POULTRY SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
92nd ANNUAL MEETING ABSTRACTS

July 6-9, 2003 Monona Terrace, Madison, WI

Also Contains Abstracts from 2003 Concurrent Meeting
Southern Poultry Science Society
Southern Conference on Avian Diseases

Immune System Functions and Mechanisms . . . 1

Genes Impacting Immune Responses . . . 2

Systems for Understanding the Immune System Role in Disease Processes . . . 3

Strategies for Improving Immune Responses against Disease . . . 4

Environment and Management - Breeders and Incubation . . . 4

Immunology . . . 7

Nutrition . . . 11

Physiology . . . 14

Processing and Products - Meat Quality and Student Competition . . . 17

Environment and Management - Meat Bird Production . . . 20

Genetics . . . 22

Nutrition - Feed Ingredient and Broiler Nutrition . . . 24

Nutrition - Feed Additives . . . 27

Physiology - General Physiology II . . . 29

Environment and Management - Enteric Bacteria . . . 31

Nutrition - Nutrition A . . . 34

Nutrition - Nutrition B . . . 37

Pathology . . . 41

Physiology - Reproduction . . . 44

Environment and Management - Layers \& Gamebirds . . . 46

Genetics II . . . 48

Nutrition . . . 50

Processing and Products - Egg Microbiology . . . 52

Avian Osteoporosis: Measurement and Ethical Considerations . . . 54

Bioethical Symposium . . . 56

POSTERS

Extension and Instruction . . . 61

Genetics . . . 61

Immunology . . . 63

Nutrition . . . 65

Pathology . . . 79

Physiology . . . 79

Processing and Products . . . 85

Abstracts From Concurrent Meetings of International Poultry Scientific Forum Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia

Author Index . . . 145

Key Word Index . . . 151