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1993 Graduate Student Research Paper Certificates of Excellence
1993 Graduate Student Research Paper Certificates of Excellence
Micah H. Adams, Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, received a Certificate of Excellence for the paper "Utilization of a High Oil Corn in Broiler Diets" p r e s e n t e d in t h e N u t r i t i o n section. Co-authors were A. L. Waldroup and P. W. Waldroup. Adams is a native of Camden, Arkansas. He received a B.S. in Domestic Animal Biology in 1987 and a M.S. in Poultry Science in 1990 from the University of Arkansas. In 1992 he received an Award of Excellence from the Southern Poultry Science Society for a presentation made at the annual meeting. He is currently working as a research assistant towards a Ph.D. in Poultry Science under the direction of P. W. Waldroup. Adams' research in-
cludes protein and energy requirement of broilers and turkeys. Seiji Aoyagi, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, Illinois, received a Certificate of Excellence for the paper "Nutritional Evaluation of Copper-Methionine and Copper-Lysine Complexes and Their P r o t e c t i v e Effect against Inhibitory Effects of Cysteine and Ascorbic Acid," presented in the Nutrition section. This paper was co-authored by D. H. Baker. Aoyagi was born in Yokohama, Japan, in 1963 where he lived before moving to Torrance, California, in 1976 with his family. He received a B.S. degree in Biochemistry with a minor in chemistry from Occidental College, Los Angeles in 1985. He then returned to Japan, taking a research position w i t h Kyowa H a k k o Kogyo Co., Ltd. His research emphasized strain improvement of amino acid hyperproducing bacteria and scale-up technology of amino acid production by fermentation. In 1988, he took a research and development position within the same company, where he was engaged in development of new products for animal nutrition, mainly amino acids and digestive enzymes. Aoyagi was accepted for graduate study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990, where he received an M.S. degree in Animal Sciences (Nutrition) under the guidance of D. H. Baker in 1992. He is currently working as a research assistant towards the completion of a Ph.D. degree in Animal Sciences under the guidance of D. H. Baker. His current research interests are copper metabolism, amino acid nutrition, and nutritional immunology. He received a Certificate of Excellence Award
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The Graduate Student Research Paper Certificates of Excellence were awarded to 12 graduate students in recognition of high-quality research papers presented at the 1993 Annual Meeting. As Certificate of Excellence awardees, they are eligible to submit papers for the Poultry Science Association Graduate Student Research Manu-script Award for 1993. The manuscript or reprint of the published paper based on the award-winning presentation should be submitted in five copies to the Chairperson of the Graduate Student Research Manuscript Award Committee, F. E. Robinson, Department of Animal/ Poultry Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2P5. Those graduate students who won a Certificate of Excellence in the oral sections and reported on research regarding turkeys were given the Nicholas Graduate Student Paper Award for Turkey Research. This award was initiated at the 1993 Annual Meeting and provides $500 per recipient.
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at the Poultry Science meeting in 1992 and subsequently received the Graduate Student Research Manuscript Award in 1993. He is the first place winner of 1993 Sigma Xi Student Paper Competition (University of Illinois Chapter) and the winner of the A. L. Neumann Outstanding Graduate Student Ward 1993 (Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois). He is also a recipient of 1993 AFIA Scholarship Award. He is a member of California Scholarship Federation, Alpha Chi Sigma, Gamma Sigma Delta, and Sigma Xi.
