Laboratories include identifying common game species and learning techniques of forestry and wildlife management. Offered in alternate years. Embryonic changes are studied at the genetic, biochemical, cellular, and spatial levels. Growth, metamorphosis, tumors, and aging are also studied. Emphasis is on mechanisms of developmental processes, rather than on anatomy.
Laboratory involves handling and manipulating living embryos of several species.
Offered in alternate years. Composition, chemistry, digestion, absorption, and metabolism of foods. Other topics include energy balance, food additives, food sensitivities, and the role of diet in development and disease. The animal nutrition topics meet the needs of preveterinary students. Usually involves camping, hiking, and travel by canoe, raft, or boat in areas such as Canada, New England, Rocky Mountains, desert Southwest, or Everglades.