Department of Animal Science
http://animalscience.tamu.edu/
Interim Head: Dr. Andy Herring
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