2005 Awards Banquet AWARDS AND HONORS · AWARDS AND HONORS POULTRY SCIENCE ASSOCIATION 2005 Awards Banquet Program August 3rd Auburn, Alabama

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POULTRY SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

2005

Awards Banquet Program

August 3rd Auburn, Alabama

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AWARDS PROGRAM 6:00 - 7:00 Reception and Cash Bar 7:00 - 7:10 Welcome (Scotti Hester, Purdue University) Invocation (Austin Cantor, University of Kentucky) 7:10 - 8:00 Dinner 8:00 - 9:30 Presentation of Awards (Scotti Hester)

Announcement of New Awards The Frank Perdue Live Poultry Food Safety Award

Hank Engster, Perdue Farms, Inc. Maple Leaf Farm Duck Research Award Caesar Chavez, Maple Leaf Farms

Acknowledgment of Host Committee Drew Giesen, Novus International, Inc.

Announcement of Newly Elected Officers Mike Wineland, North Carolina State University

Recognition of Departing Section/Subject Editors: David Frame, Billy Hargis, & Shelia Scheideler

Scotti Hester Recognition of Departing Foundation Board Members:

Jim Marion and Jim Arthur Jim Denton, University of Arkansas

Recognition of Departing Board Members: Billy Hargis, Michael Smith, and Tony Pescatore

Scotti Hester Invitation to attend 2006 PSA Meeting

Valerie Carney, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development

Passing of the Gavel Scotti Hester

Announcements Sarge Bilgili, Auburn University

THANKS TO THE ALABAMA POULTRY AND EGG ASSOCIATION

FOR SPONSORING THE PSA AWARD BANQUET FAVOR

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AMERICAN EGG BOARD RESEARCH AWARD

This award of $1000 and a memento is given to increase the inter-est in research pertaining to egg science technology or marketing that has a bear-ing on egg or spent hen utilization. The award is given to an author for a manu-script published during the preceding year. Winner: Yoshinori Mine Presentation: Scotti Hester The American Egg Board Research Award winning manuscript is titled “Effect of food protein supple-ments on Salmonella enteritidis infection and prevention in laying hens,” (Poult. Sci. 83: 753-760, 2004) authored by Z. G. Kassaify and Yoshinori Mine. Results of this study showed that feeding 5.0% nonimmunized egg yolk powder eliminated and prevented Salmonella enteritidis (SE) colonization in laying hens, suggesting that yolk contains novel anti-adhesive or immunomodulatory com-ponents that may act to prevent SE infection.

The Poultry Science Association recognizes outstanding contribu-tions to the field of Poultry Science in the acquisition and /or dis-semination of knowledge by research workers, teachers, extension specialists, and graduate students. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the donors. All awards will be announced by the Poul-try Science Association President, Scotti Hester.

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Dr. Mine received a M.S. degree in 1987 from Faculty of Agricul-tural Science (Food Science), Shinshu University, Japan and a Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from Tokyo University of Agricul-ture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan in 1993. He joined the Univer-sity of Guelph in 1995 as a faculty member at Department of Food Science. Currently, he is Professor and an Industrial Research Chair in Egg Material Science. He has been appointed to a Direc-tor of Food Research Program, The Ontario Ministry of Agricul-ture and Foods in 2003. He is a recipient of The Premier’s Re-search Excellence Award in 2000. He has published 1 book, 9 book chapters, 10 review articles, and 89 original papers in peer-reviewed international journals and holds 1 patent. Dr. Mine’s primary research interest is molecular approaches to the study of structure-function relationships of egg and milk de-rived bio-active proteins/peptides and egg allergy, to enhance hu-man intestinal health. He is also exploring the use of egg yolk anti-body as therapeutics in enteric infectious disease. The egg is the largest biological cell known that originates from one cell division and is composed of various important chemical substances that form the basis of life. Therefore, the avian egg is considered to be a store house of nutrients such as proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, enzymes and various biologically active substances including growth promoting factors and defenses against bacterial and viral invasion. Milk is also recognized to contain an array of bio-activities that dramatically extended the range of influence of mother over young beyond simple nutrition. His group is charac-terizing the bio-physiological functions of egg and milk compo-nents and seeking novel biologically active substances. Egg and milk proteins have numerous potential for releasing biologically functional peptides due to degradation by pepsin, trypsin or chy-motrypsin in the gut. His group is studying two major functions of immunomodulators that enhance our immune system through mimicking peptides and mucosal defensin-like peptides, which inhibit adhesion of food-borne pathogens (Salmonella and E. coli)

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to intestinal epithelial cells and their mechanism at a molecular level. Food allergy is a major human health concern. His lab is working on the fine mapping of allergenic epitopes of ovomucoid and ovalbumin, dominant allergens of egg white and structure-function studies of allergenic epitopes using site-directed mutagenesis for engineering food allergens to reduce their aller-genicity. He is also interested in the engineering of food allergens. His research group is also studying a mechanism of intestinal transportation of food allergens across epithelial cells and examin-ing effective anti-allergenic agents from natural foods to prevent such allergic reactions. They are also working on the molecular design of recombinant chimerical epitopes of human rotavirus to induce a specific antibody as vaccine candidates and also passive immunity using hen’s egg yolk antibody.

