Shearer Jan

Experience

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  University of Florida

  Aug 1982 - May 2009

  Emeritus Professor
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  Iowa State University

  Jun 2009 - now

  Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine

  Dr. Shearer is currently Professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. He received his BS degree from Ashland University in 1971 and his DVM degree from The Ohio State University in 1975. Upon graduation, he joined the Orrville Veterinary Clinic, Inc. in northeast Ohio where he served as an Associate Veterinarian for 4 ½ years before returning to The Ohio State University to pursue graduate studies in nutrition. He completed his Master’s Degree in 1981 and was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine at The Ohio State University that same year. In 1982 he relocated to the University of Florida where he became Professor and Dairy Extension Veterinarian at the College of Veterinary Medicine. In 2009 after 27 years of service, Dr. Shearer became Professor Emeritus with the University of Florida before moving to Iowa to assume his current position. At Iowa State University, his primary research and extension interests are lameness and welfare issues of cattle. He is a Diplomat of the American College of Animal Welfare and serves as a scientific advisor to multiple organizations in the dairy, beef, and food service industries. He is Chair of the Food Animal Working Group (FAWG) of the American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) Panel on Euthanasia and a member of the AVMA’s Panel on Humane Slaughter. He is a past recipient of the Florida Distinguished Extension Service Award, the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Superior Accomplishment Award, and the 2003 USDA Secretary of Agriculture’s Honor Award for outstanding innovation in animal health. He has also been honored by The Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine with the Distinguished Alumnus Award, by the American Association of Bovine Practitioners with the Alpharma Award of Excellence and by the AVMA in 2011 as recipient of the AVMA Animal Welfare Award. Show less