Department of Animal Sciences

Back in the 1950s, the majority of our students studying animal sciences were from the farm. They already knew how to milk a cow, raise beef cattle, and take care of a pet. Those skills may not be in today’s student portfolio, but the need to have practical outside-the-classroom experiences will always be there. This is true whether our students are studying the major disciplines of modern animal biology, doing fundamental, discovery research, or addressing very practical problems of current interest to animal producers and pet owners.

Help us to continue to graduate students from a department that has national preeminence in reproductive physiology, nutrition, molecular genetics, immunology and behavior, livestock management, and extension. It is also an historic leader in food animal and companion animal nutrition, swine management, reproduction, environmental management of livestock, and livestock genomics.

Funding Opportunities

• Create a Community Companion Animal Learning Center to train students in companion animal biology and medicine and to engage the community in understanding the relationships between humans and animals
• Endowed chairs in nutrition, animal management/production science, and physiology
• Endowments for support of research, instructional, and outreach programs
• Endowed support for experiential learning activities, including livestock, meats, and dairy judging teams, internships, undergraduate research, field trips, and student organizations

Kimberly Meenen

Director of Development

• email:kmeenen@uiuc.edu
• phone: 217-333-9355
• fax: 217-333-6479

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