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Kawsar Ghaly, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, received a Certificate of Excellence and the Nicholas Graduate Student Award for the paper "Effect of Thermal Environment on Serum Prolactin (PRL) and Luteinizing Hormone (LH) and on Hypothalamic Vasoactive
Maryla E. Lupicki, Department of Animal Science, University of Alberta, Canada, was awarded a Certificate of ExWSBSBB cellence for the paper "Ovarian and ^
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Oviductal Development and Morphol\ m pr3 ogy in Egg-Type and Meat-Type Chickens: t, > _ E f f e c t s of P h o tostimulation, Aging, anc rifl^j /M^ * Level of Feedf * /'• \ ing" presented as a Wm %#**!• poster in the Physiology Poster section. The paper was co-authored by F. E. Robinson and R. T. Hardin. Lupicki was born in Wroclaw, Poland, where she lived before moving to Canada. She received a M.Sc. degree in Nutrition from the University of Wroclaw in Poland and graduated with distinction. She is
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Chad B. Clardy, Department of Food Science, Clemson University, received a Certificate of Excellence for the poster presentation "Film Type Effects on Meat-toFilm Adhesion as Examined by Electron Microscopy," p r e sented in the Processing and Products Poster section. The paper was coauthored by P. L. Dawson. Chad was born in Liberty, South Carolina in March of 1969. He graduated from Clemson University in 1992 with a B.S. in Food Science. He is currently pursuing a M.S. in Animal and Food Industries under the direction of P. L. Dawson at Clemson University. He is a member of the Poultry Science Association, The Institute of Food Technologists, The American Meat Science Association, and the Food Science Club at Clemson University, in which he has served as vice president and is currently president. While completing his undergraduate degree, he worked as a student lab technician in an amino acids analysis lab. His masters research interests focus on the meat/film interface of cook-in-the-film poultry products.
Intestinal Peptide (VIP), and Gonadotropin Re-leasing Hormone I and II (GNRH-I and GNRH-II) of Turkey Hens," p r e s e n t e d in the Physiology section. The paper was coa u t h o r e d b y A. Galal, A. K. Ibrahim, A. A. Abed El Nabi, I. Rozenboim, and M. El H a l a w a n i . Ghaly was born in El \ Agosa Gize, Egypt, in 1961. She is employed as an assis tant lecturer in the Department of Animal Production at the University of Minya. She received a B.S. degree in 1982 from Cairo University in poultry production and obtained a M.S. in avian physiology from Minya University in 1988. She received a Channel System Scholarship from Egypt to study in America in 1991 and is completing the Ph.D. degree under the supervision of M. El Halawani at the University of Minnesota, and Abd El Motye at the University of Minya, Egypt. Her present research interests include tine study of endocrine responses to environmental factors and reproductive hormone secretion in turkeys. She is a member of the Poultry Science Association.
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currently finishing her M.Sc. degree in Animal Science (Poultry) under the supervision of F. E. Robinson. Her research interests focus on avian reproductive physiology, and her studies have included egg-type and meat-type chickens.
life member of Sigma Alpha Iota National Women's Music Fraternity. Christine J. Payne, University of Wisconsin-Madison, received a Certificate of Excellence for the paper "The Detection ... of Big Liver and •£0m ^ k Spleen DiseaseWk Associated Antigen in Tissues from Infected Birds," • p r e s e n t e d in the Pathology section. P t ^ The paper was coauthored by Sarah Plant and Trevor Ellis. Payne was born in Plymouth, Wisconsin in 1965. She graduated from the University of WisconsinMadison in 1987 with a B.S. degree in Poultry Science and Meat and Animal Science. In 1989, she received a M.S. degree in the Poultry Science Department of Clemson University, South Carolina, under the direction of Thomas Scott. Following graduation from Clemson University, she participated in a Communicating for Agriculture Exchange program to Western Australia and was employed by Inghams Enterprises Pty. Ltd. for 9 mo. Currently, Payne is enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in a Ph.D. program under Mark E. Cook. Her research on big liver and spleen disease (BLS) is an ongoing 3-yr project at the W e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a n D e p a r t m e n t of Agriculture, funded by the Australian Chicken Meat Research Council. The research focus is to isolate and characterize the causative agent for BLS. In 1990, she won the John L. Skinner Professional Development Award, and in 1991, she received the Southern Poultry Science Society Certificate of Merit for a paper she presented at the SPSS meetings in Atlanta, Georgia. Benilda S. Perez, Department of Poultry Science, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, received a Certificate of Excellence and the Nicholas Graduate Student Award for the paper "Morpholog-
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Autumn C. Marshall, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the paper entitled "Omega-3 Fatty Acid Enriched Table Eggs: A Survey of Consumer Acceptability" presented in the Products and Proy ^J cessing section. The p a p e r was coauthored by K. S. Kubena, P. S. Hargis, and M. E. Van Elswyk. Marshall was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1970. She received a Presidential scholarship to attend David Lipscomb University, where she received her B.S. in Dietetics in 1992. She is currently attending Texas A&M University as part of the Combined Clinical Dietetic Internship and M.S. Degree program, pursuing her M.S. in Nutrition under the direction of M. E. Van Elswyk. Her graduate committee is also co-chaired by K. S. Kubena of the Graduate Faculty of Nutrition. Marshall's main areas of research include oxidative stability of omega-3 fatty acid enriched eggs, effects of dietary menhaden oil on hen liver lipid metabolism, and marketability of omega-3 fatty acid enriched eggs. In 1992 Marshall received the Outstanding Dietetic Student Award from David Lipscomb University, and the Outstanding Student Member Award as state student chair from the Tennessee Home Economics Association. She was also the recipient of the 1993 Tennessee Dietetic Association Scholarship to pursue her M.S. Degree and was the 1993-94 recipient of the Purina Mills Research Fellowship Award. Marshall is a student member of the American Home Economics Association, an affiliate member of the American Dietetic Association, a student member of the American Institute of Nutrition, and a
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Robert A. Renema, University of Alberta, E d m o n t o n , Alberta, C a n a d a , received a Certificate of Excellence and the Nicholas Graduate Student Award for the paper "The Use of Feed Restriction for Improving Egg Production in Large White Turkey Hens," presented in the Environment and Management section. The paper was coauthored by F. E.
