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Animal Science Faculty

Jess Lyons

Extension - Poultry

133b Animal Science Research Center
Division Of Animal Sciences
Columbia, MO 65211

Phone: (573) 882-0247
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Curriculum Vitae

Education

University of Missouri, Columbia MO
Master of Science - Poultry Management, 1982

Bachelor of Science -

Experience

Extension Associate - Poultry June 2011 – Current
Animal Sciences Division, University of Missouri - Columbia

System Support Analyst / Poultry Resource Contact August 2001 - 2011
Animal Sciences Division, University of Missouri - Columbia

Consultant- Leader Poultry Training Program with Lincoln University, USDA Cochran Fellowship Program, Participants from Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan, 2003-2004

Research Specialist - Poultry May 1979-August 2001
Poultry Science Department, Kempster-Funk Farm, University of Missouri

Farm WorkerMay 1972-May 1979
Poultry Science Department, University of Missouri

Teaching

AN SCI 1065 Animal Science Laboratory Practicum – (2-Wk Poultry Section, Spring & Fall)

Professional Leadership

Committees and Professional Service

National
- Associate Editor Applied Poultry Science Journal, 2002 – Present
- Poultry Science Association, Historical Award Committee, 2007-2010 (Chair 2010)
- Secretary, American Poultry Historical Society, 2004 – Present
- Chair of National 4-H Chicken and Turkey BBQ Contest, 2006 – Present
- National FFA Poultry Career Development Event Committee, 1998 - Present
- National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference Specialists Committee, 1988 – Present
- Triennial Poultry Extension Specialists Workshop - State Report, 2009
- Board Member, American Poultry Historical Society, 1998-2004
- Poultry Science Association, Membership Committee, 1995-1996 (Chair 1996)
- National Poultry Waste Management Symposium Committee 1996

State
- Superintendent Missouri FFA Poultry CDE, 1992 - Present
- Missouri 4-H Poultry Day Program Coordinator, 1992 - Present
- 4-H Egg Demo and BBQ Contest, Missouri State Fair Superintendent, 1994 - Present
- The Poultry Federation Scholarship Review Chair - Missouri, 1998-2008

Associated Industry Service
- Participated in 2010 and 2011 Egg Industries Issues Forum (Chicago and Columbus)
- Missouri Committee for Interagency Emergency Disposal Working Group, 2006 – Present
- Missouri Governor’s Proclamation Ceremonies, Egg Month, 1998, 2009, 2010
- Missouri Governor’s Proclamation Ceremonies, Broiler Month, 2010
- Missouri Governor’s Proclamation Ceremonies, Turkey Month, 2009
- Governor’s Conference on Agriculture, Serving Poultry and Egg for “Taste of Missouri”, 1995-2009
-EDEN Midwest Regional Animal Agrosecurity Conference Participant, St. Louis 2007

Professional Membership
- Poultry Science Association
- USA Branch, World's Poultry Science
- American Poultry Historical Society
- Gamma Sigma Delta

Recent Youth Educational and Poultry Evaluation Activities
- Judge County Fairs 2009, St Charles, Macon, Vernon, and Phelps Counties
- Poultry, Rabbits, Cavies, Doves and Pigeons, SEMO District Fair, 2008 - 2009
- AKSARBEN 4-H Broiler Show, Omaha NE, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007
- Missouri State Fair 4-H and FFA Market Broiler Pen, 2000 – 2008
- Tulsa State Fair Market Broiler Show, 2006 – 2007

Honors and Awards

National

Poultry Science Association, Tyson Support Personnel Award, Denver, CO, 2010
Poultry Extension Special Recognition Award, National Poultry Extension Workshop, Niagara Falls, ON, 2008
Honorary National FFA Degree, Louisville, KY, 2005

State and University

MU, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Staff Award, 2006
Mizzou Block and Bridle Club Service Award, 2001
Meritorious Service Award, Missouri State Subject Matter Specialist, MAE4-HYW, 1994
College of Agriculture Staff Employee of Month, November 1987
Chancellor's Staff Advisory Council Award Nominee, 1982
Xi Sigma Pi Honorary Forestry Fraternity, 1971

