April - Poultry Science Association

PSA Newsletter 

Volume 35 Number 1 April 2011 

From Your President 

Mike Lilburn 

PSA President 

Greetings from 

cold and snowy 

Wooster, Ohio. It is 

March and it seems 

hard to believe 

that we are only a 

few short months 

away from our 

annual meeting in 

St. Louis and the 

end of my year of service to PSA as 

president. As I am sure is always the 

case, being president of PSA requires 

responses to situations that could never 

be adequately incorporated into a job 

description for the position. In September, 

Tom Porter, Editor-in-Chief of Poultry 

Science, received a letter from the 

Humane Society of the United States, 

better known as HSUS, wishing to 

submit a Letter to the Editor response 

to Peter Holt’s symposium paper from 

our meeting in Denver. We (Porter; PSA 

Inside This Issue 

Executive Committee) felt it was important, 

with respect to the scientific credibility 

of Poultry Science, to publish the 

HSUS letter and to also solicit a rebuttal 

response from Holt. Both letters can 

be read in the most recent issue of the 

journal. We have implemented some 

initiatives in response to our new Strategic 

Plan, two of which I wish to share 

with you. Bob Taylor (University of 

New Hampshire) has agreed to chair a 

committee to monitor the Open Access 

legislation currently being discussed 

in Congress, and he has been very 

engaged, on behalf of PSA, in numerous 

endeavors in this regard. If passed, 

this legislation can potentially have a 

negative impact on the institutional 

membership dues that make up a large 

proportion of our annual revenue. We 

have also initiated a discussion with and 

opened our books to a financial planning 

professional, with the objective of 

putting together a budget model that 

will allow us to ask the “what if” questions 

relative to short-term or long-term 

effects on our revenue streams (i.e., 

Open Access). We had an initial report 

From Your President ...................................................1 

From Your Executive Director .....................................2 

Proposed Changes to the Constitution........................4 

Nominating Committee Report....................................5 

PSA Hatchery Update...................................................8 

Annual Meeting Highlights...........................................8 

WPSA US Branch News................................................9 

PSA Foundation Update.............................................10 

Coming Events...........................................................16 

Call for 2012 Symposium Topics................................16 

on this at our midyear board meeting in 

Atlanta, and the financial model being 

developed should be a key component 

of future budget discussions. 

With respect to our annual meeting, 

some of the details of the program 

are highlighted by Amy Batal in a different 

section of this newsletter. Suffice 

to say that PSA has long thought that 

we have much in common with our 

American Association of Avian Pathologists 

(AAAP) colleagues, and combining 

programmatic efforts would be a plus 

for both associations. Batal will be getting 

together in April with Richard Chin 

(AAAP Program Chair) to finalize the 

program, which, it is hoped, will include 

some sessions that are of mutual interest 

to both PSA and AAAP members. 

Our annual meetings and the publication 

of our journals are two cornerstones 

of our association, and I know 

that being program chair is a critically 

important, but in many ways thankless, 

job. I want to take this opportunity to 

thank Batal for her efforts on behalf 

of PSA in making this initial PSA-AAAP 

joint meeting a success. Our membership 

was consistent again this year, in 

terms of both the number of award 

nominations received and the timing of 

(continued pg 2) 

NEWSLETTER 

Vol. 35, No. 1 April 2011 

Published semi-annually by the Poultry Science 

Association and posted online. Subscription is 

included in dues paid by members. Address all 

correspondence to: 

PSA Newsletter 

2441 Village Green Place 

Champaign, IL 61822 

debis@assochq.org 

PSA NEWSLETTER 1

President 

Michael S. Lilburn 

OARDC / The Ohio State 

University 

330-263-3992 

FAX: 330-263-3949 

lilburn.1@osu.edu 

First Vice President 

Michael J. Wineland 

North Carolina State 

University 

919-515-5529 

FAX: 919-515-7070 

mike_wineland@ncsu.edu 

Second Vice President 

Michael T. Kidd 

University of Arkansas 

479-575-3699 

FAX: 479-575-3026 

mkidd@uark.edu 

Robert E. Buresh 

Novus International Inc. 

864-633-8633 

bob.buresh@novusint.com 

David J. Caldwell 

Texas A&M University 

979-845-4288 

FAX: 979-854-1921 

caldwell@poultry.tamu.edu 

Theresia K. Lavergne 

Louisiana State University 

225-578-2219 

FAX: 225-578-1259 

tlavergne@agcenter.lsu.edu 

E. Ernest M. Pierson 

Danisco Animal Nutrition 

314-231-7766 

Fax: 314-231-7533 

ernie.pierson@danisco.com 

Executive Director 

James W. Kessler 

36004 Cortona Court 

Murrieta, CA 92562 

951-677-0069 

FAX: 909/677-2420 

jamesk@assochq.org 

PSA Board of Directors 

Directors 

Secretary-Treasurer 

R. Michael Hulet 

Penn State University 

814-863-8934 

FAX: 814-865-5691 

mrh@psu.edu 

Past President 

Sally Noll 

University of Minnesota 

612-624-4928 

FAX: 612-625-5789 

nollx001@umn.edu 

Frederick G. Silversides 

Agriculture and Agri Food 

Canada 

604-796-1725 

FAX: 604-796-0359 

fred.silversides@agr.gc.ca 

Tara York 

AB Vista Feed Ingredients 

910-245-2888 

FAX: 910-245-2886 

tarayork@abvista.us 

Student Directors 

Jessica C. Butler 

Auburn University 

butlejc@auburn.edu 

James Tyus II 

Tennessee State University 

jtyus@aplsglobal.org 

PSA Business Office 

Asstistant Executive 

Director 

Jon A. Cole 



217-356-5285 

FAX: 217-398-4119 

jonc@assochq.org 

Executive Assistant 

Debi Seymour 



217-356-2426 ext. 151 

debis@assochq.org 

Future PSA Annual Meeting Locations 

2011 (PSA, AAAP, AVMA) 

July 16–19, 2011, America’s Center 

St. Louis, MO 

2012 PSA Annual Meeting 

July 9–12, 2012, The Georgia Center 

Athens, GA 

2013 PSA Annual Meeting 

July 21–25, 2013, Town & Country Resort 

& Convention Center, San Diego, CA 

(continued from pg 1) 

the nominations. I know that many of 

our members, including myself, were 

very busy the last two days of February. 

The announcement of our award winners 

is an important component of our 

annual meeting and gives us a chance 

to acknowledge both our younger 

members and our more established 

ones. I know from personal experience 

that even the process of putting 

together a nomination package is a 

small but often very meaningful way of 

expressing your respect for a colleague 

and their professional contributions. 

Over the course of any given year, 

PSA is often approached by outside 

media sources to answer questions or 

address issues as a result of our stated 

goal of becoming the source for the 

dissemination of science-based information 

relative to poultry science. Last 

December, PSA was approached by a 

European organization that publishes 

interviews with various business and 

association leaders about their respective 

organizations. I have included a 

link to the most recent issue of their 

publication, International Innovation 

(http://www.research-europe.com/ 

index.php/2010/08/dr-james-w-kesslerexecutive-director-poultry-science-association/) 

because I think it fairly well 

summarizes some key discoveries made 

by poultry scientists, the role of PSA in 

the development of the poultry industry, 

and our goals for the future. I want 

to express my appreciation to Jim Kessler 

and Mary Beck for their collective 

efforts in putting this piece together. 

As I finish, I again want to thank Jim 

Kessler and Jon Cole for their continuing 

role in keeping PSA running on a 

daily basis and to the PSA Board for 

their support and input as we deal with 

ongoing association challenges. 

Deadline for 

articles for the 

next issue of the PSA 

Newsletter 

All submissions for the next issue 

of the PSA Newsletter are due 

at PSA Headquarters by August 

24, 2011. Please submit articles, 

news, and announcements to 

debis@assochq.org. 

From Your Executive 

Director 


PSA Executive Director 

PSA Members and Friends— 

Greetings! I hope this newsletter 

finds you well and preparing for your 

journey to St. Louis, Missouri, in July to 

meet jointly with the American Veterinary 

Medicine Association (AVMA) and 

American Association of Avian Pathologists 

(AAAP) to share our science. In 

the following paragraphs, I will update 

you on some of the activities Jon Cole 

and I have been involved in since our 

last newsletter update in October 2010. 

Web Site Design 

We continue to develop the PSA web 

site following our major update last 

year. The student sections dealing with 

the PSA Hatchery are under review and 

revision by your student board members 

Jessica Butler and James Tyus. 

