Ryan B Cox
Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Animal Science
155D Haecker Hall
1364 Eckles Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
+1 612 624 3063

Areas of Interest
- Value-added animal product processing and safety
- Feeding biofuel by-products to livestock and effect on meat quality and safety
- Pre-harvest effects on meat quality: The effect of alternative finishing systems on the consumer perception of quality
- Processed meat technology: Alternative methods to providing safe and wholesome products to the consumer
Select Publications
Helena Guarino; Junior Moura; Ryan Cox; Sagar Goyal; Devi Patnayak; Survival of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in fresh pork; Acta Veterinaria Hungarica. 2014;62(2):257-263.
Helena Guarino; Ryan B. Cox; Sagar M. Goyal; Devi P. Patnayak; Survival of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus in Pork Products; Food and Environmental Virology. 2013;5(3):157-161.
Martha C. Abin; Sunil K. Mor; Jackie M. Popowski; Ryan B. Cox; Sagar M. Goyal; Devi P. Patnayak; Effect of temperature on the survival of porcine circovirus type 2b in fresh pork; Veterinary Journal. 2013;197(3):898-899.
Ryan Cox; Consumer Sensory Panels; The Science of Meat Quality. 2013:233-248.
Ryan C. Fink; Jackie M. Popowski; Jon E. Anderson; Johanna L. Dahlberg; Sudha Kalyanikutty; Grant I. Crawford; Alfredo Dicostanzo; Ryan B. Cox; Francisco Diez-Gonzalez; Impact of management practices and distillers' grains feeding on the prevalence of escherichia coli O157 in feedlot cattle in Minnesota; Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 2013;10(6):559-565.
A.M. Hilbrands; L.J. Johnston; K.M. McClelland; R.B. Cox; S.K. Baidoo; L.W.O. Souza; G.C. Shurson; Effects of abrupt introduction and removal of high and low digestibility corn distillers dried grains with solubles from the diet on growth performance and carcass characteristics of growing-finishing pigs; Journal of Animal Science. 2013;91(1):248-258.
Y.L. Ma; M.D. Lindemann; G.L. Cromwell; R.B. Cox; G. Rentfrow; J.L. Pierce; Evaluation of trace mineral source and preharvest deletion of trace minerals from finishing diets for pigs on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and pork quality; Journal of Animal Science. 2012;90(11):3833-3841.
J.F. Lage; P.V.R. Paulino; S.C. Valadares Filho; E.J.O. Souza; M.S. Duarte; P.D.B. Benedeti; N.K.P. Souza; R.B. Cox; Influence of genetic type and level of concentrate in the finishing diet on carcass and meat quality traits in beef heifers; Meat Science. 2012;90(3):770-774.
M.S. Duarte; P.V.R. Paulino; M.A. Fonseca; L.L. Diniz; J. Cavali; N.V.L. Serão; L.A.M. Gomide; S.F. Reis; R.B. Cox; Influence of dental carcass maturity on carcass traits and meat quality of Nellore bulls; Meat Science. 2011;88(3):441-446.
D. Álvarez; M. Castillo; F.A. Payne; R.B. Cox; Y.L. Xiong; Application of light extinction to determine stability of beef emulsions; Journal of Food Engineering. 2010;96(2):309-315
Stacy M. Scramlin; Melissa C. Newman; Ryan B. Cox; Hilary A. Sepe; Amy L. Alderton; Joseph O'Leary; William B. Mikel; Effects of Oregano Oil Brine Enhancement on Quality Attributes of Beef Longissimus dorsi and Semimembranosus Muscles from Various Age Animals; Journal of Food Science. 2010;75(2):S89-S94.
C.R. Kerth; K.W. Braden; R. Cox; L.K. Kerth; D.L. Rankins Jr.; Carcass, sensory, fat color, and consumer acceptance characteristics of Angus-cross steers finished on ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) forage or on a high-concentrate diet; Meat Science. 2007;75(2):334-341.
Ryan B. Cox; Chris R. Kerth; Jessica G. Gentry; J. Walter Prevatt; Kirk W. Braden; William R. Jones; Determining acceptance of domestic forage- or grain-finished beef by consumers from three Southeastern U.S. States; Journal of Food Science. 2006;71(7):S542-S546.
Awards
- Annual Honored Guest and Lecturer, Wisconsin Association of Meat Processors Annual Convention, 2011
- Gamma Sigma Delta Agriculture Honor Society, Inducted Spring, 2007
- American Meat Science Association, Graduate Student Poster Competition, 2004
- Auburn University Meat Science Association, Scholarship Recipient, 2003 and 2004
- Auburn University Meat Science Association, Golden Cleaver Award, 2002
- Auburn University Meat Science Association, Outstanding Graduate Student Award, 2002