Travel course being developed, "Primer in Alpaca Husbandry"

The Department of Animal Science, in cooperation with Continuing Education and Dr. Stuart White, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Geography, are developing a travel course to Ecuador entitled "Primer in Alpaca Husbandry" during the winter semester between Fall 2013 and Spring 2014. This course will permit students to become accomplished in the principal alpaca husbandry practices through daily work with a large alpaca herd, and will place alpacas, llamas and vicuñas in their historical and geographical contexts, and examine their potential as generators of income and environmental services.  More info....

Dr. Kraft awarded $100,000 dairy grant

Dr. Jana Kraft was awarded a $100,000 grant over one year from the New England Dairy Promotion Board/Vermont Dairy Promotion Council/Dairy Research Institute. Co-Principal Investigator on the research project is Dr. Lawrence Kien at UVM's College of Medicine. The purpose of the project, entitled "Examining the effects of consuming a diet comprising of milk fat on metabolic health markers," is to improve our understanding of the role of milk fat as an integral part of a balanced diet and its efficacy in modulating metabolic risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome.  Read more in the latest departmental newsletter: http://asci.uvm.edu/newsletter/2013/newsletter_S13.pdf

ASCI Majors

Students in Animal Science may develop a program of study under one of four available options:

• Pre-Veterinary Science
• Equine Science
• General Animal Science
• Dairy Production

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