Pedro Urriola, PhD, DVM

Assistant Professor in Veterinary Sciences
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Affiliations:
Veterinary Medicine
Links:
Experts@Minnesota
Integrated Animal Systems Biology
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Education

Ph.D., Animal Science/Swine Nutrition, University of Illinois, 2010

M.S., Animal Science/Swine Nutrition, University of Minnesota, 2006

D.V.M. (eqv.), Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Central de Venezuela, 2003 

Academic Interests

Livestock Sustainability/Swine Production

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Research

  • Sustainable sources of feed ingredients through evaluation of nutritional and physiological requirements.
  • Improvement of nutritional utilization of alternative feed ingredients in diets for growing pigs.
  • Nutritional evaluation of industrial co-products, especially with distillers dried grains with solubles, focusing on multiple aspects of energy, amino acids, phosphorus, and dietary fiber.
  • Prevention and control the transmission of swine infectious deseases in feed.

Honors and Awards

  • Team Achievement Award, Animal Systems Biology Team, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, 2017
  • Cargill Animal Nutrition Technology Circle Award: Development of NIR Calibration for Fatty Meals and Anti-nutritional Factors in Rapeseed Meal, 2012
  • Young Scholar Award, American Society of Animal Science, 2011
  • 1st Place Master's Student Oral Presentation Competition, American Society of Animal Science, 2007

Outreach

  • Allen D. Leman Conference Planning Committee
  • Pork Production Coaching Program for Argentinian Veterinarians