AMERICAN FEED INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION POULTRY NUTRITION RESEARCH AWARD

This award of $1500 is given for distinctive work demonstrating sound research in poultry nutrition in the last 10 years. Winner: Layi Adeola Presentation: Michael Elliot

Dr. Olayiwola (Layi) Adeola is a Profes-sor of Animal Science at Purdue Univer-sity, West Lafayette, IN. Born in Nigeria in 1960, Dr. Adeola received the Bache-lor of Agriculture degree in Animal Sci-ence with first class honors from the Uni-versity of Ife, Nigeria in 1982. He earned both the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees with distinction from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada in 1986 and

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1989, respectively. In November 1991, he accepted a faculty posi-tion as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal Sci-ences at Purdue University. He was promoted to Associate Profes-sor in 1996 and Full Professor in 2001. He was a visiting profes-sor at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada in 1998. He cur-rently serves as nonruminant nutrition section editor for the Jour-nal of Animal Science and has served on the editorial board of Poultry Science. Dr. Adeola’s research program emphasizes nutrient and energy utilization by nonruminant animals with the objective of develop-ing strategies to enhance production efficiency, better health, and sound environmental stewardship. He has developed research pro-grams to investigate ways to promote efficient utilization and minimize excretion of dietary nutrients. Specific research thrusts include amino acid-energy relationships, intestinal nutrient trans-port, mineral utilization, and feed ingredient evaluation. The fore-most goal of his research is to improve the efficiency of lean meat production and to minimize the flow of potentially detrimental levels of dietary nutrients from animal waste into the environment. Dr. Adeola developed tube-feeding and harness-aided excreta col-lection methods that provide the means of precisely feeding known amounts of ingredients and accurately collecting contami-nant-free excreta, which are essential for obtaining reliable values in poultry metabolizable energy assays. The technique presents a viable alternative to pan collection of excreta and is currently be-ing used to provide data on metabolizable energy and amino acid digestibility values for a variety of feed ingredients and co-products. Dr. Adeola teaches Monogastric Nutrition and Proteins and Amino Acids in Nutrition. Dr. Adeola has authored or co-authored 196 publications, including 74 refereed papers, 5 book chapters, 79 abstracts, and 38 conference proceedings or technical articles. Eleven students have received advanced degrees under his direction and currently four others are pursing advanced de-

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grees in his laboratory. Dr. Adeola and his wife, Mopelola, are blessed with one son, Oluwatola.

BROILER RESEARCH AWARD

The Broiler Research Award of $2500 and a plaque, instituted by the National Chicken Council, is given for distinctive research work that has a strong economic impact on the broiler industry. Research may be conducted in any major discipline and is evalu-ated primarily on the economic influence the work has had or will have on the industry. The award is given for research published in the preceding five cal-endar years.

Winner: William E. Huff Presentation: June DeGraft-Hanson Dr. William E. Huff graduated from the University of Central Florida with a B.S. degree in microbiology in 1972. He com-pleted his M.S. degree working with Dr. Pat B. Hamilton at North Carolina State Univer-sity in 1975 and his Ph.D. in 1979. During his graduate program, Dr. Huff worked in the area of mycotoxicology, with emphasis on the effects of the mycotoxin ochratoxin A in poultry. Joining the Poultry Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA in Georgetown, DE in 1978, he continued his work on the effects of mycotoxins on poultry health. Over a 27 year ca-reer with the ARS, Dr. Huff has demonstrated his leadership in building several research programs. In 1984, he moved to College Station, TX, to establish and head a Mycotoxicology Research Unit serving as the Research Leader of this group of scientists. The group concentrated its research efforts on ways to reduce the toxicity of mycotoxins to poultry and on the characterization of mycotoxin interactions. In 1991, Dr. Huff moved to Fayetteville,

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AR, to establish the Poultry Production and Product Safety Re-search Unit, within the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science on the University of Arkansas campus, and is presently a research scientist in the Unit. Dr. Huff has published over 340 publications with ~190 of these being peer-reviewed manuscripts, proceedings or book chapters. Dr. Huff was one of the first scientists to recog-nize the importance of mycotoxin interactions to poultry health; he established the efficacy of density segregation to detoxify my-cotoxin-contaminated grain, helped to establish the efficacy of hydrated sodium calcium aluminosilicate to reduce the toxicity of the mycotoxin aflatoxin and worked to establish the hypobaric model to study ascites in poultry. In recent years, Dr. Huff has become recognized internationally for his research on therapeutic utilization of bacteriophages to reduce pathogens in poultry.

HELENE CECIL LEADERSHIP AWARD

This award of $3000 and a plaque is given to a woman, who is a PSA member in good standing, for her recent significant or sus-tained scientific contributions in the field of poultry science or for her recent significant leadership in the promotion or development opportunities for women in the area of poultry science.

