MICHAEL T. KIDD

Education

1994      Ph.D.             North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
                                    Concentration: Nutrition (Major) and Immunology (Minor)

1991      M.S.              University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
                                    Concentration: Poultry Science

1990      B.S.A.           University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
                                    Concentration: Poultry Science

Positions Held

1999-Present               Professor (2007-present)
                                    MSU Ambassador for Central and South America (2007-present)
                                    Interim Department Head (2006-present)
                                    Associate Professor (2003-2007)
                                    Assistant Professor/Poultry Scientist (1999-2002)
                                    Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi

1994-1999                   Research Director (1998-1999)
                                    Research Manager (1994-1998)
                                    Nutri-Quest, Inc., Chesterfield, Missouri

1992-1994                   Research Assistant
                                    North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

1990-1991                   Graduate Student
                                    University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas

1989-1990                   Laboratory Technician
                                    Hudson Foods Veterinary Laboratory, Rogers, Arkansas

1989-1990                   Undergraduate Technician
                                    University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas

1988                            Summer Internship
                                    ConAgra Poultry Company, El Dorado, Arkansas

University Administrative Experience During Interim Head Tenure

2006-present               Budget management
                                    Personnel management
                                    Management of faculty annual reviews and oversight of staff annual reviews
                                    Participant in all new poultry center design reviews

Prior to Interim Head Position

2003                            Chaired a project to re-write the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station’s Memorandum of Agreement contracts with respect to funding sources, publication rights, and intellectual property.
2003                            Co-chaired a project to modify the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station’s manuscript retrieval system for tracking research accountability and productivity.
2005                            Chaired a committee to reclassify the Department of Poultry Science’s Farm Workers to “Farm Technicians” and increase their salaries to better reflect productivity and resultant impact.
2006                            Worked with faculty to chair and prepare the Department of Poultry Science’s feedback for MSU’s strategic plan.

Research Grant/Research Budget Management

1990                            Co-recipient of grant, University of Arkansas ($ 20,000)
1992                            Co-recipient of grant, North Carolina State University ($ 10,000)
1993                            Co- recipient of grant, North Carolina State University ($ 15,000)
1995                            Research Budget Management, Nutri-Quest, Inc. ($ 110,100)
1996                            Research Budget Management, Nutri-Quest, Inc. ($ 158,356)
1997                            Research Budget Management, Nutri-Quest, Inc. ($ 238,500)
1998                            Research Budget Management, Nutri-Quest, Inc. ($ 330,000)
1999                            Research Budget Management, Nutri-Quest, Inc. ($ 100,000)
2000                            Grant recipient, Mississippi State University ($ 142,000)
2001                            Grant recipient, Mississippi State University ($ 43,000)
                                    Gifts, Mississippi State University ($ 49,625)
2002                            Grant recipient, Mississippi State University ($ 19,000)
                                    Gifts, Mississippi State University ($ 2,900)
2003                            Grant recipient, Mississippi State University ($ 101,000)
                                    Gifts, Mississippi State University ($ 39,700)
2004                            Grant recipient, Mississippi State University ($ 47,560)
                                    Gifts, Mississippi State University ($ 2,500)
2005                            Grant recipient, Mississippi State University ($ 19,000)
                                    Co- recipient of grant, Mississippi State University ($ 7,500)
                                    Gifts, Mississippi State University ($ 1,750)
2006                            Grant recipient, Mississippi State University ($ 14,000)
                                    Co- recipient of grant, Mississippi State University ($ 43,000)
                                    Gifts, Mississippi State University ($ 3,000)

Teaching Experience

1993                            Teaching Assistant
                                    Avian Immunology, PO 557 (4 hr)
                                    North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
2001                            Instructor (Team Taught)
                                    Reading in Poultry Science, PO 8990 (3 hr)
                                    Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi
2001-2004                   Instructor - developed all curriculum in 2001
                                    Poultry Nutrition, PO 4413/6413 (3 hr)
                                    Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi
2003-present                Instructor (Team Taught) - developed all curriculum from 2003 to 2004
                                    Avian Nutrition, NTR 8443 (3 hr)
                                    Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi
2004                            Instructor - developed all curriculum in 2004
                                    Commercial Layer Management PO 4313/6313 (3 hr)
                                    Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi
2005                            Instructor - developed all curriculum in 2004
                                    Animal Nutrition IV ZOO 746 (1 hr)
                                    Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
2005                            Instructor - developed all curriculum in 2004
                                    Special Topics in Animal Science - Broiler Protein Nutrition ZOO 00003 (2 hr)
                                    Universidade de Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2006-present                Instructor - developed all curriculum in 2005
                                    Broiler Production PO 4333/6333 (3 hr)
                                    Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi

Graduage Student Committees

1Represents number of consultancies with poultry companies, feed companies, or allied industry companies that support poultry and feed companies.
2One trip to Brazil consisted of a 75 day leave-with-pay whereby I worked with Brazilian nutritionists and professors to better understand their broiler market.  Activities included: courses taught, presentations, idea exchanges, and collaborative research efforts.

Mississippi Industry Seminar Annual Conference

2001-present                Developed and executed an annual conference yearly on nutritional research for all key industry personnel.  The conference is held at either Forest, MS or Mississippi State University.  In 2005, Drs. Corzo (MSU Poultry Science) and Dozier (MSU-USDA-ARS) joined the program.

Industry Workshops

2000                            Chaired a four week program for three Cochran Fellows from Cote D’Ivorie, Africa.  During the program, a two day short course on all aspects of poultry feeding and management was presented.
2001                            Provided a half day short course on feeding poultry in tropical conditions Presented to the Cochran Fellowship Program for three South African broiler producers, Mississippi State, Mississippi.
2004                            Provided a half day short course on feeding commercial poultry and early nutrition management . Presented to the Cochran Fellowship Program for Albanian and Kosovoan poultry farmers, Mississippi State, Mississippi.
2005                            Presented a one half day short course on amino acid metabolism to Chilean salmon nutritionists, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2005                            Presented a two day workshop on protein nutrition for 20 broiler nutritionists in south Brazil.   The workshop covered basic concepts on amino acid digestion, amino acid metabolism, amino acid composition of ingredients, and practical feed formulation and research with amino acids.  The conference was funded by Globoaves, the largest broiler breeder company in Latin America, Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil.
2005                            Presented a one day workshop on protein nutrition for Sadia (the largest broiler company in Brazil).  Attendants included nutritionists, veterinarians, geneticists, and researchers, Concórdia, Santa Cararina, Brazil.
2005                            Presented a full day workshop on broiler and broiler breeder nutrition to broiler integrator nutritionists of the United Kingdom, Morley, England and Caven County Ireland.
2006                            Presented a half day workshop to 10 members (Directors and Vice Presidents) of Tyson Foods Technical Service Team on breeder nutrition and chick quality, Springdale, Arkansas.
2006                            Presented a half day workshop covering commercial layer management, commercial layer nutrition, U.S. broiler production, broiler chick quality, and broiler nutrition to three owners of Macedonian poultry companies who were 2006 Cochran Fellows, Mississippi State, Mississippi.

Professional Committees/Services

Director/Coordinator

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