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The PSA Board of Directors held their midyear meeting again this year in Atlanta on January 15-16, immediately prior to the annual Southern Poultry Science Society (SPSS) meeting and the International Poultry Trade Show. I want to share the highlights of several issues discussed at this meeting with the membership and discuss changes in future meeting locations.
First, all indications are that we will have both excellent facilities and a great program for our Annual Meeting at the Universaity of Alberta on August 14-18, 1995. Bob Hardin, Host Chair, briefed the Board on local arrangements and the layout for our meeting. I can assure you that we are in for some exciting experiences when we visit our friends north of the border. In addition, Program Chair Mike Lilburn has set the stage for the development of a great meeting. This year we will have two events prior to the Poultry Science Meeting under the auspices of the Ancillary Scientist Committee. The first event, a "Symposium on Poultry Welfare," was developed by Joy Mench and Ian Duncan, and will be held on Saturday and Sunday, August 12-13. The second symposium, "Current Advances in Avian Embryology and Incubation," developed by Catherine Ricks and Jim Petitte, is scheduled for Sunday and Monday, August 13-14. The scheduling of two programs prior to the Annual Meeting this year resulted from the cancellation of one of the symposia originally planned for last year's meeting in Mississippi. Events of the 1996 Olympics scheduled for the University of Georgia have created a lack of sufficient available housing in Athens during the time we had originally planned to hold the 1996 PSA meetings there. This situation forced us to switch the 1996 and 1997 PSA meeting locations. The 1996 Annual Meeting will be held at the Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky, tentatively on July 7-11. The University of Kentucky (Austin Cantor and Tony Pescatore) has agreed to be our Host Institution, although the meeting will be held at an off-campus location. The 1997 Annual Meeting will be held at the University of Georgia (August 4-8) and the 1998 meeting at Pennsylvania State University (August 3-7).
Results from the survey regarding changing the starting time of annual meetings from Monday to Sunday evening indicated a 2 to 1 vote in favor of the change. You will recall that a motion was adopted at the 1994 Business Meeting requesting that the board conduct such a survey. As expected, there were strong views expressed both in support and in opposition to the change. Plans are already set for the 1995 meeting, so we will follow the Monday evening starting time format for this year's meeting. Scheduling the starting time for the 1996 meeting will depend on being able to make suitable arrangements with the Galt House facility. It has been suggested that our Annual PSA Meeting in 2000 be held in Montreal (McGill University) in conjunction with the World's Poultry Congress (August 20-25). The Board will be discussing and taking official action on this invitation at our Annual Meeting in Edmonton in August. Your comments and suggestions are welcome, as always.
Unusual as it may be, the editor has little to say in this issue, beyond the response in the "Letters to the Editor." I would, however, call special attention to some very important items in this newsletter. Henry Marks covers the changes that had to be made on locations for the 1996 and 1997 PSA Annual Meetings in "From Your President." His "PSA Issue of the Quarter" and the "Sketch of Scientific Societies..." invite us to personally evaluate several organizations that PSA has supported (and a potential new one), and provide our input into the decision-making process of future support.
Several other items relate to the upcoming PSA '95 meetings. The Constitution Committee presents some recommendations for changes in our Constitution and By-Laws. Study these; ask for more information, if needed; and be ready to discuss and act on them with full background knowledge. The Resolutions Committee also requests your input.
Note that there will be two symposia prior to PSA '95. The "Poultry Welfare" program is in this issue. The "Embryology and Incubation" program was summarized in the January newsletter. You may want to get to Edmonton early to take in both of these excellent programs. Look over Bob Hardin's "Welcome to Edmonton." You'll find several suggestions of additional stops you may want to make on the way to or from the meetings.
We have not gotten much for the "News & Notes" section in recent months. Share the honors, special activities, new faces, etc., from your organization or department. Some of your "old friends" would like to hear the news while it's still relatively new.
1995 University of Alberta, August 14-18
1996 Galt House, Louisville, KY July 7-11 (tentative dates _ see president's message)
1997 University of Georgia, GA August 4-8
1998 Pennsylvania State University, PA August 3-7
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Mary M. Beck
University of Nebraska
A224 Animal Sciences
Lincoln, NE 68583
402/472-6439
FAX 402/472-6362
PAST PRESIDENT
Jerry A. Cherry
Poultry Science Department
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
706/542-1333
FAX 706/542-1827
BUSINESS MANAGER
Carl Johnson
309 W. Clark Street
Champaign, IL 61820
217/356-3182
FAX 217/398-4119
DIRECTORS
Kenneth K. Krueger
Cuddy Farms, Inc.
704/624-5055
FAX 740/624-5772
Edwin T. Moran, Jr.
Auburn University
205/844-2617
FAX 205/844-2641
Mark E. Cook
University of Wisconsin
608/262-7747
FAX 608/262-6005
Patricia Y. Hester
Purdue University
317/494-8019
FAX 317/494-9347
GOLD ($100.00 or more)
George H. Arscott
J. James Bitgood
Helene C. Cecil
Andrew F. Giesen
Harlan Hochstetler
William E. Huff
Steven Leeson
Edwin T. Moran, Jr.
Amir H. Nilipour
Jerry L. Sell
Karl H. Sera
David C. Snetsinger
Thomas W. Sullivan
J. D. Summers
Katuhide Tanaka
Rose Marie Wegner
Douglas Zaviezo
SILVER ($50.00)
Richard L. Arnold
Louis C. Arrington
Robert L. Bickford
Joseph Claybaugh
Robert A. Costain
Henry M. Engster
Glenn W. Froning
James A. Harper
Charles H. Hill
Mario E. Jimenez
Mitsui Kawashima
Louis E. Marrett
Vinai Rakphongphairoj
Nelson Ruiz
T. F. Shen
Chatree Tadtiyanant
BRONZE ($25.00)
Dori Carlos Barbieri
Mary M. Beck
Francine Bradley
John T. Brake
Donald J. Bray
Tom Bryan
David D. Caveny
Frank L. Cherms, Jr.