Winner: Gisela F. Erf Presentation: Scotti Hester Dr. Gisela F. Erf, professor at the University of Arkansas (U of A), is the 2005 recipient of the Helene Cecil Leadership Award. Dr. Erf received her B.S. and M.S. from the University of Guelph and the Ph.D. in immunology from Cornell University where she con-ducted research on thyroid-immune interactions in poultry. Prior to joining the Poultry Science faculty at the University of Arkan-sas in 1994, Dr. Erf was Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences at Smith College, a liberal arts college for women. At Smith Col

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lege, she taught five courses annually, developed a research collaboration with Dr. J. Robert Smyth, Jr. at the Univer-sity of Massachusetts on autoimmune vitiligo in the Smyth line of chickens, and provided opportunities for more than 40 undergraduate students to gain hands-on research experience. In 1992, Dr. Erf received a Young Investigator Award from the Pan-American Society for Pigment Cell Research for her work on the Smyth line of chickens. At the U of A, she teaches graduate immunology lecture and laboratory courses and an undergraduate laboratory research course and serves as academic advisor and mentor. Her teaching efforts have been recognized through several teaching awards at the college, university and national level, including the Purina Mills Teaching Award in 1999. Dr. Erf continues her work with the Smyth line of chickens and has established an integrated research program in poultry immunology. At the U of A, Dr. Erf guided 3 honors, 10 M.S. and 4 Ph.D. students through their programs; served on 19 M.S. and 35 Ph.D. committees; and hosted 2 visiting scientists. She is director of the Cell Characterization and Isolation Facility and is a member of the inter-college Cell and Molecular Biology program and the College Honors program. She is PI/Co-PI on re-search grants totaling more than 2 million dollars in external fund-ing from NIH, NSF, USDA, state and industry, and she is co-inventor on one patent. She has published 2 book-chapters, 51 refereed manuscripts, 18 proceedings, and 95 abstracts. She has been an invited speaker at national and international meetings and served on various NIH, NSF, and USDA grant panels. In addition to serving PSA and other professional societies at many levels, Dr. Erf has served two terms as associate editor of Poultry Science and is currently section editor for Immunology, Health and Disease. Dr. Erf very much regrets never having met Dr. Helene Cecil and is deeply honored to be chosen as recipient for this most meaning-ful award.

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HY-LINE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD This award of $2500 and a plaque is given to a member who, in the preceding calendar year, as sole or senior author, published outstanding research in poultry science. Winners must have com-pleted their Ph.D. within the previous 10 years.

Winner: Yupaporn Chaiseha Presentation: Janet Fulton Dr. Yupaporn Chaiseha obtained her B.S. (biology, 1986) and M.S. (zoology, 1988) degrees from Khon Kaen and Chulalong-korn Universities, respectively, in Thailand. She received a schol-arship from the Royal Thai Government to study for her Ph.D. degree in the United States. She joined the Department of Animal Science at the University of Minnesota where she obtained her Ph.D. degree in ani-mal physiology under the direction of Dr. M. E. El Halawani in 1998. She joined Suranaree University of Technology, Thai-land as a faculty member in the same year. She came back to the University of Minne-sota for her postdoctoral training in Dr. El Halawani’s laboratory during 1999-2000. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at School of Biology, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Thai-land. Dr. Chaiseha’s research interest is in reproductive neuroendocri-nology with emphasis on the regulation of the vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)/prolactin system by dopamine. Her main finding showed that dopamine was a potent stimulator of VIP/prolactin release. The finding was quite novel in that dopamine is a potent

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inhibitor of prolactin secretion in mammals. This finding was later extended to demonstrate that dopamine has both stimulatory and inhibitory influences on prolactin secretion in turkeys. It stimu-lates prolactin secretion by stimulating VIP at the hypothalamic level via D1 dopamine receptors and inhibits prolactin by antago-nizing VIP at the pituitary level via D2 dopamine receptors. Her research showed for the first time that the differential expression of D1 and D2 dopamine receptor subtypes by vasoactive intestinal peptide neurons in the hypothalamus determined the state of prolactinemia and explained why the overall effect of dopamine on prolactin secretion is stimulatory. D1 dopamine receptors are six times more abundant in the hypothalamus than D2 dopamine receptors. However, she found the reverse in the pituitary, where D2 receptors, which mediate the inhibitory effect of dopamine, were more abundant than D1 dopamine receptors, especially dur-ing the state of hypoprolactinemia (short day and photorefractory turkeys). Now we know that intracellular Ca2+ represents a com-mon signal transduction pathway through which VIP and dopa-mine can exert antagonistic control on PRL synthesis and release in avian (turkey) lactotrophs. She also demonstrated that the changes in the expression of VIP receptors at the pituitary level were, in part, regulating the variations in prolactin secretion as well. This is a major conceptual advance in the understanding of prolactin regulation in avian species. Dr. Chaiseha’s other research interests are heat stress, lighting, VIP/GnRH regulation, and ma-ternal recognition. She has several international collaborators in the United States (Dr. Porter and Dr. El Halawani), Japan (Dr. Shimada), and Israel (Dr. Rozenboim). Currently, her research model is the native Thai chicken with major financial support from the Thailand Research Fund. She advises four graduate students supported by fellowships from the Royal Golden Jubilee Ph.D. Program. She has published 1 book chapter, 1 review article, and 20 original research papers in peer-reviewed international journals.

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MAURICE STEIN FELLOWSHIP AWARD

This award of $1000 is given to a graduate student whose training and research in applied poultry sciences may lead to improve-ments in efficiency and profitability of the poultry industry. Prior-ity is given to candidates whose programs involve eggs and egg products and business and economics.

