P. Brett Kenney
Contact
Info Education Working & Teaching
Experience
Annual Teaching Research Interests
Recent Publications
Email -bkenney@
wvu.edu
1042 Agricultural Sciences Building
West Virginia University
Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Consumer Sciences
Division of Animal and Veterinary Sciences
P. O. Box 6108
Morgantown, WV 26506-6108
Phone: 304.293.2406, ext. 4423
Fax: 304.293.2232
Education:
· Potomac State
College - Keyser, WV; AA, Agriculture, 1980
· West Virginia University - Morgantown, WV; BS, Animal Science,
1982
· Oklahoma State University - Stillwater, OK; MS, Food Science,
1984
· Kansas State University - Manhattan, KS; Ph. D., Meat Science,
1990
Working
and Teaching Experience:
· Instructor -
West Virginia University, Division of Animal and Veterinary Sciences;
August, 1985 - May, 1987
· Post-Doctoral, Research Associate - Kansas State University,
Department of Animal Science; April, 1990 - December, 1992
· Assistant Professor - West Virginia University, Division of Animal
and Veterinary Sciences; January, 1993 to July, 1999
· Associate Professor - West Virginia University, Division of Animal
and Veterinary Sciences; July, 1999 to present
Annual
Teaching:
· FDSC 365, Meat
Technology
· ANPH 400, Growth and Lactation Physiology
Research Interests: Protein functionality in muscle foods; Preharvest poultry microbiology with an emphasis on Salmonella and Campylobacter ecology; Postmortem metabolism effects on muscle food quality.
Recent
Publications:
· Jittinandana
S, Kenney PB, Slider SD, Mazik P, Bebak-Williams J, and Hankins, J A.
2003. Effect of fish attributes and handling stress on quality of smoked
arctic char fillets. J Food Science 68(1):57-63.
· Jittinandana
S, Kenney PB, Slider SD, and Kiser RA. 2002. Effect of brine concentration
and brining time on quality of smoked rainbow trout fillets. J Food Science
67(6):2095-2099.
· Nayak R, and Kenney PB. 2002. Screeening of Salmonella isolates
from a turkey production facility for antibiotic resistance. Poultry Science
81:1496-1500.
· Yost JK, Kenney PB, Slider SD, Russell, RW, and Killefer J. 2002.
Influence of selection for breast muscle mass on myosin isoform composition
and metabolism of deep pectoralis muscles of male and female turkeys.
Poultry Science 81:911-917.
· Nayak RR, Kenney PB, and Bissonnette GK. 2001. Inhibition and
reversal of Salmonella typhimurium attachment to poultry skin using zinc
chloride. J. Food Protection 64:456.
· Pigott R, Slider SD, Kenney PB and Head MK. 2000. Formulation
Protocol and Dicationic Salts Affect Protein Functionality of Model System
Beef Batters. J. Food Sci. 65:1151.
· Xiong YL and Kenney PB. 1999. Functionality of proteins in meat
products. Proc. Recip. Meats Conf. 52:67.
· Guo LP, Killefer J, Kenney PB, and Amick-Morris J. 1998. Use
of Arbitrarily Primed Polymerase Chain Reaction to Study Salmonella Ecology
in a Turkey Production Environment. Poultry Science 78:24.
· Nayak RR, Kenney PB, Slider S, Head MK, and Killefer J. 1998.
Myofibrillar protein solubility of model beef batters as affected by low
levels of calcium, magnesium, and zinc chloride. J. Food Science 63:951.
· Nayak RR, Kenney PB, Slider S, Head MK, and Killefer J. 1998.
Cook yield, texture, and gel ultrastructure of model system beef batters
as affected by low levels of calcium, magnesium, and zinc chloride. J.
Food Science 63:945.
· Nayak R and Kenney PB. 1998. Improvement of muscle protein functionality
in processed meats by magnesium and other divalent chloride salts. Magnesium
Research 12:3.
· Hoover NJ, Kenney PB, Amick J, and Hypes WA. 1997. Preharvest
sources of Salmonella colonization in turkey production. Poultry Science
76:1232.
· Jittinandana
S, Kenney PB, and Slider JA. 2003. Cryoprotection affects physicochemical
attributes of rainbow trout fillets. J. Food Science 68(4): 1208-1214.
· Nayak R, Kenney PB, Keswani J, and Ritz C. 2003. Isolation and
characterisation of Salmonella in a turkey production facility. British
Poultry Science 44(2): 192-202
