UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- More than 1,000 of the world's top poultry scientists will flock to Penn State for the 1998 Poultry Science Association Meeting, Aug. 1-5 at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel.
"This event brings together research scientists, producers, educators, extension specialists and poultry industry managers," says William Weaver, Penn State professor and head of poultry science. "The Poultry Science Association is the most prominent poultry research and scientific society in the world. Attendees will come from all over the United States, as well as Canada, Europe, Asia and other areas."
More than 400 scientific presentations are expected at the meeting, covering nutrition, pathology, immunology, physiology, processing/products, genetics, extension/instruction and environment/management.
The event will feature symposia on muscle growth and development, managing poultry reproduction to satisfy market demands, undergraduate poultry science programs, effective extension poultry programming, and reducing the environmental impact of poultry production. Poster sessions and commercial exhibits also are scheduled.
Among the meeting's special presentations will be a keynote address by the National Broiler Council's William Roenigk, who will speak on the "Economic Significance of the Poultry Muscle Foods Industry." Rustom Roy, Penn State Evan Pugh Professor of Science, Technology, and Society and Professor of Geochemistry, will present the meeting's opening session, titled "Applications Driven Science: Science's Future."
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EDITORS: For more information, contact William Weaver at 814-865-3411.
Contacts: Chuck Gill cdg5@psu.edu 814-863-2713 814-865-1068 fax