Courses in Dairy Science


1048 
Jenny		 Elements of Dairying 3(3,0)1 F, S Fundamentals of dairy production and manufacturing. 4054 
Williams		 Dairy Farm Management 3(2,2) F Principles of managing dairy cattle; recommended farm practices for economical milk production.
2040 
Hutchison		 Techniques of Judging and Evaluating Dairy Cattle 2(1,2) S Comparative judging techniques with emphasis on visual evaluation, decision making, and oral communication. A college team is selected from this group. 4071 
Faculty		 Tropical Livestock Husbandry 3(3,0) F Breeding, feeding, and management of livestock in the tropics; human, environmental, and economic factors influencing livestock production in tropical areas; role of livestock in the total agricultural development. Also offered as ANSC 4071.
2049 
Jenny		 Dairy Cattle Production Practices 3(2,2) S Dairy cattle production practices including care, fitting and showing dairy cattle. Prereq. can be taken concurrently or to follow DARY 1048. 4081 
Faculty		 Dairy Microbiology 3(1,4) F Application of specific bacteriological procedures used in quality control and processing of dairy products. Prereq: MBIO 2051. 
2072

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 Introduction to Agricultural Genetics (3) S Prereq: BIOL 1002 or equivalent. Introduction to classical and modern genetic methodology used in agriculture including Mendelian principles, successful breeding techniques, assisted reproductive technologies, genetic engineering and other biotechnological methods. 4118 
Faculty		 Applied Animal Breeding and Genetics 3(3,0) F Mating systems and methods of breeding for genetic improvement in farm livestock. Prereq: ANSC 4018 or equivalent.
2075 
Aryana		 Milk and Dairy Foods 3(3,0) F Product processing techniques and related principles involved in market preparation of milk and dairy foods; emphasis on consumer and processor viewpoints relative to product composition, processing, marketing, sanitation and related environmental aspects. 7001 
Faculty		 Advanced Dairy Physiology (3) S Prereq: DARY 4043, VETS 4041, and consent of instructor.  Organ systems of metabolism; emphasis on dairy cattle.
2085
Boeneke		 Milk Quality Control Laboratory 2(0,4) S Public Health Service laboratory and inspection procedures for quality control on dairy farms and in milk plants. 7002 
Faculty		 Minerals in Nutrition (2) F Prereq: ANSC 4009 or equivalent. History, function, evaluation of nutritional status, requirements for various species, assay methods, and interrelationships.
2093 
Boeneke		 Dairy Products Judging 2(2,0) Principles and application of sensory evaluation techniques; emphasis on advanced techniques in judging and evaluating dairy products. A college team is selected from this group. 7003 
Bateman		 Advanced Dairy Nutrition (3) F Prereq: consent of instructor. Nutrition principles and recent research.
3010 
Bateman		 Applied Animal Feed Formulation 3(3,0) S Formulation of feed for agricultural animals, including feed laws, feed stuffs, and requirements. Prereq: ANSC 1011 or DARY 1048 or PLSC 1049 and MATH 1021 or equivalent. 7004 
Faculty		 Population Genetics in Animal and Plant Breeding (4) S Prereq: DARY 4118 and EXST 7004; or equivalent. 3hrs lecture; 2 hrs lab. Genetic concepts concerning characteristics of populations.
3049 
Faculty		 Topics in Dairy Science 1-3 F, S, Su Topics from dairy production or dairy food manufacturing areas. May be repeated for a max. of 6 hrs. credit. Prereq: consent of department head. 7018 
Bateman		 Rumen Physiology and Metabolism (3) F-O Comparison of ruminants to other herbivora and nonruminant animals; factors associated with obtaining and utilizing feeds; fermentation products; symbiotic relationship between microflora and the host animal; host animal metabolism.
3050 
Faculty		 Dairy Science Internship 1-3 Su Forty hrs. per week of supervised work in the dairy industry. May be repeated for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit. Prereq. junior standing with an overall of 2.20 and consent of department head. 7019 
Bateman		 Laboratory Techniques in Feed Evaluation (2) F Prereq.: consent of instructor. 6hrs. lab. Laboratory techniques in nutritive evaluation of feedstuffs for livestock.
4020 
Boeneke		 Dairy Foods Technology: Frozen and Cultured Dairy Products 4(3,3) F Principles and processes in the manufacture of ice cream and other frozen dairy products; concentrated milk products; cheese and fermented milk products. 7020 
Chandler		 Andrology (3) S-E Prereq.: ANSC/DARY 4045 or equivalent. Male reproductive physiology and anatomy of avian, aquatic, and mammalian species.
4040 
Arayana 
Quality Assurance in the Food Industry 4(3,2) S Laboratory functions, manufacturing processes, and microbiological, chemical, and statistical techniques used to provide complete quality assurance for the modern dairy food plant. Also offered as ANSC 4040, FDSC 4040 and PLSC 4040. Prereq: MBIO 2051. 7091 
Faculty		 Advanced Dairy Seminar (1) F, S May be taken 4 times for credit.
4043 
Williams		 Dairy Cattle Endocrinology 3(3,0) F Relation of endocrine system to reproduction, growth, and function of domestic animals and physiology of milk secretion. 7094 
Faculty		 Seminar in Nutrition (1) S Same as ANSC 7094, FDSC 7094, HUEC 7094, PLSC 7094. May be taken for a max. of  2 hrs of credit. Prereq.: ANSC 7093, FDSC 7071, HUEC 7010, PLSC 7091 or equivalent or previous slide (not poster) presentation at a professional meeting.
4045
Chandler		 Reproductive Physiology of Farm Animals 3(3,0) F Reproductive anatomy and physiology of farm animals; principles and techniques of artificial insemination; factors affecting reproductive performance. Also offered as ANSC 4045. 8000 
Faculty		 Thesis Research (1-12 per sem.) "S"/"U" grading.
4046 
Jenny		 Physiology of Lactation 2(2,0) S Anatomy and development of the mammary gland; physiological and biochemical regulation of mammary growth and milk secretion with emphasis on farm animals. Prereq: BIOL 1002 and 1005 or equivalent. 8900 
Faculty		 Research Procedure in Dairy Science (1-6) Prereq.: consent of department. May be taken for a max. of  9 sem. hrs. credit. Research in dairy breeding and genetics, management, nutrition, and physiology; dairy manufacturing.
4047 
Chandler		 Reproductive Management and Artificial Insemination 1(0,3) Management techniques and principles necessary for artificial insemination in cattle. Prereq: credit or registration in ANSC/DARY 4045. 9000 
Faculty		 Dissertation Research (1-12 per sem.) "S"/"U" grading.
4051 
Faculty		 Dairy Seminar 1(1,0) F S Reports on current scientific investigations. May be taken twice for credit. Required for all seniors in the Department of Dairy Science.