Winner: Lisa M. Donalson Presentation: Yvonne Vizzier Thaxton Lisa Donalson, a recent graduate of Texas A&M University, earned her M. S. in poultry science with a thesis titled “The in vivo and in vitro effect of a fructooligosaccharide prebiotic com-bined with alfalfa molt diets on egg production and Salmonella in laying hens.” Lisa graduated from Waller High School in Waller, TX, a rural commu-nity just outside Houston. Upon gradua-tion, Lisa earned her B. S. from Sam Hous-ton State University with a major in animal science and a minor in agribusiness. As a student at Sam Houston State, Lisa was involved in many organizations, such as Collegiate FFA, Horticulture Club, Delta Tau Alpha Agricultural Honor Society, Golden Key Honor Society and Alpha Chi Honor Society. To further her knowledge in agriculture, more specifically poultry science, Lisa enrolled at Texas A&M Univer-sity to receive her M. S. degree.

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At Texas A&M, Lisa was involved in several projects relating to the poultry industry. The majority of her work focused on dietary alternatives to feed withdrawal molting and the reduction of sal-monella during a molt. She also researched the effects of molting on bone strength with colleagues. Lisa conducted both in vitro and in vivo experiments to determine if alfalfa was a suitable die-tary treatment to be fed to hens during a molt. The addition of fructooligosaccharide (FOS) prebiotics was combined with the alfalfa diets upon finding alfalfa as a suitable molt diet. The FOS addition was shown to increase fermentation in vitro as well as in vivo. In addition, FOS was believed to decrease pathogenic bacte-ria in the gastrointestinal tract. This research proved to be suc-cessful in addressing food safety as well as animal welfare issues. Through her research, Lisa has gained a greater knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the hen as well as microbiology.

MERCK AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN POULTRY SCIENCE

This award of $1500 and a framed scroll is given as an achieve-ment award for distinct contributions to poultry science advance-ment during a period of not more than seven years preceding the annual award.

Winner: K.A. (Ton) Schat Presentation: Donald Thompson Dr. Schat received his D.V.M. degree from The State University of Utrecht, The Neth-erlands in 1970. After graduation he joined the Dutch International Technical Assis-tance Program of the Dutch State Depart-ment to assist the Mexican Government with the development of a program on

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Marek’s disease from 1971 to 1975. In preparation for his work at the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Pecuarias in Mexico City, he trained with Dr. Bart Rispens (of the Rispens vaccine) at the Central Veterinary Institute. In 1975 he joined the Marek’s disease program of Dr. Bruce Calnek at Cornell University as a graduate student. During this period he isolated and characterized the SB-1 vaccine strain of Marek’s disease. After receiving his Ph.D. degree in 1978, he joined the faculty at the College of Vet-erinary Medicine, where he currently is a professor of Avian Vi-rology and Immunology. His research career has focused on the pathogenesis, virology and immunology of avian diseases, espe-cially Marek’s disease and more recently chicken infectious ane-mia virus. His work has resulted in more than 130 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 20 book chapters and numerous papers in pro-ceedings. In addition he serves on numerous editorial boards and has served in the past on the editorial board of Poultry Science. His work has been recognized by his peers with the Beecham Award for Research Excellence, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University and the Upjohn Achievement Award of the American Association of Avian Pathologists in 1986, the Dr. Bart Rispens Research Award of the World Veterinary Poultry Asso-ciation in 1987, and the Pfizer Award for Excellence in Poultry Research from the AVMA in 1999.

PHIBRO EXTENSION AWARD This award of $1500 and a plaque is given to a member for con-ducting an outstanding program of work in the area of poultry extension during a five-year period.

Winner: Jeanna L. Wilson Presentation: Theresia K. Lavergne

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A native of southwestern Virginia, Dr. Wilson received her B.S. in poultry sci-ence and M.S. in broiler management from Virginia Tech and her Ph.D. in avian physiology from Auburn Univer-sity. She has served on the faculty in the Department of Poultry Science at the University of Georgia since 1988. Through her extension program at the University of Georgia, Dr. Wilson has assisted broiler breeder managers with rooster management pro-grams that have increased flock fertility. Her applied research program has highlighted feed restriction methods to encourage good mating activity and semen quality of broiler breeder roosters. She is recognized as an international authority on management of male broiler breeders. Her teaching efforts include team teaching the Advanced Breeder & Hatchery Management course to seniors, advising undergraduate students, and mentoring graduate students. Dr. Wilson has coauthored more than 150 peer-reviewed manu-scripts and abstracts. She has published more than 85 extension and trade journal articles. In addition, her extension role has pro-vided the opportunity to speak at more than 160 national, interna-tional, state and regional meetings. She has been a member of PSA and World’s Poultry Science since 1980. Dr. Wilson has served PSA as session chair and graduate student evaluator at many of the annual PSA meetings. Her committee work includes scientific program chair for the 2005 PSA meeting, member and chair of the PSA Membership committee and member of the Helene Cecil Leadership Award Selection committee. She served as subject edi-tor for The Journal of Applied Poultry Research (1995-2001) and as an Associate Editor for Poultry Science (1999-2000).

