The department offers B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees on basic and applied animal science.  Major fields include nutrition, physiology, feed technology, food technology, feeding and management, animal production, behavior, breeding, genetics, endocrinology, and decision support systems.  The department building, animal housings and various accessory facilities provide an excellent environment for extensive research in poultry, waterfowl, swine, dairy cattle, and goat, as well as in the processing of milk, meat, and egg products. Undergraduate enrollment is 180 and graduate enrollment is 70.

    The B.S. degree has a course requirement no less than 128 credits, of which more than 50 credits must be taken in animal science.  The graduate program is offered in five major areas of study, namely: animal breeding, animal nutrition and feed technology (in ruminant and monogastric animals), animal products processing, reproductive physiology, and management of animal production.

    In cooperation with both on-campus institutes (Computer and Information Center, Experimental Animal Farm, etc.) and off-campus institutes (Animal Technology Institute Taiwan, Taiwan Livestock Research Institute, etc.), consultation and facilities are easily accessible for research and teaching.

Missions

     The main goals of this department are to educate students in both the basic sciences and applied biotechnologies to meet the needs of the current animal and bio-tech industries as well as economic growth of the society. These goals will be achieved by:

 (1) Offering courses covering the major fields of animal breeding and genetics, animal nutrition, anatomy and physiology, reproductive biology, livestock farming and management, as well as feed production.

 (2) Placing equal emphasis on fundamental aspects and practical application.

 (3) Training students and assist farmers to promote animal production and management knowledge.

Research Achievements

  In addition to the educational goals, the Department is engaged in several research projects as follows:
(1) Establishment of the techniques of DNA fingerprinting.
(2) Breeding and preservation of Taiwan native chicken.
(3) Development of the food preservative, mucopeptide N-acetylmuramylhydrolyase, extracted from eggs.
(4) Application of various animal resources and new materials for feeds.
(5) Improvement on the processing technology of milk, meat and egg.
(6) Development of probiotic and herbs for using as feed additives.
(7) Cloning and construction of high economic value genes for mass production of transgenic animals.
(8) Establishment of feed calculator online, recording and management of animal production, computer simulation modeling of animal production systems, and expert systems online.