Again, as you peruse the network and 

determine anything that we may do 

to improve the web site, please send 

those comments forward. And a special 

thank you goes to Ken Macklin again 

this year as he continues to provide 

timely weekly updates on the portal 

page. 

Audit 2010 

Our audit will be conducted by May, 

Cocagne & King, P.C. It was our decision 

to change based on the timing 

and lack of continuity with the frequent 

change of personnel at Martin, Hood, 

Friese and Associates (MHFA). The 

process begins in December with interviews 

with the executive director and 

board members and will end with an 

on-site review of our records in March. 

The cost of conducting the audit for 

the 2010, 2011, and 2012 fiscal years 

will be $11,100, $11,600, and $12,100, 

respectively. This is a cost savings com- 


2 SPRING 2011


pared with the pricing received from 

MHFA. 

PSA Press Releases 

Five press releases have been developed 

and published since last September. 

This venue under the supervision 

of our communications expert Nathan 

May continues to keep PSA in the 

headlines as we address topics that are 

current and relevant to our industry 

and stakeholders. The communications 

are now being requested by popular 

trade magazines; interviews have been 

requested with the authors; and the 

press releases continue to be cited in 

daily e-mail newsletters such as Watt, 

Poultex News, and Meatingplace. With 

the success of this endeavor, we have 

been requested to develop an overview 

of PSA that will be published in 

Research Media in March or April of this 

year. Thank you to all who have been 

involved in the press releases; they are 

posted on the web site http://www. 

poultryscience.org/press.asp. 

Electronic Membership 

Renewals for 2011 

The electronic membership renewal 

process continues to improve each year 

as we attempt to make the process 

paper free. We continue to use a final 

paper request for renewals, which has 

proved to be a very effective reminder 

for members to renew. The process 

will continue to be electronic, but it is 

apparent a paper option will remain 

a requirement for the near future. 

Please continue to forward any comments 

for making the site more user 

friendly to our attention for implementation 

(jamesk@assochq.org or jonc@ 

assochq.org). 

Awards Submissions 

Jon and I would like to thank all the 

award committees for updating the criteria 

for all the various awards and the 

sponsoring companies for their cooperation 

and input as well. The awards 

site closed on March 1 and the number 

of nominations was increased for all 

awards when compared with the 2010 

nominations. The system has been 

improved to make it easier for members 

to resubmit nomination packages for 

candidates that were not selected the 

previous year. 

The Jones-Hamilton Co. Graduate 

Student Travel Grants Award will open 

for nominations once the abstract site 

has been closed. Grants are available 

to students both in the United States 

and in the international community for 

travel assistance to the 2011 annual 

meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. 

Please continue to forward any comments 

for making the awards site more 

user friendly to our attention for implementation 

(jamesk@assochq.org or 

jonc@assochq.org). 

Annual Meetings 

St. Louis, Missouri, 2011: The 

meeting is scheduled for July 16 to 20, 

2011. We are looking forward to a great 

venue with AVMA and AAAP. We have 

posted the symposia scheduled for 

the meeting on the PSA web site, and 

the program group led by Amy Batal is 

working closely with AAAP to develop a 

grand program. Details of the summer 

annual meeting may be previewed at 

http://www.poultryscience.org/psa11/ 

Athens, Georgia, 2012: The meeting 

is scheduled for July 9 to 12, 2012. 

Sessions will convene in the Georgia 

Center. We are contracting to gain 

additional overflow housing, and that 

will complete any outstanding issues for 

this meeting. 

San Diego, California, 2013: The 

meeting is scheduled for July 22 to 25, 

2013. Contracts have been signed and 

the deal completed with the Town and 

Country Resort and Convention Center. 

If you wish to preview the location, you 

can find an overview at http://www. 

towncountry.com/. 

New Strategic Plan Initiative 

The Strategic Planning Committee, 

under the watchful eye of Mary Beck 

and overseen by Sally Noll, has made 

great progress. We continue to work 

on the strategic issues that were identified, 

and progress is being made in the 

membership, outreach, and especially 

Foundation projects such as the Legacy 

effort. We are hoping to launch phase 

I of the Legacy Project, the electronic 

journal addition back to 1908, in July. 

PSA Journals 

We continue to look for new marketing 

initiatives for our journal with the 

assistance of Susan Pollock, the PSA 

managing editor. Our efforts with The 

Charlesworth Group and The Kaufman- 

Wills Group are still under review. Open 

access is still an issue, but the board, 

editorial committee, and editors-in-chief 

continue to monitor the information 

that is forthcoming as the national 

struggle to define the process continues 

to unfold. We have also contracted with 

the marketing group Dragonfly in an 

effort to market our journals outside 

the United States. 

PSA Investments 

All PSA, PSA Foundation, and WPSA- 

USA assets are currently held at Stifel 

Nicolaus. Our accountant, William E. 

Gleason, continues to provide advice 

and opportunities as they occur. As of 

the writing of this newsletter, the asset 

totals for PSA and the PSA Foundation 

are $1,680,917.17 and $88,561.16, 

respectively. The WPSA-USA assets also 

continue to increase. 

Jon Cole and I extend our appreciation 

to Susan Pollock, Debi Seymour, 

and a host of other FASS support personnel, 

PSA members, PSA board members, 

and PSA FASS representatives for 

your continued effort in assisting the 

organization to meet its mission statement! 

All indications are that the direction 

for PSA continues to be very positive 

and that pride in the Association 

is high. We look forward to seeing 

many of you in St. Louis, Missouri, this 

summer. We are proud to represent you 

as your executive director and assistant 

executive director! 

PSA NEWSLETTER 3

Proposed Changes to the PSA Constitution and By-Laws 


PSA Constitution Committee Chair 

The Constitution Committee, composed 

of M. J. Wineland, M. S. Lilburn, 

M. T. Kidd, R. E. Buresh, and T. York, 

with approval from the PSA board is 

recommending the following amendments 

to our Constitution regarding 

committees. 

Note strikethrough text for deletions 

and underlined text for insertions. 

Proposed change to 

BY-LAWS. ARTICLE 10. 

Committees. 

Section 7. There shall be a committee 

whose duty is to administer the 

activities of the United States of America 

(USA) Branch of the World’s Poultry 

Science Association (WPSA). The activities 

of the USA Branch of the WPSA 

include: 1) the exchange of knowledge 

in all areas of poultry science in accord 

with Article II of the Constitution of 

the WPSA; 2) cooperation with trade 

associations in promoting better understanding 

among the poultry industries 

of all countries; 3) the promotion 

of poultry scientists’ participation in 

international efforts related to poultry 

science and the poultry industry; 4) 

providing for the participation of the 

USA members in the World’s Poultry 

Congresses by enlisting the cooperation 

of appropriate government agencies to 

facilitate the accreditation of an official 

delegation, by promoting industry 

participation in the Congresses, and by 

securing travel grants for members to 

participate in the Congress program; 

5) increasing USA membership in the 

WPSA; 6) nominating candidates for 

membership on the Council of the 

WPSA; 7) providing USA councilors 

representatives and participating in the 

meeting of the WPSA councilors representatives 

at each World Congress; and 

8) conducting other functions, as may 

arise, related to the interests of the 

USA poultry industry in its relationship 

to the WPSA. The committee shall consist 

of six individuals who are members 

of the USA Branch of the WPSA in good 

standing and who have a demonstrated 

interest in international poultry activities. 

Each committee member will serve 

four-year terms, with the committee 

electing its own President, Vice-President, 

and Secretary-Treasurer every 4 

2 years. 

Rationale: 

The President, Vice-President, and 

Secretary-Treasurer will begin serving 

their terms in January of the year following 

the World Congress. One-half 

of the members of the committee will 

be chosen every two years: during the 

year of the World Congress and during 

the second year following the Congress. 

The president of the Poultry Science 

Association, Inc. will serve as ex officio 

member with the right to vote only 

during a tiebreaker. In the event that 

the president of the Poultry Science 

Association is not a member of the 

USA Branch of the WPSA, the board of 

directors of the Poultry Science Association 

will appoint an individual who 

is a member of the USA Branch of the 

WPSA to serve as ex officio member. 

