| PO 201 | Poultry Science and Production | UNITS: 4 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Fundamental principles of broiler, turkey and egg production including poultry physiology, breeding, incubation, housing, nutrition, disease control, management and marketing. |
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| PO 290 | Poultry Seminar | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: Sophomore standing |
| Exploration of topics related with current and future potential to influence the poultry industry. Guest lectures from industry representatives will include: vertically integrated poultry production, primary breeders, marketing, animal health, veterinary medicine as it relates to poultry, allied equipment manufacturers, and management of poultry companies. Special emphasis on summer internships and career services. |
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| PO 301 | Evaluation of Live Poultry | UNITS: 2 |
| Prerequisite: PO 201 |
| Experience in evaluating live poultry for production and breeder stock potential. Emphasis on techniques and criteria used in selecting poultry for use in commercial production units. |
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| PO (ANS) (FS) 322 | Muscle Foods and Eggs | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: ZO 160, BIO 181 or BIO 183 |
| Processing and preserving fresh poultry, red meats, seafood, and eggs. Ante- and post-mortem events as they affect quality, yield, and compositional characteristics of muscle foods. Principles and procedures involved in the production of processedmeat items. |
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| PO (ANS) (FS) 350 | Introduction to HACCP | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Introductory course on the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points System (HACCP) which is designed to decrease hazards in foods. An International HACCP Alliance approved curriculum which covers prerequisite programs. A step by step approach for developing and implementing a HACCP plan for USDA regulated food processing plants. Offered only as a world wide web course through the Office of Instructional Telecommunications. |
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| PO 351 | Grading and Evaluation of Poultry Products | UNITS: 2 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: PO 201 |
| Principles of grading and evaluation of poultry products such as dressed broilers, turkeys, shell eggs, candled eggs and broken-out eggs according to USDA guidelines. |
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| PO 405 | Avian Physiology | UNITS: 4 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: CH 220 |
| Principles of avian physiology integrating physiological functions and anatomical structures of organs and organ systems. Practical problems associated with poultry production. The importance of maximizing growth and productivity via exploitation ofenvironmental influences on physiological systems. |
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| PO 410 | Production and Management of Game Birds in Confinement | UNITS: 3 |
| Management principles associated with the successful propagation and rearing of game birds, ornamental birds and waterfowl in confinement. Housing and pen requirements, nutrition, disease control and regulatory issues included. |
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| PO (ANS) (NTR) 415 | Comparative Nutrition | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: CH 220 or 221 and 223 |
| Principles of nutrition, including the classification of nutrients and the nutrient requirements of and metabolism by different species for health, growth, maintenance and productive functions. |
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| PO 421 | Commercial Egg Production | UNITS: 2 - Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prerequisite: PO 201 |
| Principles and current practices of commercial egg production. |
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| PO 422 | Incubation and Hatchery Management | UNITS: 2 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: PO 201 |
| Principles and current practices of hatching egg production, incubation, and hatchery management, beginning with the placement of broiler breeder chicks on the breeder farm and ending with the placement of chicks at the brooding facility. |
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| PO 424 | Poultry Meat Production | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: PO 201 |
| Principles and current practices of vertically integrated broiler and turkey production; encompassing management, nutrition, poultry health, environmental, and related areas. |
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| PO (ANS) 425 | Feed Mill Management and Feed Formulation | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: PO(ANS,NTR) 415 or ANS 230; CH 220 or 221 |
| Feed mill management, feed ingredient purchasing, inventory, storage, and quality evaluation, computerized feed formulation, feeding programs for poultry and swine, feed mill design, equipment, maintenance, operation, safety, state and federal regulations pertaining to feed manufacture. |
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| PO 430 | Poultry Breeding | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: PO 201 |
| Application of reproductive and genetic principles to the reproduction of poultry breeding stocks. |
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| PO 435 | Poultry Incubation & Breeding | UNITS: 4 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: PO 201 |
| Principles and current practices of modern poultry incubation and breeding production systems. Students will be able to describe basic elements of breeding management and production practices, to apply those elements to specific scenarios, and to strengthen their ability to interpret and make critical judgements relative to the breeding of poultry, production of hatching eggs, and the subsequent incubation and hatching process. |
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| PO 492 | External Learning Experience | UNITS: 1-6 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prerequisite: Sophomore standing |
| A learning experience in agriculture and life sciences within an academic framework that utilizes facilities and resources which are external to the campus. Contact and arrangements with prospective employers must be initiated by student and approved by a faculty adviser, the prospective employer, the departmental teaching coordinator and the academic dean prior to the experience. |
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| PO 493 | Special Problems in Poultry Science | UNITS: 1-6 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prerequisite: Sophomore standing |
| A learning experience in agriculture and life sciences within an academic framework that utilizes campus facilities and resources. Contact and arrangements with prospective employers must be initiated by student and approved by a faculty adviser, the prospective employer, the departmental teaching coordinator and the academic dean prior to the experience. |
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| PO 495 | Special Topics in Poultry Science | UNITS: 1-3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Offered as needed to present materials not normally available in regular course offerings or for offering of new courses on a trial basis. |
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| PO 505 | Physiological Aspects Of Poultry Management | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: PO 201, PO 405 or Graduate standing |
| Application of physiological principles to modern poultry management. Poultry physiology related to management topics including nutrition, housing, ventilation, disease, heat stress and lighting programs. |
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| PO 510 | Poultry Product Safety: An On-Farm Model | UNITS: 3 |
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| PO (PHY) (ZO) 524 | Comparative Endocrinology | UNITS: 4 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: ZO 421 |
| Basic concepts of endocrinology, including functions of major endocrine glands involved in processes of growth, metabolism and reproduction. |
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| PO (BIT) 566 | Animal Cell Culture Techniques | UNITS: 2 - Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: BIT 360 or BIT 810 equivalent |
