Department of Animal Science

http://animalscience.tamu.edu/

Interim Head: Dr. Andy Herring

Advanced study in animal science offers preparation for a future in teaching, research, extension, livestock and dairy production, and in industries involving food technology, livestock products and livestock management. Majors offered are:
 

Animal breeding: MS and PhD

Animal science: MS, MAgr and PhD

Equine industry management: MEIM

Physiology of reproduction: MS and PhD

The animal science subject matter fields are strongly supported by coursework in agricultural economics, biochemistry, biophysics, biology, genetics, statistics, and in veterinary anatomy, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, pharmacology and public health.

Laboratories available for graduate research include cytogenetics, genomics, food technology, meat science, nutrition, molecular biology and reproductive physiology. The Robert Justus Kleberg, Jr. Animal and Food Science Center provides 39 laboratories for research and graduate training. Special equipment available in these laboratories or in readily accessible facilities, such as at the Computing Services Center, offer a wide array of opportunities for study and research.

Dairy, beef, horse and swine herds and sheep and goat flocks at the main station or at research centers afford opportunities to study various problems in physiology, breeding, management, nutrition and production. The Rosenthal Meat Science and Technology Center, equipped to fabricate and process all meat foods on a semi­commercial scale, is available for research problems. Texas A&M AgriLife Research projects in all subject matter fields offer opportunities for graduate students to participate in current research activities.

Support areas such as biochemistry and biophysics, economics, genetics and statistics may be readily arranged. Food science and technology and nutrition courses are jointly listed.

There is no specific foreign language requirement for the Doctor of Philosophy degree. A student’s advisory committee may require a foreign language or additional coursework in an unrelated area in lieu of a foreign language.

Bazer, Fuller W, Distinguished Professor
Animal Science
PHD, North Carolina State University, 1969

Carstens, Gordon E, Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Colorado State University, 1998

Castillo, Alejandro, Associate Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1998

Cooke, Reinaldo F, Professor
Animal Science
PHD, University of Florida, 2008

Cross, H Russell, Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1972

Daigle, Courtney L, Assistant Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 2013

De Carvalho Cardoso, Rodolfo, Assistant Professor
Animal Science
DVM, Sao Paulo State University, 2005
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2014

Dunlap, Kathrin A, Instructional Associate Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2006

Gehring, Kerri B, Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1994

Gill, Clare A, Professor
Animal Science
PHD, University of Adelaide, Australia, 2000

Gill, Jason J, Associate Professor
Animal Science
PHD, University of Guelph, 2006

Heird, James C, Executive Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Texas Tech University, 1978

Herring, Andy D, Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1994

Ing, Nancy H, Professor
Animal Science
DVM, University of Florida, 1984
PHD, University of Florida, 1988

Kerth, Christopher R, Associate Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Texas Tech University, 1999

Lamb, Graham C, Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Kansas State University, 1998

Leatherwood, Jessica L, Associate Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2013

Miller, Rhonda K, Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Colorado State University, 1983

Osburn, Wesley N, Associate Professor
Animal Science
PHD, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 1996

Paudyal, Sushil, Instructional Assistant Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Colorado State University, 2018

Pohler, Ky Garrett, Associate Professor
Animal Science
PHD, University of Missouri, 2015

Ramsey, W S, Professor
Animal Science
PHD, New Mexico State University, 1996

Riggs, Penny K, Associate Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1996

Riley, David G, Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2000

Sanders, James O, Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1977

Satterfield, Michael C, Associate Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2008

Savell, Jeffrey W, University Distinguished Professor and Regents Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1978

Skaggs, Chris L, Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Iowa State University, 1992

Smith, Stephen B, Regents Professor
Animal Science
PHD, University of California at Davis, 1980

Taylor, Thomas M, Professor
Animal Science
PHD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2006

Tedeschi, Luis O, Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Cornell University, 2001

Tomaszewski, Michael, Visiting Professor
Animal Science
PHD, North Carolina State University, 1972

Welsh Jr, Thomas H, Professor
Animal Science
PHD, North Carolina State University, 1980

White, Sarah H, Assistant Professor
Animal Science
PHD, University of Florida, 2014

Wickersham, Tryon A, Associate Professor
Animal Science
PHD, Kansas State University, 2006

Wiegert, Jeffrey, Instructional Assistant Professor
Animal Science
PHD, North Carolina State University, 2019

Wu, Guoyao, Distinguished Professor
Animal Science
PHD, University of Alberta, Canada, 1989