Egil Robert Orskov

Egil Robert Ørskov, OBE, FRSE was a Danish-born Scottish agricultural scientist and development scholar, known particularly for his research on the nutrition of farm animals. Ørskov died in Aberdeen, Scotland on 12 April 2021, at the age of 87.

Selected publications

Ørskov, E.R. and McDonald, I., 1979. The estimation of protein degradability in the rumen from incubation measurements weighted according to rate of passage. The Journal of Agricultural Science, 92, pp. 499–503.
Mehrez, A.Z., Ørskov, E.R. and McDonald, I., 1977. Rates of rumen fermentation in relation to ammonia concentration. British Journal of Nutrition, 38, pp. 437–443.
Orskov, E.R., 1982. Protein nutrition in ruminants. Academic Press Inc. Ltd.

Alma Mater

Copenhagen University, University of Reading.

Career

Rowett Research Institute, Macaulay Land Research Institute and the James Hutton Institute.

Awards

OBE 1988
Royal Society of Edinburgh 1991