Dr. Shelby Roberts
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Dr. Shelby Roberts
Ruminant Research Scientist
Shelby Roberts is currently a Beef Research Scientist at Alltech in Nicholasville, Kentucky. Roberts passion for the beef industry started at an early age while growing up on a commercial cow-calf operation in West Texas. Roberts earned a B.S. degree in Animal Science at West Texas A&M University, a M.S. degree in Ruminant Nutrition from Oklahoma State University and a Ph.D. in Agriculture with an emphasis in Ruminant Health and Immunology from West Texas A&M University.
With experience in ruminant nutrition and ruminant health, Roberts interests focus on applied beef management practices that aim at improving animal health through nutrition.