Veterinary Degrees Online

The course of Zootecnia aims to train top-level professional, with solid theoretical and practical knowledge in the areas of creation, management, nutrition, feeding, reproduction and breeding of domestic animals and wildlife as well as in economics and management and rural agribusiness.
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The Zootecnista to be a professional with solid technical and scientific training, ready to manage different systems of animal production, with skill and competence to:
know and understand the factors of production and combine them with technical and economic efficiency;
conceive, design and analysis systems, products and processes;
know and act in markets agroindustrial complex;
understand and act in the organization and management and business community;
meet, interact and influence in decision making processes of actors and institutions, management of sectoral policies of its field of action;
develop and use new technologies;
assess the impact of professional activities in the social, environmental and economic;
work in teaching in higher education, design and conduct research, interpret and disseminate results;
act ethically, participating in multidisciplinary teams.

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Livestock farming is an industry which produces the necessities of life by the raising of farm animals and special animals. Animal products such as milk, meat, eggs, and honey are important foods for human life and health, and demand for them is increasing annually. Consequently, the improvement in quantity and quality of livestock and the development of high quality animal products are required. The Department of Animal Science aims to train excellent technologists who are able to work in the fields of livestock husbandry and also makes efforts to develop new animal resources and to use biotechnology for the improvement of animal productivity. The major subjects are Animal Breeding, Reproduction, Management, Feeds and Feeding, Nutrition, and Milk and Meat processing.

Applicants to the Animal and Veterinary Sciences programs should have a strong background in the animal, biological, and physical sciences. Students with deficiencies in these sciences may be admitted provided they correct these deficiencies during the first year of the program of study.

Students enrolled in the MS program are required to complete coursework in areas of the student’s interest as approved by the graduate advisory committee. The student’s academic program and research emphasize a study of physiological processes, particularly those relating to reproduction, endocrinology, immunology, digestion, and environmental factors. A thesis or dissertation is required.

The PhD degree does not have formal coursework requirements, but it is recognized that students will have individual deficiencies; therefore, it is the responsibility of the student and his/her major advisor, in consultation with the graduate advisory committee, to prescribe coursework to correct these deficiencies. All students majoring in Animal and Veterinary Sciences are required to complete AN PH 851.

The following courses offered by various departments represent possible electives for students in Animal and Veterinary Sciences: AVS 600, 653, 655, 661, 803, 825, BIOCH 606, 623, 633, 634, 815, BIOSC 632, 633, 659, 660, 661, 668, 670, 671, 672, 675, 676, 677, (AVS) 680, ENT (BIOSC) 636, EX ST 801, 803, 805, MICRO (AVS, BIOSC) 614, 811.