Eric Berg
Associate Professor
Office: 172 Hultz Hall
Phone: (701) 231-6271
E-mail: eric.p.berg@ndsu.edu
Research interests:
Influence of environment, nutrition, and genetic factors as they impact meat-animal production efficiency, health, carcass composition, and meat quality.
Training/Education:
Postdoctoral Fellow; Texas A&M University, 1996-1998
Ph.D. (Meat Science); Purdue University, 1996
M.S. (Meat Science); North Dakota St. 1991
B.S. (Animal & Range Science); North Dakota State University, 1988
B.S. (Agricultural Education); North Dakota State University, 1988
Courses taught:
ANSC 222 – Meat Animal Evaluation
ANSC 340 (laboratory) – Meat Science and Technology
ANSC 440/640 – Livestock Muscle Physiology
Recent publications:
Xia, J.J., E.P. Berg, J.W. Lee, and G. Yao. 2007. Characterizing beef muscles with optical scattering and absorption coefficients in VIS-NIR region. Meat Sci. 75:78-83.
Stahl, C.A., M.S. Carlson-Shannon, B.R. Wiegand, D.L. Meyer, T.B. Schmidt, and E.P. Berg. 2007. The influence of creatine and a high glycemic carbohydrate on the growth performance and meat quality of market hogs fed ractopamine hydrochloride. In press Meat Sci. 75:143-149.
Brandt, M.M, D.H. Keisler, D.L. Meyer, T.B. Schmidt and E.P. Berg. 2007. Serum hormone concentrations relative to carcass composition of a random allotment of commercial fed beef cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 85:267-275.
Schmidt, T. B., M. S. Brown, E. M. Cochran, R. L. Larson, S. B. Kleiboeker, J. J. Garcia, C. W. Morgan, C. C. Drager, G. K. Rentfrow, and E. P. Berg, 2006. The effect of dietary lipoic acid on metabolic hormones and acute phase proteins in steers challenged with infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus. Amer J Vet Res. 67:1192-1198.
Carr, C.C., J.B. Morgan, E.P. Berg, S.D. Carter, F.K. Ray. 2006. Growth performance, carcass composition, quality and enhancement treatment of fresh pork identified through DNA marker assisted selection for the Rendement Napole gene. J. Anim. Sci. 84:910-917.
Stahl, C.A., H. Heymann, K. Adhikari, and E.P. Berg. 2006. Pork quality attributes associated with carcass bilateral variations. J. Anim. Sci. 84:456-462.