The president of the Poultry Science 

Association will appoint one individual 

who is a member of the USA Branch 

of the WPSA during each appointment 

year, and the membership of the USA 

Branch of the WPSA will elect two other 

members by ballot during June of each 

election year. The standing committee 

shall select the names on the ballot for 

the elected positions, with a provision 

for write-in candidates. The two individuals 

with the highest vote from those 

nominated during the World Congress 

year will also serve as members of the 

board of the Poultry Science Association 

Foundation, Inc. (Article 9 of the By- 

Laws) during their four-year term. Committee 

members appointed or elected 

during the year of the Congress will 

begin their service on the Committee in 

January following the World Congress. 

Those members appointed or elected 

two years after the World Congress will 

begin their terms on the Committee in 

January following their election. The 

funds of the USA Branch of the WPSA 

will be placed in a restricted account 

within the Poultry Science Association 

Foundation, Inc. (Article 9 of the By- 

Laws). Expenditure of these funds must 

be approved by the standing committee 

of the USA Branch of the WPSA, 

which will request dispersal of funds in 

a manner consistent with the goals of 

the WPSA. 

Proposed Change to 

Appendix of Constitution: 

Current wording: Annual 

Meeting Program Committee 

Appendix A 

6. World’s Poultry Science Association 

Lectureship. 

(a) The Program Chairperson will 

contact the WPSA-USA Committee and 

the Canadian Branches of the World’s 

Poultry Science Association (WPSA) to 

determine if they will sponsor the WPSA 

Lectureship, the extent of their financial 

involvement, and whether they wish 

to nominate a speakers for the WPSA 

Lectureship. 

(b) Nominations of additional 

speaker candidates may be made from 

any other source. 

(c) (b) In those years when the 

WPSA has indicated its intent to sponsor 

a lectureship, the Program Chairperson 

WPSA-USA Committee and the 

Canadian Branch of the WPSA will identify 

a speaker and topic and will obtain 

a commitment from that individual. will 

submit a list of at least three acceptable 

candidates as speakers. This list will be 

presented to the 

(c) The name of the individual 

selected for the WPSA Lectureship will 

be submitted to the Program Chair for 

approval by the PSA Board of Directors 

at the their Annual midyear meeting 

prior to the year in which the speaker 

will appear. 

(d) Final selection of the list of 

acceptable speakers is made by the 

Board of Directors. 

(e) The Program Chairperson will 

contact the individual to be invited, 

obtain a commitment from that individual, 

and report this action at the 

Midyear Board of Directors’ Meeting. 

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Nominating 

Committee Report 

Sally Noll 

Chair 

The Nominating Committee, comprising 

C. Novak, A. Donoghue, J. 

Remus, A. Giesen, J. Carey, and M. 

Lacy, express their appreciation to the 

PSA members who submitted names 

for consideration as future leaders of 

our association. We respectfully recommended 

the following slate of candidates 

to the PSA board, which will be 

voted on by the membership attending 

the annual business meeting in St. 

Louis, Missouri. 

President 

Michael J. Wineland, 

North Carolina State University 

First Vice President 

Michael Kidd, University of Arkansas 

Secretary–Treasurer 

R. Michael Hulet, 

Pennsylvania State University 

Second Vice President 

Sheila Purdum, 

University of Nebraska 

Michael O. Smith, 

University of Tennessee 

Director #1 

Chris Ashwell, 


Audrey McElroy, Virginia Tech 

Director #2 

Karen Christensen, OK Farms 

Don McIntyre, Adisseo 

Candidate Bios 

President: 



Michael Wineland, a native of Wisconsin, 

earned his BS, MS, and PhD 

degrees at the University of Wisconsin– 

Madison. He spent three years 

as an extension poultry specialist and 

assistant professor at West Virginia 

University before joining the faculty at 

North Carolina State University (NCSU) 

as an extension specialist. At NCSU, his 

responsibilities have been to develop 

extension education programs for the 

broiler breeder and the hatchery industries. 

A few of these programs included 

the development and use of mechanized 

nesting systems and proper lighting 

management for broiler breeders 

and pullets. More recently, Wineland’s 

program emphasis has been directed 

toward incubation management. He 

organizes and conducts a number of 

programs, including the North Carolina 

Broiler Breeder and Hatchery Management 

Conference and the NCSU 

Hatchery Management Workshop, for 

industry clientele. He also currently 

serves as the departmental extension 

leader at NCSU, helping to facilitate 

the extension programs of eight other 

extension specialists. He is active in 

graduate education and the mentoring 

of honor students at NCSU. For the last 

eight years, he has taught a portion of 

the Breeder and Hatchery Management 

class held during the summer at the 

University of Wisconsin, which is organized 

by the Midwest Consortium. He 

has served PSA as secretary–treasurer 

(2004 to 2006) and on a number of 

committees, a few being the Environmental 

Quality Committee, Long-Range 

Planning Committee, and Extension 

Committee. 

First Vice President: 

Michael Kidd 


Mike Kidd received his PhD from 

North Carolina State University in 1994 

under the direction of P. R. Ferket 

(nutrition advisor) and M. A. Qureshi 

(immunology advisor). From 1994 

to 1999, he worked for Nutri-Quest 

Inc. as a research manager and subsequently 

as a research director, in 

charge of global poultry research and 

development. He joined the faculty of 

the Department of Poultry Science at 

Mississippi State University in 1999. At 

Mississippi State University, he served 

in professorial roles from 1999 to 2006 

and as department head from 2006 to 

2010. His current role is director of the 

Center of Excellence for Poultry Science 

and department head of the Poultry 

Science Department at the University 

of Arkansas. He has published more 

than 350 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 

book chapters, proceedings, articles, or 

abstracts. From 1997 to the present, he 

has served as an editorial reviewer for 

Poultry Science and the The Journal of 

Applied Poultry Research. From 2006 

to 2009, he served one term as subject 

editor (Nutrition) for The Journal of 

Applied Poultry Research. From 2005 to 

2008, he served as director for the PSA. 

Secretary–Treasurer: 

R. Michael Hulet 

Pennsylvania State University 

R. Michael Hulet is an associate 

professor in the Department of Poultry 

Science, Penn State University, 

University Park. He earned his BS and 

MS degrees in animal science from 

Brigham Young University and was 

awarded a PhD in poultry science from 

Texas A&M University in 1981. He was 

employed as an extension specialist 

at Virginia Tech from 1981 until 1993, 

when he accepted a position in the 

Poultry Science Department at Penn 

State University. Hulet has taught the 

Advanced Management course for the 

past four years, and he will be teaching 

the Poultry Production and Management 

course in the future. His current 

research interests include incubation, 

hatchery management, and nutrient 

and environmental management for 

meat birds. He provides leadership for 

regional and local poultry management 

meetings in Pennsylvania. He is active 

in many Pennsylvania poultry activities, 

including the PennAg Poultry Health 

Committee, Poultry Meat and Egg Committee, 

and Pennsylvania Farm Show 

poultry contests. Hulet has served for 

many years on the Program Committee 

for the National Poultry Waste Management 

Meeting and has served as meeting 

chair and as other committee chairs 

for the bi-yearly meeting since 1988. 

In 2010, he was awarded the Phibro 

Animal Health Poultry Science Extension 

Award. Hulet has been a PSA member 

since 1973 and has published many 

articles in Poultry Science and The 

Journal of Applied Poultry Research. He 

has been active on many PSA committees, 

including Nominations, Extension 

Affairs, and Environmental Quality, and 

has served recently as the program 

meeting chair for the Production, Environment, 

and Management section for 

the combined meetings in San Antonio, 

Texas. He served on committees 

for the National Chicken Council and 

National Turkey Federation in advising 

and developing animal welfare guidelines. 

Hulet has served as an associate 

editor for Poultry Science and Biology 

of Reproduction, and on the review 

board of The Journal of Applied Poultry 

Research. Hulet was the PSA representative 

to PAACO (Professional Animal 

Auditor Certification Organization) for 

four years and has served as treasurer 

on their board of directors for the last 


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two years. He has served as secretary– 

treasurer for PSA for the past year. 

Second Vice President: 

Sheila Purdum 

University of Nebraska 

Sheila E. Purdum is a professor of 

animal science and extension poultry 

specialist in the Animal Science Department 

at the University of Nebraska. 

Purdum has been employed by the 

University of Nebraska since 1992 as 

an extension poultry specialist and currently 

has a three-way appointment, 

conducting applied poultry nutrition 

research, providing state leadership 

for all poultry extension activities, and 

teaching an Advanced Animal Nutrition 

class. Recently, Purdum was interim 

department head for Animal Science 

from August 2007 to August 2009. 

