With science, understanding the why and wherefore is often internally satisfying but the ability to apply that science to the challenges that we face as a community can be incredibly rewarding.
The Department of Animal Science is a premier department that uses discipline-based expertise in the interdisciplinary study of relevant animal agriculture and animal biology issues. We address questions related to traditional animal agriculture while also addressing current issues that face modern agriculture. We apply those same approaches to domestic and captive species including companion animals and conservation of wild species harvested for food. Our faculty research is high-quality experimental research that is translated into innovative strategies that solve agricultural, environmental, and societal problems related to animals.
Our students value translating what they learn and discover in the lab to achieve real world changes. For example, uncovering the interplay of nutrition and the immune system results in more effective disease control while characterizing the genetic profile for disease resistance is translated into greater food availability and better food safety for consumers.
Associated Programs & Centers
- California Aquaculture
- Quantitative Genetics Lab
- Animal Biotechnology
- Genomics for Improving Animal Production (GIAP)
- Animal Systems Biology Analysis and Modeling Center
- Hess Lab website
- Aquaculture - UC Davis Cooperative Extension
- Animal Behavior and Cognition Lab
- Miller Lab
- Meat Quality & Safety Laboratory
Associated Faculty
- Trish Berger
- Richard Blatchford
- David Bunn
- Pedro Carvalho
- Hao Cheng
- Fred Conte
- Anna Denicol
- Edward DePeters
- John Eadie
- James Fadel
- Thomas Famula
- Jackson Gross
- Matthias Hess
- Kristina Horback
- Russ Hovey
- Joshua Hull
- Ermias Kebreab
- Annie King
- Kirk Klasing
- Yanhong Liu
- Elizabeth Maga
- Maja Makagon
- Amy McLean
- Joy Mench
- Deanne Meyer
- Michael Mienaltowski
- Michael Miller
- James Murray
- Lee Allen Pettey
- Cassandra Tucker
- Payam Vahmani
- Alison Van Eenennaam
- Jason Watters
- Crystal Yang
- Huaijun Zhou
- Richard Zinn