingualism
Teaching
United States

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