DR. ROBERT F. WIDEMAN, JR.
Associate Director of the Center
and Physiologist
DR. ROBERT F. WIDEMAN, JR.
Associate Director of the Center
and Physiologist
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DR. ROBERT F. WIDEMAN, JR. Associate Director of the Center and Physiologist |
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Dr. Wideman received a B.S. in Biology from the University of Delaware, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Regulatory Biology (Physiology) at the University of Connecticut. He conducted post-doctoral research in the Department of Physiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine prior to accepting a position as Assistant Professor of Poultry Science at Pennsylvania State University in 1981. Dr. Wideman attained the rank of Professor of Poultry Science at Penn State University, where he advised undergraduate students in the Animal Biosciences and Poultry Technology and Management programs, taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Physiology, and conducted basic and applied research.
In 1993, Dr. Wideman accepted the position of Arkansas
Poultry Federation Chair at the University of Arkansas. He currently holds the
title of Distinguished Professor of Poultry Science in the University of Arkansas
Center of Excellence for Poultry Science. Dr. Wideman is a member of the Phi
Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi and Gamma Sigma Delta National Honor Societies. He received
the Research Award from the Poultry Science Association in 1988, and the Broiler
Research Award in 1999. Dr. Wideman has served on the Board of Directors of
the Poultry Science Association (PSA) and the Federation of Animal Science Societies
(FASS), and was the President of FASS for 2001. In 2002, he was given the John
W. White Research Excellence Award for Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural,
Food and Life Sciences. In November 2003, Wideman was appointed the Associate
Director of the Center of Excellence.
He has published 10 review articles and book chapters, 115 refereed scientific
journal articles, and over 100 technical or poultry industry articles. He has
accepted invitations to speak at over 100 national and international seminars
and technical symposia. His areas of research expertise include avian kidney
anatomy and physiology, kidney dysfunction in poultry (urolithiasis, diuresis),
the renal regulation of calcium and phosphorus metabolism, and cardio-pulmonary
physiology as related to ascites (pulmonary hypertension syndrome) in broilers.
His research currently is focused on the physiological and genetic limitations
associated with broiler susceptibility to ascites.
SIGNIFICANT PAPERS
• Wideman, R.F. Renal regulation of avian calcium and
phosphorus metabolism. J. Nutrition 117:808-815, 1987.
• Wideman, R.F. Kidney Anatomy and Physiology. In: CRC Critical
Reviews in Poultry Biology. Ed. R. R. Dietert. CRC Press, Volume 1
(2):133-176, 1988
• Wideman, R.F., and Satnick, J.L. Physiological evaluation of
diuresis in commercial broiler breeders. British Poultry Sci. 30:
313-326, 1989.
• Wideman, R.F. Maturation of glomerular size distribution
profiles in domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus). J. Morphol.
201: 205-213, 1989.
• Wideman, R.F., and Lent, A.L. Producer's field guide to kidney
damage. Egg Industry 97(#1):24-30, 1991.
• Lent, A., and Wideman, R.F. Susceptibility of two commercial
Single Comb White Leghorn strains to calcium-induced urolithiasis:
efficacy of dietary supplementation with D-L methionine and ammonium
sulfate. British Poultry Sci. 34:577-587, 1993.
• Lent, A.J., and Wideman, R.F. Hypercalciuric response to
dietary supplementation with dl-methionine and ammonium sulfate.
Poultry Sci. 73:63-74, 1994.
• Wideman, R.F., Kirby, Y.K., Barton, T.L., Clark, D., Bayarri,
GR., and Huff, W.E., Moore, P.A., and Dunn, P.A. Excess dietary
copper triggers enlargement of the proventriculus in broilers. J.
Appl. Poultry Res. 5:219-230, 1996.
• Roush, W.B., and Wideman, R.F. Evaluation of growth velocity
and acceleration in relation to pulmonary hypertension syndrome
(PHS). Poultry Sci. 79:180-191, 2000.
• Wideman, R.F., and French, H.Ascites resistance of progeny
from broiler breeders selected for two generations using chronic
unilateral pulmonary artery occlusion. Poultry Sci. 79:396-401,
2000.
• Wideman, R.F. Cardio-Pulmonary Hemodynamics and Ascites in
Broiler Chickens. In: Poultry and Avian Biology Reviews. Ed. R.R.
Dietert and M. A. Ottinger. Volume 11(1):21-43, 2000.
• Wideman, R.F. Pathophysiology of Heart/Lung Disorders:
Pulmonary Hypertension Syndrome in Broiler Chickens. World's Poultry
Science Journal (in press), 2001.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. Robert F. Wideman
Center of Excellence for Poultry Science
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Telephone: 479-575-4397
FAX: 479-575-3026
