Overview

The department has access to lab facilities and equipment allowing research in all of these areas and in studying animal reproduction, nutrition, and disease. Its Center for Integrated Biosystems has been recognized for its cloning expertise twice by Popular Science magazine. Approximately five new students are admitted each year, making the Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences program of the Utah State University a competitive program with a strong sense of community amongst its graduate students and faculty.

Specialization(s):

Animal Health and Disease: In this specialization, students focus on molecular biology, pathology, and disease detection using conventional and advanced molecular technologies, epidemiology, parasitology, pharmacology, and microbiology.

Animal Molecular Genetics: This specialization involves technologies in genome analyses, whole genome scanning, marker assisted selection, and the identification of economically important trait loci in food-producing animals.

Animal Nutrition: Students in this specialization have the opportunity to study things like the development of new feed additives that improve animal performance, innovations in grazing practices that optimize ruminant production, the development of feasible approaches for sustainable agriculture, and more.

Animal or Dairy Management: For students seeking careers in production animal agriculture, this specialization prepares students for the challenges facing the animal industry and commodity groups in the 21st century.

Reproduction and Development: Students in this specialization work with faculty exploring aspects of early embryo development, differentiation, gene regulation, embryonic stem cell characteristics and applications, reproductive immunology, and more.

Career Options

Nearly all graduates of the PhD program pursue careers as university faculty and researchers. Additionally, many MS graduates go on to doctoral programs. Graduates can also work in the following areas:

Pharmaceutical research

Reproduction clinics, both animal and human

Public health

Veterinary medicine

Agribusiness

Animal management

Animal feed industry

Nutritional companies

Diagnostic medicine

Medical technicians, both animal and human

Programme Structure

Courses include:

One Health: People, Animals, and the Environment

Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems with Animals

Beef Cattle Management

Sheep Management and Wool Technology

Swine Management

Dairy Cattle Management

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Logan, United States

Disciplines

Veterinary Medicine Animal Science Bioinformatics & Biostatistics View 139 other Masters in Animal Science in United States

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Academic requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Complete the online application

Pay the $55 application fee

Score at or above the 40th percentile on the GRE

Have a 3.0 or higher GPA on your last 60 semester or 90 quarter credits

Provide transcripts of all college/university credits

Provide three contacts for letters of recommendation

Tuition Fees

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32570 USD / year

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32570 USD / year

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10148 USD / year

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