Gerald C. Shurson
Professor-Swine Nutrition
335D AnSc/VetMed
1988 Fitch Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108-6012
+1 612 624 2764
Education
- Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1986
- M.S., Michigan State University, 1983
- B.S., University of Minnesota, 1981
Research Interests
- Applied swine nutrition and management
- Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS)
- Systems biology
- Understanding and improving fiber utilization
- The measurement and role of peroxidized lipids on animal health and performance
- The role of phytate in phosphorus and nutrient utilization
- Alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters
- Feed safety
- Enteric health interventions
- Biological effects of organic zinc
- Nutrient recycling
- Nutritional value and characteristics of rendered animal by-products
- Organic food waste
- Use of food and agricultural wastewater streams to produce microalgae for animal feed
- Pork quality and safety
- Manure management and odor reduction in swine facilities
Teaching
- ANSC 4401: Swine Nutrition and Feeding
- CAPS 5165: Introduction to Animal Nutrition (guest lecturer)
- CAPS 5615: Swine Health and Disease (guest lecturer)
Outreach
- Distiller's Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) Market Development
- DDGS Quality and Feed Safety Issues
- Impact of Distiller's Grains Co-products on Indirect Land Use Change
- Impact of Feeding Diets Containing DDGS on Pork Quality
- Relative Economic and Feeding Value of New Distiller's Co-produccts
- Use of Distiller’s Grains Co-products in Livestock and Poultry Feeds
Honors & Awards
- Team Achievement Award, Animal Systems Biology Team, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, 2017
- AFIA Nonruminant Nutrition Research Award presented at the ASAS National Meeting, Kansas City, MO, 2014
- Award of Excellence - U.S. Ethanol Industry, 2012
- Outstanding Teacher Award, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences Student Board, 1999
- Outstanding Extension Specialist Award, Midwest Section ASAS/ADSA, 1995