Past leadership responsibilities in PSA 

include being a director from 1998 to 

2000, section editor for the Metabolism 

and Nutrition section of Poultry Science 

from 1999 to 2005, and session chair 

at the 1996 meetings. Purdum was 

awarded the AFIA Nutrition Research 

Award for Poultry Science in 2000 and 

the Helene Cecil Leadership Award in 

2007. Purdum has been a member of 

PSA since 1982. “I am sincerely interested 

in the future of poultry science 

in an era of rapid change in the use 

and application of technology. Some 

of the coming challenges include how 

to keep our publications current and 

in sound economic management with 

a dwindling base of researchers in the 

United States and in light of external 

pressures such as Open Access. Other 

challenges include a growing dichotomy 

in the poultry sector, with needs ranging 

from backyard production education 

to intense, large-scale international and 

national sector education and research 

needs. My experiences with PSA as well 

as my strong experience in extension 

and administration add to my unique 

perspective as PSA addresses these 

challenges. My hopes and aspirations 

for the future of PSA are bright and 

strong as we face an ever-changing 

global agriculture and poultry economy.” 

Second Vice President: 

Michael O. Smith 


Mike Smith is a professor in the 

Department of Animal Science at the 

University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He 

has been an active member of PSA 

since 1984, serving in many capacities. 

He was a member of the PSA board of 

directors from 2002 to 2005, served as 

session chair for both the Nutrition section 

and the Environment and Management 

section. He served as a member 

and then chair of the Pfizer Extension 

Award Committee and the Maple Leaf 

Duck Award Committee. He also served 

on the PSA Long Range Planning Committee 

and on the PSA Hatchery. Smith 

is a member of the World’s Poultry Science 

Association and served for many 

years on the College Student Career 

Program Advisory Committee of the US 

Poultry & Egg Association. He is on the 

editorial/review board of The Journal of 

Applied Poultry Research. 

A native of Jamaica, Smith holds 

a Diploma in Agriculture from The 

Jamaica School of Agriculture and 

received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees 

from Oklahoma State University, 

Stillwater. He was employed as an 

agricultural extension officer with the 

Jamaican Ministry of Agriculture and 

as an agricultural science teacher with 

the Ministry of Education. After completing 

his doctoral degree in 1986, 

he was employed at Oklahoma State 

University as a research associate. In 

1989, he took a research and teaching 

position at the University of Tennessee, 

where he has been involved in 

teaching the undergraduate poultry 

production courses as well as mentoring 

graduate students and conducting 

research in the nutrition–environmental 

temperature interaction in poultry. He 

also served as interim assistant dean of 

the College of Agricultural Sciences and 

Natural Resources. In the latter position, 

he was responsible for graduate 

school activities as well as undergraduate 

and graduate student recruitment. 

To support his teaching and research 

activities, Smith has obtained extramural 

support from federal, university, 

and industry sources. He has published 

more than 100 scientific articles, including 

37 papers in referred journals, 38 

abstracts from national presentations, 

20 technical articles, and 11 proceedings. 

He has also given 14 invited 

presentations. Smith was twice nominated 

for the PSA Purina Mills Teaching 

Award. He has received numerous 

awards from the University of Tennessee, 

including the Chancellor’s Citation 

for Extraordinary Service, the E. 

R. “Prof” Lidvall Outstanding Teaching 

Award, the Outstanding Faculty Advisor 

Award, the W. F. & Golda Moss Outstanding 

Teaching Award, and the W. S. 

Overton Faculty Merit Award, presented 

in recognition of outstanding contributions 

to student development. He is an 

active member of the Gamma Sigma 

Delta National Honor Society of Agriculture 

as well as the Honor Society of Phi 

Kappa Phi. 

Director #1: 

Chris Ashwell 


Chris Ashwell, a native of Virginia, 

earned his BS degree in biochemistry 

and nutrition from Virginia Polytechnic 

Institute and State University and his 

PhD in biochemistry from Wake Forest 

University’s Bowman Gray School of 

Medicine. He was first exposed to 

poultry science by Paul Siegel in 1989 

and completed his dissertation investigating 

the mechanism of substrate 

recognition by the enzyme signal peptidase, 

isolated from the hen oviduct. 

Ashwell continued on his career path 

back to agriculture under the guidance 

of John McMurtry, initially as a 

USDA-Agricultural Research Service 

postdoctoral fellow and eventually as a 

lead scientist at the Beltsville Agriculture 

Research Center. He is currently 

an associate professor in the Poultry 

Science Department of North Carolina 

State University’s College of Agriculture 

and Life Sciences. Since joining the faculty 

at North Carolina State University 

in 2003, he has served as an instructor 

in the university’s biotechnology 

program, teaching laboratory courses 

in real-time PCR and gene expression 

analysis using microarrays. Ashwell also 

advises undergraduate poultry science 

majors, master’s students studying 

physiology, and numerous PhD students 

from departments ranging from 

chemical engineering to zoology. It is 

his goal to foster a new generation of 

independent critical thinkers who can 

solve problems that face the future of 

animal agriculture. Although primarily 

a researcher, Ashwell is the past chair 

and currently serves on both the College 

and the University Undergraduate 

Course and Curriculum Committees and 

was responsible for the revision of all 

academic curricula incorporating new 

university general education requirements 

in 2008 to 2009. The main 

focus of Ashwell’s research program 

resides in two areas; these include 

the identification of gene(s) underlying 

traits of economic importance in 


6 SPRING 2011


poultry and the manipulation of gene 

expression by diet, nutrition, and 

supplementation. The USDA-National 

Research Initiative and many private 

sponsors spanning the poultry industry, 

from primary breeders to feed supplement 

providers, have funded Ashwell’s 

research program. Most recently, he 

has collaborated on work with novel 

early-life nutritional conditioning methods 

to improve nutrient utilization. 

He has authored or coauthored 38 

peer-reviewed publications, along with 

numerous abstracts, proceedings, and 

presentations in the United States and 

abroad. Ashwell currently serves as the 

chair of the PSA Annual Meeting Committee 

and is the program co-chair for 

the 2010 Joint Annual Meeting. He has 

been a member of PSA since 1998 and 

has served Poultry Science as an associate 

editor in the Genetics, Molecular 

Biology, and Nutrition sections. Ashwell 

actively participates in one national and 

two regional USDA-coordinated projects. 

Ashwell is also a member of the 

American Genetical Society, International 

Society of Animal Genetics, and 

the American Physiological Society. 

Director #1: 

Audrey McElroy 

Virginia Tech 

Audrey McElroy is an associate professor 

in the Department of Animal 

and Poultry Sciences at Virginia Tech, 

where she has been a member of the 

faculty since 1999. She is a native of 

Texas and earned her BS, MS, and PhD 

degrees in poultry science at Texas 

A&M University. At Virginia Tech, she 

has a three-way appointment, conducting 

intestinal health research, teaching 

undergraduate courses, and providing 

extension programming for the 

Virginia poultry industry. Her research 

is focused on intestinal responses to 

enteric pathogens, the host–pathogen 

interaction, and the ability to minimize 

the impact of these on growth and 

performance in commercial broilers and 

turkeys. Her goals are to investigate 

intestinal mechanisms of immunity to 

pathogens and gut integrity and how 

they can be modulated by dietary 

or nutritional strategies, or by other 

means, to improve intestinal response 

during a disease challenge in relation 

to its ability to function optimally for 

immune defense, digestion, absorption, 

secretion, and transport. McElroy currently 

teaches courses in Commercial 

Poultry Management and Contemporary 

Issues in Animal and Poultry Sciences, 

and lectures in Introduction to Animal 

and Poultry Sciences. In 2010, she was 

awarded a College of Agriculture and 

Life Sciences Certificate of Teaching 

Excellence. In addition to working with 

the poultry industry on problem solving 

and research directly related to her 

specific areas, she provides leadership 

for the annual Virginia Poultry Health 

and Management meeting, is responsible 

for the Virginia commercial poultry 

biosecurity audit program, and serves 

on the poultry committee for the Mid- 

Atlantic Nutrition Conference. McElroy 

has been author or co-author on 36 

peer-reviewed publications, more than 

100 abstracts published in proceedings 

from national or international scientific 

meetings, and three trade journal 

articles. She has been a member of PSA 

since 1994 and has served the society 

as a member of the Nominating Committee 

and the Phibro Extension Award 

Selection Committee and as chair of the 

Frank Perdue Live Poultry Food Safety 

Committee. She has also chaired the 

Planning Committee for the National 

Poultry Extension Workshop, served 

as a section program chair for the 

PSA annual meeting for 4 years, and 

served as a session chair for four years. 

