William A. Dozier

EDUCATION

• June 2000 Ph.D Poultry Science — Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
• December 1997 M.S. Animal Science — University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
• December 1992 B.S. Animal and Dairy Science — Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2024 to present – Extension Specialist and Professor, Auburn University
• 2019 –Department Head, Executive Director of the Charles C. Miller Poultry Research and Education Center, and Professor, Auburn University
• 2013 –Professor, Auburn University
• 2008 – Associate Professor, Auburn University
• 2004 – 2008 Research Animal Scientist, USDA-ARS Poultry Research Unit
• 2000 – 2004 Extension Poultry Scientist and Assistant Professor, University of Georgia

HONORS AND AWARDS

• The Evonik Award. 2018. Annual Meeting of the Poultry Science Association, San Antonio, Texas.
• Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award. 2018. Graduate School, Auburn University.
• 2017-2018. Leadership Program Foundations.
• National Chicken Council Broiler Research Award. 2013. Annual Meeting of the Poultry Science Association, San Diego, California
• American Feed Industry Association Poultry Nutrition Research Award, 2012. Annual Meeting of the Poultry Science Association, Athens, Georgia.
• Superior Technology Transfer Award, 2008. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Washington, D.C.
• Honorable Mention for Excellence in Technology Transfer, 2007. The Federal Laboratory Consortium Southeast Region, Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Early Career Scientist Award, 2007. Mid-South Area, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Washington, D.C.
• Hy-Line International Research Award, 2006. Annual Meeting of the Poultry Science Association, Edmonton, Canada

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Poultry Science Association
• World’s Poultry Science Association

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Research efforts are focused on developing nutritional strategies to reduce adverse performance of broilers when subjected to enteric challenges. In addition, determining nutrient utilization of the use of alternative ingredients and exogenous enzymes to lower feed costs is of keen interest. Dr. Dozier’s emphasis on broiler research has been practical and application oriented, to benefit the broiler industry both here in the USA and abroad. Through his numerous papers on metabolizable energy values of feed ingredients and defining amino acid requirements of broilers, the industry has been able to formulate diets closer to the bird’s requirement, improving performance and saving considerably in the cost of production. Hence, his research efforts have had a considerable impact on broiler production.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

• Aderibigbe, A. S., T. L. Wise, J. D. Davis, V. D. Naranjo, V. Hess, and W. A. Dozier, III. 2024. Effects of reduced crude protein diets while maintaining essential amino acid concentrations on growth performance, nitrogen output, ammonia production, and meat yield. Poult. Sci. 103:103572.
• Haetinger, V. S., J. Y. Sung, S. A. Adedokun, W. A. Dozier, C. M. Parsons, M. Rodehutscord, and O. Adeola. 2024. Ileal phosphorus digestibility of soybean meal for broiler chickens remains consistent across institutions in a collaborative study regardless of non-phytate phosphorus concentration in the pre-experimental starter diet. Poult. Sci. 103:103602.
• Kerr, B. J., W. A. Dozier, III, and D. T. Lee. 2024. Energy and ether digestibility of commercially available lipids fed to broilers. J. Appl. Poult. Res. 33:100406.
• Kreseldi, R., J. A. Johnson, C. L. Walk, M. R. Bedford, and W. A. Dozier, III. 2021. Influence of exogenous phytase supplementation on phytate degradation, plasma inositol, alkaline phosphatase, and glucose concentrations of broilers at 28 days of age. Poult. Sci. 100:224-234.
• Kreseldi, R., C. L. Walk, M. R. Bedford, and W. A. Dozier, III. 2021. Inositol and gradient phytase supplementation in broiler diets during a 6-week production period: 1. Effects on growth performance and meat yield. Poult. Sci. 100:964-972.
• Wise, T. L., P. B. Tillman, J. Soto, K. J. Touchette, and W. A. Dozier, III. 2021. Determination of the optimum digestible isoleucine to lysine ratios for male Yield Plus × Ross 708 broilers between 1.0 and 4.0 kg body weight utilizing growth performance and carcass characteristics. Poult. Sci. 100:101307.
• Cloft, S. E., S. J. Rochell, K. S. Macklin, and W. A. Dozier, III. 2019. Effects of dietary amino acid density and feed allocation during the starter period on 41 days of age growth performance and processing characteristics of broiler chickens given coccidiosis vaccination at hatch. Poult. Sci. 98:5005-5016.
• Cloft, S. E., S. J. Rochell, K. S. Macklin, and W. A. Dozier, III. 2019. Effects of pre-starter and starter diets varying in amino acid density given to broiler chickens that received coccidosis vaccination at hatch. Poult. Sci. 98:4878-4888.
• Meloche, K., B. I. Fancher, D. A. Emmerson, S. F. Bilgili, and W. A. Dozier, III. 2018. Effects of reduced digestible lysine density on myopathies of the Pectoralis major muscles in broiler chickens at 48 and 62 days of age. Sci. 97:3311-3324.
• Kriseldi, R., P. B. Tillman, Z. Jiang, and W. A. Dozier, III. 2018. Effects of feeding reduced crude protein diets on growth performance, nitrogen excretion, and plasma uric acid concentration of broiler chicks during the starter period. Sci. 97:1614-1626.