Henry L. Classen
Mark E. Cook
Marlene G. Emara
Peter Ferket
T. L. Fredericksen
N. Roy Gyles
Michael Hellwig
P. Y. Hester
Harry J. Konen
Joao B. Luchesi
James E. Marion
Henry L. Marks
Greg F. Mathis
Jose W. G. Nascimento
Sally L. Noll
Wha Oh
Mary Ann Ottinger
Donald Polin
John A. Proudman
Roberto Rey Duque
Richard D. Reynnells
James S. Rock
Rodolfo O. Romano
Michael D. Ruff
C. B. Ryan
Scott W. Spreen
Bambang Srigandono
Ronald J. Thurston
Alice L. Wentworth
Bernard C. Wentworth
One special need of the committee is names and addresses of PSA members who have succumbed since the 1994 meeting. Include the date of death, if known, and any available notices.
Information or questions should be addressed to James T. Tollett; Chair and Professor of Agricultrue, Southern Arkansas University; Box 1418; Magnolia, AR 71753-5000; or phone 501/235-4341.
As a scientific society, the Poultry Science Association has traditionally supported organizations whose objectives are those of fostering scientific education and public awareness of the contributions that science makes to modern society. We currently appoint representives from PSA to the following science-related organizations:
This year we have been asked to endorse a new organization _ the Coalition for Education about Environment, Food, Agricultural and Renewable Resources (CEEFAR). The primary mission of CEEFAR will be to address issues of science and general education for pre-K to post- secondary school levels, to inform students about food, environment, agriculture, and renewable resources.
I believe that most members would agree that PSA must continue to involve itself with other scientific societies to protect SCIENCE from further erosion of both monetary and public support. Many of our members have served as representatives to these societies, often at their own expense of time and money. I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank past and present representatives for their time and effort as PSA representatives. My concern is that as we add new affiliations we not abandon support of some of the basic scientific societies. Although PSA's monetary support varies from zero to $10,000 for these societies, we must remember that to some degree the scientific community will "sink or swim" together. I challenge each of you to re-acquaint yourself with the goals and objectives of these scientific societies. A brief sketch of the societies we have been affiliated with in the past is included in this newsletter. The PSA Board is planning to review our commitment to these organizations and will address our relationships with these societies in greater detail during the next year. Your comments on the role of PSA in support of other scientific societies are encouraged and welcomed.
Location. The University of Alberta is located in Edmonton, Alberta. Edmonton is 514 km (320 mi) north of the USA/Canadian border, directly above the state of Montana. It is 294 km (184 mi) north of Calgary, Alberta and is east of the Rocky mountains; 362 km (226 mi) east of Jasper, Alberta; and 404 km (252 mi) northeast of Banff, Alberta.
The province of Alberta is more than 660,000 square km, about the size of Texas, and has 2,430,000 people. The province has three main geographical areas: open prairies in the south and southeast, mountains in the west, and the parkland in the center and north. Edmonton, the capital city, is located in parkland near the geographic center of Alberta, and is a major urban center and home to approximately 800,000 people.
Edmonton is situated on the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, which stretches east into Saskatchewan and Manitoba and west through Jasper National Park to Prince Rupert and Vancouver, British Columbia. The Yellowhead route offers the easiest and most scenic drive across western Canada. The main north-south highway is Highway 2, which runs from the USA border through Calgary and Edmonton to northern Alberta. Edmonton is on the VIA Rail passenger route, "The Canadian," one of the world's most famous train rides. Edmonton's International Airport is served by American, Air Canada, Canadian Airlines International, Delta and Northwest Airlines.
The University. The University of Alberta is Canada's second largest university. Situated in Edmonton on the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River, it overlooks the Alberta Legislative Buildings and downtown Edmonton. The main campus covers 89 hectares. Student enrollment is approximately 30,000, including 4,000 full and part-time graduate students. The academic staff numbers almost 2,200, and the support staff exceeds 3,000.
Within the University, 18 faculties serve the education needs of Alberta. Seventy-six units offer graduate programs; 60 at the Ph.D. and 75 at the Master's levels. The student body is drawn from more than 100 countries and close to 31% of the full-time graduates are from outside Canada.
The campus houses well over 400 laboratories used for research and teaching in disciplines from studies in diabetes to foreign language fluency. The University operates an experimental farm, a forest reserve and ecological sanctuary, a meteorological research station, a ranch, a marine research facility on Vancouver Island, and a Botanical Garden.
More than 4,000 students live on campus in many different types of accomodations from high-rise residences to apartment or housing units. One of the housing units is Lister Hall, accomodating 1,200 residents. This will be the on-campus accomodation for Poultry Science '95.
University History. Alberta became a province in 1905. In 1906 the first session of the legislature passed an act to authorize establishment of the University of Alberta. Classes opened in September, 1908, with 45 students and a faculty of 5. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences was established. The Faculty of Law was established in 1912. In 1913, the Faculty of Applied Science (renamed Engineering in 1948) and Faculty of Medicine were added. In 1915, the Faculty of Agriculture was established, followed by the Faculty of Accounting (now the Faculty of Business) in 1916; the School of Pharmacy and the sub-faculty of Dentistry in 1917; and in 1918, the Department of Household Economics. Other faculties have since been added.
The depression years brought serious problems. Though registration did not decline, the increase was painfully slow, from 1,560 students in 1929 to 2,330 in 1939. The School of Education, established in 1928, became a faculty in 1942, and after the war, it became the largest faculty in the University in terms of enrollment.
After the Second World War, the University began years of expansion. The return of veterans increased the registration from 2,000 in 1943-44, to a peak of nearly 5,000 in 1947-48. The hectic postwar years merged into the slower growth of the 1950s. Between 1959 and 1969, rapid growth occurred and enrollment rose from approximately 5,000 to 17,500. In the 1980s, a gradual increase of student numbers resumed, reaching almost 25,000 full-time and almost 4,000 part-time students in 1986-87. The increasing range and complexity of subjects studied at the University were reflected in the classification of Graduate Studies as a faculty in 1957.