Other society service includes serving 

as president of the Southern Poultry 

Science Society in 2008 to 2009. She 

served consecutive terms as an associate 

editor of Poultry Science and also 

frequently reviews for The Journal of 

Applied Poultry Research and Avian 

Diseases. McElroy is also a member of 

the World’s Poultry Science Association, 

Southern Poultry Science Society, the 

American Association of Avian Pathologists, 

and the Virginia Poultry Federation. 

Director #2: 

Karen D. Christensen 

OK Farms 

Karen Christensen, a native of 

Washington State, is the director of 

Technical Services for OK Farms Inc., an 

integrated broiler production company 

located in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She 

joined OK Farms Inc. 13 years ago after 

working for another integrated broiler 

company in the Pacific Northwest. Her 

primary responsibilities include operating 

extensive research facilities conducting 

both internal and contract research 

trials, the animal welfare program for OK 

Farms, and feed quality, serology, and 

micro laboratories that support the processing 

side of the company. 

Christensen received her BS degree 

in animal science from Washington 

State University and worked with layers 

for H & N International. After joining a 

broiler company, she completed her MS 

degree in animal science from Washington 

State University, with an emphasis 

in poultry physiology. She recently 

received her PhD from Mississippi State 

University, where she studied the physiological 

impact of fasting on broilers, 

including alternative feeds for the withdrawal 

period and the response of glucagon 

and insulin to fasting. In addition 

to being a PSA member (since 1987), 

she was appointed by FASS to serve as 

PSA’s representative on the board of 

directors of PAACO (Professional Animal 

Auditor Certification Organization) and 

currently serves as vice chair and trains 

broiler welfare auditors. She also serves 

on the laboratory advisory board for the 

Arkansas State Diagnostic Laboratory. 

Christensen has made many presentations 

at poultry meetings on topics 

related to broiler production and animal 

welfare. 

Director #2: 

Don McIntyre 

Adisseo 

Don McIntyre is a graduate of North 

Carolina State University, with degrees 

in animal science and poultry science. 

He earned his MS degree from Colorado 

State University in 1980 and completed 

his PhD work at North Carolina State 

in 1984. McIntyre’s first job was with 

Oscar Mayer, followed by opportunities 

with Louis Rich, B.U.T.A., Wampler 

Foods, and Pilgrim’s Pride. Between 

2005 and 2010, he worked with Hybrid 

Turkeys as a member of the Science & 

Technology Group. Today, McIntyre is 

the poultry technical manager for North 

America with Adisseo. 

McIntyre lives near Pageland, South 

Carolina. He was certified by PAACO 

(Professional Animal Auditor Certification 

Organization) in 2006 as an 

Animal Welfare Auditor and has been a 

certified Professional Animal Scientist 

since 1984. McIntyre has 21 years of 

experience with turkeys and another 10 

years with chickens. He is currently first 

vice president of the Southern Poultry 

Science Society and is a longstanding 

member of PSA. During his career, he 

has served on the board of directors 

for the National Turkey Federation, US 

Poultry & Egg Association, North Carolina 

Poultry Federation, and South Carolina 

Poultry Federation. 

PSA NEWSLETTER 7

PSA Hatchery Update 

Jessica Butler 

Hatchery Chair 

First off, James Tyus and I would like 

the thank PSA for sponsoring our luncheon 

and the World’s Poultry Science 

Association (WPSA) and PSA for sponsoring 

our student mixer. A big thanks 

goes to Rob Van Wyhe as well for being 

an excellent leader and mentor for the 

past two years. A lot has been happening 

within the Hatchery this year! We 

had an excellent turnout at the student 

luncheon at PSA in Denver, where we 

elected James as the incoming representative 

to the board. We also discussed 

interest in forming our own PSA 

Hatchery board to assist in the planning 

of events, newsletters, and such. The 

mixer was held at the Blake Street Pub, 

where we got a history lesson on a 

ghost that haunts the establishment— 

very spooky! Rob and I had a busy 

year preparing for the PSA meeting, 

which included assisting the Strategic 

Planning Committee with the new plan 

for the next 5 and 10 years. We also 

had several conference calls regarding 

the PSA Hatchery portion of the web 

site. I think everyone will find it easier 

to use, especially since it is no longer 

necessary to sign in to the Hatchery 

portion itself. I would also like to mention 

that if anyone is on Facebook, the 

PSA Hatchery has its own page, and 

this is your invitation to join! We will 

post information there on our events 

and social activities. If you are not a 

member of the Facebook community, I 

highly recommend you join! James and 

PSA Headquarters Directory 

James W. Kessler, PSA Executive 

Director (jamesk@assochq.org) 

Jon Cole, PSA Assistant Executive 

Director (jonc@assochq.org): General 

questions; 217-356-5285 

Susan Pollock, Managing Editor of 

Poultry Science and The Journal of 

Applied Poultry Research (susanp@ 

assochq.org; journals@assochq. 

org): Journal questions, manuscript 

submission requirements, copyright 

I are in the process of sending out our 

Hatchery Newsletter, which will also go 

out to all members of PSA. It includes 

articles written by current and past 

hatchery members. In addition, we are 

formulating a symposium for the next 

meeting that will focus around answering 

questions about our industry from 

the media and the public. I hope everyone 

has a productive year, and we look 

forward to seeing you at the next PSA 

meeting. Be sure to look for our newsletters 

before then! 

and licensing questions; 217-356- 

7641 

Jennifer Gavel, Editorial Assistant 

(jennig@assochq.org): Manuscript 

Central questions 

Debi Seymour, Executive Assistant/Event 

Coordinator (debis@ 

assochq.org): Journal subscriptions 

and claims, reprint orders, member 

renewals, newsletter submissions; 

217-356-2426, ext. 151 

Annual Meeting Highlights 

Amy Batal 

2011 Annual Meeting Program Chair 

The planning for this year’s 

PSA and American Association 

of Avian Pathologists 

(AAAP) meeting is well underway, 

and we hope it turns 

into one of our best meetings 

yet. Please remember 

when making plans that the 

official meeting will begin on 

Sunday, July 17, and continue 

to Tuesday, July 19. Although 

the meeting does not begin 

until Sunday, we have a joint 

symposium (A Crystal Ball 

Look into the Future of…) 

planned for Saturday morn- 

ing and our standard Informal 

Nutrition Symposium on 

Saturday afternoon. We are 

very excited to announce that 

we will be having an opening 

reception on Saturday 

evening, so make plans to be 

there. Please also note that 

we have some great symposia 

planned for this year’s 

meeting (see titles listed 

below), including a Coccidiosis 

Symposium chaired by 

Greg Mathis, which will run all 

day on Tuesday, so keep this 

in mind when making your 

travel plans. You don’t want 

to miss anything at this year’s 

PSA/AAAP meeting (July 16 

to 19). 

Symposia Planned for 

the 2011 PSA/AAAP 

Annual Meeting: 

Food Safety Symposium— 

“Awareness of New Salmonella 

Thresholds” 

Coccidiosis Symposium 

Current Regulatory Status 

and Use of Antibiotics in the 

Poultry Industry 

Incubation and Effects 

upon Embryo and Hatchling 

Performance 

National Extension Workshop: 

The Impact of Major 

Policy Shifts on the US Food 

Supply and Producers 

Informal Nutrition Symposium: 

Exploring Maximum 

Animal Responses 

Joint AAAP/PSA Symposium: 

A Crystal Ball Look into 

the Future of… 

8 SPRING 2011

WPSA News: USA Branch of WPSA 

The Committee on the USA Branch of the WPSA (WPSA-USA) consists of S. Bilgili (president), P. Patterson (vice 

president), R. Buresh (branch secretary), E. Oviedo, W. Bottje, and R. Taylor, with M. S. Lilburn (president of PSA) 

serving as the ex officio member. 

WPSA-USA has met in both Atlanta, Georgia (January 2011), and Denver, Colorado (July 2010), to review and 

coordinate the annual activities of the WPSA membership. On both occasions, Roel Mulder, general secretary of the 

WPSA, has updated the Committee on global WPSA news, which can be reviewed at http://www.wpsa.com/ 

Some of the actions of the Committee are as follows: 

1. The annual Travel Grant Program has been suspended indefinitely to accumulate sufficient funds to support 

travel grants to the XXIV World’s Poultry Congress, to be held on August 5–8, 2012, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. 

