The School of Animal Sciences offers graduate degrees with emphasis in breeding and genetics, growth and metabolic physiology, meat science and technology, dairy production, ruminant and nonruminant nutrition, reproductive physiology, and biotechnology.<br><br>Research is performed with beef cattle, dairy cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry, and various laboratory species. Interactions of school faculty with scientists in the School of Veterinary Medicine, Pennington Biomedical Research Institute, and units of the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station (LAES) throughout the state provide a vast array of research opportunities for graduate students in the animal sciences.