University of Minnesota Professor Gerald (Jerry) Shurson was honored to receive the American Society of Animal Science Research Fellow Award at the joint meeting of the American Society of Animal Science and the Canadian Society of Animal Science in Calgary, Alberta. This award recognizes individuals who have provided distinguished service to animal science and the livestock industry over a long period of time.

Shurson’s diverse, ever evolving and internationally recognized research program has had a profound impact on the global food animal industry during his distinguished 37-year academic career in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Minnesota. He is perhaps best known for his leadership in research and education that led to the adoption and use of corn dried distillers grains with solubles in swine, poultry, and aquaculture diets in the U.S. and in more than 50 countries around the world.

In addition, Shurson’s highly collaborative research program also includes: