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Academic Units
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES (AVSC)
Chairperson: Barbour, E.
Professors: Barbour, E.; Farran, M.; Hamadeh, S.; Sleiman,
F.
Departmental R.A.: Jaber,
L.
Graduate Programs
The department offers programs of study and research leading to MS
degrees in animal science and
poultry science. The candidates have
the choice of selecting a thesis or non-thesis program. The
non-thesis candidate is required to take additional credits, and
his/her research normally will be more field-oriented, with a
research report presented instead of a thesis. The department is
especially qualified and equipped for graduate study and research in
the following areas:
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nutrition of livestock
and poultry
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diseases of livestock
and poultry, including preventive immunology and epizootiology of
diseases
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production of milk,
meat, and eggs as related to breeding and feeding
Graduate students in the department may become candidates for a
degree in the interfaculty program in nutrition by meeting the
requirements described in the Graduate Studies section of this
catalogue.
MS in Animal Science
Core Courses for the MS Degree in Animal
Science
AGSC 301 Statistical Methods in Agriculture 2.3; 3 cr.
An investigation of the statistical techniques needed to design
experiments and analyze and interpret agricultural research data.
Prerequisites: STAT 210 and CMPS 209. Fall and spring.
AVSC 304 Preventive Immunology and Patterns of Animal Diseases
3.0; 3 cr.
Basic aspects of specific and non-specific body defense mechanisms
and the role of vaccination in population protection; study of the
patterns of diseases. Prerequisite: BIOL 224 or AVSC 224.
AVSC 306 Diseases of Livestock 3.0; 3 cr.
Etiology, clinical characteristics, identification, and control of
some selected infectious and metabolic diseases of economic impact
on animal production.
AVSC 330 Advanced Livestock Production 3.0; 3 cr.
Recent advances in livestock production practices as related to
interactions between animal and milieu with reference to the
specific nutritional and climatic conditions of the Middle East.
AVSC 336 Ruminant Nutrition 3.0; 3 cr.
Recent advances in the nutrition of cattle and sheep with reference
to microbiological aspects of digestion and its relation to
practical feeding.
AVSC 388 Animal Production and Environmental Management 3,0; 3
cr.
Characterizes the impact of extensive and intensive livestock
systems on the environmental sustainability of the two systems in
terms of technical constraints and feasible corrective environmental
management strategies.
AVSC 395 Graduate Seminar in Animal Science 1.0; 1 cr.
AVSC 399 MS Thesis
Elective Courses for the MS Degree in Animal Science
AVSC 300 Graduate Tutorial 1–3 cr.
Special problem. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
AVSC 305 Poultry Diseases 3.0; 3 cr.
Etiology, clinical characteristics, identification, prevention,
and control of the major infectious and metabolic diseases of
poultry.
AVSC 307 Poultry Production in Warm Regions 3.0; 3 cr.
Recent advances in poultry production practices under high
temperature conditions with special emphasis on physiology of heat
stress in birds as related to housing, management, and feeding.
Prerequisite: AVSC 226.
AVSC 329 Advanced Animal Physiology 2.3; 3 cr.
Comparative physiology of domestic animals with special emphasis on
digestion, reproduction, lactation, and thermo-regulation.
Prerequisite: AVSC 275 or equivalent.
AVSC 334 Advanced
Poultry Nutrition 2.3; 3 cr.
Recent developments in poultry nutrition;
design and implementation of poultry nutrition experiments.
Prerequisite: AVSC 271.
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