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Department of Animal & Food Sciences
Animal Sciences at the University of Kentucky has a long and interesting history. It started as part of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station (KAES) in the late 1800s. As the teaching program in Agriculture grew after the A&M College was established, the employees of the KAES developed courses in the Animal Sciences dealing with meat animals, dairy, poultry, and horses. Early courses related to Veterinary Science were taught under one of the umbrellas of Animal Husbandry.
As research and teaching programs evolved, Extension programs were developed under the direction of T.R. Bryant. The Department has had several types of organization. Originally the functions of the KAES and College were officially separate, even though the research group taught classes. This gradually changed, and in 1912 the College and Experiment Station merged into a joint teaching-research unit; most faculty had joint teaching-research appointments. Extension faculty and staff were included later.
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Upcoming Even
- May 13 - 14 - Better Process Control School - Acidified Foods
- May 17 - Mammoth Cave Trail Ride (KY 4-H Horse)
- May 20 - 23 - Sale of Breeding Sheep
- Meat Cutting School
> May 13-15 - Pork Processing Workshop
> June 16-18 - Beef Processing Workshop
> July 14-16 - Beef Processing Workshop - CPH45 Feeder Calf Sales
> May 8 - Stanford
> May 19 - Lexington
> June 2 - Lexington - Poultry Webinars
> June 3 - Alternative protein sources for poultry diets
> July 2 - Testing flocks for roundworms - KY Master Small Ruminant Nutrition Course
- Small Ruminant Profit School
News
- Wildcat Canter (Winter 2025)
(Camie Heleski)
5/7•UK Ag Equine Programs - Off The Hoof (May '25)
(Drs. Anderson, Lehmkuhler, Arnold)
5/6•UK Beef Extension - Forever Chemicals and Managing Around Them
(Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler, Dr. Glenda Pereria)
5/2•Beef Bits Podcast - Hit the Trail Series, How to Prepare the Rider
(Anna Draeger)
5/1•KY 4-H Horse Program - Kentucky 4-H Horse Program: 2025 program updates
(Dr. Camargo)
5/1•KY 4-H Horse Program - Pre-Vet Academic Coordinator job posting
4/29•UK Animal & Food Sciences - Timely Tips
(Dr. Les Anderson)
4/28•Cow Country News - Are Your Cows Literate
(Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler)
4/28•Cow Country News - How much a bale?: The story of shopping smart for hay
(Dr. Bob Coleman)
4/28•Tack Box Talk podcast - How to Prepare Your Horse
(Anna Draeger) - Hit the Trail Series
4/28•KY 4-H Horse Program - When It Comes to Horse Hay, Cost Matters, But Nutrient Content Should Matter More
(Dr. Bob Coleman)
4/28•Paulick Report - Be Ready for Bloat
(Drs. Lehmkuhler, Arnold)
4/28•Beef Bits Podcast - Hempseed cell wall polysaccharides are dominated by linear xylans and cellulose: Comprehensive structural profiling of ten cultivars of industrial hemp, Cannabis sativa L.
(authors include Prakash Pandeya, Yen-Chang Tseng, Dr. Rachel Schendel)
4/25•Science Direct - Internal Parasite Prevalence & Efficacy of Anthelmintics in KY Beef Herds
(Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler)
4/24•UK Beef Extension - Timely Tip-Preventing Tetany or "Grass Tetany" with Hi-Mag Mineral
(Dr. Michelle Arnold)
4/24•UK Beef Extension