The faculty of Agriculture was expanded to embrace forestry in 1972. In April, 1993, the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry and the Faculty of Home Economics were merged to form the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry and Home Economics. To See and Do. Edmonton is one of Canada's sunniest cities and noted for its clean, dry air and warm summers, with daytime high temperatures of 22 C (72 F) and nighttime lows of 11 C (54 F). During the summer the days are long with day lengths of 14.5 h during mid-August.
Recreational possibilities in Edmonton are many. The 30-km park (19 mi) along the North Saskatchewan River valley is the largest urban park in Canada. It offers 55 km (34 mi) of hiking, biking, jogging, and picnic areas. West Edmonton Mall is advertised as the world's largest shopping mall, with the largest indoor water park and indoor amusement park. Stay after the meetings and attend the Edmonton Fringe Festival, considered to be one of the top street festivals of North America; or visit Elk Island Park, a completely fenced national park located 50 km (30 mi) east of Edmonton with populations of bison, elk, and moose.
Jasper National Park in the Rocky Mountains, a 4-h drive from Edmonton, is one of North America's largest protected natural areas. In this rugged wilderness one can camp, canoe, go white-water rafting, go horseback riding, or enjoy rock climbing. Adjacent to Jasper National Park is Banff National Park, with the town of Banff and beautiful Lake Louise.
Information. Information about the province can be obtained by calling Alberta Tourism (800/661-8888) and about the city of Edmonton by calling Edmonton Tourism (800/463-4667). Information about airlines, commercial, hotels and tours is available from the travel agent (800/884-8761). For on-campus housing and PSA '95 meeting information, contact the PSA '95 Local Arrangements Committee (Bob Hardin, Chair; 403/492-7463 or e-mail rhardin@ansci.ualberta.ca).
Welcome. The University of Alberta and the Alberta poultry industry hope you will attend PSA '95, and take the opportunity to see and visit the scenic attractions of Alberta after the meeting.
AIBS - The American Institute of Biological Sciences provides the biological sciences community national representation on pressing public issues involving biological considerations, enhances biological education and research, and improves interactions among biology societies and disciplines. Biologists often find great difficulty in effectively contributing to the public policy discourse. In an effort to overcome this intrinsic condition, AIBS serves as a national organization that presents policy advice, based on sound research, on a wide range of issues, including biodiversity, ecosystem management, food and fiber production, pest and pathogen management, genetically engineered organisms, epidemiology, climate change, ozone depletion, acid precipitation, human population growth, education, evolution, and animal use in research. AIBS is dedicated to providing scientific guidance in the establishment and maintenance of a sustainable society. A concomitant part of AIBS's activities is to enhance the image and increase support for those key areas of biology in conjunction with their respective research societies, while maintaining cross-disciplinary bridges with colleagues in all biological subdisciplines.
CAST - The mission of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology is to identify food and fiber, environmental, and other agricultural issues and to interpret related scientific research information for legislators, regulators and the media for use in public policy decision making. CAST is a nonprofit organization composed of 30 scientific societies and many individual, student, company, nonprofit and associate society members. CAST's Board of Directors is composed of 48 representatives of the scientific societies and individual members, and an Executive Committee. CAST was established in 1972 as a result of a meeting sponsored in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council.
CoFARM - The Coalition on Funding Agricultural Missions is a coalition of 18 scientific professional societies with an interest in agricultural research. Their collective membership exceeds 100,000. CoFarm represents the individual researcher in basic and applied agricultural sciences. Our members are interested in the policy making process within Congress and the federal agencies, and many have testified before Congress on a variety of agricultural issues. CoFARM was formed in 1990 to unite the agricultural, scientific societies in providing factual information to guide decision making processes concerning the research budget of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. CoFARM has also advocated increased funding for the National Research Initiative - Competitive Grants Program.
FASFAS - The Federation of American Societies of Food Animal Sciences was incorporated in 1989 as a means for food animal scientific societies to become more proactive and to speak out with a unified voice on key issues facing animal sciences and animal agriculture. Such key issues include animal welfare, food safety, research priorities, and public education on the importance of food animals to mankind. The FASFAS founding societies (American Dairy Science Association, American Meat Science Association, American Society of Animal Science, and Poultry Science Association) have a collective membership of 17,000, of which approximately 12,000 are scientists and educators. FASFAS members are from industry, academia, and government agencies. Officers and directors come from the individual societies. One of the values of FASFAS is that it will be seen as an independent, scientific group, speaking perhaps with less bias than a commodity or industry representative group.
NRC - The National Research Council's Board on Agriculture addresses science and policy issues confronting the agricultural, food, and environmental system. Areas of interest to the Board include all aspects of the production, protection, processing, and marketing of crop plants (food, feed, and forest products) and animals (livestock, fish, and wildlife); and management and conservation of range, soil, water, and genetic resources _ the renewable resources related to agriculture. Recent Board studies have brought greater scientific rigor to the problem of defining and measuring sustainability. Published reports resulting from these studies include Alternative Agriculture (1989), Soil and Water Quality: An Agenda for Agriculture (1993), Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid Tropics (1993), and Rangeland Health: New Methods to Classify, Inventory, and Monitor Rangelands (1994). Other reports have ranged from scientific research issues and their applications in production agriculture, to the training and education of agricultural scientists, to policy issues involving genetic resources and the ability to produce food, feed, and fiber, domestically and globally. The Board's goals for dissemination and outreach are addressed through its work on concensus-building activities, engendering collaborative efforts, and reaching audiences with needed information. A natural outgrowth of past reports and activities is its focus on public policy education through providing an open and unbiased forum for elevated debate on key issues. Based on its linkages and strengths in reaching a range of audiences, the Board serves as a key entity within the agricultural, food, and environmental system that can reach and draw to the table the spectrum of views and opinions.
CEEFAR - A new organization, the Coalition for Education about Environment, Food, Agriculture and Renewable Resources, has asked the PSA Board to endorse their organization. CEEFAR is a national coalition of scientific and educational societies concerned about environment, food, agriculture, and renewable resource education. Impacting pre-K to post-secondary education requires a scope and scale beyond the capacity of any one organization. A unified education message must be communicated by CEEFAR societies for impact and external funding. No scientific or professional organization currently exists with the mission to address science and general education for pre-K to post-secondary students. The focus will be on Environment, Food, Agriculture and Renewable Resources (EFAR). It is believed that these unifying themes are appropriate for science and general education at these grade levels.
