Those units include sheep, poultry, purebred beef, dairy, swine, and horse teaching and research units and the beef, forage, range and cow-calf research units. Program Overview Animal Breeding and Genetics Programs in animal breeding and genetics are designed specifically for each student to acquire training in genetics, animal breeding, and statistics. Additional courses are selected from the fields of biological and physical sciences. Facilities are available for adequate analysis of most data sets, including REML and BLUP procedures. The meat science program is comprehensive and prepares students for fundamental and applied research, product and process development, and technical service in industry, academic, regulatory and international positions.
Extensive facilities are devoted to meat science.
Laboratories for chemical, physical and sensory analysis and retail display are available for use. Graduate students are actively involved in teaching, research and extension activities as part of their training. The monogastric nutrition team offers comprehensive training that weaves a basic understanding of nutrition into an applied research program. This allows graduate students to be exposed to the swine business while conducting timely and industry-leading research. Graduate students are offered an array of course work to develop areas of expertise.