Robinson, R. T. Hardin, L. G. Bagley, R. M. Walker, and J. R. Blackman. Renema was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in 1969. He studied at The King's College, where in 1990 he received a B.S. degree with a concentration in Biology. In the fall of 1990 he began studies at the University of Alberta, and in 1991 began an M.S. program in poultry nutrition and reproductive physiology under the supervision of F. E. Robinson. In the fall of 1993, he plans to continue this work in a Ph.D. program at the University of Alberta. Renema was the recipient of the Graduate Award of Excellence from The King's College for the highest academic standing in his graduating class in biological sciences. He was supported throughout his M.S. degree program by an NSERC graduate scholarship from the government of Canada. He has twice been the recipient of a Pacific Egg and Poultry Association scholarship and is being partially supported in his Ph.D. program by a Province of Alberta Graduate Fellowship. He is a member of the PSA and the WPSA. His research interests focus on the effects of nutrient intake on reproductive function in poultry. Keith A. Turner, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence and the Nicholas Graduate Student Award for the paper entitled "The Effect of M e d i u m - C h a i n Triglyceride Intubation u p o n Early Growth, Liver Status ) \ and Plasma Metabo\ %> lites in Post-Hatch Poults," presented in the Nutrition section. The paper was co-authored by J. S. Sell. Turner is a native of Putnam County, Ohio. He received his B.S. degree in Animal Science from Purdue University in 1989. Turner spent his final 2 yr at Purdue University as a lab assistant with P. Y. Hester. In the summer of 1991, Turner received his M.S. degree at Ohio State University under the direction of M. S.
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ical Characterization of Spermiophages from the Semen of Domestic Turkey," presented in the Physiology section. The p a p e r was coauthored by N. Korn and R. J. Thurston. Perez was born in Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines, on November 8, 1959. She graduated from the University of the Philippines at Los Banos in 1980 with a B.S. degree in Zoology. She then taught Zoology courses at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. Later, she joined a government agency as a research specialist before deciding to pursue graduate studies in the United States. In 1991, she received an M.S. degree in Animal and Food Industries (Poultry Science) under the supervision of R. J. Thurston at Clemson University and is currently completing the requirements for a Ph.D. degree in Animal Physiology. Her other awards include the First Place Winner for the Outstanding Graduate Research Presentation at the 1990 Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Academy of Science. Her research Interests are in the areas of reproductive physiology and immunology where she focuses on the spermiophage, a phagocytic cell found in turkey semen and reproductive organs that has not been well characterized. She is a member of Sigma Xi, Poultry Science Association, World's Poultry Science Association, and International Student and Graduate Student Association of Clemson University.
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Tara J. Walsh, Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, received a Certificate of Excellence for the paper "The Effects of Two Temp e r a t u r e s , Carbon Dioxide, and 7 and 14 Days of Storage on Albumen Quality, Hatchability, and Embryonic Mortality of Broiler Hatching Eggs." The p a p e r was co-authored by John Brake. Walsh was born in Southern Pines, North Carolina. She received a B.S. degree in both Animal Science and Zoology (Double Major) in May 1989 and a M.S. degree in Physiology in 1993 at NCSU under the direction of John Brake. She is presently a Ph.D. candidate in the Physiology program at North Carolina State University.
