动物和奶业科学（ADS）是一个跨学科的多元化部门，在食用动物生产，马/伴侣动物管理以及动植物医学生物技术等领域提供指导，研究和推广计划，以解决关键问题，例如生产成本，盈利能力，人类和动物健康，环境管理，生物伦理和动物福祉。动物与乳制品科学系提供基于研究的研究生课程，从而获得动物科学或乳制品科学的硕士学位以及博士学位。拥有畜牧科学学士学位，特别侧重于生物技术，育种和遗传学，肉和肌肉生物学，营养，生殖生理学或生产管理。此外，该系还提供动物和奶科学硕士学位（MADS），这是一个非论文学位课程。该系在雅典和蒂夫顿
The Department of Animal & Dairy Science offers research-based graduate programs of study leading to the M.S. degree in Animal Science or Dairy Science, and the Ph.D. degree in Animal & Dairy Science with special emphasis in biotechnology, breeding and genetics, meats and muscle biology, nutrition, reproductive physiology, or production management. In addition, the department offers the Masters of Animal and Dairy Science (MADS), which is a non-thesis degree program. The department has full-time faculty members located in Athens and Tifton. Graduate courses in Animal and Dairy Science along with graduate courses available in the Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Food Science, Microbiology, Poultry Science, and Statistics Departments as well as the College of Veterinary Medicine provide basic and applied training for the Animal & Dairy Science student. A candidate for the M.S. degree must complete at least 24 semester hours of graduate coursework and 6 hours of thesis. Course work necessary for the Ph.D. degree is determined by the candidate's major professor and advisory committee. There are no formal minor or language requirements.