ANSC -- Animal Science
 

The following courses may involve the use of animals. Students who are concerned about the use of animals in teaching have the responsibility to contact the instructor, prior to course enrollment, to determine whether animals are to be used in the course, whether class exercises involving animals are to be used in the course, whether class exercises involving animals are optional or required and what alternatives, if any, are available.

ANSC 401 Fundamentals of Nutrition (3) Prerequisite: CHEM 104 and ANSC 212. Recommended: BCHM 261. A study of the fundamental role of all nutrients in the body including their digestion, absorption and metabolism. Dietary requirements and nutritional deficiency syndromes of laboratory and farm animals and humans.

ANSC 412 Introduction to Diseases of Animals (3) Two lectures and one laboratory period per week. Prerequisite: MICB 200 and BIOL 105. This course gives basic instruction in the nature of disease: including causation, immunity, methods of diagnosis, economic importance, public health aspects and prevention and control of the common diseases of sheep, cattle, swine, horses and poultry.

ANSC 413 Laboratory Animal Management (3) A comprehensive course in care and management of laboratory animals. Emphasis will be placed on physiology, anatomy and special uses for the different species. Disease prevention and regulations for maintaining animal colonies will be covered. Field trips will be required.

ANSC 415 Parasitic Diseases of Domestic Animals (3) Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ANSC 412 or equivalent. A study of parasitic diseases resulting from protozoan and helminth infection and arthropod infestation. Emphasis on parasites of veterinary importance: their identification; life cycles, pathological effects and control by management.

ANSC 420 Animal Production Systems (4) Two hours of lecture and four hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ANSC 101, ANSC 220, and (ANSC 240 or ANSC 262). Formerly ANSC 423. Effects of management and economic decisions on animal production enterprises. Computer simulations of intensive and extensive production units.

ANSC 430 Food Microbiology (2) Prerequisite: MICB 200 or equivalent. Also offered as NFSC 430. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANSC 430 or NFSC 430. A study of microorganisms of major importance to the food industry with emphasis on food-borne outbreaks, public health significance, bioprocessing of foods, disease control, and the microbial spoilage of foods.

ANSC 434 Food Microbiology Laboratory (2) Four hours of laboratory per week. Pre- or corequisite: ANSC 430 or NFSC 430. Also offered as NFSC 434. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ANSC 434 or NFSC 434. A study of techniques and procedures used in the microbiological examination of foods.

ANSC 443 Physiology and Biochemistry of Lactation (3) Prerequisite: ANSC 212 or equivalent; and BCHM 261 or BCHM 461. The physiology and biochemistry of milk production in domestic animals, particularly cattle. Mammary gland development and maintenance from the embryo to the fully developed lactating gland. Abnormalities of the mammary gland.

ANSC 446 Physiology of Mammalian Reproduction (3) Prerequisite: ZOOL 422 or ANSC 212. Anatomy and physiology of reproductive processes in domesticated and wild mammals.

ANSC 447 Physiology of Mammalian Reproduction Laboratory (1) Three hours of laboratory per week. Pre- or corequisite: ANSC 446. Animal handling, artificial insemination procedures and analytical techniques useful in animal management and reproductive research.

ANSC 451 Dairy Products Processing (3) Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Recommended: CHEM 103 or equivalent. Formerly NFSC 451. Method of production of fluid milk, butter, cheese, condensed and evaporated milk and milk products and ice cream.

ANSC 452 Avian Physiology (2) Two two-hour lecture/laboratory/demonstration periods per week. Prerequisite: a basic course in animal anatomy or physiology. The digestive, immune, excretory, respiratory, muscle, circulatory, endocrine and nervous systems of avian species. Laboratory exercises include use of anesthetics, suturing techniques, use of a polygraph and instrumentation for analyzing blood, urine, liver, kidney and brain tissue.

