Lisa Donalson Receives Maurice Stein Fellowship Award

Lisa Donalson, an M. S. graduate student with Dr. Ricke's laboratory has received the 2005 Maurice Stein Fellowship Award from the Poultry Science Association. This award of $1000 is given to a graduate student whose training and research in applied poultry sciences may lead to improvements if efficiency and profitability of the poultry industry. Priority is given to candidates whose programs involve eggs and egg products and business and economics. Ms. Donalson's research is entitled "The In Vivo And In Vitro Effect Of A Fructooligosaccharide Prebiotic Combined With Alfalfa Molt Diets On Egg Production And Salmonella In Laying Hens" and is part of Dr.Ricke's research program on the dietary, physiological, and molecular factors influencing the infection of laying hens by salmonella. Congratulations!

(4/18/05)