2. WPSA-USA and the Canadian Branch of WPSA will be hosting a joint lecture at the PSA Annual Meeting. The 

Joint AAAP History/WPSA Lecture will be given by Greg Mathis of Southern Poultry Research Inc., and the title 

will be “History of the Poultry Industry: Scientific Breakthroughs.” 

3. WPSA-USA and the Canadian Branch of WPSA, along with PSA, will again be hosting a student mixer one evening 

during the PSA Annual Meeting. Check the PSA web site for details. 

3. A joint WPSA-USA/PSA bid for the 2020 World’s Poultry Congress (WPC) in the United States is being explored. 

If found feasible, a complete bid for the 2020 WPC will have to be prepared and finalized for presentation to 

the WPSA board in December 2011. The vote for the 2020 WPC will take place during the 2012 WPC in Brazil. 

4. A change in Section 7 of Article 10 of the PSA Constitution is proposed to streamline continuity in the terms of 

officers. This change, if approved by the membership, will call for the election of WPSA-USA Committee members 

every two years rather than every four years. 

5. The procedure by which the WPSA Lecture speaker is selected by the WPSA-USA Committee and Canadian 

Branch of the WPSA will be revised. It basically places the responsibility for identifying and selecting the WPSA 

Lecture speaker back on the two branches, where it typically has been. The role of the PSA board will be to 

make the final approval, as it does for most symposium speakers. 

Upcoming WPSA Meetings 

June 16–18, 2011 

Hotel Steglitz International, Berlin, Germany 

6th International Symposium on Turkey Production 

September 4–8, 2011 

Congress Centre Leipzig (CLL), Leipzig, Germany 

XX European Symposium on the Quality of Poultry Meat and 

XIV European Symposium on the Quality of Eggs and Egg Products 


Buenos Aires, Argentina 

XXII Latin American Poultry Congress ALA 2011 


University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland 

30th Poultry Science Symposium 

Alternative Systems for Poultry—Health, Welfare and Productivity 

October 5–7, 2011 

Peebles Hydro, near Edinburgh, Scotland 

7th European Symposium on Poultry Genetics 

October 31–November 4, 2011 

Çesme, Izmir, Turkey 

18th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition 

We hope that many of you will consider participating in one or more of these poultry educational meetings. See 

the WPSA web site Calendar for further details and registration information. 

PSA NEWSLETTER 9

PSA Foundation Update 

W. W. Saylor 

PSA Foundation Board of Trustees President 

Stuff.” So begin collecting your poultry 

memorabilia “stuff” you can bring to 

the meeting to help us raise funds for 

the Foundation in a fun way! 

PSA Legacy Project Update 

The Legacy Project, designed to 

raise funds to digitize and index back 

issues of Poultry Science (and its predecessor 

journals) to 1908 and make 

them available on the Poultry Science 

site, is nearing completion. As of the 

end of 2010, we had received more 

than 200 donations from 138 individual 

donors and five corporate sponsors in 

addition to the Novus Challenge Grant 

of $30,000. Donations were received 

from three sister associations: the 

Southern Poultry Science Society, 

WPSA-Canada, and WPSA-USA. 

There were 32 gifts of $1,000 or more 

from individual donors. A total of 36 

donations were made “In Memory Of” 

and 101 donations were given as tributes 

“In Honor Of.”The total received is 

$76,100. 

The scanning of all back issues is 

complete, and the files (abstracts plus 

PDF articles) have been delivered to 

HighWire for loading. HighWire has 

been working hard on quality assurance, 

making corrections, and reloading 

content as required. As this update 

is being written, we have received 

word that the final rounds of corrections 

and file resupplies have been 

completed, and that as soon as access 

control for members and institutions 

has been configured, we will be ready 

to launch the site. What that means is 

that the membership will have access 

to the past issues before our expected 

release date of July, which we had 

anticipated last year. Members will be 

notified of the exact date for the release 

as soon it has been finalized. The 

Foundation Board extends it sincere 

thanks to all who have contributed to 

this important project. 

2011 Silent Auction 

The Third PSA Foundation Silent 

Auction is planned for the annual 

meeting in St. Louis. The format will 

be similar to last year’s format, with 

the auction held during the reception 

before the Awards Banquet. Tony Pescatore 

will be organizing and managing 

the auction again this year, and has 

(tongue in cheek, I think) suggested 

the theme will be “Stuff People Want 

to Buy”—we assume he means “Poultry 

What’s Next? 

The Foundation Board met in Atlanta 

on November 18, 2010, for a fundraising 

workshop. We engaged the services 

of Melda Bassett, senior director 

of development for the University of 

Florida Foundation, to serve as presenter 

and moderator of the workshop. 

A number of initiatives were identified 

and discussed, together with potential 

prospective donors, for future initiatives. 

An overarching initiative that 

might be dubbed “Sustainability of 

PSA’s Future” was discussed and was a 

major point of discussion at the Foundation 

Board’s mid-year board meeting 

in January. We are in the process of 

developing the next major capital campaign, 

which we expect to launch at the 

annual meeting in St. Louis. At present, 

we are planning to raise funds to create 

an endowment to provide for 1) undergraduate 

scholarships, 2) graduate fellowships, 

3) student travel grants, and 

4) student research grants in an effort 

to ensure support for future members 

of the Association. We will keep the 

members informed as we move forward 

with this next exciting project. 

2011 PSA Informal Nutrition Symposium 

The 2011 PSA Informal Nutrition Symposium will be held on Saturday, July 16, at the America’s Center 

in St. Louis, Missouri. The theme of this year’s symposium is “Exploring Maximum Animal Responses.” 

The primary objective of this symposium is to provide an effective forum where critical and pertinent poultry issues 

are addressed. Issues are explored based on scientific discoveries that lead to practical solutions. Consequently, 

researchers can pursue future research and field managers can apply new findings promptly. 

The five presentations and speakers are 

Biological limits to productivity by Steve Leeson 

Optimizing broiler performance using different amino acid density diets: What are the limits? by Sergio Vieira and 

C. R. Angel 

Poultry response to high levels of dietary fiber sources varying in physical and chemical characteristics by 

Gonzalo Mateos 

Nutritional limits to responses during the poultry embryonic development 

by Zehava Uni 

Maximum immunity effectors: Mechanisms and animal performance Limitations by Ramesh Selvaraj 

There will be some discussions after each presentation. An extensive review and summation will be conducted by 

Brooke Humphrey, Bill Saylor, and Doug Korver. There will be ample of time for questions, answers, and comments by all 

participants. 

Informal Chair 

Mamduh Sifri 

10 SPRING 2011

DSM Nutrition Award 2011 

Call for Nominations 

Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the 

Netherlands, is pleased to invite nominations for the DSM Nutrition Award 2011 for research on Poultry 

Nutrition. The Award – which carries a cash prize of EUR 50,000 – has been established to recognize and 

reward excellence in innovative research in the nutritional sciences. 

The DSM Nutrition Award 2011 will be granted for outstanding 

achievements in research related to Poultry Nutrition. Scientists 

who have made major contributions to fundamental or applied 

research in this fi eld can be nominated for the award. A prime 

requirement is that the candidate’s research must have signifi cantly 

advanced the world’s understanding and knowledge of key questions 

in the fi eld of Poultry Nutrition. An international judging committee 

will review the nominations and select the winner. 

Candidates* for the award can be put forward by nomination only. 

Candidates cannot nominate themselves. 

Nominations must be made using the nomination form on DSM’s 

awards website at www.innovationawards.dsm.com. Supporting 

documents should be submitted in electronic form to Samia 

Bouhabila (samia.bouhabila@dsm.com), who can also be contacted 

for further information regarding the DSM Nutrition Award 2011. 

• Closing date: May 31, 2011 • 

The award will be presented at a major Poultry conference in 2011. 

The award recipient must be present to accept the award and 

present a paper on his/her research achievements. 

More information about DSM can be found at: www.dsm.com. 

* Employees of DSM and DSM’s subsidiaries and joint ventures, members 

of DSM’s scientific advisory boards and members of the DSM Nutrition Award 

committees cannot be nominated for the award. 