ANSC 453 Animal Welfare (3) Prerequisite: ANSC 101 or ZOOL 210 or permission of instructor. Ethical concerns pertinent to the use of animals in modern society. Historical and philosophical aspects of human/animal interrelationships, animal intelligence and awareness, and the treatment of animals in agriculture and scientific research will be considered.

ANSC 455 Applied Animal Behavior (3) Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: (ANSC 101 or BIOL 106) and BIOL 222. Principles of animal behavior applied to production systems in animal agriculture.

ANSC 461 Technology of Market Eggs and Poultry (3) Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Formerly NFSC 461. A study of the technological factors concerned with the processing, storage, and marketing of eggs and poultry and the factors affecting their quality.

ANSC 489 Current Topics in Animal Science (1-3) Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Examination of current developments in the animal sciences.

ANSC 603 Mineral Metabolism (3) Prerequisites: BCHM 461 and BCHM 462. The role of minerals in metabolism of animals and man. Topics to be covered include the role of minerals in energy metabolism, bone structure, electrolyte balance, and as catalysts.

ANSC 604 Micronutrient Metabolism (3) Prerequisites: BCHM 461 and (ANSC 401 or NFSC 440 or equivalent). Biochemical and molecular regulation of essential minerals and vitamins. Detailed discussion of the mechanics of absorption, transport, storage and function of micronutrients in higher organisms. Topics covered include endocrine regulation of nutrient metabolism and homeostasis.

ANSC 612 Energy Nutrition (3) One lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: {ANSC 401 or NFSC 450, and BCHM 461} or permission of instructor. Advanced study of nutritional energetics in animals including humans, domestic animals and wildlife. Discussion of techniques used in energy metabolism research and factors affecting energy intake, absorption, utilization and deposition. Dietary guidelines and systems for describing energy requirements.

ANSC 660 Poultry Literature (1-4) Readings on individual topics are assigned. Written reports required. Methods of analysis and presentation of scientific material are discussed.

ANSC 661 Physiology of Reproduction (3) Reproductive endocrinology of vertebrate species with attention to function of the male and female reproductive systems, neuroendocrine regulation of reproduction and cellular mechanisms.

ANSC 663 Advanced Nutrition Laboratory (3) One hour of lecture and six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ANSC 401; and either BCHM 462 or NFSC 670. Basic instrumentation and techniques desired for advanced nutritional research. The effect of various nutritional parameters upon intermediary metabolism, enzyme kinetics, endocrinology, and nutrient absorption in laboratory animals.

ANSC 677 Advanced Animal Adaptations to the Environment (2) Prerequisite: ANSC 406 or permission of instructor. A detailed consideration of certain anatomical and physiological modifications employed by mammals adapted to cold, dry heat or altitude. Each student will submit for discussion a library paper concerning a specific adaptation to an environmental stress.

ANSC 686 Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology (3) Prerequisite: ANSC 412. The characteristics and role of pathogenic bacteria and fungi in diseases of domestic animals with emphasis upon their pathogenic properties, pathogenesis and types of disease, epizootiology, modes of transmission and prophylaxis.

ANSC 687 Veterinary Virology (3) Prerequisite: MICB 460. A detailed study of viral and rickettsial diseases of domestic and laboratory animals. Emphasis on viruses of veterinary importance along with techniques for their propagation, characterization and identification.

ANSC 688 Special Topics (1-4) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Graduate standing. Repeatable to 4 credits. Lectures, experimental courses, and other special subjects in the fields of animal sciences and veterinary medicine.

ANSC 698 Seminar (1) Students are required to prepare papers based upon current scientific publications relating to animal science, or upon their research work, for presentation before and discussion by the class; (1) recent advances; (2) nutrition; (3) physiology; (4) biochemistry.

ANSC 699 Special Problems in Animal Science (1-2) Work assigned in proportion to amount of credit. Prerequisite: approval of staff. Problems will be assigned which relate specifically to the character of work the student is pursuing.

ANSC 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6)