Maurice Stein was the first chairman of the United Egg Producers and was a leader in the egg industry. The Maurice Stein Fellowship Foundation has established this fellowship to stimulate interest in programs of study that incorporate formal training and research in applied poultry sciences, which lead to improvements in efficiency and profitability of the poultry industry. Of similar importance are business-oriented subject areas (e.g., accounting, advertising, finance, marketing, and economics related to poultry). The successful integration of these subject areas is the aspiration of our efforts in a market economy, both in industry and in science.
Award: The recipient will be chosen on the basis of demonstrated meritorious performance and anticipated future achievements consistent with the purpose of the award. The selection will be made at the sole discretion of a committee constituted by the Poultry Science Association. The stipend is endowment income dependent, usually around $1,000. Stipend funds will be distributed by the United Egg Producers within 2 months after the announcement date to the recipient. No more than one award will be made to an individual during a specific degree program.
Eligibility: Graduate students majoring in poultry science in a formally approved graduate program of study are eligible to receive this fellowship for training or for reseach. The program must include at least four Masters degree semesters or six Ph.D. degree semesters or their equivalent of course credits in poultry science. Candidates from food science, food engineering, agricultural engineering, agribusiness programs, or business-oriented subjects are eligible to receive the fellowship for research in topics related to poultry. Priority will be given to those candidates whose programs involve training or research in egg production or egg products.
Application: Applicants are required to submit a Maurice Stein Graduate Fellowship Application Form, copies of college transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and a document certifying that the eligibility requirements cited above are satisfied. All application materials must be submitted to the Committee Chair and received on or before April 30, 1995.
For additional application forms or information, contact: Gideon Zeidler, Maurice Stein Graduate Fellowship Committee, Department of Avian Sciences/Cooperative Extension, 138 Highlander Hall, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521; tel: (909) 787-5038; FAX: (909) 787-5091.
I The first change affects Article 8 of the Constitution, Election of Officers. The following statement has been developed for consideration by the membership for inclusion under Article 8 of the Constitution.
SECTION 5. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE DIRECTOR FROM CANADA, MEXICO, OR OTHER NON-USA COUNTRY AND ONE DIRECTOR FROM INDUSTRY.
II The second change is in Article 10, Section 3(d) of the Consitution, and involves a change in the composition of the Publication Committee.
Section 3 (d). THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE SHALL CONSIST OF THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, THE SECTION EDITORS, AND THE NEWSLETTER EDITOR, WITH THE SECRETARY-TREASURER AND TECHNICAL EDITOR SERVING AS EX OFFICIO MEMBERS. The Publication Committee shall have charge of all technical editorial details connected with publication of the journal and newsletter as authorized by the Board of Directors. All business details connected with the publication and sale of the journal and newsletter shall be the responsibility of the Secretary-Treasurer, the Business Manager, or the Assistant Business Manager, as authorized by the Board of Directors.
III The third change involves the Appendix of the By-Laws, F. Awards and Honors, Section 9.a. 2.b. The current wording of that section should be replaced with the following.
b. NOMINEES FOR THIS AWARD MUST HAVE RECEIVED THE TERMINAL DEGREE WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
For the most recent copy of the Constitution and By-Laws, see the Poultry Science Association Membership Directory (1995-1998): 7-27.
The USA Branch of the World's Poultry Science Association has released details of their 1996 essay contest for college youth. Two travel awards will be made on a competitive basis. Each winner will be reimbursed up to $1,500 for travel and related expenses to the XXth World's Poultry Congress in New Delhi, India. The dates of the meeting are September 3-8, 1996. Registration, housing, and related expenses in India are being provided by the host committee. A special 2-week youth tour is scheduled to follow the Congress. This tour is contributed by the WPSA India Branch, is coordinated by their Youth Program Committee, and is part of the award. Winners will be responsible for expenses related to obtaining a passport, all meals (except host-sponsored meals), plus incidental and other personal expenses.
Applicants must be US citizens. They must have been born on or after September 1, 1970; and on or before September 1, 1976 (age 19-25 on September 1, 1995). Full- and part-time students having a Poultry Science major or a poultry emphasis in a related department at any institution of higher education are eligible. This includes B.S., M.S., Ph.D., and D.V.M. degree students.
Applications should include an application form (available from Richard Reynnells) providing background information and a brief supporting letter, which includes verification of the applicant's age, citizenship, and student status. Two abstracts of not more than 1,000 words each are to be submitted. The abstract topics are: 1. Poultry Science and Technology_New Vistas (this topic relates to the WPSA Congress theme for 1996), and 2. The Status of the Poultry Industry, and Research and Future Thrust Areas in the United States. A Preface, separate from the two abstracts and limited to not more than 200 words, should include a brief description of the applicant's background; experience in and contributions to the poultry system; current and future poultry interests; and future career plans. Manuscripts are to be typed in English, double spaced, and on only one side of the page. Two copies of the application materials must be sent to Richard Reynnells, postmarked not later than June 9, 1995.
Interested individuals should request more complete contest information from: Richard D. Reynnells, NPL, Poultry Science, USDA/CSREES, 901 D Street SW, Room 342 Aerospace Building, Washington, DC 20250-2208, phone 202/401-4640, FAX 202/401-5179; 4888, e-mail rreynnells@morrill.esusda.gov.
The Ancillary Scientists Symposium on Poultry Welfare will proceed the annual Poultry Science meetings at the University of Alberta, on Saturday and Sunday, August 12-13, 1995. The schedule will enable attendees to participate in both this and the symposium on "Current Advances in Avian Embryology and Incubation" (Sunday evening and Monday; see the January 1995 PSA Newsletter for the program).