Thank You to our Foundation Donors 

Kenneth E. Anderson 

Todd J. Applegate 

Louis C. Arrington 

George H. Arscott 

James A. Arthur 

Janice M. Bahr 

Murray R. Bakst 

Melda H. Bassett 

Mary M. Beck 

Bruce R. Behrends 

Donald D. Bell 

Mark E. Berres 

Arthur Bickford 

Sacit F. Bilgili 

Walter G. Bottje 

Bram Brahmantiyo 

Albert Wade Brant 

Tom Bryan 

Kasey Bryant-Angeloni 


Austin H. Cantor 

John B. Carey 

C. Wendell Carlson 

Valerie L. Carney 

David D. Caveny 

A. Chandru 

Randall K. Cole 

Walter M. Collins 

Donal P. Conway 

Mark E. Cook 

Mary Erin Delany 

James H. Denton 

William A. Dudley-Cash 

Gregory L. Engelke 

Henry M. Engster 

Florencio Eusebio 

Amanda S. Fairchild 

M. Roger Fedde 

Hans Fisher 

Cal J. Flegal 

Santo D. Formica 

Richard H. Forsythe 

Achille Franchini 

Howard L. French Jr. 

Janet E. Fulton 

Glenn Stuart Geiger 

Andrew Giesen 

J. S. Gijral 

Edward W. Glazener 

Sergio Gomez 

Robert J. Grant 

Paul Griminger 

Mary Joan Gwyther 

N. Roy Gyles 

John W. Hardiman 

James A. Harper 

Gerald B. Havenstein 

Robert O. Hawes 

Patricia Y. Hester 

Harlan W. Hochstetler 

William E. Huff 

Mark E. Jackson 

Jacqueline P. Jacob 

Mohammad A. Jalal 

Alex A. Janssen 

Jimena Janssen 

Michelle Jane Jendral 

Nancy S. Joseph 



Bob Kreider 

Wayne J. Kuenzel 

Michael P. Lacy 

Susan J. Lamont 

Roger J. Lien 


James E. Marion 

Greg F. Mathis 

Audrey P. McElroy 

James C. McKay 

Leonel Mejia 

Randolph D. Mitchell 

David Monsalve 

Sally Noll 

Walther H. Ott 

Samuel L. Pardue 

Anthony J. Pescatore 

Greg Rennier 

Richard D. Reynnells 

Catherine A. Ricks 

Frank E. Robinson 

James S. Rock 

Arnold S. Rosenwald 

Ernest Ross 

William B. Roush 

William W. Saylor 

Karel A. Schat 

Sheila E. Scheideler 

Jerry L. Sell 

William Shaklee 

Herbert S. Siegel 

J. Singh 

Karman Singh 

Bogdan A. Slominski 

David C. Snetsinger 

J. Fred Stephens 

Ralph H. Stonerock 

John D. Summers 

Mary A. Swenson 

Robert L. Taylor Jr. 

Paul V. Twining Jr. 

Pamela Utterback 

Ari van Tienhoven 

Bernard C. Wentworth 

Nickolas G. Zimmermann 

Novus International Inc. 

Poultry Science Association 

Merial Select Inc. 

PSA NEWSLETTER 11


Vass, NC 

In Honor of 

Dr. Andrew F. Giesen, III 

Gordon C. Ballam 

Land ‘O Lakes Purina Feed, LLC 

In Honor of 




In Honor of 

Dr. Josef A. Renden 

John B. Carey 


In Memory of 

Dr. Albert Adams 

James L. Adams 

Wengers Feed Mill, Inc. 

Olayiwola Adeola 

Purdue University 

William A. Aho 

University of Connecticut 

Ajinomoto Heartland, LLC 

Chicago, IL 

In Honor of 


Christine Alvarado 


In Honor of 


Anonymous Donor 

In Honor of 


Todd J. Applegate 


In Honor of 


George H. Arscott 

Portland, OR 

Aviagen, Inc. 

Huntsville, AL 

In Honor of 


Larry D. Bacon 

USDA/ARS/ADOL 

In Memory of 

Dr. James V. Craig 

Murray R. Bakst 

USDA/ARS 

Bobby D. Barnett 

St. Petersburg, FL 

In Honor of 

Dr. Milton Sunde 

Melda H. Bassett 

Mary M. Beck 

Clemson University 

In Honor of 


Michael R. Bedford 


In Honor of 


Bruce R. Behrends 

Sparboe Farms, Inc. 

In Memory of 

Dr. Paul Waibel 

Donald D. Bell 

University of California 

David Benson 

Pacific Vet Group 

Arthur A. Bickford 

Turlock, CA 





In Honor of 

Dr. George H. Arscott 



In Honor of 




In Honor of 




In Honor of 

Dr. Ted Odom 

Francine A. Bradley 

University of California, Davis 

In Honor of 



Davis, CA 

Robert J. Brill 

Brilliant Alternatives, Inc. 

In Honor of 


Richard H. Bristol 

ILC Resources 

Tom Bryan 



Novus International, Inc. 

In Honor of 


David Burnham 

Aviagen, Inc. 

Edward G. Buss 


In Memory of 

Dr. Donald C. Warren 

Lyndon B. Carew, Jr. 

University of Vermont 

John B. Carey 


In Memory of 

Dr. Wendell Carlson 

John B. Carey 


In Honor of 


John B. Carey 


In Memory of 

Dr. Willie F. Krueger 

Cargill Animal Nutrition 

Elk River, MN 

Domenick J. Castaldo 

Highland College 

In Honor of 


David D. Caveny 

Rockin’ Rooster Ranch 

Hugh Cholick 


In Honor of 


Henry L. Classen 

University of Saskatchewan 

In Honor of 

Dr. Robert Smythe, Jr. 

Water M. Collins 

Simsbury, CT 

Paul F. Cotter 

Cotter Laboratory 

In Memory of 

Poultry Science Faculty at 

University of New Hampshire 

12 SPRING 2011

Nicholas M. Dale 

University of Georgia 

William F. Dean, Jr. 

Speonk, NY 

In Memory of 

Dr. Robert J. Young 

James H. Denton 


In Honor of 



Modesto, CA 


Modesto, CA 

In Memory of 

Dr. David H. Baker 


Modesto, CA 

In Memory of 

Dr. Donald E. Becker 


Modesto, CA 

In Honor of 



Modesto, CA 

In Memory of 

Dr. Richard Gordon 


Modesto, CA 

In Memory of 

Mr. Hobart Halloran 


Modesto, CA 

In Honor of 

Mr. Jack Harrison 


Modesto, CA 

In Memory of 

Dr. Aldon Jensen 


Modesto, CA 

In Honor of 

Dr. Kenneth Maddy 


Modesto, CA 

In Memory of 

Dr. H. M. Scott 


Modesto, CA 

In Memory of 

Dr. Stanley Terril 

Robert G. Elkin 


In Memory of 

Dr. W. Roy Featherston 



In Memory of 

Dr. William J. Stadelman 



In Honor of 

Dr. John C. Rogler 



In Honor of 




In Honor of 

Dr. Walther H. Ott 

Alan Emsley 

Emsley Consulting 

In Honor of 

Dr. G. E. & Mrs. Myra Dickerson 

Henry M. Engster 

Perdue Farms, Inc. 

In Honor of 


Gisela F. Erf 


In Honor of 


Bryan I. Fancher 

Aviagen, Inc. 

In Honor of 


Former Graduate Students 


In Honor of 

Dr. Todd J. Applegate 

Richard S. Gates 

University of Illinois 

Edward W. Glazener 


In Memory of 

Dr. Morley A. Jull 

Mary Joan Gwyther 

Kevin M. Halpin 

International Ingredient Corp. 

In Honor of 


John W. Hardiman 

Cobb-Vantress, Inc. 

Billy M. Hargis 


In Honor of 


Robert H. Harms 

University of Florida 

In Honor of 


Gerald B. Havenstein 


Robert O. Hawes 

Hampden, ME 

Patricia Y. Hester 


In Honor of 



Hochstetler Services 


Hochstetler Services 

In Honor of 


Frederic J. Hoerr 


In Memory of 

Dr. Michael K. Eckman 

Huajin Kim Huang 

Aviagen, Inc. 

Helen Anne Hudson 

Burnbrae Farms 

Mohammad A. Jalal 

University of Jordan 

Thomas K. Jeffers 

Cornell University 

Leo S. Jensen 

Athens, GA 

In Honor of 

Dr. Milton L. Scott 

Faris F. Jirjis 

Morris Plains, NJ 

In Memory of 


Alan L. Johnson 


In Honor of 

Dr. Ari van Tienhoven 

Thomas J. Kennedy 

Central Life Sciences 

In Honor of 



Murrieta, CA 

In Honor of 




In Honor of 


Dean Kilburg 

Ridley Feed Ingredients 

In Honor of 

Dr. David A. Roland, Sr. 