Walsh is a member of the Poultry Science Association and recently received an Outstanding Teaching Assistant award at NCSU. Her research interest focus on albumen characteristics and embryonic mortality as well as nutrition and management of broiler breeders. Tianshun Xu, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Maryland, received a Certificate of Excellence for the paper "Evidence of Vitamin D Resistance in Chicks with Tibial Dyschondroplasia," p r e s e n t e d in t h e Nutrition Poster section. The paper was co-authored by J. H. Soares, Jr., R. M. Leach, Jr., J. Kerr, and B. Hollis. Tianshun Xu was born in Shaanxi Province, China, in 1962. After receiving a B.S. degree in Animal Science from the Northwestern College of Agriculture in China in 1982, he was employed as a research assistant at the Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He was accepted for graduate study at the University of Wisconsin in 1987, where he received an M.S. degree in Poultry Nutrition under the guidance of M. E. Cook in 1989. He then entered the University of Maryland in pursuit of the Ph.D. degree in Nutritional Science under the supervision of J. H. Soares, Jr., and has worked as a graduate research assistant in the Poultry Science Department. His research has focused on vitamin D metabolism in chickens with tibial dyschondroplasia. He is a member of the Poultry Science Association and the Chinese Society of Animal Nutrition.
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Lilburn. He is currently undertaking a Ph.D. degree at Iowa State University under the direction of J. L. Sell. Turner's main area of interest lies with the nutrition and metabolism of early poult growth and development in relation to nutritional supplementation in an attempt to improve livability. In 1989 Turner received the Robert L. Hogue Poultry Award from Purdue University. He was the 1991-92 recipient of the Purina Mills Research Fellowship from work initiated with M. S. Lilburn. Turner also received a Certificate of Excellence for a paper presented in the Nutrition section at the 1989 Poultry Science Association Meeting. Turner holds membership in Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, Sigma XL and the Poultry Science Association.
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Micah H. Adams, Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, received a Certificate of Excellence for the paper "Utilization of a High Oil Corn in Broiler Diets" p r e s e n t e d in t h e N u t r i t i o n section. Co-authors were A. L. Waldroup and P. W. Waldroup. Adams is a native of Camden, Arkansas. He received a B.S. in Domestic Animal Biology in 1987 and a M.S. in Poultry Science in 1990 from the University of Arkansas. In 1992 he received an Award of Excellence from the Southern Poultry Science Society for a presentation made at the annual meeting. He is currently working as a research assistant towards a Ph.D. in Poultry Science under the direction of P. W. Waldroup. Adams' research in-
cludes protein and energy requirement of broilers and turkeys. Seiji Aoyagi, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, Illinois, received a Certificate of Excellence for the paper "Nutritional Evaluation of Copper-Methionine and Copper-Lysine Complexes and Their P r o t e c t i v e Effect against Inhibitory Effects of Cysteine and Ascorbic Acid," presented in the Nutrition section. This paper was co-authored by D. H. Baker. Aoyagi was born in Yokohama, Japan, in 1963 where he lived before moving to Torrance, California, in 1976 with his family. He received a B.S. degree in Biochemistry with a minor in chemistry from Occidental College, Los Angeles in 1985. He then returned to Japan, taking a research position w i t h Kyowa H a k k o Kogyo Co., Ltd. His research emphasized strain improvement of amino acid hyperproducing bacteria and scale-up technology of amino acid production by fermentation. In 1988, he took a research and development position within the same company, where he was engaged in development of new products for animal nutrition, mainly amino acids and digestive enzymes. Aoyagi was accepted for graduate study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990, where he received an M.S. degree in Animal Sciences (Nutrition) under the guidance of D. H. Baker in 1992. He is currently working as a research assistant towards the completion of a Ph.D. degree in Animal Sciences under the guidance of D. H. Baker. His current research interests are copper metabolism, amino acid nutrition, and nutritional immunology. He received a Certificate of Excellence Award
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The Graduate Student Research Paper Certificates of Excellence were awarded to 12 graduate students in recognition of high-quality research papers presented at the 1993 Annual Meeting. As Certificate of Excellence awardees, they are eligible to submit papers for the Poultry Science Association Graduate Student Research Manu-script Award for 1993. The manuscript or reprint of the published paper based on the award-winning presentation should be submitted in five copies to the Chairperson of the Graduate Student Research Manuscript Award Committee, F. E. Robinson, Department of Animal/ Poultry Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2P5. Those graduate students who won a Certificate of Excellence in the oral sections and reported on research regarding turkeys were given the Nicholas Graduate Student Paper Award for Turkey Research. This award was initiated at the 1993 Annual Meeting and provides $500 per recipient.
