Graduate Program: Animal Science Courses (113)
ANSC 420 - Reproductive Technologies - 3 Credit Hours
Collection, evaluation, and preservation of ova, spermatozoa and embryos; application of methods of natural breeding and techniques of artificial insemination and embryo transfer; herd sire and dam evaluation; pregnancy determination; gestation and parturition; infertility; recent advances in theriogenology.
Contact Hour Distribution: 1 hour and 2 labs.
Recommended Background: Undergraduate reproductive physiology course.
ANSC 430 - Nutrient Evaluation and Ration Formulation - 3 Credit Hours
Ration nutrient analysis and formulation for beef and dairy cattle, sheep, horses, swine, poultry, laboratory, zoo, and companion animals. Mathematical and computer solutions and applications to formulating complex rations with constraints.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
Recommended Background: Undergraduate nutrition course covering nomenclature, structures, functions, utilization, and deficiency symptoms of essential nutrients in carnivores, omnivores and herbivores and a course covering introductory computer science.
ANSC 481 - Beef Management - 3 Credit Hours
Integration of principles of nutrition, breeding, physiology, and marketing into complete production and management programs. Structure of industry, enterprise establishment, systems of production, production practices, and improvement programs. Management evaluated in terms of production response and economic returns. Comparisons made to small ruminant, forage-based production systems.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
ANSC 482 - Dairy Management - 3 Credit Hours
Integration of principles of nutrition, breeding, physiology, and marketing into complete production and management programs. Structure of industry, enterprise establishment, systems of production, production practices, and herd improvement programs. Alternatives evaluated in terms of production responses and economic returns.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
ANSC 483 - Swine Management - 3 Credit Hours
Integration of principles of nutrition, breeding, physiology, and marketing into complete production and management programs. Structure of industry, enterprise establishment, systems of production, production practices, and improvement program. Management evaluated in terms of production responses and economic returns.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
ANSC 484 - Poultry Management - 3 Credit Hours
Integration of principles of nutrition, breeding, physiology, and marketing into complete production and management programs. Structure of industry, enterprise establishment, systems of production, production practices, and improvement programs. Management evaluated in terms of production responses and economic returns.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
Recommended Background: Completion of 300-level core courses or consent of instructor.
ANSC 500 - Thesis - 1-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
ANSC 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities - 1-15 Credit Hours
Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
ANSC 511 - Special Problems in Animal Science - 1-4 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
ANSC 515 - Special Topics - 1-4 Credit Hours
Instructor-initiated course to be offered on topics of current interest.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
ANSC 520 - Animal Physiology - 4 Credit Hours
Major body systems and interrelationships: nervous, muscle, blood, cardiovascular, kidney, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and endocrine. Concepts of metabolism, temperature regulation, and acid-base balance.
Recommended Background: General undergraduate coursework in anatomy and physiology.
ANSC 523 - Advanced Mammalian Reproduction - 3 Credit Hours
Current topics and new frontiers in reproductive biology.
Recommended Background: Reproductive physiology course.
ANSC 525 - Research Ethics for the Life Sciences - 1 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See Plant Sciences 525.)
ANSC 530 - Animal Nutrition and Metabolism - 4 Credit Hours
Comparative digestive physiology, digestion, absorption and metabolism of nutrients in ruminant and nonruminant species. Concepts and methodologies of animal growth and nutrient requirements; interrelationships, availability and deficiencies of nutrients.
Recommended Background: Advanced undergraduate courses in nutrition
ANSC 535 - Ruminology - 2 Credit Hours
Anatomy, physiology, and microbiology of rumen ecosystem: microbial fermentation and metabolism of polysaccharides, lipids and nitrogen.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 530 or consent of instructor.
ANSC 536 - Ecology of Grazing Land Systems - 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See Plant Sciences 536.)
ANSC 550 - Animal Immune Physiology - 3 Credit Hours
Interaction of the immune system with other physiological processes such as reproduction, nutrition, and endocrine that influence whole animal systems.
Recommended Background: Graduate physiology course.
ANSC 571 - Design and Analysis of Biological Research - 3 Credit Hours
Experimental design and procedures; selection of experimental units; analysis and interpretation of data; statistical models and contrasts, analyses of variance: covariates, treatment arrangements, mean separation and regression.
Cross-listed: (Same as Plant Sciences 571.)
Recommended Background: 3 hours of statistics.
ANSC 572 - Mixed Linear Statistical Modeling - 3 Credit Hours
Mixed model theory and applications particularly in the life sciences; matrix algebra foundation for full and non-full rank models (regression and analysis of variance); covariance structures such as for repeated measures and spatial data; exposure to generalized and non-linear mixed models.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
Recommended Background: 6 hours of statistics.
ANSC 596 - Seminar on Advanced Topics in Animal Science - 1 Credit Hours
Required of all first- and second-year MS students.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 2 hours.
ANSC 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation - 3-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
ANSC 620 - Topics in Microbial Pathogenesis - 1-3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See Microbiology 620.)
ANSC 621 - Advanced Topics in Animal Physiology - 1-4 Credit Hours
Recent advances and concepts, research techniques, current problems.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
ANSC 623 - Advanced Topics in Obesity - 1-4 Credit Hours
Recent advances and concepts, research techniques, and current problems of obesity related to nutrition and exercise sciences. Topics may include disease prevention and treatment, prevalence, etiology, metabolism, and molecular mechanisms of disease.
Cross-listed: (Same as Kinesiology 623.)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
ANSC 631 - Advanced Topics in Animal Nutrition - 1-4 Credit Hours
Recent advances and concepts, research techniques, current problems.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
ANSC 652 - Disorders of the Endocrine System - 2 Credit Hours
Pathological and physiological aspects of diseases; endocrine glands of various animal species.
Cross-listed: (Same as Comparative and Experimental Medicine - Veterinary Medicine 652.)
Recommended Background: 3 hours of physiology.
ANSC 675 - Statistical Genomics - 3 Credit Hours
Statistical concepts and methods for life sciences, including microarray, QTL, systems genetics and proteomics. Computer analysis of published data will guide the statistical discussion.
Recommended Background: 6 hours of graduate level statistics and familiarity with genomic experimental methodologies.
ANSC 681 - Advanced Topics in Animal Health and Well-Being - 1-4 Credit Hours
Recent advances and concepts, research techniques, and current problems associated with animal health and behavior.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
ANSC 696 - Seminar on Advanced Topics in Animal Science - 1 Credit Hours
Advanced topics in animal science. Required of all first- and second-year PhD students.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 2 hours.