| Expert Name | Prof. Allan Degen |
| Title | Professor |
| Division | |
| Institution | Ben Gurion University of the Negev |
| City | Beer Sheva |
| Country | Israel |
| Telephone | 972 7 6460515 |
| Email | degen(at)bgumail.bgu.ac.il |
| Work Experience | 1992: P.I. in project entitled: Vegetal and animal biomass production using runoff water (GIFRID project).
1993-97: P.I. in project: Integration of increased prolificacy in Karakul sheep with improved semi-desert and desert rangelands (in Kazakhstan, USAID project).
1993-97: P.I. in project: Livestock and vegetal production using runoff water (in Kazakhstan, USAID project)
1995-98: P.I. in project: Growing market dependence of food security arrangement in southern and eastern Kenya (in Kenya, NIRP project). |
| Qualifications | B.Sc., Biology, Concordia (Montreal) 1971
M.Sc., Animal Science, McGill (Montreal) 1973
Ph.D., Zoology, Tel Aviv University 1976. |
| Number of Publications | 101 |
| Awards | 1. 1986: Chaim Sheba award for outstanding contribution by Young Scientists.
2. 1997: University of Queensland Travel Award to Selected Leading Scientists.
3. 1997: Featured in 14th Edition of Who's Who in the World. |
| Other Activities | 1. Member - Zoological Society of Israel
2. Member - Physiological and Pharmacological Society of Israel
3. Member - American Society of Mammalogists
4. Head - Desert Animal Adaptations and Husbandry
5. Director - Isan Center for Comparative Medicine and Desert Animal Research |
| Publications | 1. DEGEN, A.A. (1997). Ecophysiology of Small Desert Mammals. Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York-Tokyo.
2. Kam, M.; Degen, A.A. (1997). Energy requirements and efficiency of utilization of metabolizable energy in free-living animals. Journal of Theoretical Biology 184: 101-104.
3. Degen, A.A. et al. (1997). The nutritive value of Acacia saligna and Acacia salicina for goats and sheep. Animal Science 64: 253-259.
4. Degen, A.A. et al. (1995). Acacia saligna as fodder tree for desert livestock and the interactions of its tannins with fiber fractions. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 68: 65-71.
5. Degen, A.A. et al. (1991). Growth rate, total body water, dry-matter intake and water consumption of domesticated ostriches. Animal Production 52: 225-232. |
| Discipline | Ecology/Ecosystems |
| Last updated | 27/07/2011 15:27:00 |
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