生产管理是重点领域，通常已纳入传统学科领域。选择生产管理作为重点领域的学生将研究涉及其特定学科（遗传学，营养学，生理学）的应用研究的问题。生产管理领域的一些研究实例包括评估猪中实时超声波检测早期妊娠的有用性，特定饲料添加剂对牛肉ste生长和养分利用的有效性，或以放牧为基础的奶牛管理对猪的生长的影响。小母牛的青春期开始。博士学位 在动物科学中的学生象征着一个学生在没有监督的情况下进行高级原创研究和学术工作的能力。该学位是根据学生在专业领域的综合知识和奖学金证明而授予的。学生必须撰写一篇论文，报告原始调查的结
Production management is an emphasis area that is typcially incorporated into a traditional discipline area. Students who choose production management as an emphasis area investigate problems that involve applied research within their particular discipline (genetics, nutrition, physiology). Some examples of research in the production management area include assessment of the usefulness of early pregnancy detection by real-time ultrasonograhpy in swine, the effectiveness specific feed additives on growth and nutrient utilization of beef steers or the effect of grazing-based dairy cattle management on the onset of puberty in heifers. A Ph.D. in Animal Science symbolizes a student's ability to conduct high-level original research and scholarly work without supervision. The degree is granted upon the student's demonstration of a comprehensive knowledge and scholarship in a specialized field of study. The student is required to write a dissertation reporting the results of an original investigation, pass a series of preliminary comprehensive examinations in the field of specialization and related areas of knowledge, and successfully defend the dissertation. The Department of Animal Science offers top-tier teaching, research and extension programs that help our faculty and students address critical issues facing the animal industry here and around the world. We develop knowledge that improves the efficiency and sustainability of animal agriculture, biomedical science and animal management.