Why major in animal science? Be part of solving one of humanity’s most critical grand challenges – the global demand for food and fiber. With the population expected to grow by 2.3 billion by 2050, ...

Sustainable development in the livestock industry must meet the demands of the world’s growing population for safe and secure food derived from animals reared under increasingly stringent conditions ...

The production of transgenic livestock has the opportunity to significantly improve human health, enhance nutrition, protect the environment, increase animal welfare, and decrease livestock disease.

Proceedings of a symposium jointly organized by the IAEA and FAO, Vienna, 15–19 April 1991. The symposium reviewed advances in nutrition and reproduction of ruminant and other herbivorous animals, as ...

Animal reproduction and breeding encompasses the full spectrum of natural, assisted and genetic processes that underpin the perpetuation, improvement and conservation of species across diverse taxa.

As I am writing, the European Commission is drafting new animal welfare legislation as part of the transition towards a sustainable food system. After a stalemate that lasted over eleven years, this ...

Iris Xing, an animal science major, tends to her horse after a workout at the Equestrian Center. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis) Let me introduce myself. I am Kathryn Jackson, student academic advisor in ...

Factory farming is a troubling system that produces high quantities of meat at a low cost, often causing profound animal ...

Bacteria associated with the food supply have long caused human illnesses and deaths. Just a year ago, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a warning about the consumption of romaine ...