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LAND O’LAKES/PURINA MILLS TEACHING AWARD

This award of $1500 and a plaque is provided in recognition of the fact that excellence in teaching is basic to the future welfare of the poultry industry. It is given to a member who, over several years, has demonstrated outstanding success as a teacher. Winner: William W. Saylor Presentation: Stephanie Frankenbach

Dr. William Saylor is a native of Butler County, Pennsylvania. He attended the Pennsylvania State University where he received a B.S. degree in dairy science, M.S. degree in animal nutrition in the Ani-mal Science Department, and a Ph.D. in poultry nutrition under the mentorship of Dr. Roland M. Leach. In 1978, he joined the faculty of the then Department of Ani-mal Science and Agricultural Biochemistry at the University of Delaware. He served for three years as assistant department chairperson, and from 1992-1999, as Associate Dean for Research of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Asso-ciate Director of the Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station. During his 27-year tenure at Delaware, Dr. Saylor has been re-sponsible for teaching the sophomore-level introductory nutrition course for all animal science majors, Livestock Nutrition and Feeding, in which he has had more than 1400 students enrolled. The course has evolved from a typical lecture format to a lecture plus recitation to allow time each week for problem solving and discussion. The course has been highly rated by students because of the opportunity Dr. Saylor provides for hands-on experiences in

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the recitation/laboratory portion of the course. Here, students are allowed to formulate, mix and feed their diets to diverse poultry species, record pertinent data weekly, and to discuss and interpret the influence of their diet’s ingredient and nutrient composition on their birds’ growth and well-being. This cooperative, active learn-ing experience serves to reinforce the nutrition and metabolism principles offered in lecture. A separate honors section of the course was added in 2000 and has served 63 honors students. Dr. Saylor also teaches a graduate level course in nonruminant nutri-tion and metabolism, a first year experience course for majors, Mastering the Freshman Year, and co-teaches the department’s Sophomore Seminar. He has provided lectures in the department’s freshman survey course, Introduction to Animal Science, and teaches the nutrition section of the Poultry Production course. In 2004, Dr. Saylor co-led a group of 22 students to Charles Sturt University in New South Wales, Australia on a five-week study abroad experience where he offered a course on Australian Live-stock Production. Beyond the formal classroom setting, Dr. Saylor has served as mentor for 10 Science and Engineering Scholars, a summer research internship for sophomores; 3 Degree with Dis-tinction recipients; and 15 graduate and post-doctoral students. He served for seven years as faculty advisor to Alpha Zeta, five years as advisor to the Animal Science Club, and currently advises the Agricultural College Council. In recognition for his teaching ac-tivities, Dr. Saylor was awarded the College of Agriculture Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award in 2004. He is a Fellow of the University of Delaware Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education. Dr. Saylor carries a 60% research appointment, in which he has most recently focused his efforts on improving nutrient utilization in poultry to reduce the impact of animal production on the envi-ronment. For the last four years, he has led an interdisciplinary,

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multi-institutional team in a USDA-IFAFS grant to improve phos-phorus utilization through dietary modification to reduce phospho-rus emissions to the environment. Dr. Saylor joined the Poultry Science Association in 1978. His service efforts began as a member, then chair, of the Membership Committee. He has also served on the Resolutions, Constitution, Nominating and Finance Committees. From 1988 to 1991 he served as Secretary-Treasurer; he has served two terms as associ-ate editor of Poultry Science, chaired the Nutrition Section of the 1995 Annual Meeting, and was Host Committee Chair of the 2002 Annual Meeting in Delaware. He served as 2nd and 1st Vice Presi-dent and then President of the Association in 2001. Currently, he is Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee, is on the editorial board of The Journal of Applied Poultry Research, and is a mem-ber of the PSA Foundation Board of Directors.

PSA POULTRY PRODUCTS RESEARCH AWARD

This award of $2500 and a plaque is given to recognize out-standing contributions to the field of poultry and/or egg products technology. Winner: Patricia A. Curtis Presentation: Scotti Hester

Dr. Patricia (Pat) A. Curtis re-ceived a B.S. in home economics education from Texas Woman’s University, a M.S. and Ph.D. in food science and technology from Texas A&M University. Dr. Cur-tis joined the Department of Poul-try Science at Auburn University in 2002 as Professor and the

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Director of the Poultry Products Safety and Quality Peaks of Ex-cellence Program. Prior to coming to Auburn she was a faculty member in the Department of Food Science at North Carolina State University and the Department of Animal and Food Science at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Dr. Curtis’ research and extension/outreach programs on poultry and egg safety and quality have generated numerous invited pres-entations in regional, national and international meetings. Multi-ple book chapters, journal articles, abstracts, trade magazines arti-cles, extension publications, and three patents provide insight of her scientific productivity and various areas of her efforts and time. Her areas of research expertise include applied research on poultry and egg products relating to microbial safety, processing technology, quality control, waste water and water reuse. She has also served as chair of the S-292 Multi-State Research Project and Associate Editor for Poultry Science. Other areas of interest in-clude food laws and regulations, plant-employee safety, and con-sumer perceptions of food safety and acceptance of new technolo-gies. She has taught courses, both in traditional classrooms and in online distance education format. Dr. Curtis’ academic work has been recognized, including the American Egg Board Research Award (2003), PSA Helene Cecil Leadership Award (2002), American Distance Education Council’s Excellence in Distance Education Award (2000), North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Leadership Award (1997), and Wisconsin Teaching Fel-low (1987).

