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Animal Science

Graduate Program Summary

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Graduate Degrees Offered

M.S.; Ph.D.
Specializations - what's a specialization?
  • Meat Science and Muscle Biology
  • Physiology
Areas of Study
  • Animal Breeding and Genetics
  • Animal Physiology
  • Meat Science and Muscle Biology
  • Non-Ruminant Nutrition
  • Production and Management
  • Ruminant Nutrition



  

Animal Science

  • On the Web
    Department Website
  • Graduate Chair
    Professor Phillip Miller
  • Graduate Secretary
    Ms. Mirhuanda Meeks
    mmeeks2@unl.edu
    402-472-2050
  • Department Address
    C203 Animal Science
    Lincoln NE 68583-0908

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Description of Program

The Department of Animal Science offers graduate study emphasizing animal breeding and genetics, meat and poultry products, non-ruminant and ruminant nutrition, and physiology. Analytical laboratories and animal facilities are available for graduate research.

Our contemporary facilities enhance basic and applied research capabilities for intensive large animal, poultry, and laboratory animal work. An extensive, federally inspected meat laboratory is available for meat and poultry research. In addition, the department maintains facilities 40 minutes away from Lincoln for research in all disciplines of beef and dairy cattle, sheep, and swine. Graduate programs conduct collaborative research at four university district research and extension centers and the USDA Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Nebraska.



  

Graduate Bulletin

The Graduate Bulletin provides course descriptions, program requirements, and more:

Faculty and Research

Don Adams Range Beef Systems; Beef Cow Management
Kathy Anderson Equitation; Horse Management
Don Beermann Muscle Growth; Nutrient Partitioning; Animal Growth
Dennis Brink Mineral Requirements; Immunocompetence of Ruminants Fed Forages
Tom Burkey Nonruminant Nutrition; Gastrointestinal Physiology
Dennis Burson Food Safety; Meat Quality
Chris Calkins Meat Quality and Palatability; Beef Muscle Traits; Consumers and Value
Daniel Ciobanu Functional Genomics; Systems Genetics; Physiology
Andrea Cupp Reproduction and Gonadal Development and Function
Galen Erickson Environmental-Nutritional Interactions in Feedlots; Grain Processing and Starch Use; Corn Byproduct Utilization; Protein Requirements of Feedlot Cattle; Nutritional Effects on Pathogen Excretion
Rick Funston Beef Cattle Physiology; Heifer Development
Rodger Johnson Breeding; Reproductive Efficiency; Disease Resistance
Steven Jones RNA Translation; Meat Quality
Jeff Keown Dairy Cattle Breeding and Management
Terry Klopfenstein Growing and Finishing Cattle; Protein Nutrition; Beef Production Systems; Waste Management; E. coli 0157:H7; Crop Residues; Byproducts
Paul Kononoff Forage Quality; Ruminal Fermentation
Terry Mader Implant Systems; Environmental Stress
Roger Mandigo Meat Processing and Manufacturing
Phillip Miller Swine Nutrition; Liver Metabolism; Nutrient Intake; Growth Criteria
Jess Miner Mechanisms Regulating Energy Balance in Mammals
Merlyn Nielsen Genetic Variation in Energy Utilization
Rick Rasby Cattle Reproduction and Management Systems
Duane Reese Swine Nutrition and Management
Bryan Reiling Livestock Production, Management, and Evaluation
Sheila Scheideler Monogastric and Poultry Nutrition
Matthew Spangler Quantitative Genetics; Molecular Information in Genetic Evaluations; Commercial Ranch Genetic Evaluations
Aaron Stalker Ruminant Nutrition
Richard Stowell Animal Housing Systems; Odor and Gas Emissions; Heat Stress Abatement
Judson Vasconcelos Beef Nutrition and Management; Profitability of Feedlot Cattle
Brett White Embryology; Endocrinology
Jennifer Wood Female Reproduction; Ovarian Physiology; Steroidogenesis
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