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Department of Animal & Food Sciences
Animal Sciences at the University of Kentucky has a long and interesting history. It started as part of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station (KAES) in the late 1800s. As the teaching program in Agriculture grew after the A&M College was established, the employees of the KAES developed courses in the Animal Sciences dealing with meat animals, dairy, poultry, and horses. Early courses related to Veterinary Science were taught under one of the umbrellas of Animal Husbandry.
As research and teaching programs evolved, Extension programs were developed under the direction of T.R. Bryant. The Department has had several types of organization. Originally the functions of the KAES and College were officially separate, even though the research group taught classes. This gradually changed, and in 1912 the College and Experiment Station merged into a joint teaching-research unit; most faculty had joint teaching-research appointments. Extension faculty and staff were included later.
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Upcoming Events
- April 12 - Raised with Respect
- April 30, May 1 - KY Beginning Grazing School
- May 18 - West KY Select Bred Heifer Sale
- KY Fencing School
> April 23 - Morehead, KY
> April 25 - Mayfield, KY - Poultry Online Webinars
> April 2 - Life of a backyard chicken flock owner
> May 7 - Chicken psychology and dealing with behavioral problems in a backyard poultry flock
> June 4 - Common concerns with backyard or urban poultry flocks and implications for public health and safety - CPH45 Feeder Calf Sales
> April 25, Aug. 8, Dec. 5 - Owensboro, KY
> July 17, Dec. 10 - Guthrie, KY - KY Master Small Ruminant Nutrition Course
- Small Ruminant Profit
News
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Bioactive Compounds in Meat: Their Roles in Modulating Palatability and Nutritional Value
- Authors include Dr. Surendranath P. Suman
3/25•Meat and Muscle Biology - Beware of Reducing Feed at Calving
- Dr. Les Anderson
3/25•Cow Country News - Tips for Selecting a Mineral Supplement
- Dr. Katie VanValin
3/19•HoofPrint Blog - Creep Feeding Lambs
- Dr. Don Ely
3/14•HoofPrint Blog -
Off the Hoof (March '24)
- Drs. Anderson, Green, Romano, Arnold, Teutsch, Burdine
3/11•UK Beef Extension -
Equine Science Review (Feb / March 2024)
3/11•UK Ag Equine Programs -
Wildcat Canter (Feb. '24)
3/7•Ag Equine Programs -
Understanding breeds, varieties, and strains
- Dr. Jacquie Jacob, Brett Kreifels
3/6•Extension.org -
UK Pre-Vet Experience Day charts a course for future veterinarians (Part 1)
-Dr. McNamara, Colette Tebeau
3/6•UK M-G CAFE YouTube -
UK Pre-Vet Experience Day charts a course for future veterinarians (Part 2)
- Students, Colette Tebeau
3/6•UK M-G CAFE YouTube -
University of Kentucky's Pre-Vet Experience Day charts a course for future veterinarians
- Dr. McNamara, Colette Tebeau
3/6•UK M-G CAFE News - Strategic Nutritional Interventions with Probiotics and their Relationship to Performance, Feeding Behavior, and Reticulorumen Environment in Cows and Calves Under Subacute Ruminal Acidosis Risk
- Gustavo Mazon Correa Alves
3/4•UK AFS Student Ph. D. Dissertations & M.S. Theses -
Home in on the horse hay market
- Dr. Laurie Lawrence
3/4•Hay & Forage Grower -
UK M-G CAFE Night of Excellence recognitions include Animal Science Alumni
- Jim Mahan, David Williams, Valerie Still
3/4•UK M-G CAFE News