SWINE PRODUCTION

ANSCI/DYSCI 102

Hands-on experience and demonstrations to develop practical skills with animals and to better understand the application of science to food production animals. It covers anatomy, physiology, nutrition, reproduction, genetics, management, animal welfare, and behavior of domesticated animals.

ANSCI 431

Application of genetics, systems of mating, physiology, nutrition and economics to the production of beef.

MEDSC-V 635

Focuses on basic swine medicine clinical skills including diagnosis and treatment of common swine diseases that present in individual pigs and populations. Influences of production practices and farm structure will be introduced as they impact the successful practice of swine medicine. Additionally, regulatory influences unique to swine veterinary medicine and principles of biosecurity/biocontainment and bioexclusion will be discussed.

ANSCI/DYSCI 370

Physical, biological and social nature of animal agriculture systems and their improvement in developing countries; analysis of the state of livestock research and development in the developing countries and the world role of U.S. animal agriculture.

ANSCI/DYSCI 363

Application of the principles of quantitative genetics to the improvement of livestock and poultry; breeding value estimation and selection techniques; effects of inbreeding and hybrid vigor; crossbreeding systems.