PSA members can register for either or both symposia on the meeting registration forms. Contact either of the chairs and organizers for additional information:
Ian J. H. Duncan Joy Mench
Dept of Animal/Poultry Science Dept of Poultry Science
University of Guelph University of Maryland
Guelph, Ontario Animal Sciences Center
Canada N1G 2W1 College Park, MD 20742
Phone 519/824-4120 Phone 301/405-5783
FAX 519/836-9873, Ext 3652 FAX 301/314-9557
e-mail iduncan@aps.uoguelph.ca e-mail jm59@umail.umd.edu
The scientific program for the Animal Welfare Symposium is summarized for your information.
Saturday, August 12, 1995
Session 1 - Overview of Welfare Considerations
1:00 - 2:45 pm
Introduction
Animal Welfare: A Meeting of Science and Sensibility Joy Mench, Univ. Maryland
Behavior and Behavioral Needs
Ian J. H. Duncan, Univ. Guelph
Welfare and Production Parameters
Dan Cunningham and Joseph Mauldin, Univ. Georgia
General Discussion
Session 2 - Health and Husbandry Considerations
3:00 - 5:30 pm
Rapid Growth Problems: Ascites and Skeletal
Deformities
Richard Julian, Univ. Guelph
Feather Picking and Cannibalism
William Muir, Purdue Univ.
and James Craig, Kansas State Univ.
Induced Molting
Paul Ruszler, Virginia Polytech. Inst.
Group Discussion
7:00 pm Evening Reception, Keynote Address and Poster
Papers
Keynote Address: Poultry Welfare _ Airing Skeletons
and Seeing the Other Side
Linda Murphy, Queensland (Australia)
Dept. of Primary Industries
Sunday, August 13, 1995
Session 3 - Catching, Transport, and Slaughter
8:30 - 11:30 am
Mechanized Catching of Broilers
Michael Lacy, Univ. Georgia
Handling of Spent Laying Hens
Toby Knowles, Univ. Bristol, UK
Transportation
Malcolm Mitchell, AFRC Roslin Inst, Scotland
Stunning and Slaughter
Mohan Raj, Univ. Bristol, UK
Group Discussion
Session 4: Improved Cage and Equipment Design
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Modification of Laying Hen Cages to Improve Health
Ragnar Tauson, Swedish Agric. Univ.
Modification of Laying Hen Cages to
Improve Behavior
Michael Appleby, Univ. Edinburgh
Equipment Design for Breeders
John Brake, North Carolina State Univ
Experiences with an Aviary
Frank Hurnik, Univ. Guelph
Group Discussion
Summary and Concluding Remarks
It was 1 year ago in this publication that notice was made of the "unprecedented" cooperative efforts being made in the Midwest between the poultry industry and the universities. Today, through the efforts of the Midwest Poultry Consortium (MPC) and faculty and universities in the 13-state midwest region, those prospects of cooperation have turned into programs of cooperation. In February 1995, the Midwest Poultry Federation Convention was the site of the MPC annual meeting. The feature speaker was Richard Barrows, Dean of Academic Affairs, University of Wisconsin, and the topic was the summer program of poultry science courses that comes on-stream this June 1995.
The Midwest Poultry Science Undergraduate Center of Excellence, a real-life example of the cooperative efforts spoken of 1 year ago, has come together in a relatively short period of time. The program will be available to students who have completed their sophomore year at their home institution and offers a concentration of 21 poultry science credits in two summer school sessions. The enrollment will be limited to 20 selected individuals and will be taught at the Madison campus of the University of Wisconsin. The course work will focus on advanced management, product technology, incubation and hatchery management, avian health, nutrition, physiology, and breeding, and is designed to complement the curriculum students have available at their respective universities.
In addition to the cooperation of the MPC, a Coordinating Council composed of a faculty member from each of the participating universities in the Midwest came together under the leadership of Bernie Wentworth, Chair of the Poultry Science Department of the University of Wisconsin. This group assembled an agenda of priorities that included: approval of curruculum and syllabi of courses, scheduling of teaching faculty, and transfer of student credits. From the industry perspective, the formation and effective operation of the Council will be an important element in the growth and development of the Center of Excellence concept. There is a recognition on the part of the MPC that the successful implementation of the Center will require a commitment and willingness on the part of faculty and institutions in the Midwest to combine their strengths for the mutual benefit of all. And , in this manner, they will be successful in delivering on the Council's mission "to create a poultry education and research environment that surpasses the contribution that can be provided by any single university."
The responsibilities of the Consortium in this venture are to: recruit students, insure that universities negotiate reciprocity, insure that faculty receive credit for teaching, target the filling of open positions in the poultry industry, and, most critically, provide financial support for recruitment costs, scholarships, visiting faculty, and assistance with out-of-state tuition differential. The Board of the MPC, in November 1994, voted approval of a budget that committed funding for the program for the first 2 years of operations and charged management with carrying out the responsibilities of the organization to insure the success of the joint venture. So, as 1994 came to a close, the Consortium leadership had a good feeling about its first full year of operation and its prospects of delivering on a major part of its mission, "to provide leadership, support, and resources for facilitation of educational programs for poultry science..."
MPC Annual Meeting. In other business, the Consortium membership elected directors to the 8 open positions on the 24-person board and made special recognition of the organizing and leadership efforts of its first chair, Robert Sparboe, President of Sparboe Companies, Litchfield, MN. Dennis Casey, President of Hy-Line International, W. Des Moines, IA, was elected Chair. Reelected were: Ted Huisinga, President of Willmar Poultry Co., Willmar, MN, Vice Chair; George Speers, Director, Animal Production, Land O' Lakes, St. Paul, MN, Secretary; and Dave Hodnefield, Chief Operating Officer, Gold'n Plump, St. Cloud, MN, Treasurer. This group, along with Fritz Graves, Management Director, will comprise the Executive Committee for 1995.
For 1995, the Consortium will continue to build its strength through the growth of its membership base across the region and among all facets of the industry. Funding of the organization and its objectives will also be a major area of focus for the coming year. With the Center of Excellence moving forward, the next project area for major effort will be that of working for the increase of basic and applied research in poultry and food science at midwestern universities. The Consortium is considering a cataloging of the research available in poultry so that the membership can better understand what exists and what areas may best warrant funding and support.