| Introduction to animal cell culture techniques. Aseptic technique for vertebrate cell culture, media formulation, primary cell culture, long-term maintenance of cell lines, application of molecular techniques to in vitro situations. Half semester course, second part. |
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| PO (FM) 580 | Feed and Ingrdient Quality Assurance | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: NTR(FM) 525 |
| The course will teach students the principles of feed and ingredient quality assurance and how to develop a comprehensive quality assurance program. The course will include the development of an approved supplier list, ingredient specifications, feed manufacturing quality assurance procedures, and risk based feed safety programs. |
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| PO 590 | Special Problems in Poultry Science | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
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| PO 601 | Seminar | UNITS: 1 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Preparation for research, research perspectives, rising concerns in poultry production, orientation for graduate studies in poultry science. Required of all graduate students in the Department of Poultry Science. |
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| PO 620 | Special Problems | UNITS: 1-6 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing |
| Specific problems of study assigned in various phases of poultry science. |
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| PO 685 | Master's Supervised Teaching | UNITS: 1-3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| Teaching experience under the mentorship of faculty who assist the student in planning for the teaching assignment, observe and provide feedback to the student during the teaching assignment, and evaluate the student upon completion of the assignment. |
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| PO 688 | Non-Thesis Masters Continuous Registration - Half Time Registration | UNITS: 1 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| For students in non-thesis master's programs who have completed all credit hour requirements for their degree but need to maintain half-time continuous registration to complete incomplete grades, projects, final master's exam, etc. |
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| PO 689 | Non-Thesis Master Continuous Registration - Full Time Registration | UNITS: 3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| For students in non-thesis master's programs who have completed all credit hour requirements for their degree but need to maintain full-time continuous registration to complete incomplete grades, projects, final master's exam, etc. Students may register for this course a maximum of one semester. |
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| PO 690 | Master's Examination | UNITS: 1-6 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| For students in non thesis master's programs who have completed all other requirements of the degree except preparing for and taking the final master's exam. |
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| PO 693 | Master's Supervised Research | UNITS: 1-9 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| Instruction in research and research under the mentorship of a member of the Graduate Faculty. |
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| PO 695 | Master's Thesis Research | UNITS: 1-9 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| Thesis Research |
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| PO 696 | Summer Thesis Research | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Summer |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| For graduate students whose programs of work specify no formal course work during a summer session and who will be devoting full time to thesis research. |
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| PO 699 | Master's Thesis Preparation | UNITS: 1-3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prerequisite: Master's student |
| For students who have completed all credit hour requirements and full-time enrollment for the master's degree and are writing and defending their thesis. |
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| PO 702 | Biotechniques In Avian Biology | UNITS: 4 - Offered Alternate Odd Years, Offered in Spring Only |
| Prerequisite: BCH 552 or BIT 810, or BCH 553 |
| Applications to avian system of cellular and molecular techniques including embryo staging, in vitro and in ovo embryo culture, genetic analysis, sex determination, avian cell culture and chimeras in transgenesis and developmental biology. |
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| PO (CBS) (IMM) (MB) (PHY) 756 | Immunogenetics | UNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Years, Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: MB 501C or MB 751 |
| Basic concepts of the immune system. Genetic basis of the immune response including immunoglobulin genetics, major histocompatibility complexes and their role in the immune response, the molecular basis of the immune system and effector mechanisms. |
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| PO (IMM) 757 | Current Concepts in Avian Immunology | UNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Odd Years, Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: MB 751 or MB 441 or ZO 414 |
| Study of the specific features of the avian immune system based on its organization, fucntions, and comparison with its mammalian counterparts. |
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| PO (ANS) (NTR) 775 | Mineral Metabolism | UNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only |
| Prerequisite: ANS(NTR,PO) 415, BCH 451 and ZO 421 |
| Requirements, function, distribution, absorption, excretion and toxicity of minerals in humans and domestic animals. Interactions between minerals and other factors affecting mineral metabolism or availability. Emphasis on mechanisms associated withmineral functions and the metabolic bases for the development of signs of deficiency. |
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| PO 801 | Graduate Seminar In Poultry Science | UNITS: 1 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Only |
| Preparation for research, research perspectives, rising concerns in poultry production, orientation for graduate studies in poultry science. Required of all graduate students in the Department of Poultry Science. |
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| PO 820 | Special Problems In Poultry Science | UNITS: 1-6 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall and Spring |
| Prerequisite: Graduate standing |
| Specific problems of study assigned in various phases of poultry science. |
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| PO 885 | Doctoral Supervised Teaching | UNITS: 1-3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| Teaching experience under the mentorship of faculty who assist the student in planing for the teaching assignment, observe and provide feedback to the student during the teaching assignment and evaluate the student upon completion of the assignment. |
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| PO 890 | Doctoral Preliminary Examination | UNITS: 1-9 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| For students who are preparing for and taking written and/or oral preliminary exams. |
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| PO 893 | Doctoral Supervised Research | UNITS: 1-9 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| Instruction in research and research under the mentorship of a member of the Graduate Faculty. |
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| PO 895 | Doctoral Dissertation Research | UNITS: 1-9 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| Dissertation Research |
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| PO 896 | Summer Dissertation Research | UNITS: 1 - Offered in Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| For graduate students whose programs of work specify no formal course work during a summer session and who will be devoting full time to thesis research. |
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| PO 899 | Doctoral Dissertation Preparation | UNITS: 1-3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer |
| Prerequisite: Doctoral student |
| For students who have completed all credit hour requirements, full-time enrollment, preliminary examination, and residency requirements for the doctoral degree, and are writing and defending their dissertations. |
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