Emphasis is on the importance of anatomy and conformation and the relationship of form to function. An organized and systematic approach to selection is discussed. First semester of a full year course which emphasizes the selection, breeding, reproduction, nutrition, health and management of poultry, dairy and beef cattle. Laboratories provide experience working with each species. Second semester of a full year course which emphasizes the selection, breeding, reproduction, nutrition, health and management of sheep, horses, swine and exotic meat animals.
Laboratories provide experience working with each species.
Writing assignments in the sciences underlying animal research and animal agriculture and in the husbandry and management of animals for food and recreation. Satisfies the junior year writing requirement for Animal Science majors only. Juniors and Seniors only. A study of the identification, transmission, expression and arrangement of hereditary material. Some of the specific areas covered include Mendelian genetics, the physical and chemical bases of heredity, genetic regulation of protein syntheses, mutations, gene interactions, sex determination, linkage and chromosomal variations.