Questions and requests for information about the Consortium may be addressed to Fritz Graves, Tel.: (303) 415-0711.
Nicholas Turkey Breeding Farms is once again pleased to sponsor the Nicholas Communications Award to be presented at the annual Poultry Science Association Awards Banquet. The awards, consisting of $500,00 each, will be presented to the poultry science students who are judged to have given the best graduate student competition speeches related to turkey research. Only students who choose to compete in the annual graduate student competition shall be eligible to win the award. The award will be offered for oral presentations only. In order to receive the award, a turkey paper must have won a Certificate of Excellence. Should turkey papers win in more than one section, duplicate awards will be presented. The research presented by the winning students must have used the turkey as the principal reserach organism. If questions arise concerning eligibility of a particular paper, the General Program Chair shall decide on the issue. The award will be presented during the banquet in conjunction with the awarding of Graduate Student Research Paper Certificates of Excellence. Students who have won the Nicholas Communications Award in the past are not eligible. No application for the Nicholas Communications Award is required.
My main responsibilities on the House Agriculture Committee are meat and poultry inspection and agricultural research policy. In regards to the issue of meat inspection, I have been working mainly with Rep. Steve Gunderson (R-WI), who is the new Chair of the Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee. For the past several weeks, I have been drafting briefing material for Gunderson, which will be the basis for a meat inspection school that I'm organizing for members of the committee and their staff. All of this is in preparation for a reform bill we will be working on shortly (hopefully before the Farm Bill, although no specific time frame has been set; the Farm Bill itself will not be addressed until the second 100-day period beginning in May, at the earliest).
The political considerations for a meat and poultry inspection reform bill involve both the Department of Agriculture and the Senate. Rep. Gunderson is fully committed to repealing the current Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and replacing them with a new bill that emphasizes prevention as opposed to product testing. As you may be aware, the Acting Undersecretary for Food Safety, Mike Taylor, has submitted several new regulations recently (an Escherichia coli O157:H7 sampling program, a Hazards Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) "mega reg", and new labeling requirements for mechanically separated poultry products). These regulations have, at best, lacked scientific credibility, and at worst, set up a confrontational atmosphere between industry and the Department that has resulted in at least two major lawsuits since the outbreak of E. coli last year. As Secretary Designate Dan Glickman assumes control of the Department of Agriculture, we are hopeful that he will pressure Taylor to refrain from introducing any further regulations for a little while at least (when new regulations are released, we wind up spending most of our energy fighting the regulation instead of concentrating on the new bill). Rep. Gunderson would like to do a bill in a cooperative manner. Hopefully, Sec. Glickman will work with us on the Mike Taylor problem in order to keep a seat at the negotiation table for himself.
The Senate is another major concern, and could have the largest effect. Mr. Gunderson will be reluctant to launch any major initiatives without some assurance that the Senate will act on it. Several senators, including Tom Daschle (D-SD), the new Minority leader, have been proponents of meat inspection reform in the past. Sen. Daschle sponsored a pathogen reduction act in the last Congress, which unfortunately relied heavily on product testing as opposed to process control. We think he might go along with the reform initiatives we are planning (the major part being mandatory HACCP), but a massive educational effort will be necessary to convince him and the rest of the Senate Agriculture Committee members that this is the right course to take. Without this educational effort, we might get into a situation where meat inspection gets caught up in the Farm Bill. If this happens, we could potentially see a lot of horse trading, ultimately resulting in another flawed inspection system. FASFAS may want to participate in this educational effort.
The research area has been given minimal attention, because my main focus has been on the meat inspection questions. I have written one briefing paper (based predominantly on the CoFARM document) for Rep. Wayne Allard (R-CO) who will chair the Resource Conservation, Research, and Forestry Subcommittee. Congressman Allard is a veterinarian. Hopefully, this means he will be easy to work with on research issues. Rep. Allard has given me the opportunity to head up this issue area because his staff director is concentrating most of his energy on other areas. I'm hopeful that this will be my ticket to write the Research title of the Farm Bill. My biggest weakness in this area is that I have never had to deal with the agriculture research budget and policy issues. If FASFAS can help me by translating the language of FAIR '95 into policy (legislative) language, I think we have a good chance at securing many of the goals and objectives of FAIR '95 in the Farm Bill.
Thank you for the opportunity FASFAS and the member organizations have given me this year. If there are questions, my phone number is 202/225-4980, and FAX is 202/225-4369.
The complete draft of the guidelines can be accessed on World Wide Web. The Home Page addresses are http://www.ri.bbsrc.ac.uk/chickmap/ChickMapHomePage.html for the ChickMap Home Page, Roslin Institute, UK or http://poultry.mph.msu.edu/ for the Department of Microbiology, Michigan State University. The Home Pages also provide access to CHICKBASE, a chicken genome database, which will have a listing of old and new gene symbols. A World Wide Web browser, such as MOSAIC, is required for access. The guidelines can also be obtained by regular e-mail or by conventional mail from the address below.
The International Poultry Gene Nomenclature Committee consists of: James Bitgood, USA, David Burt, UK, Lyman B. Crittenden, USA, F. Abel Ponce de Leon, USA, Michele Tixier-Boichard, France.
Authors and journal editors are strongly encouraged to adopt
the new nomenclature
guidelines. Comments and suggestions are welcome:
Lyman B.
Crittenden,
USDA, Avian Disease
and Oncology Laboratory,
3606 East Mount Hope Road,
East
Lansing, MI 48823 USA,
e-mail:
crittend@pilot.msu.edu.
Dear Editor:
You have reminisced (PSA Newsletter, January 1995:9) about
your alternate procedure of
persuading hens to encapsulate messages in eggs, as follows:
"In view of the fact that we were running out of time, we
moved to an alternate plan. A
small square was cut out of the shell of several eggs. After
removing a little albumen, capsules
containing the messages were inserted into the eggs, and the
piece of shell was replaced, using
white glue and chalk dust to hide the evidence. It worked quite
well and the program was a
success."
