The curriculum offered by this department prepares you to meet the challenges of producing, processing, and marketing poultry and allied products in today's global agricultural market. If you select the poultry emphasis of the animal, dairy, and poultry sciences curriculum, you will have an emphasis on the application of basic and applied animal science principles to the production of poultry and related products. In addition to scientific training in genetics, nutrition, and physiology, you will complete courses in poultry production, incubation and hatchery management, poultry biology, and poultry evaluation. The outlook for careers in poultry science is excellent.
Poultry is the largest animal agriculture industry in the state, based on commodity value.
Nationwide, poultry is the number one consumer meat commodity. Markets for eggs, broilers, turkeys, ostriches, and game birds are expanding, and the need for highly qualified professionals is growing. In addition, new advances in laboratory and processing techniques make studies in poultry science exciting and challenging. As a student in this department, you can look forward to a fulfilling career. Currently, the market for poultry and allied products is growing at a rapid pace, and the industry suffers from a lack of technically trained people.