Digestive physiology and metabolism of the rumen. Treats systematically the diversity of function, complex symbiotic relationships of the rumen microflora/microfauna, and the physiology and metabolism of the rumen as related to digestion, absorption, and utilization of nutrients.

Comparative nutrition of monogastric animals, with special but not exclusive, consideration of poultry and swine.

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats.

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats.

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats.

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data. Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry.

Energy transformations in animals including application of thermodynamic principles to the conservation and conversion of energy in animals. The energy values of feedstuffs as determined by various methods will be evaluated.

The chemistry and physiology of the vitamins and their roles in animal metabolism including cellular biochemistry and physiology of the vitamins.

Significance of minerals in animal nutrition with emphasis on the physical and chemical principles and dynamic behavior and function of individual elements in the organisms as a whole.

Metabolism and utilization of dietary proteins and amino acids; methods of supplying amino acids for efficient utilization for maintenance, growth and the production products; evaluation of the quality of proteins to meet requirements; methods for separation of proteins, amino acid analysis and determination of protein quality will be studied.

The utilization and metabolism of carbohydrates and lipids by animals; biological properties of carbohydrate and lipid foods and their effects on absorption and metabolism of the nutrients of the animal diet will be evaluated.

Discussion, paper presentations and critique, and theory and practice of peer-reviewing papers of scientific research in poultry and animal sciences.