动物科学哲学博士

动物科学的研究生课程提供研究生课程，导致获得理学硕士学位和哲学博士学位。硕士学位课程不提供非论文选项。学院的研究兴趣包括：细胞，分子和发育生物学研究，生长和发育过程中神经内分泌系统的基因表达，动物中金属和血红素稳态的分子遗传学，维持多能性和早期胚胎和胚胎干细胞的细胞谱系确定，调控胚胎形成过程中的基因表达，禽类的神经和生殖内分泌学以及对动物农业具有重要意义的病毒学，免疫学和微生物发病机制，反刍动物和非反刍动物的营养和中间代谢，奶牛乳脂生产的调节，模型用于养分管理，禽类和其他单胃动物的养分管理，包括马匹的饲料
The Graduate Program in the Animal Sciences offers graduate study leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The master's degree program does not offer the non-thesis option. Faculty research interests include: Cell, molecular and developmental biology studies, gene expression of the neuroendocrine system during growth and development, molecular genetics of metal and heme homeostasis in animals, maintenance of pluripotency and cell lineage determination in early embryos and embryonic stem cells, regulation of gene expression during embryonic patterning, neuro- and reproductive endocrinology in avian species, and virology, immunology and microbial pathogenesis of significance to animal agriculture, Nutrition and intermediary metabolism of ruminants and non-ruminants, regulation of milk fat production in dairy cattle, modeling for nutrient management, nutrient management in avian and other monogastric species, including forage utilization in horses, nutritional immunology, nutrient sensing, metabolic homeostasis, companion and exotic animal nutrition,Aquaculture related fish physiology and cryopreservation of germ cells, and, Application of computational and systems biology to quantitative genetics, genomics, epigenetics, selection theory and breeding for the improvement of domestic animals and conservation genetics.