MU Extension Presentations and Publications

Publications
Small Flock Series: Incubation of Poultry G8353
Small Flock Series: Brooding and Growing Chicks G8351
Small Flock Series: Managing a Family Chicken Flock G8350
Composting Layer Mortalities: Agri-Foods Composter WQ211

Guidelines and Presentations - Recent
Guidelines and Suggested Outline for Poultry at County Fairs, 2009
Poultry Leader Presentation, 2008. Missouri 4-H Leaders Workshop, Columbia, MO
Poultry Report, 2008. Extension Specialist In-Service Training, Columbia, MO
Processing Concerns of Small Poultry Flocks – Pamphlet, 2007. MU and MO Dept. Ag.
“Raising Chickens”, Farm to Table Festival, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2010
Urban Poultry Public Hearing, Springfield MO, Planning Department, 2010
Poultry Production Systems, Lincoln Univ. Pastured Poultry Workshop, Troy MO, 2011

Publications

Presentations - International

Vandepopuliere, J. N., J. J. Lyons and R. N. Schisla, 1984. Alimet® DL-Methionine and L-Methionine Supplements In Sulfur Amino Acid Deficient Chicken Broiler Diets. World’s Poultry Congress, Helsinki, Finland. Proceedings page 321.

Vandepopuliere, J. M., Yousef Al and J. J. Lyons. 1986. Dates and Date Parts in Japanese Quail Breeder Diets. The Second Symposium on Date Palms. King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.

Invited Presentations - National

Vandepopuliere, J. M., J. J. Lyons and J. R. Lipsey, 1978. A monogastric polygastric system designed to use high levels of distillers feeds to produce human food. Distillers Conference, Vol. 33: 58-60.

Vandepopuliere, J. M. and J. J. Lyons, 1983. Methane digester effluent provided to caged laying hens via feed and water. 3rd Annual Solar and Biomass Workshop Proceedings. pp. 94-98. Atlanta, GA

Vandepopuliere, J .M. and J. J. Lyons, 1995. Alternatives for Leghorn Hen Disposition. Rendering at the Farm. Presented at 1995 International Poultry Expo, Atlanta, GA

Vandepopuliere, J.M. and J. J. Lyons, 1996. Overview of Spent Hen Alternatives. Presented at 1996 National Poultry Waste Management Symposium, October 22, 1996, Harrisburg, PA.
Lyons, J. J., 2001. Spent Hen Utilization. Midwest Poultry Federation Egg Production Workshop, St. Paul, MN.

Refereed Journal Articles - National

Hall, R. D., J. M. Vandepopuliere and J. J. Lyons, 1979. Laboratory response of susceptible house flies to thiourea as a larvicide and chemosterilant. 3. Econ. Entomol. 72: 204-207.

Hall, R. D., J. M. Vandepopuliere, L. M. English, W. Jaynes, J. J. Lyons, K. E. Doisy and M. C. Foehse, 1980. Comparative evaluation of four registered acaricides for field control of northern fowl mites on caged laying hens. Poultry Sci. 59: 2424-2430.

Hall, R. D., J. M. Vandepopuliere, Fischer, J. J. Lyons and K. E. Doisy, 1983. Comparative efficacy of plastic strips impregnated with permethrin and permethrin dust for northern fowl mite control on caged laying hens. Poultry Sci. 62:612-615.

Hall, R. D., J. M. Vandepopuliere, F. J. Fischer, J. J. Lyons and J. D. Van Horn, 1984. A new in-cage treatment system for control of Northern Fowl Mites on laying hens. Poultry Sci. 63:628-632.

Caldwell, J. M., .J. J. Lyons and J. M. Vandepopuliere, l986. Methane Digester Effluent as a Feedstuff for Layers. Poultry Sci. 65:147-152.

Lyons, J. J., J. M. Vandepopuliere and R.D. Hall, 1988. Thiourea as a House Fly Larvicide in Caged Laying Hen Manure: Topical and Feed- Through Administration. Poultry Sci.67:407-412.

Thorne, D.H., J.M. Vandepopuliere, and J.J. Lyons. 1989. Automated High Moisture Diet Feeding System for Laying Hens. Poultry Sci. 68:114-117.