This method has almost limitless possibilities. You could have put pieces of bacon in the egg, or even an oyster, but it is unconvincing.
Sincerely yours,
Tomas H. Jukes
University of California, Berkeley
and,
Dear Lou,
The Poultry Science Newsletter arrived yesterday and I read
with pleasure the section on
producing messages in eggs. Your recollection of producing these
eggs at Michigan State was
pretty good until you got to the part about Prof. Jim Davidson
having heard about the messages
in eggs. The idea was one that I brought to MSU from Rutgers.
Have you forgotten your old
major professor? Ralph Ernst and John Wolford, also my students
at that time, were probably
involved with you on this project. President Hannah opened the
eggs with great pleasure but I do
not think he ever knew how we really produced them, at least
until later.
As Paul Harvey says "And now for the rest of the story."
The first time that I produced an egg with a message in it was done following a request that came in from Dave Garroway of the then Today Show to Paul Sturkie. Dave Garroway was to open the egg on his TV show to promote an agriculture and poultry show which I recall was to be held in Atlantic City. Don Polin and I were graduate students of Paul Sturkie at Rutgers and he asked us to produce an egg with the message inside. We did after considerable effort of timing ovulations, removing the ovulated ova, and then inserting wax-coated corks, shaped like a yolk, or using the fishing bobs in which the message was placed. We drew the line when Dave Garroway asked that we have a hen in a nest at the studio lay the egg on the show while the camera was on. We knew how to force oviposition of a hard-shelled egg in the uterus with acetylcholine (works rapidly) but that was asking too much.
You see, Lou, some of us do read what you write and enjoy the Newsletter.
Sincerely,
Bob Ringer
Your old major professor emeritus
EDITOR'S RESPONSE
Tom's "suggestion" that bacon bits or other special flavors might be put into the eggs via the "window" sounds like a rather labor-intensive process. I'll let the food technologists do it the old fashioned way _ putting the flavorings, etc. into a milk-type-carton of broken out eggs. As far as the comment about it being "unconvincing," note in Bob's letter that "President Hannah opened the eggs with great pleasure but I do not think he ever knew how we produced them." And, remember that John Hannah was a former poultry professor.
Bob, you should know that none of your old grad students will forget their "old major professor emeritus." Others probably working with you at that time included Ron Peterson, Chuck McGinnis, Orville Ostmann, and Elwood Speckman. I didn't put the names in originally because I would probably forget someone, (and probably have now), and I wasn't sure who actually got involved in the procedure. The reference to Prof. Davidson was that he was interested in the results; an egg with a message. Obviously, the technique came from Bob Ringer and Prof. Davidson undoubtedly heard about the possibility from Bob. I did find "the rest of the story" interesting. I was not aware that this started out as a TV extravaganza and that Bob "chickened out" on the ultimate request to have the egg laid "on demand" during the show. Some of the newer treatments might be even better ways to force ovipositions.
Bernie Wentworth was also involved in doing such a procedure at the University of Massachusetts. Fortunately no one specifically claimed to be "the first" to put a message in an egg. That type of claim could lead to a real controversy.
JUSTIS European Food Law CD-ROM includes the full text of European legislation covering food and drinks production, manufacture and retailing, with added expert commentary. Subjects related to food include quality standards, hygiene, additives, packaging, and consumer protection to keep the food industry up to date with all the EC regulations that concern their business. This new title was scheduled for release in January, 1995 and will be updated quarterly. The annual subscription will be œ900 + VAT. Contact IFIS Publishing, Lane End House, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9BB, UK; phone 01734-883895, FAX 01734-885065.
April 27-29 Nashville, TN Human Resources Seminar
May 4-5 St. Louis, MO National Breeders Roundtable
May 18-19 Atlanta, GA Poultry Processor Workshop
Contact Southeastern Poultry & Egg Association, 1530 Cooledge Road, Tucker, GA 30084; phone 404/493-9401 or FAX 404/493-9257
April 24-26, 1995
American Feed Industry Assn. (AFIA) Convention, Production
School, and Show. Indiana
Convention Center Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, IN. Contact Donna
Troup, AFIA, 1501 Wilson
Blvd., Ste. 1100, Arlington, VA 22209; phone 703/524-0810, FAX
703/524-1931.
May 7-11, 1995
86th American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) Annual Meeting & Expo.
The San Antonio
Convention Center, San Antonio, TX. Contact AOCS,
Education/Meetings Department, P. O.
Box 3489, Champaign, IL 61826-3489; phone 217/359-2344, FAX
217/351-8091.
May 14-17, 1995
Beltsville Symposium XX: Biotechnology's Role in the Genetic
Improvement of Farm Animals.
Sessions will cover Genetic Diversity; Mapping Technologies;
Embryo and Gamete Technology;
Political and Social Issues in the Acceptance of Biotechnology;
Marker Application; and there will
be two poster sessions. Contact Virginia Hupfer, Symposium
Secretary; phone 301/504-6108,
FAX 301/504-6357.
May 14-17, 1995
XIX European Feed Manufacturers Federation Congress (FEFAC).
Maastricht, Netherlands.
Contact FEDAC, Rue de la Loi 223, Bte. 3, B-1040 Bruxelles,
Belgium.
May 16-18, 1995
Multi-State Poultry Feeding & Nutrition Conference. Marriott
Hotel, Indianapolis, IN; sponsored
by the universities in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and
Ohio. Contact Tom Robertson,
Stewart Center, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN 47907; phone
317/494-7220.
May 17-20, 1995
European Compound Feed Congress. Maastricht, Netherlands.
Contact The Dutch Assn. of
Compound Feed Manufacturers, FNM, P.O. Box 650, 2280 AR Rijswijk,
Netherlands.
June 4-7, 1995
International Symposium on Nutrient Management of Food Animals to
Enhance the Environment.
Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA. Includes poster
sessions. For information on registration and abstracts, contact
John Wolford, Dept. of Animal
and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0306;
phone 703/231-9177, FAX
703/231-3010.