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PSA STUDENT RECRUITMENT AWARD

This award of $200 and a plaque is given to an individual or group who through the use of innovative methods has significantly im-proved the recruiting program of a respective department, college, or university. Winner: Phillip Clauer Presentation: Kevin Downs Phillip J. Clauer was born in Waukesha, WI, and received his B.S. in poultry sci-ence (1983) and M.S. in continuing and vocational education (1985) from the Uni-versity of Wisconsin, Madison. In 1985, he began his career in the Poultry Science Department at Virginia Tech as a Poultry Extension Specialist. His primary focus was the development, coordination, and implementation of educational programs and technical assistance for 4-H/youth and small/specialty poultry flock owners. He also taught "Poultry Evaluation and Selec-tion", guest lectured, and taught labs for various other courses and coached the Intercollegiate Poultry Judging Team. Clauer joined the Department of Poultry Science at Penn State in 2001 as a Senior Extension Associate with a 30% teaching and 70% extension appointment. His current job responsibilities in-clude student recruitment, poultry youth education, and small flock outreach. He is a key recruiter for both the Poultry Science program and the Animal Sciences (AN SC) undergraduate major, which is co-sponsored by the Department of Poultry Science and

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the Department of Dairy and Animal Science. Phil also serves as the internship coordinator for the AN SC major, co-advisor of the Penn State Poultry Science Club, and is coach of the recently re-established Penn State Intercollegiate Poultry Judging Team. He advises undergraduate students and co-teaches Poultry Evaluation and Selection (AN SC 421) and Advanced Judging and Selection (AN SC 426). Phil has done an outstanding job in leading the efforts to rebuild an undergraduate poultry program as well as the AN SC major at Penn State. The major has grown steadily and is currently the largest undergraduate program in the College of Agricultural Sci-ences. Through the employment of a multi-faceted recruiting strategy, which was supported in part by the successful procurement of competitive recruiting funds from the U.S. Poultry & Egg Asso-ciation (USPEA) Education Fund Grant Program, there are now more poultry-interest students at Penn State than ever before, and membership in the Poultry Science Club is at an all-time high. As a result, during the past five years the number of poultry science scholarship recipients has tripled and the amount of scholarship monies awarded has doubled. In addition, due to the growth in the program, the Poultry Science Department launched a new minor in poultry and avian science in January 2005. The success in the recruiting arena has come about primarily as a result of Phil’s leadership in initiating and overseeing strategies such as encouraging and facilitating campus visits by potential recruits and their families, prompt response to information re-quests, personalized correspondence/contact with prospective stu-dents, maintenance of a database of prospective students, increas-ing the number of freshman scholarships, expanded poultry youth programming, establishment of annual internship scholarship pro-gram, establishment of a mentoring program, and planning a fall

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and spring industry tour for undergraduates. He has also worked hard to increase visibility at industry, youth, and college events through the designing and purchasing of clothing with departmen-tal logos, large floor and tabletop displays advertising the program and the various career opportunities in poultry science. Clauer re-established the PSU Intercollegiate Poultry Judging Team, which has increased Penn State’s visibility both nationally and locally with youth actively involved in FFA and 4-H judging programs. In addition, several PSU undergraduates have helped to facilitate Pennsylvania state contests and training activities, thereby putting them in close contact with potential student recruits. Phil provided leadership in securing a grant and writing the two 4HCCS teacher manuals for the national 4-H “Embryology in the Classroom” program in 2001. He developed the supporting poster and national support web site and helped revise the 4HCCS Poul-try Series publications. Phil has chaired the National 4-H Poultry Judging Contest since 1990 and maintains several highly visible web sites, including the Poultry Extension Resource Site: http://Poultryextension.psu.edu, National 4-H Embryology site: http://4Hembryology.psu.edu, and National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference site: http://National4HPoultryandEgg.psu.edu. Over his 20-year career, Clauer has developed numerous Power-Point presentations, web-based resources, slide sets, training vid-eos, newsletters, extension publications, and fact sheets to help support his extension programs. He has given 277 workshops/presentations to 5664 participants since 1986. Phillip and Vickie Clauer have been married for 14 years and have 2 children: Ashley (12) and Ryan (8).

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TEXTURE TECHNOLOGIES CORP. SUPPORT PERSONNEL AWARD

This $500 award is to acknowledge the long term (5+ years) contributions by support personnel and to recognize their work as being critical to the ability of faculty to receive the awards for which they are eligible to compete. Winner: JoAnna Foegeding Presentation: Rich Reynnells and Randolph Koch

JoAnna Foegeding, a graduate of North Carolina State University and The University of Virginia, has worked as a research techni-cian in the Department of Food Science at NC State for over 25 years. Her research in the poultry field began in 1996 under the direction of Dr. Pat Curtis. Over the past 10 years, JoAnna has been an inte-gral contributor to the poultry research, extension and teaching efforts of the department. Her research areas have included cryogenic egg processing, egg and shell quality, and poultry and egg washers. She has authored or co-authored five publications, one book chapter, and five abstracts. In addition, she has presented these results at the PSA meetings and international conferences including the Euro-pean Symposium on the Quality of Eggs and Egg Products (Bologna, Italy) and 2nd International Symposium on Egg Nutri-tion for Health (Banff, Canada). Another credit to her excellent technical skills is the fact that she developed methodology for measuring vitelline membrane strength of shell eggs using Texture Analyzer instrumentation. This method is now a standard method included in the Texture Analyzer reference materials.

