Animal Science

Collection Development Policy Statement

Library's Collection Development Objectives

Support faculty and student research and the curriculum through the doctoral degree level in the discipline of Animal Science, including breeding and genetics, growth and metabolic physiology, meat science and technology, ruminant and nonruminant nutrition, and reproductive physiology and biotechnology, with an emphasis on beef cattle, swine, sheep, and horses; and support research projects and programs conducted at the affiliated research stations of the LSU Agricultural Center, including the Central Research Station in Baton Rouge.

Curriculum Program Descriptions

The Department of Animal Science is part of the College of Agriculture. There are 18 faculty members in the department, including 16 faculty with Ph.D. degrees. Most of the faculty have dual appointments with the LSU Agricultural Center. Undergraduate students participate in an interdepartmental Animal, Dairy, and Poultry (A-D-P) Sciences curriculum. Listed below are the number of degrees awarded to students in Agronomy for the past five years:

E (Empty String)      - (Info unavailable)

* Includes all bachelor's degrees awarded in the interdepartmental Animal Systems and A-D-P programs.

The following degree programs are offered which the Library collection supports:

Areas of Specialization/Major Faculty Research Interests

• Influence of diet, genetics and postmortem factors on meat composition and quality
• Poultry Biotechnology
• Embryo cryopreservation, Micromanipulation, Transgenics
• Nutritional and metabolic physiology, and nutrition in small ruminants
• Poultry Management and Products
• Beef cattle, breeding and genetics, production
• Reproductive Physiology
• Ruminant Parisitology and Animal Production
• Poultry Physiology
• Nutrient-parasite interrelationships
• Ruminant nutrition, Protein and energy metabolism
• Equine reproductive physiology and endocrinology
• Endocrine aspects of growth and metabolism
• Meat shelf-life, palatability; protein and fat functionality, muscle food processing, muscle protein recovery and utilization

Classed Analysis

LC Classification	Descriptor	Collecting Level		Comments
		ExistingStrength	Current Intensity
SF 1-597	Animal culture	3	2	Vet Med Library is primary selector for animal health, reproduction, and nutrition See also HD 9410 Animal industry, HV 4701 Protection of animals, QL Zoology, QR 301+ Micro-organisms of animals, TS 1950+ Animal products
SF 600-1100	Veterinary medicine	1	1	Select items appropriate for the general and reference collections
GE	Environmental Sciences	3	3
S 1-760	Agriculture (General)	3	3	Special interests: Soils, Sustainable agriculture See also QH 84+ Soil biology, QR 111 Soil micro-organisms, TA 705+ Soil mechanics, TD 878+ Soil pollution, QE 581+ Erosion
S 900-972	Conservation of Natural Resources	3	2

Prepared: January 15, 1998
Updated: March 15, 2003