July 7-8 and 7-14, 1995
15th International Symposium and Workshop on Rapid Methods and
Automation in
Microbiology. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. Symposium
is from July 7-8; workshop
from July 7-14. Contact Daniel Y.C. Fung, 225 Call Hall, Kansas
State University, Manhattan,
KS 66506-1600; phone 913/532-5654; FAX 913/532-5681.
July 9-12, 1995
28th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction.
University of California,
Davis, CA. Contact Judith Jansen, Executive Secretary, SSR, 1526
Jefferson Street, Madison,
WI 53711-2106; phone 608/256-2777, FAX 608/256-4610, e-mail
ssr@macc.wisc.edu.
July 11-13, 1995
National Broiler Council (NBC) Broiler Marketing Seminar. Resort
at Squaw Creek, Lake
Tahoe, CA. Contact NBC, 1155 - 15th St., N.W., Washington, DC
20005.
August 6-10, 1995
AIBS (American Institute of Biological Sciences) Annual Meeting.
Town and Country Hotel,
San Diego, CA. Contact AIBS Meetings Dept., 730 11th Street NW,
Washington, DC
20001-4521; phone 202/628-1500 or 800/992-2427; FAX
202/628-1509.
August 23-26, 1995
Korea Poultry Expo '95. Korea Exhibition Center, Seoul, Korea.
Contact D.E. Jin, Kopoex '95
Secretariat, Korea Exhibition Center, 159 Samsung-dong,
Kangnam-gu, Seoul 135-731, Korea.
September 14-17, 1995
The Twelfth International Conference on Gastronomy: Who's
Cooking: The Ins of Eating Out.
Sheraton Boston Hotel & Towers, Boston, MA. Contact The American
Institute of Wine &
Food, 1550 Bryant St., Ste. 700, San Franciso, CA 94103; phone
415/255-3000, FAX
415/255-2874.
September 18-21, 1995
24th Poultry Science Symposium: Poultry Immunology.
Whiteknights campus of Reading
University, Reading, England. Organized by the WPSA, UK Branch.
Papers and poster
presentations. Contact T. R. Morris, University of Reading,
Earley Gate, Reading, RG6 2AT,
UK; phone 44 (0)734 318470, FAX 44 (0)734 352421.
September 25-29, 1995
12th European Symposium on the Quality of Poultry Meat and the
6th European Symposium on
the Quality of Eggs and Egg Products. Auditorium-Congress
Palace, Zaragoza, Spain. Papers,
posters and exhibits. Contact R. Cepero Briz, Animal Production
and Food Science Dept.,
Veterinary Faculty, Miguel Servet 177, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain;
phone (34) 76-41.48.00 ext. 165,
FAX (34) 76-59.19.94; e-mail eggmeat@cc.unizar.es.
October 1-5, 1995
21st World Congress of the International Society for Fat Research
(ISF). The Hague, The
Netherlands. Contact Mrs. J. Wills, ISF Secretariat. P.O. Box
3489, Champaign, IL
61826-3489; phone 217/359-2344, FAX 217/351-8091.
October 4-6, 1995
National Broiler Council (NBC) Annual Conference. J.W. Marriott
Hotel, Washington, DC.
Contact NBC, 1155 - 15th St. N.W., Washington, DC 20005.
October 12-13, 1995
California Poultry Industry Federation Annual Conference.
Piccadilly Inn, Shaw Avenue in
Fresno, CA. Contact CPIF President Bill Mattos, 3117A McHenry
Avenue, Modesto, CA
95350; phone 209/576-6355, FAX 209/576-6119.
The MPC membership represents broiler, egg, turkey, other poultry, and the allied industries. Their second annual meeting was held in conjunction with the Midwest Poultry Convention in Minneapolis in mid-February.
A major early focus of the Consortium has been the development and support of a Midwest Poultry Undergraduate Learning Center in an effort to attract more students to poultry-related careers. The shortage of college graduates with training in poultry science has led to strong competition for those available. The industry has much to offer, but students numbers have not kept pace with the demand.
His research on the binding properties of poultry meats was crucial to the development of many of the popular convenience foods made from poultry meats today. He also did extensive research on foodborne pathogens, including work on the control of Salmonella enteritidis.
The 1994 National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference was held November 17. The annual event brought 138 4-H'ers from 22 states to Louisville, KY to participate and compete in poultry-related contests and activities.
The five contests are poultry and egg judging, an egg preparation demonstration, an avian bowl, and chicken and turkey barbeque demonstrations. This conference is an important means to reach the top 4-H members in the country. The contests help teach young people how to make decisions in an orderly manner, use reasoning skills, and to present and defend their decisions. It also teaches them to become better future consumers. Many opportunities are provided for the participants to learn about the poultry food industries and the products they provide.
The conference is funded through contributions of goods, finances and services from many individuals, companies and organizations, including the Poultry Science Association. A total of 53 organizations provided financial support for the events and awards. Additional support in conducting the program comes from university faculty working with 4-H leaders, agents and volunteers. Special appreciation is expressed for these individuals and groups, because the 21-year-old National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference could not exist without their contributions.
Ten teams competed in the Avian Bowl. The winning California team consisted of Emily Moore, Erika Borg, and Nora Elsalawy. In the turkey barbeque demonstration, Gwen Taylor from Louisiana, placed first among the 12 contestants. Laura Kyte from Tennessee won the chicken barbeque competetion, besting 9 other contestants. From 15 entrants in the egg preparation demonstrations, Reba Cherneski from Maryland was chosen to receive top honors.
Competition was exceptionally strong in the poultry and egg judging contest this year, with 19 competing teams. The overall individual champion was Robert Moore from Florida, with 1,432 points out of a possible 1,500. Robert led the Florida team to the overall championship. They scored 4,262 points out of the possible 4,500. Other Florida team members were Stacey Ditty, Nathan Landrum, and Stacey Ellison. Other high ranking teams were Ohio, 2nd; Virginia, 3rd; Tennessee, 4th; Georgia, 5th; Illinois, 6th; Indiana, 7th; Louisiana, 8th; Arkansas, 9th; and Maryland, 10th.