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at the Poultry Science meeting in 1992 and subsequently received the Graduate Student Research Manuscript Award in 1993. He is the first place winner of 1993 Sigma Xi Student Paper Competition (University of Illinois Chapter) and the winner of the A. L. Neumann Outstanding Graduate Student Ward 1993 (Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois). He is also a recipient of 1993 AFIA Scholarship Award. He is a member of California Scholarship Federation, Alpha Chi Sigma, Gamma Sigma Delta, and Sigma Xi.
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Kawsar Ghaly, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, received a Certificate of Excellence and the Nicholas Graduate Student Award for the paper "Effect of Thermal Environment on Serum Prolactin (PRL) and Luteinizing Hormone (LH) and on Hypothalamic Vasoactive
Maryla E. Lupicki, Department of Animal Science, University of Alberta, Canada, was awarded a Certificate of ExWSBSBB cellence for the paper "Ovarian and ^
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Oviductal Development and Morphol\ m pr3 ogy in Egg-Type and Meat-Type Chickens: t, > _ E f f e c t s of P h o tostimulation, Aging, anc rifl^j /M^ * Level of Feedf * /'• \ ing" presented as a Wm %#**!• poster in the Physiology Poster section. The paper was co-authored by F. E. Robinson and R. T. Hardin. Lupicki was born in Wroclaw, Poland, where she lived before moving to Canada. She received a M.Sc. degree in Nutrition from the University of Wroclaw in Poland and graduated with distinction. She is
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Chad B. Clardy, Department of Food Science, Clemson University, received a Certificate of Excellence for the poster presentation "Film Type Effects on Meat-toFilm Adhesion as Examined by Electron Microscopy," p r e sented in the Processing and Products Poster section. The paper was coauthored by P. L. Dawson. Chad was born in Liberty, South Carolina in March of 1969. He graduated from Clemson University in 1992 with a B.S. in Food Science. He is currently pursuing a M.S. in Animal and Food Industries under the direction of P. L. Dawson at Clemson University. He is a member of the Poultry Science Association, The Institute of Food Technologists, The American Meat Science Association, and the Food Science Club at Clemson University, in which he has served as vice president and is currently president. While completing his undergraduate degree, he worked as a student lab technician in an amino acids analysis lab. His masters research interests focus on the meat/film interface of cook-in-the-film poultry products.
Intestinal Peptide (VIP), and Gonadotropin Re-leasing Hormone I and II (GNRH-I and GNRH-II) of Turkey Hens," p r e s e n t e d in the Physiology section. The paper was coa u t h o r e d b y A. Galal, A. K. Ibrahim, A. A. Abed El Nabi, I. Rozenboim, and M. El H a l a w a n i . Ghaly was born in El \ Agosa Gize, Egypt, in 1961. She is employed as an assis tant lecturer in the Department of Animal Production at the University of Minya. She received a B.S. degree in 1982 from Cairo University in poultry production and obtained a M.S. in avian physiology from Minya University in 1988. She received a Channel System Scholarship from Egypt to study in America in 1991 and is completing the Ph.D. degree under the supervision of M. El Halawani at the University of Minnesota, and Abd El Motye at the University of Minya, Egypt. Her present research interests include tine study of endocrine responses to environmental factors and reproductive hormone secretion in turkeys. She is a member of the Poultry Science Association.
