POUL 1010. Birds in Our Lives. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: BIRDS IN OUR LIVES.
A survey of the care, health and breeding management of parrots, pigeons, game birds, falcons, and other exotic birds.
Offered fall semester every year.
POUL 2020-2020L. Introductory Poultry Science. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: INTRO POULTRY SCI.
Prerequisite: BIOL 1103-1103L.
The biology of the domestic fowl, basic nutrition, genetics, reproduction, embryology, processing, and management as they pertain to commercial poultry production.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
POUL 2040. Poultry Evaluation. 1 hour. 2 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: POULTRY EVALUATION.
Evaluation of live poultry for production and breeder stock potential and poultry product quality evaluation and selection standards.
Offered fall semester every year.
POUL 2050. Poultry Judging. 1 hour. 2 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: POULTRY JUDGING.
Prerequisite: POUL 2040.
Judging of live poultry and poultry products.
Offered spring semester every year.
POUL 3600. Poultry Production. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: POULTRY PRODUCTION.
Prerequisite: POUL 2020-2020L.
Application of the principles of poultry science to the practice of poultry production.
Offered spring semester every year.
POUL 3710. Commercial Poultry Management. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: COM POULTRY MGT.
Prerequisite: POUL 3600.
Management practices and principles used in the business of producing eggs and poultry meat. Emphasis is placed on factors influencing costs and returns in poultry operations.
Offered spring semester every year.
POUL 3720. Poultry Breeding. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: POULTRY BREEDING.
Inheritance of morphological and physiological characters with emphasis on the development of criteria for selection and development of genetically sound poultry breeding programs.
Offered fall semester every year.
POUL 3750. Poultry Nutrition. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: POULTRY NUTRITION.
Prerequisite: POUL 3600.
Biochemical aspects of the individual nutrients, their supply in terms of feedstuffs, and the formulation of practical poultry diets.
Offered fall semester every year.
POUL 3790. Poultry Seminar. 1 hour. 1 hour lab per week.
Oasis Title: POULTRY SEMINAR.
Prerequisite: POUL 3600.
Current problems and papers of scientific work in poultry presented by students.
Offered spring semester every year.
POUL 3800-3800L. Avian Anatomy and Physiology. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: AVIAN ANAT PHYSIOL.
Prerequisite: BIOL 1103-1103L.
Avian anatomy at both the gross and microscopic level. A basis for studying the systematic physiology of the bird. Unique characteristics of avian physiology and morphology using the chicken as a model animal.
Offered fall semester every year.
POUL 3910. Poultry Business Internship. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: POULTRY BUS INTERN.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Poultry business firms provide the student with practical work experience in the daily operation and management of commercial poultry businesses.
Non-traditional format: Internship.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
POUL 3990. Special Problems in Poultry Science. 2-5 hours. Repeatable for maximum 5 hours credit.
Oasis Title: PROB IN POULT SCI.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Research or intensive study in a specialized area of poultry science.
Non-traditional format: Independent study.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
POUL 4010. Advanced Broiler Production. 2 hours. 1 hour lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: ADV BROILER PROD.
Prerequisite: POUL 3600.
Current practices of broiler production encompassing nutrition, management, poultry health, and related areas.
Offered fall semester every year.
POUL 4020. Advanced Table Egg Production. 2 hours. 1 hour lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: ADV TABLE EGG PROD.
Prerequisite: POUL 3600.
Current practices in the commercial egg industry encompassing production, management, economics, and integration of commercial laying hen and egg operations.
Offered spring semester every even-numbered year.
POUL 4030. Advanced Breeder Production/Hatchery Management. 2 hours. 1 hour lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: ADV BREED/HATCH MGT.
Prerequisite: POUL 3600.
Current practices in broiler breeder management and current practices in incubation technology and hatchery management.
Offered spring semester every year.
POUL 4050/6050. Advanced Poultry Breeding. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: POULTRY BREEDING.
Undergraduate prerequisite: POUL 3720.
The development of practical poultry breeding programs. The mode of inheritance and relative heritability of various characteristics of economic importance and criteria for effective selection toward their improvement.
Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year.
POUL 4060/6060-4060L/6060L. Physiology of Avian Reproduction. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: AVIAN REPRODUCTION.
Undergraduate prerequisite: BIOL 1108-1108L.
Lectures emphasize the reproductive physiology of poultry and integrate this information into management programs directed toward maximizing reproductive efficiency. Laboratories will emphasize the acquisition of skills and techniques in reproductive management, including the collection, preservation, and evaluation of semen, fertility evaluation, and proper incubation practices.
