Bachelor Degree in
Animal Science

Animal science is the study of animals that provide food, fiber, and companionship. Research in animal science provides the United States a safe, healthy, abundant and inexpensive food supply. Biotechnology and computers have changed the way research and production practices are conducted and products are marketed. New developments in the field of nutrition and the implementation of new feedstuffs have dramatically altered and improved animal well being and human nutrition. Physiologists have developed new tools such as embryo transfer, estrus synchronization, and enhancement of growth. Animal scientists, biotechnologists and molecular geneticists are unraveling the secrets of DNA, providing tremendous new potentials for improving animal efficiency. Production and companion animal medicine are also making great advancements in improving animal well-being. Significant new opportunities for controlling invasive weeds, creating fire breaks, and improving rangeland ecology and watershed management are being created through prescribed grazing strategies. The Animal Scientists who made these advances were once a student just like you. They found that a career in animal science is exciting, challenging and rewarding.

The Bachelor of Science in Animal Science available in the Department of Animal Biotechnology concentrates on four different areas which include:

General Animal Science – This degree prepares student for careers in a variety of areas such as managing livestock enterprises, employment with companies producing and marketing livestock, animal feeds and health products, as well as organization such as breed associations, livestock publications and government agencies. In addition, it prepares students who have a strong interest in attending graduate training or professional veterinary school. Students enrolled in an Animal Science curriculum will receive a strong background in the natural and biological sciences that are essential in the understanding of animal production. Students will take courses in the following areas: animal genetics, reproductive physiology, endocrinology, meats and muscle biology, anatomy, physiology, and management of livestock species. Students in the undergraduate Animal Science program can take courses in agribusiness, rangeland ecology and wildlife sciences. Individual curricula can also be tailored to provide excellent preparation for veterinary school and graduate studies.

Animal Science - Range Livestock Management Optionimals and their habitat on rangelands. Students will study the interactions between plants, livestock, and wildlife and how grazing systems influence their management. They also will study principles of rangeland management and practical applications of scientific research for making management decisions. Rangeland restoration and improvements will also be an integral part of the curriculum along with domestic production and wildlife management. In addition students will study types of rangeland plant communities, plant physiological responses to grazing and nutritional aspects of rangeland plants.

• ranching, farming, or medical industry, or
• making a difference in your community, or
• figuring out why people make the choices they do, or
• working outdoors & indoors, with people & with computers, in Nevada &
• around the world, all in the same job,
  
  Then Animal Science may be the right major for you.
  

Dr. Dale Holecombe, Professor, Faculty Advisor
Phone: (775) 784-1314
e-mail: holcombe@unr.nevada.edu
Office: 232 Max Fleischmann Ag Bldg, UNR Campus

 

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