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More recently, she has taken on a large role in the Department’s on-line education program in developing, programming and man-aging courses that are part of the Food Safety Certificate Program targeted to the poultry and meat industry. JoAnna feels the most important and rewarding aspect of her job has been mentoring the scores of graduate and undergraduate stu-dents that have worked in her lab. Her exemplary service has been recognized with other awards including the Award of Excellence from the college of Ag and Life Sciences in 1997 and the Out-standing Faculty/Staff Award from the College of Ag and Life Sciences Alumni Society in 2001. She also earned the C. E. Howes Award of Excellence for the highest score on the certifica-tion exam at the 1999 National Egg Quality School.

ALLTECH STUDENT RESEARCH MANUSCRIPT AWARD

This $500 award and a certificate is given to a student for the presentation and publication as senior author of an outstanding research manuscript in Poultry Science or The Journal of Applied Poultry Research. Only students awarded Certificates of Excel-lence for research presentations at the annual PSA meeting can compete for this award. Winner: Shuen-Ei Chen Presentation: Ted Sefton Dr. Shuen-Ei Chen, of Texas A&M University, is the recipient of the Alltech Student Research Manuscript Award for his paper “Overfeeding-induced ovarian dysfunction in broiler breeder hens is associated with lipotoxicity.” The co-authors are R. L. Walzem and J. P. McMurtry. Chen was born in Nan-Tou County, Taiwan, R.O.C. He completed his B.S. degree in animal science at the Na-

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tional Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan, R.O.C. in 1991. He served as a sergeant in the Army during 1991 to 1993. After the service, he joined the Institute of Biomedical Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C. working in cell signaling. In 1995, Chen entered the Department of Animal Sciences, the Ohio State Uni-versity, and worked in poultry lipid metabolism under the direc-tion of Dr. W. L. Bacon. He finished his M.S. degree in 1997 and thereafter re-turned to Taiwan. During 1997-1998, he worked for the Physiological Chemistry Laboratory in the National Chung-Hsing University. In 1999, Chen entered the Ph.D. program in the Department of Poultry Science at the Texas A&M Uni-versity to continue his interests in lipid metabolism with Dr. R. L. Walzem. He constructed a fundamental mechanism to elucidate rapid growth-associated repro-ductive dysfunctions in modern broiler hens in his Ph.D studies. During his studies, Chen became a member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and Gamma Sigma Delta and was awarded a Student Certificate of Excellence from the PSA. He completed his Ph.D. degree in May 2004. Currently, Dr. Chen is a postdoctoral associate in the Baylor College of Medicine working in myogene-sis.

STUDENT RESEARCH PAPER CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE

These certificates are presented in recognition of students who have presented high-quality research papers at the annual meeting.

Presentation: Jeanna Wilson

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NICHOLAS STUDENT PAPER AWARD FOR TURKEY RESEARCH

Nicholas Turkey Breeding Farms awards a certificate and $500 to any student winner of a certificate of excellence at the annual PSA meeting whose oral paper was conducted using the turkey as the principal unit of research. The award serves to increase awareness of the opportunities available to students who choose to do re-search with turkeys.

Presentation: Paul Marini

FELLOWS OF THE POULTRY SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

The title “Fellow” is granted for professional distinction and con-tributions to the field of poultry science without concern to lon-gevity. Not more than five members may be elected as Fellows at any one annual meeting. A unanimous vote by the Board of Direc-tors is required to elect any nominee as Fellow.

Winners: Daniel Lake Fletcher Mary Ann Ottinger Presentation: Lou Arrington

Dan Fletcher earned his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Florida, majoring in zoology, food science, and poultry science/food science, respectively. He joined the faculty of the Poultry Science Department, University of Georgia, as an Assistant Professor in 1977. He was named an Associate Professor in 1984 and Full Professor in 1990. He holds a Courtesy Professor appointment in Food Science and

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Technology. Dr. Fletcher’s appointment is 35 percent instruction and 65 percent research. He has taught numerous courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, including Introductory Poultry Science, Poultry Processing, Poultry Products Technology, Special Problems and Seminars. Dan was named Graduate Coor-dinator in 2001. Graduate students have completed 14 M.S. and 8 Ph.D. degrees under his guidance. He currently advises two M.S. and two Ph.D. students. Research on egg yolk and broiler skin color work led to improved analyses of egg yolk and broiler skin color, and evaluation of pig-ment sources. His research into early rigor, ante-mortem stress and early processing factors (such as stunning and killing meth-ods) contributed to the understanding of the effects of production and processing methods on poultry meat color, texture, shelf life and overall quality. They also address regulatory and animal wel-fare concerns in the poultry processing industry. Over one million dollars in research support and grants were awarded for his work. Dr. Fletcher has contributed 143 refereed journal articles, book chapters and reviews; 143 abstracts; 50 proceedings and invited papers; and 99 trade publication and research reports. Dan has been active in professional societies. He served on edito-rial and review boards of nine journals, including Poultry Science. He was the PSA General Program Chair for 1993 and served on numerous other program, award, and supporting PSA committees. Dan was a director and the President of the USA Branch of the World’s Poultry Science Association. He is an active member of the Institute of Food Technologists, American Meat Science Asso-ciation, National Academic Advising Association, and the Georgia Poultry Federation. Some of the major awards earned by Dan Fletcher include five through the PSA: a Graduate Student Certificate of Excellence Award in 1977, American Egg Board Research Award in 1980,