Tadtiyanant, C., J. J. Lyons, J. M. Vandepopuliere, 1991. Influences of wet and dry feed on laying hens under heat stress. Poultry Sci. 70:44-52.

Haque, A.K.M.A., J. J. Lyons, and J. M. Vandepopuliere. 1991, Extrusion Processing of Broiler Starter Diets Containing Ground Whole Hens, Poultry Byproduct Meal, Feather Meal, or Ground Feathers. Poultry Sci. 90:234-240.

Vandepopuliere, J. M., J. J. Lyons. 1992. Effects of inorganic phosphate source and dietary phosphorus level on laying hen performance and egg shell quality. Poultry Sci. 71:1022-1031.

Tadiyantant, C., J. J. Lyons and J. M Vandepopuliere. 1993. Extrusion Processing Used to Convert Dead Poultry, Feathers, Eggshells, Hatchery Waste, and Mechanically Deboned Residue into Feedstuffs for Poultry. Poultry Sci. 72:1515-1527.

Tadtiyanant, C., J. J. Lyons, and J. M. Vandepopuliere, 1993. Brewers condensed solubles used as a feedstuff in broiler diets. Poultry Sci. 72:1897-1905.

Vandepopuliere, J. M., Y. Al-Yousef, and J. J. Lyons, 1995. Dates and Pits as Ingredients in Broiler Starting and Coturnix Quail Diets. Poultry Sci. 74:1134-1142.

Lyons, J. J. and J. M. Vandepopuliere, 1997. Spent Leghorn hens Converted into a Feedstuff. Appl. Poultry Res. 5:18-25.

Lyons, J. J. and J. M. Vandepopuliere, 1998. Alternate procedures used to process spent Leghorn hens. J. Appl. Poultry Res. 6:74-80.

Lyons, J. J and J. M. Vandepopuliere, 1998. Dehydrated and Extruded Chitosan Produced Secondary Poultry Nutrients (SPN) as Broiler Feedstuff. Appl. Poultry Res.6:100-106

Paper Presentations - National

Vandepopuliere, J. M., J. J. Lyons and D. P. Hutcheson, 1977. Lamb performance on cage hen manure ensiled with corrugated cardboard. Poultry Sci. 56: 1764 (Abs.).

Lyons, J. J. and J. M. Vandepopuliere, 1978. Thiocarbamide as an insecticide when applied to cage laying hen feces. Poultry Sci. 57: 1152-53 (Abs.).

Vandepopuliere, J. M. and J. J. Lyons, 1979. A dried distillers grains + solubles laying hen diet used to evaluate ingredient lysine availability. Poultry Sci. 58: 1116 (Abs.).

Vandepopuliere, J. M., J. J. Lyons and R. D. Hall, 1979. Carbaryl sprayed at different concentrations and rates for control of northern fowl mites on caged layer hens. Poultry Sci. 58: 1116 (Abs.).

Lyons, J. J., J. M. Vandepopuliere and R. D. Hall, 1981. The effects of feeding thiourea to laying hens on egg production, hatchability and the development of house fly eggs seeded on their wastes. Poultry Sci. 60:1685 (Abs.).

Lyons, J. J., J. M. Vandepopuliere and J. R. Fischer, 1982. Acceptance of methane digester effluent as the water supply for laying hens. Poultry Sci. 61:1503 (Abs.).

Caldwell, J. M., J. M. Vandepopuliere, J. J. Lyons and G. Krause, 1983. True metabolizable energy values of two types of methane digester effluent. Poultry Sci. 62:1395 (Abs.).

Lyons, J. J. and J. M. Vandepopuliere, 1983. High moisture methane digester effluent as a feedstuff when supplied either in the water or in the feed. Poultry Sd. 62:1460 (Abs.).

Vandepopuliere, J. M., R. D. Hall, J. J. Lyons and J. D. Van Horn, 1983. In-cage device for northern fowl mite control. Poultry Sci. 62:1516 (Abs.).

Lyons, J. J. and J.M. Vandepopuliere. 1986. The Effect of Feeding Moistened Feed to Laying Hens During the Summer. Poultry Sci. 65: Supplement 1, p. 84.