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currently finishing her M.Sc. degree in Animal Science (Poultry) under the supervision of F. E. Robinson. Her research interests focus on avian reproductive physiology, and her studies have included egg-type and meat-type chickens.
life member of Sigma Alpha Iota National Women's Music Fraternity. Christine J. Payne, University of Wisconsin-Madison, received a Certificate of Excellence for the paper "The Detection ... of Big Liver and •£0m ^ k Spleen DiseaseWk Associated Antigen in Tissues from Infected Birds," • p r e s e n t e d in the Pathology section. P t ^ The paper was coauthored by Sarah Plant and Trevor Ellis. Payne was born in Plymouth, Wisconsin in 1965. She graduated from the University of WisconsinMadison in 1987 with a B.S. degree in Poultry Science and Meat and Animal Science. In 1989, she received a M.S. degree in the Poultry Science Department of Clemson University, South Carolina, under the direction of Thomas Scott. Following graduation from Clemson University, she participated in a Communicating for Agriculture Exchange program to Western Australia and was employed by Inghams Enterprises Pty. Ltd. for 9 mo. Currently, Payne is enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in a Ph.D. program under Mark E. Cook. Her research on big liver and spleen disease (BLS) is an ongoing 3-yr project at the W e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a n D e p a r t m e n t of Agriculture, funded by the Australian Chicken Meat Research Council. The research focus is to isolate and characterize the causative agent for BLS. In 1990, she won the John L. Skinner Professional Development Award, and in 1991, she received the Southern Poultry Science Society Certificate of Merit for a paper she presented at the SPSS meetings in Atlanta, Georgia. Benilda S. Perez, Department of Poultry Science, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, received a Certificate of Excellence and the Nicholas Graduate Student Award for the paper "Morpholog-
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Autumn C. Marshall, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the paper entitled "Omega-3 Fatty Acid Enriched Table Eggs: A Survey of Consumer Acceptability" presented in the Products and Proy ^J cessing section. The p a p e r was coauthored by K. S. Kubena, P. S. Hargis, and M. E. Van Elswyk. Marshall was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1970. She received a Presidential scholarship to attend David Lipscomb University, where she received her B.S. in Dietetics in 1992. She is currently attending Texas A&M University as part of the Combined Clinical Dietetic Internship and M.S. Degree program, pursuing her M.S. in Nutrition under the direction of M. E. Van Elswyk. Her graduate committee is also co-chaired by K. S. Kubena of the Graduate Faculty of Nutrition. Marshall's main areas of research include oxidative stability of omega-3 fatty acid enriched eggs, effects of dietary menhaden oil on hen liver lipid metabolism, and marketability of omega-3 fatty acid enriched eggs. In 1992 Marshall received the Outstanding Dietetic Student Award from David Lipscomb University, and the Outstanding Student Member Award as state student chair from the Tennessee Home Economics Association. She was also the recipient of the 1993 Tennessee Dietetic Association Scholarship to pursue her M.S. Degree and was the 1993-94 recipient of the Purina Mills Research Fellowship Award. Marshall is a student member of the American Home Economics Association, an affiliate member of the American Dietetic Association, a student member of the American Institute of Nutrition, and a
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Robert A. Renema, University of Alberta, E d m o n t o n , Alberta, C a n a d a , received a Certificate of Excellence and the Nicholas Graduate Student Award for the paper "The Use of Feed Restriction for Improving Egg Production in Large White Turkey Hens," presented in the Environment and Management section. The paper was coauthored by F. E.
Robinson, R. T. Hardin, L. G. Bagley, R. M. Walker, and J. R. Blackman. Renema was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in 1969. He studied at The King's College, where in 1990 he received a B.S. degree with a concentration in Biology. In the fall of 1990 he began studies at the University of Alberta, and in 1991 began an M.S. program in poultry nutrition and reproductive physiology under the supervision of F. E. Robinson. In the fall of 1993, he plans to continue this work in a Ph.D. program at the University of Alberta. Renema was the recipient of the Graduate Award of Excellence from The King's College for the highest academic standing in his graduating class in biological sciences. He was supported throughout his M.S. degree program by an NSERC graduate scholarship from the government of Canada. He has twice been the recipient of a Pacific Egg and Poultry Association scholarship and is being partially supported in his Ph.D. program by a Province of Alberta Graduate Fellowship. He is a member of the PSA and the WPSA. His research interests focus on the effects of nutrient intake on reproductive function in poultry. Keith A. Turner, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, was awarded a Certificate of Excellence and the Nicholas Graduate Student Award for the paper entitled "The Effect of M e d i u m - C h a i n Triglyceride Intubation u p o n Early Growth, Liver Status ) \ and Plasma Metabo\ %> lites in Post-Hatch Poults," presented in the Nutrition section. The paper was co-authored by J. S. Sell. Turner is a native of Putnam County, Ohio. He received his B.S. degree in Animal Science from Purdue University in 1989. Turner spent his final 2 yr at Purdue University as a lab assistant with P. Y. Hester. In the summer of 1991, Turner received his M.S. degree at Ohio State University under the direction of M. S.