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Broiler Research Award in 1990, the Continental Grain Poultry Products Research Award in 1991, and the Merck Award for Achievement in Poultry Science in 1999. He has received 11 awards for teaching and research from his department and college. Daniel Fletcher is highly regarded and respected by poultry in-structors and researchers in industry, government and academia. His nominator, Dr. Nelson Cox (UDSA, ARS, Poultry Microbi-ological Research Unit) stated that, “My collaborations with Dan have been some of the most beneficial, worthwhile and rewarding of my career. He is an exceptional … colleague.” Mary Ann Ottinger was born in Aiken, SC, and graduated from high school in Black Mountain, NC. She attended the University of Maryland, where she re-ceived her B.S. degree in biology, M.S. degree in endocrinology, and Ph.D. in ethology (Department of Zoology). She was appointed Assistant Professor in the Poultry Science Department in 1978, and progressed to the rank of Full Pro-fessor. Dr. Ottinger is a superb teacher, consistently receiving high ratings in evaluations from her students in reproductive physiology classes. She serves as an undergraduate advisor in the Animal Science and the Environmental Science and Policy programs. She has advised University Gemstone (group undergraduate research) projects. Her extensive contacts in agriculture and wildlife biol-ogy attract individuals with varied interests to work in her labora-tory, students from high school through postdoctoral levels. Mary Ann has trained 19 M.S. and 12 Ph.D. students, and she currently advises 8 graduate students.

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Mary Ann Ottinger is a highly respected endocrinologist. Her long-term research interest focused on the effects of aging on re-production. Classical measurements of circulating hormones and biological measurements at the cellular and molecular levels have been used to identify neurological changes during reproductive senescence. Her research results have been published in over 100 refereed journal articles, 12 book chapters, and 22 conference pro-ceedings. She has also given over 80 invited presentations at na-tional and international conferences. Her outstanding teaching and research achievements did not deter her from roles of leadership in organizations and programs bene-fiting agricultural sciences. She served and/or headed numerous PSA committees, including General Program Chair in 1984. She was a PSA Director (1989-1991) and officer, moving to President in 1995-1996. During this time, Dr. Ottinger strongly supported PSA’s participation in FASFAS, later becoming the Federation of Animal Science Societies (FASS). Mary Ann represented PSA on the FASS Board (1997-2000) and served as President (1998-1999). She also represented PSA and FASS on the National Acad-emy of Science’s Board of Agriculture, the CoFARM Steering Committee and on the planning committees for FAIR-95 and FAIR-2000. She further served the American Society of Zoolo-gists as Secretary and as session chair at several meetings. Dr. Ottinger’s service to her department and university included the Graduate Program Review Committee (1996), Graduate Fel-lowship Committee, Research Council to the Graduate School Dean, search committees, promotion and tenure committees, etc. In recognition of her many outstanding leadership activities, PSA selected Mary Ann to receive the Helene Cecil Leadership Award in 2000. Her department chair and nominator, Dr. Richard Erdman, con-cluded, “… the combined excellence in scholarship, teaching and

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mentorship shown by Dr. Ottinger during her academic career, along with the leadership provided to PSA and FASS more than merit her election as a Poultry Science Fellow. She is truly de-serving of this recognition….”

2005 PSA ANNUAL MEETING SPONSORS

GOLD LEVEL: $5,000 - $15,000 Alabama Poultry and Egg Association

Alltech, Inc. DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.

Novus International, Inc.

SILVER LEVEL: $1,500 - $4,999 Archer Daniels Midland Co. Ajinomoto Heartland, LLC Alpharma Animal Health

Aviagen, Inc. Cargill Animal Health Cobb-Vantress, Inc.

Danisco Animal Health Elanco Animal Health

Embrex, Inc. Heritage Breeders, LLC

Jones-Hamilton Co. Southern Poultry Science Association

Tyson Foods, Inc. Zinpro Corporation

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BRONZE LEVEL: UP TO $1,499 Adisseo USA, Inc.

Agricultural Biotechnology Stewardship Technical Committee Alternative Design

Colorado Quality Research Degussa Corporation

Hybrid Turkeys Intervet, Inc.

Kemin Americas, Inc. Maple Lead Farms, Inc.

Midwest Poultry Federation Nicholas Turkey Breeding Farms

Zymetrics, Inc.

2005 ANNUAL MEETING EXHIBITORS Adisseo USA Alltech, Inc.

ExSeed / Division of BASF Plant Science PetAg

Poultry Science Association Texture Technologies Corp.

2006 PSA Annual Meeting/University of Alberta 2008 World’s Poultry Congress

THANK YOU TO THE PSA AWARD SPONSORS FOR

THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT Alltech, Inc.

American Egg Board American Feed Industry Association

Hy-Line International Land O’Lakes/Purina Mills

Merck & Co., Inc. National Chicken Council

Nicholas Turkey Breeder Farms Phibro

Texture Technologies Corp. United Egg Producers

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August 3rd Auburn, Alabama

2005

Awards Banquet Program

Documents

2005 Awards Banquet AWARDS AND HONORS · AWARDS AND HONORS POULTRY SCIENCE ASSOCIATION 2005 Awards Banquet Program August 3rd Auburn, Alabama