Paul H. Patterson, Ph.D.
Professor of Poultry Science
Appointment: 70% Extension, 30% Research

Extension: Educational programs to improve handling of poultry waste, and improve water quality, egg production and processing systems

Research: Nutrition and the management of by-products from poultry production

E-mail: php1@psu.edu

Education
Ph.D.   1988   University of Wisconsin-Madison; Major degrees - Poultry Sci. and Nutritional Sci.
M.S.    1982    Washington State University; Major degree - Animal Sci.
B.S.     1979   cum laude Washington State University; Major degree - Animal Sci.

Program Objectives
The central theme of my extension and research programs is environmental poultry management. Efforts focus on discovering and promoting efficient poultry production systems that place minimum burden on the environment. While managing manure and by-products of poultry production are obvious endeavors, less tangible efforts include the impact of odor, flies, traffic, etc., on the environment at the urban-rural interface. The later impacts are important to the survival of poultry production and processing enterprises in Pennsylvania. Other efforts are geared to enhancing producer profitability and efficiency, thereby reducing waste and by-products and benefiting the environment.

Research efforts have focused on environmental poultry management with an emphasis on applied studies that go hand in hand with the extension programs. As a nutritioinist I have sought to recycle the nutrients of poultry by-products to both crop and livestock systems to abate non-point sources of pollution. These efforts benefit small poultry farmers, corporate agriculture and ultimately the public at large.

Recent Publications
Patterson, P. H., Adrizal, R. M. Hulet, R. M. Bates, C. A. B. Myers, G. P. Martin, R. L. Shockey, and M. van der Grinten. 2007. Vegetative buffers for fan emissions from poultry farms. 1. Temperature and foliar nitrogen. Accepted. J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part B. 42(5):

Patterson, P. H., Adrizal, R. M. Hulet, R. M. Bates, D. A. Despot, E. F. Wheeler, and P. A. Topper. 2007. The potential for plants to trap emissions from farms with laying hens. 1. Ammonia. Submitted  J. Appl. Poultry Res.

Adrizal, A., P. H. Patterson, R. M. Hulet and R. M. Bates. 2006. Growth and foliar nitrogen status of four plant species exposed to atmospheric ammonia. J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part B. 41(6):1001-1018.

Kim, W. K., C. A. Froelich, Jr., P. H. Patterson, and S. C. Ricke. 2006. The potential to reduce poultry nitrogen emissions with dietary methionine or methionine analogues supplementation. World's Poultry Sci. 62: 338-353.

Kim, W. K., and P. H. Patterson. 2006. Ammonium-nitrogen transformation and nitrogen retention in broiler manure supplemented with a soil amendment containing nitrifying bacteria. J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part B. 41(2):121-133.

Tang, P., P. Patterson, and V. Puri. 2006. Impact of feed segregation on the commercial hen and egg quality. J. Appl. Poultry Res. 15:564-573.

Patterson, P. H., and Adrizal. 2005. Management strategies to reduce air emissions: Emphasis - dust and ammonia. J. Appl. Poultry Res. 3:638-651.

Patterson, P. H., P. A. Moore, Jr., and R. Angel. 2005. Chapter 21, Phosphorus and Poultry Nutrition. Pp. 635-682 In Phosphorus: Agriculture and the Environment. J. T. Sims and A. N. Sharpley, Eds. American Society of Agronomy - Crop Science Society of America - Soil Science Society of America. Monograph no. 46, Madison, WI.

Kim, W. K., and P. H. Patterson. 2005. Effects of dietary zinc supplementation on hen performance, ammonia volatilization, and nitrogen retention in manure. J. Environ. Sci. Health 40(4):675-686.

Instruction (Guest Lectures & Labs)
AN SCI 207/208, Animal Products Technology, PSU
AN SCI 411, Advanced Poultry Management, PSU
AN SCI 418, Nutrient Management in Animal Production Systems, PSU
AN SCI 419, Applied Animal Welfare, PSU
AN SCI 420, Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology, PSU
AN SCI 425, Avian Diseases, PSU

Service to the Profession
Editorial Service
a. Editorial Review Board, Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 1991-97; 2004-2007; Layer Management Subject Editor, 2000-2005.
b. Assoc. Editor, Poultry Science, 2003-2006.
c. Editoral Review Board, Bioresource Technology, Elsevier Science, Ltd., Oxford, UK. 1996-2006.
d. International Reviewing Board, Egyptian Journal of Nutrition and Feeds, Cairo, Egypt. 1998-2006.
e. Ad hoc Reviewer for the following journals: 1) Journal of Experimental Zoology, 1989; 2) Journal of Environmental Quality, 1998; 3) Transactions of the ASAE, 1999; 4) British Poultry Science, 2002; 5) Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 2002.

Committee & Industry
a. National Egg Quality School, 1995-2007
b. National Poultry Waste Management Symposium, 1992-2008
c. PennAg Industries Association, Poultry Council [Pennsylvania Poultry Federation prior to 1998], 1992-2007
d. Pennsylvania Egg Quality Assurance Program (PEQAP), 1994-2007
e. United Egg Producers Scientific Panel on Air Emissions, 2004-2007