Offered spring semester every even-numbered year.
POUL 4330/6330. Basic Mycotoxicology. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: MYCOTOXICOLOGY.
Undergraduate prerequisite: BIOL 1108-1108L and CHEM 2100 and CHEM 2100L.
Various mycotoxins which occur in feedstuffs as they relate to agricultural production. Fungal producers, chemical and physical properties of the toxins, prevalence and distribution in nature, biological effects and mode(s) of action, and means of control.
Offered spring semester every year.
(POUL)(ADSC)ANNU 4370/6370. Monogastric Nutrition. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: MONOGASTRIC NUTR.
Undergraduate prerequisite: [ADSC 3300-3300L or POUL 3750] and BCMB(BIOL)(CHEM) 3100.
Comparative nutrition of monogastric animals, with special but not exclusive, consideration of poultry and swine.
Offered fall semester every year.
POUL(FDST) 4860L/6860L. Poultry Processing. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: POULTRY PROCESSING.
Undergraduate prerequisite: POUL 3600 or FDST 2010 or FDST 3000 or permission of department.
Basic principles and methods of processing poultry and eggs. Broiler harvesting, slaughter, evisceration, plant sanitation, microbiology, inspection, grading, regulations, water and waste water handling, quality control and HACCP plans, further processing, and shell egg handling and processing.
Offered fall semester every year.
POUL 7000. Master's Research. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: MASTER'S RESEARCH.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of faculty members.
Non-traditional format: Independent research under the direction of a faculty member.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
POUL 7300. Master's Thesis. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: MASTER'S THESIS.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor.
Non-traditional format: Independent research and thesis preparation.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
POUL 8010-8010L. Avian Physiology. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: AVIAN PHYSIOLOGY.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
The physiology of all organ systems of birds other than the reproductive system. In-depth study of avian systems will be done using current scientific literature and review articles as source material.
Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year.
POUL 8100. Poultry Science Seminar. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 3 hours credit. 1 hour lab per week.
Oasis Title: POULTRY SEMINAR.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Reading, reports, and discussions of problems related to the field of poultry.
Offered spring semester every year.
POUL 8120. Scientific Writing and Literature Retrieval. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: SCIENTIFIC WRITING.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Scientific writing and literature retrieval techniques in the life sciences. Library resources and their use through manual and automated retrieval systems and on practical aspects of oral and written communications of scientific information.
Offered summer semester every year.
POUL 8150. Poultry Nutrition with Application to Avian Medicine. 1 hour.
Oasis Title: NUTRITION MEDICINE.
Prerequisite: POUL 3750 or ADSC 3300-3300L.
The practical aspects of poultry nutrition and the relationship of nutritional programs in poultry production to disease problems.
Offered fall semester every year.
POUL 8510. Problems in Poultry Science. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: PROBLEMS IN POULTRY.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Selected problems in the specialized areas of poultry nutrition, genetics, physiology, poultry products technology, pathology, parasitology, and management.
Non-traditional format: Course format established by major advisor.
Not offered on a regular basis.
(POUL)CBIO(PARA) 8560. Seminar in Parasitology. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 3 hours credit. 1 hour lab per week.
Oasis Title: SEM PARASITOL.
Weekly discussion of parasitological topics.
Not offered on a regular basis.
(POUL)PHRM(VPHY) 8920. Organ Systems Toxicology II. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ORGAN SYS TOX II.
Prerequisite: PHRM(VPHY) 6910 or permission of department.
Mechanisms of injury of biological systems produced by chemical exposure. Adverse effects of chemicals on major bodily organs and organ systems including the liver, carcinogenesis/mutagenesis, immune system, reproductive system, skin, and eyes.
Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year.
(POUL)(EHSC)PHRM(VPHY) 8930. Chemical Toxicology. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY.
Prerequisite: PHRM(VPHY) 6910 or permission of department.
Chemical contamination of air, water, and food by major agricultural and industrial chemicals. Emphasis will be placed on sources of contamination, fate of chemicals in the environment, target species, health effects, chemical analyses, and contamination control.
Offered spring semester every year.
POUL 9000. Doctoral Research. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DOCTORAL RESEARCH.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the direction of faculty members.
Non-traditional format: Independent research under the direction of a faculty member.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
POUL 9300. Doctoral Dissertation. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DOCT DISSERTATION.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor.
Non-traditional format: Independent research and preparation of the doctoral dissertation.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.