Overview
An interdisciplinary training program leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Animal Biosciences is offered under the direction of program graduate faculty members. The goal of this interdisciplinary program is to provide advanced education and research training in animal biosciences. Students work under the direction of a faculty mentor to gain knowledge, skills and competence in a focused area of study. All graduate students complete a common core of courses as well as specific courses to support their research program. The program provides the flexibility necessary for students to gain competence in the field of their choice.
Program faculty areas of research include animal behavior, animal breeding and genetics, animal models of disease, animal health, animal welfare, applied biosecurity, brain injury, dairy cattle management and production, dairy cattle nutrition, dairy lipids and human health, dairy sustainability, disease ecology, food safety microbiology and “omics” approaches to food safety, antimicrobial resistance and stewardship in dairy products and dairy systems, immunology, lactation physiology, lipid metabolism, mastitis genomic epidemiology, molecular genetics, nutritional physiology, reproductive biology, veterinary infectious disease epidemiology, virology, and zoonotic disease.
Degrees
Barlow, John; Associate Professor, Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences; DVM, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; PHD, University of Vermont
Basiel, Bailey; Assistant Professor, Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences; PHD, The Pennsylvania State University
Costa, Joao HC; Associate Professor, Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences; PHD, University of British Columbia
Creutzinger, Kate; Assistant Professor, Department of Animal and Veterinary Science; PHD, The Ohio State University
Dann, Heather; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences; PHD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Davis IV, Booker T; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine; PHD, Rish University Medical Center
Etter, Andrea J.; Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences; PHD, Purdue University
Freeman, Kalev; Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery; MD, PHD, University of Colorado Boulder
Honce, Rebekah; Assistant Professor, Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences; PHD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Jetton, Thomas Lawrence; Professor, Department of Medicine-Endocrinology; PHD, Vanderbilt University
Kraft, Jana; Associate Professor, Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences; PHD, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena
Machado de Sant'Anna, Felipe; Assistant Professor, Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences; PHD, Federal University of Minas Gerais
Marcondes, Marcos; Professor, Adjunct; Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences; PHD, Federal University of Vicosa
Morrison, Sarah Y.; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Animal and Veterinary Science; PHD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Nallasamy, Shanmugasundaram; Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; DVM, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India; PHD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Smith, Julia M.; Research Associate Professor, Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences; DVM, Cornell University
Skinner, R. Chris; Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Science; PHD, West Virginia University
Zhao, Feng-Qi; Professor, Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences; PHD, University of Alberta
Courses
ABIO 5990. Special Topics. 1-18 Credits.
See Schedule of Courses for specific titles.
ABIO 6010. ABIO Graduate Journal Club. 1 Credit.
Critical review of current scientific literature in terms of scientific method and merit.
ABIO 6020. ABIO Graduate Seminar. 1 Credit.
Topics of current faculty and Graduate student interest presented in a seminar-discussion format.
ABIO 6030. Research Proposal Writing. 2 Credits.
Discussion and practice of the grant/proposal writing process by developing and writing a research proposal in response to a specific request for proposals. Students practice grant writing and review, share their work, and review the work of others. Recommended enrollment prior to/during the semester of student's first committee meeting.
ABIO 6090. One Health: Zoonoses. 3 Credits.
Zoonoses and vector-born disease account for the majority of emerging and re-emerging diseases. Covers the drivers that influence infection in animals and humans, tools used for disease monitoring and prevention, and policies and programs aimed at prevention. Cross-listed with: PH 6220.
ABIO 6391. Master's Thesis Research. 1-18 Credits.
Research for the Master's thesis.
ABIO 6920. Independent Literature Rsch. 1-6 Credits.
Reading and literature research culminating in a paper on a topic of current interest in Animal Biosciences.
ABIO 6990. Special Topics. 1-18 Credits.
See Schedule of Courses for specific titles.
ABIO 6991. Internship. 1-18 Credits.
On-site supervised work experience combined with a structured academic learning plan directed by a faculty member or a faculty-staff team in which a faculty member is the instructor of record, for which academic credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
ABIO 6993. Independent Study. 1-18 Credits.
A course which is tailored to fit the interests of a specific student, which occurs outside the traditional classroom/laboratory setting under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
ABIO 6994. Teaching Assistantship. 1-3 Credits.
Student service as a teaching assistant, usually in an introductory level course in the discipline, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
ABIO 6995. Graduate Independent Research. 1-18 Credits.
Graduate student work on individual or small team research projects under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
ABIO 7491. Doctoral Dissertation Research. 1-18 Credits.
Research for the Doctoral Dissertation.
ABIO 7990. Special Topics. 1-18 Credits.
See Schedule of Courses for specific titles.
ABIO 7991. Internship. 1-18 Credits.
On-site supervised work experience combined with a structured academic learning plan directed by a faculty member or a faculty-staff team in which a faculty member is the instructor of record, for which academic credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
ABIO 7993. Independent Study. 1-18 Credits.
A course which is tailored to fit the interests of a specific student, which occurs outside the traditional classroom/laboratory setting under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
ABIO 7994. Teaching Assistantship. 1-3 Credits.
Student service as a teaching assistant, usually in an introductory level course in the discipline, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
ABIO 7995. Graduate Independent Research. 1-18 Credits.
Graduate student work on individual or small team research projects under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.