Ben Bereskin Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS0042

Staff Only

Content Description

The Ben Bereskin Papers consist of papers, photographs, publications and reports by Bereskin and others, including H. O. Hetzer, as well as data, notes, correspondence, drafts, abstracts, and other manuscripts. Materials cover subjects such as livestock, poultry, and swine.

Dates

Creation: 1954-1988

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Biographical Sketch

Ben Bereskin (b. 1922) began working at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1965 as a research geneticist in the Swine Research Branch of the Animal Husbandry Research Division, Bereskin's swine research objectives included selection for lean growth on low protein diets; comparing responses of pigs to selection under different dietary regimes; monitoring and evaluating physiological traits in the selected lines; evaluating the genetic X nutritional interaction effects; and evaluating responses to reverse selection. In 1975, he was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was the sole winner of the National Swine Improvement Federation's Distinguished Service Award in 1985-1986. Bereskin retired in 1988 as a research geneticist at the USDA Nonruminant Animal Nutrition Laboratory, Animal Science Institute.