Dr Shane Rutherfurd

Research

Areas of research include the study of proteins, including the structural characterisation of the oligosaccharides and peptides in glycopeptides; amino acids, including their analysis and metabolism; feed evaluation, including the development of the available lysine bioassay and nutritional physiology including endogenous protein excretion in the mammalian small intestine.

Selected Publications

• Rutherfurd, S. M., Schneuwly, A. and Moughan P. J.(2007). 'Analysing sulphur amino acids in selected feedstuffs using least squares non-linear regression'. J. Agric. Food Chem. 55, 8019-8024.
• Rutherfurd, S. M., Kitson, T. M., Woolhouse, A. D. and Hendriks, W. H. (2007). 'Felinine stability in the presence of selected urine compounds'. Amino acids. 32, 235-242.
• Rutherfurd, S. M., Chung, T. K. and Moughan, P. J. (2007). 'The effect of a commercial enzyme preparation on apparent metabolisable energy, the true ileal amino acid digestibility and endogenous ileal lysine losses in broiler chickens'. Poult. Sci. 86, 665-672.
• Rutherfurd, K. J., Rutherfurd, S. M., Moughan, P. J. and Hendriks, W. H. (2002). 'Isolation and characterisation of a felinine containing peptide from the serum of domestic cats (Felis catus)'. J. Biol. Chem. 277, 114-119.
• Moughan, P. J. and Rutherfurd, S. M. (1996). 'A new method for determining digestible reactive lysine in foods'. J. Agric. Food Chem. 44, 2202-2209.

Awards and Honours

• NEWTECH Developments award for the development of the available lysine assay, 1997.