Department News and Events -- Department of Poultry Science -- Auburn University

Welcome to the Spring 2010 Seminar Series. Our seminar series feature a variety of topics that bring awareness to pertinent issues within the poultry industry. We hope you can join us every Monday in Classroom 120 in the Poultry Science Building from 2:00 to 3:00 PM. If you have any question(s), please feel free to contact me, Dr. Yewande Fasina, Assistant Professor, Seminar Coordinator. My email address is: fasinyo@auburn.edu
SEMINAR SCHEDULE Spring 2010
Date & Time	Title	Speaker
Jan 11 2:00 PM	Welcome & Update on Departmental Plans AND Overview of Poultry Farm Operations	Dr. Donald Conner Professor & Head of Poultry Science Dept Auburn Univ, AL Micthell Pate Director Poultry Farm Research & Extension Center Auburn Univ, AL
Jan 19* Tuesday 2:00 PM	Laboratory Safety (This seminar is on a TUESDAY)	Margaret Smith Lab Safety Pgm Mngr Department of Risk Management & Safety Auburn Univ, AL
Jan 25	No Seminar (IPSF & IPE, Atlanta)
Feb 1 2:00 PM	Biological Safety	Shawn McNulty Biosafety Officer Department of Risk Management & Safety Auburn Univ, AL
Feb 8 2:00 PM	Evaluation of Methods to Determine Amino Acid Digestibility in Feed Ingredients	Sam Rochell GRA Adviser: Dozier Poultry Science Auburn Univ, AL
Feb 15 2:00 PM	Effect of Nupro® Yeast Extract Supplementation on Clostridium perfringens Colonization in the Intestine of Broiler Chickens	Rajani Thanissery Adviser: Fasina/Conner GRA Poultry Science Auburn Univ, AL
Feb 22 2:00 PM	Microbiology of Poultry Litter by Culture and Molecular Detection	Zac Williams GRA Adviser: Macklin Poultry Science Auburn Univ, AL
Mar 1 2:00 PM	Graduate Studies: Keys to Success	Sarge Bilgili Prof & Ext Scientist Poultry Science Auburn Univ, AL
Mar 8 2:00 PM	Nutritional and Physiological Consequences of Phytic Acid for Broilers	Curran Gehring GRA Adviser: Dozier Poultry Science Auburn Univ, AL
Mar 15 2:00 PM	No Seminar (Spring Break)
Mar 22 2:00 PM	Eagle Island: Using Virtual Space for Poultry Education	Marcia Kloepper SpecV, Info Tech and Matilda Bryant Research Assoc V Poultry Science Auburn Univ, AL
Mar 29 2:00 PM	Influence of Vitamin E Supplementation on Meat Quality and Shelf Life in Broilers	Benya Saenmahayak GRA Adviser: Bilgili Poultry Science Auburn Univ, AL
Apr 5 2:00 PM	Shell Egg Processing Plant Sanitation	Dr. Michael Musgrove Research Food Technologist Egg Safety & Quality Research Unit USDA-ARS, Athens, GA
Apr 12 2:00 PM	The verification of water line and darkling beetle as the transmission sources of infectious laryngotracheitis virus	Shan-Chia Ou GRA Adviser: Giambrone Poultry Science Auburn Univ, AL
Apr 19 2:00 PM	The effects of the phytoestrogen genistein on chickens	Lindsay Stevenson GRA Adviser: Berry Poultry Science Auburn Univ, AL
Apr 26 2:00 PM	Effects of dietary phosphorus and phytase enzymes on broiler performance and bone mineralization	Ashley Hendricks GRA Adviser: Blake Poultry Science Auburn Univ, AL
May 3 2:00 PM	Time-temperature dependent growth patterns of Salmonella spp. in a model food system with natural microflora	Amit Morey GRA Adviser: McKee Poultry Science Auburn Univ, AL

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