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	Thomas Crenshaw, Professor                   Department of Animal Science; 1156 Animal Science Bldg. 1675 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706 Telephone: 608.263.4423 Fax: 608.262.5157 email: tdcrensh@wisc.edu CV PubMed citations

Education:
BS, Animal Science, University of Tennessee-Martin, Martin, Tennessee 1974
MS, Animal Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. 1977
Ph.D., Animal Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. 1980.

Research Interests:
Dietary manipulation and cellular regulation of endochondral ossification, renal and skeletal compensation to dietary cation-anion balance; optimization of dietary lysine
utilization; baby pig growth and survival.
 

Courses Taught:

• Animal Science 432: Swine Production. 3 credits, Spring semester, (Alternate years).
• Animal Science 415: Monogastric Nutrition. 2 credits, Spring semester, (Alternate years).
• FISC Swine & Poultry Nutrition. 1 credit. Spring semester.
• FISC Swine Management. 2 credits. Spring semester.
• Animal Science/Nutrition Science 875: Experimental Diet Design. 1 credit. Fall semester.
• Animal Science 931: Animal Nutrition seminar. Joint with nutrition faculty. 1 credit. Spring semester.
  

  Guest lectures

• School of Veterinary Medicine 627: Animal Nutrition. Provide five lectures. Fall semester

• AS 101. Introduction to Animal Science. 3 labs. Fall semester.

Other Responsibilities /Committees

National

NCR-42. Swine Nutrition.
American Society of Animal Science, Midwest Regional committee on Companion Animal Biology.

CALS

Interdepartment Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences
Animal Nutrition Emphasis Group - chair.
Graduate Admissions committee.
Research Animals Resources committee.

Industry

Wisconsin Pork Producer Association, Liaison committee.
Wisconsin Pork Producer Association, Research committee.
Department Animal Operations committee.

Undergraduate

Co-advisor, Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity.
Co-advisor, CALS Student Council.
CALS Scholastic Policies and Action Committee.

Publications:

Monsma, D.J., P.T. Thorsen, N.W. Vollendorf, T.D. Crenshaw, and J.A. Marlett. 2000. In vitro fermentation of swine ileal digesta containing oat bran dietary fiber by rat cecal inocula adapted to the test fiber increases propionate production but fermentation of wheat bran ileal digesta does not produce more butyrate. J. Nutr. 130:585-593.

Hrupka, B.J., V.D. Leibbrandt, T.D. Crenshaw, and N.J. Benevenga. 2000. The effect of thermal environment and age on neonatal pig behavior. J. Anim. Sci. 78:583-591.

Hrupka, B.J., V.D. Leibbrandt, T.D. Crenshaw, and N.J. Benevenga. 2000. Effect of sensory stimuli on huddling behavior of piglets. J. Anim. Sci. 78:592-596.

Cline, T.R., Cromwell, G.L., T.D. Crenshaw, R.C. Ewan, C.R. Hamilton, A.J. Lewis, D.C. Mahan, and L.L. Southern. 2000. Further assessment of the dietary lysine requirement of finishing gilts. J. Anim. Sci. 78:987-992.

Hill, G.M., G.L. Cromwell, T.D. Crenshaw, R.Dove, R.C. Ewan, D.A. Knabe, A.J. Lewis, G.W. Libal, D.C. Mahan, G.C. Shurson, L.L. Southern, and T.L. Veum. 2000. Growth promotion effects and plasma changes from feeding high dietary concentrations of zinc and copper to weanling pigs. (Regional Study). J. Anim. Sci. 78:1010-1016.

Armstrong, T.A., J.W. Spears, T.D. Crenshaw and F.H. Nielsen. 2000. Boron supplementation to a semi-purified diet for weanling pigs improves feed efficiency and bone strength characteristics and alters plasma lipid metabolites. J. Nutr. 139:2575-2581.

Cromwell, G.L., T.R. Cline, J.D. Crenshaw, T.D. Crenshaw, R.A. Easter, R.C. Ewan, C.R. Hamilton, G.M. Hill, A.J. Lewis, D.C. Mahan, J.L. Nelssen, J.E. Pettigrew, T.L. Veum, and J.T. Yen. 2000. Variability among sources and laboratories in analyses of wheat middlings. J. Anim. Sci. 78:2652-2658.

Diaz, F.J., T.D. Crenshaw, and M.C. Wiltbank. 2000. Prostaglandin F2a induces distinct physiological responses in porcine corpora lutea after acquisition of luteolytic capacity. Bio. Repro. 63:1504-1512.

Crenshaw, T.D. 2001. Calcium, Phosphorus, Vitamin D, and Vitamin K in Swine Nutrition. In: Swine Nutrition. A.J. Lewis and L.L. Southern eds. CRC Press. p 187-212.

Chiu, K.M., E.T. Keller, T.D. Crenshaw and S. Gavenstein. 1999. Carnitine and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate induce protein synthesis in porcine primary osteoblast-like cells. Calcif. Tissue Int. 64:527-533.

Blemings, K. P., T. D. Crenshaw, and N. J. Benevenga. 1998. Mitochondrial lysine uptake limits lysine oxidation in rats fed diets containing 5, 20, or 60% casein. J. Nutr. 128:2427-2434.

Iwaniec, U.T. and T.D. Crenshaw. 1998. Distribution of mineralization indices of modeling and remodeling over eight months im middiaphyseal cross sections of femurs from adult swine. Anat. Rec. 250:136-145.

Iwaniec, U.T., T.D. Crenshaw, M.J. Schoeninger, S.D. Stout and M.F. Ericksen. 1998. Methods for improving efficiency of estimating total osteon density in the human anterior mid-diaphyseal femur. Amer. J. Physical Anthro. 107:13-24.

Gahl, M.J., N.J. Benevenga and T.D. Crenshaw. 1998. Rates of lysine catabolism are inversely related to rates of protein synthesis when measured concurrently in adult female rats induced to grow at different rates. J. Nutr. 128:1503-1511.

Gahl, M. J., T. D. Crenshaw and N. J. Benevenga. 1994. Diminishing returns in weight, nitrogen and lysine gain of pigs fed six levels of lysine from three supplemental sources. J. of Anim. Sci. 72:3177-3187.