Christopher D. Knight 


In Honor of 


Douglas Korver 

University of Alberta 

In Honor of 


Mrs. Willie F. Krueger 

Bryan, TX 

In Memory of 




In Honor of 

Dr. Carl W. Helms 



In Honor of 

Dr. Ari van Tienhoven 



In Honor of 

Dr. John M. Casey 



In Honor of 

Dr. Jerry A. Cherry 



In Honor of 

Mr. Jon A. Cole 



In Honor of 


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In Honor of 

Dr. James W. Kessler 



In Honor of 

Dr. Henry L. Marks 



In Honor of 

Dr. Joseph M. Mauldin 



In Honor of 

Dr. Stanley I. Savage 



In Honor of 

Dr. John V. Shutze 



In Honor of 

Dr. Paul B. Siegel 



In Honor of 

Dr. Roger D. Wyatt 

William Lake, Jr. 

International Intrauco, Inc. 

Mark W. LaVorgna 

Alpharma Animal Health 

In Honor of 



The Ohio State University 

In Honor of 


Jinkui Liu 

Life Science Dynamics, Inc. 

In Memory of 


Jesse J. & Doris Lyons 

University of Missouri 

In Honor of 


Megharaja K. Manangi 


In Honor of 


Donald R. McIntyre 

Hybrid Turkeys 

In Honor of 


Midwest Poultry Federation 

Buffalo, MN 

In Honor of 

2011 MPF Convention Speakers 

Randolph D. Mitchell 


In Honor of 


Gerardo A. Morantes 

Cargill Agricultural Supply 

Chain 

In Honor of 

Dr. Richard Miles 

Bernard D. Murphy 

Jones-Hamilton Co. 

In Memory of 

Dr. Frank Craig 

Bernard D. Murphy 

Jones-Hamilton Co. 

In Honor of 

Dr. Tommy Goodwin 

Amir H. Nilipour 

Grupo Melo, S.A. 

Sally Noll 


In Honor of 


Sally Noll 


In Memory of 


Jack Otis & Sally Noll 


In Memory of 

Dr. Robert N. Shoffner 


Saint Charles, MO 

Anastacio L. Palafox 

Honolulu, HI 

Carl M. Parsons 

University of Illinois 

In Honor of 


Paul H. Patterson 


In Honor of 


Antonio M. Penz, Jr. 

Porto Alegre, Brazil 

Michael E. Persia 

Iowa State University 

In Honor of 

Dr. Roland M. Leach, Jr. 


University of Kentucky 

In Honor of 



University of Kentucky 

In Memory of 

Mr. Thomas H. Johnson 



In Honor of 




In Memory of 

Dr. Gayner McDaniel 



In Honor of 

Dr. Larry W. Potter 

Manop Potchanakorn 

Charoen Pokphand Group Co., 

Ltd. 

Poultry Research Centre 

Student Association 

University of Alberta 

H. Graham Purchase 

Dagsboro, DE 

Allan P. Rahn 

Allan P. Rahn Consulting 

In Honor of 

Mr. Richard K. Noles 

Shivaram Rao 

Foster Farms 

In Honor of 


Gregg Rennier 

Rennier Associates, Inc. 

William H. Revington 

New Life Mills 

In Honor of 

Dr. Edwin T. Moran, Jr. 


New Life Mills 

In Memory of 

Mr. Keith Schaefer 

Stewart J. Ritchie 

Canadian Poultry Consultants, 

Ltd. 

James S. Rock 

University of Connecticut 

In Memory of 

Dr. Richard C. Ringrose 


Gardnerville, NV 

In Honor of 

Dr. George H. Arscott 



In Honor of 




In Honor of 

Dr. Paul N. Johnston 

Paul L. Ruszler 

Virginia Tech University 

In Honor of 

Dr. James R. Carson 



In Memory of 




In Memory of 

Dr. John Quisenberry 



In Honor of 

Dr. John V. Shutze 

Morteza Sadjadi 


In Memory of 

Dr. Walter A. Becker 

Morteza Sadjadi 


In Honor of 

Dr. Paul B. Siegel 

Winston A. Samuels 

Maxx Performance, Inc. 

In Honor of 


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Anael Araujo Santos, Jr. 

Universidade Federal de 

Uberlandia 


University of Delaware 

In Honor of 



University of Delaware 

In Honor of 

Dr. Roland M. Leach, Jr. 

Colin G. Scanes 

University of Wisconsin 

In Honor of 


Marcelo J. Schang 

INTA 

Jerry L. Sell 

Iowa State University 

Hidesuke Karl Sera 

Tokyo, Japan 

Giles Shih 

BioResource International, Inc. 

In Honor of 


Herbert S. Siegel 

Colorado Springs, CO 

Paul B. Siegel 


In Honor of 


Bogdan A. Slominski 

University of Manitoba 

Michael O. Smith 


In Honor of 


Phillip A. Smith 

Tyson Foods, Inc. 

In Honor of 

Dr. Talmadge S. Nelson 

L. Lee Southern 

LSU Agricultural Center 

Southern Poultry Science 

Society 

Clemson, SC 

In Honor of 


Southern Poultry Science 

Society 

Clemson, SC 

In Memory of 

Dr. J. Paul Thaxton, Jr. 

J. Fred Stephens 

Ohio State University 

In Honor of 

Dr. Robert E. Cook 

John D. Summers 

University of Guelph 

Mary Swenson 

Thomasboro, IL 

In Honor of 


Paul B. Tillman 

Ajinomoto Heartland, LLC 

In Honor of 


Paul V. Twining, Jr. 

Paul Twining Associates, Inc. 

In Honor of 


Ari van Tienhoven 

Cornell University 

Joe M. Vandepopuliere 

University of Missouri 

In Honor of 


Sergio L. Vieira 

UFRGS 

In Honor of 

Dr. Edwin T. Moran, Jr. 

Yvonne Vizzier-Thaxton 

Mississippi State University 

In Honor of 


Yvonne Vizzier-Thaxton 

Mississippi State University 

In Memory of 

Dr. J. Paul Thaxton, Jr. 

Fazal Wala 

The Wala Group 

In Appreciation of 

Dr. Sally Noll 

Park W. Waldroup 


In Honor of 


Jerry C. Weigel 

Wake Forest, NC 

Henry Wilson 

University of Florida 

Michael Windham 


In Honor of 




Gary C. Winter 


In Honor of 


World’s Poultry Science 

Association 

Canada Branch 

World’s Poultry Science 

Association 

USA Branch 

In Honor of 


Fenglan Yan 


In Honor of 


Andrew G. Yersin 

Kemin Industries 

Andrew G. Yersin 

Kemin Industries 

In Honor of 


Tara York 


In Honor of 


Xuemin Yuan 

Life Science Dynamics, Inc. 

In Memory of 


Douglas Zaviezo 

Weston, FL 

In Memory of 

Dr. James McGinnis 

Thank You to 

our Individual 

Sustaining 

Members 

Gold ($100+) 

Mark E. Cook 

Silver ($50–$99) 


Glenn W. Froning 

Melvin G. Greeley 


Bronze (up to $49) 

Tom Bryan 

A. Chandru 

J. Singh 

Nickolas G. Zimmermann 

University of Maryland 

PSA NEWSLETTER 15

Coming Events! 

Call for 2012 

Symposium 

Topics 

May 24–26, 2011 

Multi-State Poultry Nutrition Conference, 

Indianapolis, Indiana. For information: 

kkoelkeb@uiuc.edu 

July 16–19, 2011 

PSA Annual Meeting, Joint with AAAP and 

AVMA, St. Louis, Missouri. For information: 

http://www.poultryscience.org/psa11 


Arkansas Poultry Conference, Rogers, 

Arkansas. For information: http://www. 

thepoultryfederation.com/annual-events/ 

nutrition-conference 


30th Poultry Science Symposium, UK 

Branch of WPSA, Glasgow, Scotland. For 

information: 

http://www.wpsa-uk.com/newSite/meetings/ 

30thPoultryScienceSymposium.html 


4th International Influenza Conference, 

Oxford, UK. For information: 

http://www.libpubmedia.co.uk/Conferences/ 

Influenza2011/Influenza2011%20Home.htm 

It is time to start thinking 

about symposium topics for the 

PSA Annual Meeting in Athens, 

Georgia, in 2012. Please send 

your suggestions to Ken Macklin 

(macklks@auburn.edu) by 

October 1, 2011. Along with 

your recommended topics be 

sure to include general outlines 

of the talks to be presented. 

We look forward to your 

input. 

Poultry Science Association 



16 SPRING 2011

April - Poultry Science Association

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