Peter R. Ferket

Bio

Dr. Peter R. Ferket is a Williams Neal Reynold’s Distinguished Professor of Nutrition and Biotechnology, Associate Head of the Prestage Department of Poultry Science, and Director of the Animal Health and Nutrition Consortium in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University. He earned a B.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal and Poultry Science at the University of Guelph in 1981 and 1983, respectively, and a Ph.D. in animal nutrition and meat science from Iowa State University in 1987. In 1988, Dr. Ferket joined North Carolina State University where he is responsible for research, extension education and outreach, and undergraduate and graduate teaching. He has devoted much of his extension and research efforts to nutritional factors that affect the growth and health of meat poultry. He is recognized for his work on perinatal nutrition and development, skeletal development and immune function, enteric health, pro-nutrient feed additives, nutritional factors that affect the yield and quality of meat, nutritional value of food industry co-products, and nutrient management. His teaching activities focus on vitamin metabolism, mineral metabolism, poultry nutrition, feed mill management, ingredient quality control, and advanced feed formulation. Dr. Ferket is a frequent speaker at animal and poultry conferences and has authored over 600 publications 8 patents and 1 software disclosure.