Animal Sciences

Animal Sciences is an academic department of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), a unit of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS). Creating new solutions to tomorrow's problems underlies everything we do in the Animal Sciences Program. In the areas of teaching, research, and extension, our faculty integrate the most modern technologies available with personal expertise and attention to the needs of students and our industry. More than forty faculty members support teaching, research, and extension activities in areas including nutrition, reproduction, molecular biology and physiology, genetics, meat science, and management related to dairy and beef cattle, horses, goats, and swine. Investigators make use of state-of-the-art lab facilities; beef, dairy, and equine research and teaching units; a meat processing facility; and extension units statewide.