420 Advanced Reproduction (3) Collection, evaluation, and preservation of ova, spermatozoa and embryos; application of methods of natural breeding and techniques of artificial insemination and embryo transfer; herd sire and dam evaluation; pregnancy determination; gestation and parturition; infertility; recent advances in theriogenology.
Contact Hour Distribution: 1 hour and 2 labs.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 320 or equivalent.
430 Nutrient Evaluation and Ration Formulation (3) Ration nutrient analysis and formulation for beef and dairy cattle, sheep, horses, swine, poultry, laboratory, zoo, and companion animals. Mathematical and computer solutions and applications to formulating complex rations with constraints.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 330 or equivalent and an introductory computer science course.
481 Beef Cattle Production and Management (3) Integration of principles of nutrition, breeding, physiology, and marketing into complete production and management programs. Structure of industry, enterprise establishment, systems of production, production practices, and improvement programs. Management evaluated in terms of production response and economic returns. Comparisons made to small ruminant, forage-based production systems.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
Recommended Background: Completion of animal science sophomore and junior core courses or consent of
instructor.
482 Dairy Cattle Production and Management (3) Integration of principles of nutrition, breeding, physiology, and marketing into complete production and management programs. Structure of industry, enterprise establishment, systems of production, production practices, and herd improvement programs. Alternatives evaluated in terms of production responses and economic returns.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
Recommended Background: Completion of 300-level courses or consent of instructor.
483 Pork Production and Management (3) Integration of principles of nutrition, breeding, physiology, and marketing into complete production and management programs. Structure of industry, enterprise establishment, systems of production, production practices, and improvement program. Management evaluated in terms of production responses and economic returns.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
Recommended Background: Completion of 300-level core courses or consent of instructor.
484 Poultry Production and Management (3) Integration of principles of nutrition, breeding, physiology, and marketing into complete production and management programs. Structure of industry, enterprise establishment, systems of production, production practices, and improvement programs. Management evaluated in terms of production responses and economic returns.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
Recommended Background: Completion of 300-level core courses or consent of instructor.
500 Thesis (1-15)
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
502 Registration for Use of Facilities (1-15) Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
511 Special Problems in Animal Science (1-4)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
515 Special Topics (1-4) Instructor-initiated course to be offered on topics of current interest.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
520 Animal Physiology (4) Major body systems and interrelationships: nervous, muscle, blood, cardiovascular, kidney, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and endocrine. Concepts of metabolism, temperature regulation, and acid-base balance.
Recommended Background: General undergraduate coursework in anatomy/physiology and biochemistry or
consent of instructor.
523 Advanced Mammalian Reproduction (3) Current topics and new frontiers in reproductive biology.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 320.
525 Research Ethics for the Life Sciences (1) (See Plant Sciences 525.)
530 Animal Nutrition and Metabolism (4) Comparative digestive physiology, digestion, absorption and metabolism of nutrients in ruminant and nonruminant species. Concepts and methodologies of animal growth and nutrient requirements; interrelationships, availability and deficiencies of nutrients.
Recommended Background: Animal nutrition, feeds, and ration formulation course or consent of instructor.
535 Ruminology (2) Anatomy, physiology, and microbiology of rumen ecosystem: microbial fermentation and metabolism of polysaccharides, lipids and nitrogen.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 530 or consent of instructor.
536 Ecology of Grazing Land Systems (3) (See Plant Sciences 536.)
550 Immuno-pathophysiology (3) Cellular and systemic immune responses to infectious disease and stress that influence whole animal systems.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 520.
Comment(s): Prior knowledge may satisfy prerequisite with consent of instructor.
556 Physiology of Hormones (3) (See Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology 552.)
571 Design and Analysis of Biological Research (3) Experimental design and procedures; selection of experimental units; analysis and interpretation of data; statistical models and contrasts, analyses of variance: covariates, treatment arrangements, mean separation and regression. (Same as Plant Sciences 571.)
Recommended Background: 3 hours of statistics.
572 Least Squares Analysis (3) Least squares estimation and hypothesis testing procedures for linear models; mixed model methodology; full rank and non-full rank situations; covariance structures; estimation of variance components.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
Recommended Background: 6 hours of statistics.
596 Seminar on Advanced Topics in Animal Science (1) Required of all first- and second-year MS students.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 2 hours.
600 Doctoral Research and Dissertation (3-15) P/NP only.
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
620 Topics in Microbial Pathogenesis (1-3) (See Microbiology 620.)
621 Advanced Topics in Animal Physiology (1-4) Recent advances and concepts, research techniques, current problems.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
623 Advanced Topics in Obesity (1-4) Recent advances and concepts, research techniques, and current problems of obesity related to nutrition and exercise sciences. Topics may include disease prevention and treatment, prevalence, etiology, metabolism, and molecular mechanisms of disease. (Same as Exercise Science 623.)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
631 Advanced Topics in Animal Nutrition (1-4) Recent advances and concepts, research techniques, current problems.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
652 Disorders of the Endocrine System (2) Pathological and physiological aspects of diseases; endocrine glands of various animal species. (Same as Comparative and Experimental Medicine – Veterinary Medicine 652.)
Recommended Background: 3 hours of physiology.
675 Statistical Genomics (3) Statistical concepts and methods for life sciences, including microarray, QTL, systems genetics and proteomics. Computer analysis of published data will guide the statistical discussion.
Recommended Background: 6 hours of graduate level statistics. Familiarity with genomic experimental
methodologies.
681 Advanced Topics in Animal Health and Well-Being (1-4) Recent advances and concepts, research techniques, and current problems associated with animal health and behavior.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
696 Seminar (1) Advanced topics in animal science. Required of all first- and second-year PhD students.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 2 hours.