Animal Sciences and Industry Courses

ASI 675 - Monogastric Nutrition

Credit Hours: 1
An overview of the nutritional principles involved with feeding nonruminants. Topics will include digestive anatomy and the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, vitamins, and minerals.

ASI 678 - Equine Nutrition

Credit Hours: 1
Equine digestive anatomy and physiology. Nutrient requirements of the equine as they relate to growth, work, reproduction and lactation, as well as the relationship of nutrition to disease and environment. Practical management considerations and current equine nutrition research will be reviewed.

ASI 776 - Meat Industry Technology

Credit Hours: 3
Apply concepts and information about meat composition, product safety and spoilage, quality; formulation, processing and evaluation of cured, precooked, and sausage; packaging, troubleshooting, and plant organization. This is a web-based lecture class intended for distance education students.

ASI 890 - Graduate Seminar in Animal Sciences and Industry

Credit Hours: 1
Discussion of research and technical problems in the discipline. Attendance required of all departmental graduate students. Maximum of two hours may be applied toward an advanced degree.

ASI 902 - Nutritional Biochemistry

Credit Hours: 1-6
This course focuses on physiological mechanisms of action of various nutrition related metabolic pathways. Concepts covered include biochemical pathways for digestion and utilization of lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates. Cross species case studies will be examined.

ASI 990 - Seminar in Animal Sciences Research

Credit Hours: 1
Weekly evaluation of the scientific literature and the reasoning underlying the selection of research problems, the formulation and testing of hypotheses, and the evaluation and presentation of results.