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ical Characterization of Spermiophages from the Semen of Domestic Turkey," presented in the Physiology section. The p a p e r was coauthored by N. Korn and R. J. Thurston. Perez was born in Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines, on November 8, 1959. She graduated from the University of the Philippines at Los Banos in 1980 with a B.S. degree in Zoology. She then taught Zoology courses at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. Later, she joined a government agency as a research specialist before deciding to pursue graduate studies in the United States. In 1991, she received an M.S. degree in Animal and Food Industries (Poultry Science) under the supervision of R. J. Thurston at Clemson University and is currently completing the requirements for a Ph.D. degree in Animal Physiology. Her other awards include the First Place Winner for the Outstanding Graduate Research Presentation at the 1990 Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Academy of Science. Her research Interests are in the areas of reproductive physiology and immunology where she focuses on the spermiophage, a phagocytic cell found in turkey semen and reproductive organs that has not been well characterized. She is a member of Sigma Xi, Poultry Science Association, World's Poultry Science Association, and International Student and Graduate Student Association of Clemson University.
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Tara J. Walsh, Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, received a Certificate of Excellence for the paper "The Effects of Two Temp e r a t u r e s , Carbon Dioxide, and 7 and 14 Days of Storage on Albumen Quality, Hatchability, and Embryonic Mortality of Broiler Hatching Eggs." The p a p e r was co-authored by John Brake. Walsh was born in Southern Pines, North Carolina. She received a B.S. degree in both Animal Science and Zoology (Double Major) in May 1989 and a M.S. degree in Physiology in 1993 at NCSU under the direction of John Brake. She is presently a Ph.D. candidate in the Physiology program at North Carolina State University.
Walsh is a member of the Poultry Science Association and recently received an Outstanding Teaching Assistant award at NCSU. Her research interest focus on albumen characteristics and embryonic mortality as well as nutrition and management of broiler breeders. Tianshun Xu, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Maryland, received a Certificate of Excellence for the paper "Evidence of Vitamin D Resistance in Chicks with Tibial Dyschondroplasia," p r e s e n t e d in t h e Nutrition Poster section. The paper was co-authored by J. H. Soares, Jr., R. M. Leach, Jr., J. Kerr, and B. Hollis. Tianshun Xu was born in Shaanxi Province, China, in 1962. After receiving a B.S. degree in Animal Science from the Northwestern College of Agriculture in China in 1982, he was employed as a research assistant at the Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He was accepted for graduate study at the University of Wisconsin in 1987, where he received an M.S. degree in Poultry Nutrition under the guidance of M. E. Cook in 1989. He then entered the University of Maryland in pursuit of the Ph.D. degree in Nutritional Science under the supervision of J. H. Soares, Jr., and has worked as a graduate research assistant in the Poultry Science Department. His research has focused on vitamin D metabolism in chickens with tibial dyschondroplasia. He is a member of the Poultry Science Association and the Chinese Society of Animal Nutrition.
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Lilburn. He is currently undertaking a Ph.D. degree at Iowa State University under the direction of J. L. Sell. Turner's main area of interest lies with the nutrition and metabolism of early poult growth and development in relation to nutritional supplementation in an attempt to improve livability. In 1989 Turner received the Robert L. Hogue Poultry Award from Purdue University. He was the 1991-92 recipient of the Purina Mills Research Fellowship from work initiated with M. S. Lilburn. Turner also received a Certificate of Excellence for a paper presented in the Nutrition section at the 1989 Poultry Science Association Meeting. Turner holds membership in Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, Sigma XL and the Poultry Science Association.
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