John Brake

William Neal Reynolds Professor

john_brake@ncsu.edu
 

Educational Background:

  • B. S. 1974 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
  • Ph.D. 1978 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Teaching Interests:

  • PO 422 Incubation and Hatchery Management
  • PO 505 Physiological Aspects of Poultry Management

Research Interests:

Primary focus of research program is broiler breeder reproductive physiology and nutrition. The interaction of developmental processes and nutrition are emphasized. Incubation and embryonic development studies focus on maternal, nutritional, genetic, and management factors that can influence successful embryo development. Secondary interests include the influence of nutrition on immune function, ascites, sudden death syndrome, heat stress tolerance, and general broiler performance. The role of the broiler breeder in broiler performance is of interest as it affects the above variables.


Representative Publications:

  • Brake, J., T.J. Walsh, C.E. Benton, Jr., J.N. Petitte, R. Meijerhof, and G. Pe�alva, 1997. Egg handling and storage. Poultry Sci. 76:144-151.
  • Walsh, T.J., and J. Brake, 1997. The effect of nutrient intake during rearing of broiler breeder females on subsequent fertility. Poultry Sci. 76:297-305.
  • Brake, J., D. Balnave, and J.J. Dibner, 1998. Optimum dietary arginine:lysine ratio is altered during heat stress in association with changes in intestinal uptake. Brit. Poultry Sci. 39:639-647.
  • Williams, C. J., and J. Brake, 2000. Evaluation of application methods for control of Aspergillus fumigatus proliferation on the air cell membrane of in ovo injected broiler eggs. Poultry Sci. 79: 1531-1535.
  • Brake, J., P. B. Hamilton, and R. S. Kittrell, 2000. Effects of the tricothecene mycotoxin diacetoxyscirpenol on feed consumption, body weight, and oral lesions of broiler breeders. Poultry Sci. 79:856-863.
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