Haque, A.K.M.A., J. J. Lyons and J. M. Vandepopuliere. 1987. Utilization of Ground Whole Hens in Broiler Diets. Poultry Sci. 66: Supplement 1, p. 110.

Lyons, J. J. and J. M. Vandepopuliere. 1987. Radio Transceivers Improve Field Trip Tours. Poultry Sci. 66: Supplement 1, p.

Avalos, E., J. J. Lyons, and J. M. Vandepopuliere. 1988. Biological Evaluation of Two Sources of Lysine Using Leghorn Hens. Poultry Sci. 67: Supplement 1, p. 49.

Haque, A. K. M. A., J. J. Lyons, and J. M. Vandepopuliere. 1988. Chemical Composition of Leghorn Hens from 20 to 105 Weeks - Culls and Mortalities. Poultry Sci. 67: Supplement 1, p. 94.

Tadtiyanant, C., J. J. Lyons and J. M. Vandepopuliere. 1988. The Influence of Wet and Dry Feed on Egg Production under Heat Stress. Poultry Sci. 67: Supplement 1, p. 164.

Cabrera, R., J. J. Lyons, and J. M. Vandepopuliere. 1989. Poultry methane digester effluent used as the water source and a feedstuff for laying hens. Poultry Sci. 68: Supplement 1:22.

Tadtiyanant, C., J. J. Lyons, and J. M. Vandepopuliere. 1989. Utilization of extruded poultry mortalities and feathers in broiler starter diets. Poultry Sci. 68: Supplement 1:62.

Haque, A.K.M.A., J. J. Lyons, and J. M. Vandepopuliere. 1990. Composting of cage layer manure with broiler and turkey litters. Poultry Sci. 69: Supplement 1:59.

Tadtiyanant, C., J. J. Lyons, and J. M. Vandepopuliere. 1990. Brewers condensed solubles used as a feedstuff in broiler starter diets. Poultry Sci. 69: Supplement 1:13.

Lyons, J. J. and J. M. Vandepopuliere, 1991. Effect of inorganic phosphate source and level on laying hen performance and egg shell quality. Poultry Sci. 70: Supplement 1, 76.

Tadtiyanant, C., J. J. Lyons, and J. M. Vandepopuliere, 1991. Extrusion Processing used to convert egg shells, hatchery waste and deboning residuals into feedstuffs for laying hens. Poultry Sci. 70: Supplement 1,118.

Vandepopuliere, J. M. and J. J. Lyons, 1991. Composting mortalities in a cage laying operation. Poultry Sci. 70: Supplement 1,122.

Vandepopuliere, J. M. and J. J. Lyons, 1993. The effect of Enzyme Supplementation of Broiler Diets Formulated with Soybean M or Distillers Dried Grains + Solubles. Poultry Sci. 72: Suppl. 1, 88.

Lyons, J. J. and J. M. Vandepopuliere, 1993. Substitution of Soybean Meal Crude Protein by Crude Protein from Distillers Dried Grains + Solubles in Laying Hen Diets. Poultry Sci. 72: Supplement 1, 126.

Vandepopuliere, J. M. and J. J. Lyons, 1995. Spent Leghorn Hen Utilization 1. Processing to produce feedstuffs. Poultry Sci. 74: Supplement 1,170.

Lyons, J. J. and J. M. Vandepopuliere, 1995. Spent Leghorn Hen Utilization 2. Broiler Performance on spent hen feedstuffs. Poultry Sci. 74: Supplement 1,170.

Radio Interviews/Panelist– Regional/National

Lyons, J. J., Feb. 2010. Radio and Podcast Panelist on KBIA Intersection, “Urban Chickens”.

Lyons, J. J., April 2010. Radio Interview with Jodi Henke, Radio Writer, “Living the Country Life”, Meredith Corporation. Keeping Chickens Out of the Trees.

Lyons, J. J., Sept. 2010. Radio Interview with Jodi Henke, Radio Writer, “Living the Country Life”, Meredith Corporation. How to Keep Hens Laying Through the Winter.

Lyons, J. J., March 2011. Radio Interview with Jodi Henke, Radio Writer, “Living the Country Life”, Meredith Corporation. Prolapsed Vent in Laying Hens.