Wallace Berry
Associate Professor
Reproductive Physiology/
Research/Teaching
Office: 202-D Poultry Science Building
Mailing Address:
Department of Poultry Science
Auburn University
201 Poultry Science Building
Auburn, AL 36849-5416
Phone: 334-844-2607
FAX: 334-844-2641
E-mail: wberry@auburn.edu

Wallace Berry is a native of North Carolina and is presently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Poultry Science. He is an undergraduate advisor, advisor to the Poultry Science Club, former Chair of Radiation Safety committee, and former chair and current member of S-289 Regional Poultry Genetics Project. He is a member of the Poultry Science Association, the Society for the Study of Reproduction, the Departmental Scholarship Committee, and the College of Agriculture information Technology Committee. His research focuses on broiler breeders with a primary interst in reproductive physiology and management. His teaching responsibilities include poultry breeding, fertility and hatchability.

Education

1989 - Ph.D., Physiology, North Carolina State
1984 - M.S., Physiology, North Carolina State
1981 - B.S., Zoology, North Carolina State
1981 - B.S., Poultry Science, North Carolina State

Research

Primary research area is reproductive physiology with the goal of improving the reproductive efficiency of broiler breeders. Research program includes studies of male and female reproductive efficiency, collaborative studies with departmental colleagues on nutritional and environmental interactions with reprodutive physiology, and studies of embryonic viability. Other research includes studies of tibial dyschondroplasia in broilers, collaborative projects in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Universtiy of Alabama Birmingham, and industrial contract research projects.

TEACHING / INSTRUCTION:

POUL 3060 - Breeding, Fertility, and Hatchability
POUL 8150 - Avian Physiology
POUL 8970 - Special Problems / Physiology

SELECTED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:

Berry, W.D., Moriarty, C. M., Lau, Y-S. 2002. Lead atttenuation of episodic growth hormone secretion in rats. International Journal of Toxicology, March 2002, in press.

M.N. Barnes, W.D. Berry, E.E. Partridge. 2001. Randomized Trial of Chemoprevention with HPR and Progestins in an Avian Model of Spontaneous Ovarian Carcinogenesis. Journal of Gynecologic Oncology. Gynecologic Oncology 81, 373-379.

Berry, W.D. Use of phytase in broiler breeder feeds. Current Concepts in Broiler Production. Alabama Cooperative Extension Service. Spring 2001. pp. 1-4.

Peterson, A.R., Li, H., Berry, W.D. 2001. Immunological effects of genistein exposure in chicks. Poultry Science 80 (supplement 1): 126.

>Lien, R.J., Hess, J.B., Berry, W.D. 2001. Early protein intake influences long term egg production by broiler breeder hens. Poultry Science 80 (supplement 1): 126.

Berry, W.D. Body weight management and reproductive performance of broiler breeder males. Current Concepts in Broiler Production. Alabama Cooperative Extension Service. Fall 2000. pp. 1-2.

Zhang, J.X., Berry, W.D., McDaniel, G.R., Roland, D.A., Calvert, C., Wilhite, R. 1999. Body weight and semen production in broiler breeder males as controlled by dietary protein. Poultry Science 78: 190-196.

Chapes S.K., Mastro, A.M., Sonnenfeld, G., Berry, W.D. 1993. Antiorthostatic Suspension as a Model for the Effects of Space Flight on the Immune System. Journal of Leucocyte Biology. 54: 227-235.

Camorrato, A.M., White, L.M., Lau, Y-S, Ware, G. O., Berry, W. D.,Moriarty, C. M . 1993. Effect of exposure to low level lead on growth and growth hormone release in rats. Toxicology. 83: 101-114.

Breeding, S.W., W. D. Berry, J. Brake. 1992. Maintenance of duodenum weight during a molt induced by dietary zinc in a low calcium diet. Poultry Science. 71: 1408-1411.

Berry, W. D. and J. Brake, 1991. Modulation of calbindin-D28k in avian egg shell gland and duodenum. Journal of Poultry Sci. 70: 655-657.

Berry, W.D., B.A. Smith, J.D. Murphy, G.R. Taylor, G. Sonnenfeld, 1991. Cytokine production in a model of simulated weightlessness. Journal of Interferon Research. 11: 243-249.

STAFF PHOTOS:

Suzanne Oates
Research Asst IV
344-844-2635
oatesss@auburn.edu