Animal Science, Ph.D.
Animal Science
Head (Acting): Kim Ominski
Grad Chair: Chengbo Yang
Campus Address/General Office: 201 Animal Science Building
Telephone: 204-474-9383
Fax: 204-474-7628
Email Address: animal_science@umanitoba.ca
Website: umanitoba.ca/agricultural-food-sciences/animal-science
Academic Staff: Please refer to the Animal Science website for Faculty listing
Animal Science Ph.D. Program Information
The department offers graduate programs leading to the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in behaviour, genetics, nutrition or physiology of farm animals.
Admission Information
Admission to the Faculty of Graduate Studies
Application and Admission Procedures are found in the Academic Guide.
Admission requirements for doctoral students are found in the Doctor of Philosophy General Regulations section of the Guide.
Animal Science Ph.D. Admission Requirements
A candidate must normally complete a M.Sc. degree before entering the Ph.D. program, however, exceptional applicants with an honours Bachelor's degree or equivalent may be permitted to enter the Ph.D. program.
Application Information
Students should complete and submit their online application with supporting documentation by the date indicated on the Animal Science Ph.D. program of study page.
Degree Requirements
Directly from M.Sc.
Students must complete 6 credit hours of courses at the 7000 level in addition to ANSC 7390 (9 credit hours in total). Students must pass a candidacy exam, submit an acceptable thesis and pass a thesis oral examination.
Directly from Honours Bachelor or transfer from M.Sc.
Students must complete 12 credit hours of courses at the 7000 level in addition to ANSC 7390 (15 credit hours in total). Students must pass a candidacy exam, submit an acceptable thesis and pass a thesis oral examination.
Expected Time to Graduate: 3 years (if continuing from an M.Sc. program).
Progression Chart
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| GRAD 7300 | Research Integrity Tutorial | 0 |
| GRAD 7500 | Academic Integrity Tutorial | 0 |
| ANSC 7390 | Advanced Animal Science Seminar | 3 |
| XXXX 7XXX | 7000 level course(s) | 6 |
| GRAD 8010 | Doctoral Candidacy Examination | 0 |
| GRAD 8000 | Doctoral Thesis | 0 |
| Total Hours | 9 | |
Registration Information
Students should familiarize themselves with the Faculty of Graduate Studies ‘GRAD’ courses applicable to their program. If you have questions about which GRAD course(s) to register in, please consult your home department/unit.
All students in the graduate program must meet with their advisor/advisory committee to determine courses. Courses must be listed on the departmental approval form (available from the Animal Science General Office) and written approval granted from both the advisor and the department head or designate. Registration revisions are to be dealt with and approved in a like manner.
Not all courses are offered each year.
Regulations
Students must meet the requirements as outlined in both Supplementary Regulation and BFAR documents as approved by Senate.
Supplementary Regulations
Individual units may require specific requirements above and beyond those of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, and students should consult unit supplementary regulations for these specific regulations.
Bona Fide Academic Requirements (BFAR)
Bona Fide Academic Requirements (BFAR) represent the core academic requirements a graduate student must acquire in order to gain, and demonstrate acquisition of, essential knowledge and skills.
All students must successfully complete:
- GRAD 7300 prior to applying to any ethics boards which are appropriate to the student’s research or within the student’s first year, whichever comes first; and
- GRAD 7500 within the first term of registration;
unless these courses have been completed previously, as per Mandatory Academic Integrity Course and Mandatory Research Integrity Online Course.
Students must also meet additional BFAR requirements that may be specified for their program.
General Regulations
All students must:
- maintain a minimum degree grade point average of 3.0 with no grade below C+,
- meet the minimum and not exceed the maximum course requirements, and
- meet the minimum and not exceed the maximum time requirements (in terms of time in program and lapse or expiration of credit of courses).
Courses
Animal Science
Reports and discussions on current problems and investigational work with mammals and poultry. This course is graded pass/fail.
Designed for the development of a framework of theory for the study of the genetics of populations. Changing gene frequency. Genetic and environmental subdivision of the phenotypic variance. Principles of selection.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: ANSC 3500 or equivalent.
A lecture-seminar course on sexual function and testicular physiology in males of livestock species; environmental factors influencing reproductive efficiency: recent developments in semen preservation and artificial insemination.
A lecture-seminar on current topics related to female reproduction in the livestock species.
A lecture-seminar course on current topics concerning the control of physiological processes of -importance in domestic animal species.
Ph.D. Candidates are expected to complete a grant application form, review and critique current literature, and present a seminar on current research topics. This course is graded pass/fail.
A study of advanced techniques used in animal breeding research, their theoretical basis, analysis and interpretation. Case studies in the student's area of interest will be examined.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: ANSC 7220 or its equivalent.
Lectures and critical reviews will be used to discuss recent/significant research advances in the fields of protein nutrition and metabolism, pertinent to mammalian physiology. Also offered as HNSC 7440 by the Department of Human Nutritional Sciences.
Equiv To: HNSC 7440
Lectures and critical reviews will be used to discuss recent/significant research advances in the field of energy/carbohydrate nutrition and metabolism, pertinent to mammalian physiology. Also offered as HNSC 7450 by the Department of Human Nutritional Sciences.
Lectures and critical reviews will be used to discuss recent/significant research advances in the field of lipid nutrition and metabolism, pertinent to mammalian physiology. Also offered as HNSC 7460 by the Department of Human Nutritional Sciences.
Equiv To: HNSC 7460
Lectures and critical reviews will be used to discuss recent/significant research advances in the field of vitamin nutrition and metabolism, pertinent to mammalian physiology. Also offered as HNSC 7470 by the Department of Human Nutritional Sciences.
Equiv To: HNSC 7470
Lectures and critical reviews will be used to discuss recent/significant research advances in the field of mineral nutrition and metabolism, pertinent to mammalian physiology Also offered as HNSC 7480 by the Department of Human Nutritional Sciences.
Equiv To: HNSC 7480
Lectures and critical reviews will be used to discuss recent/significant research advances in the field of phytochemical nutrition and metabolism, pertinent to mammalian physiology. Also offered as HNSC 7490 by the Department of Human Nutritional Sciences.
Equiv To: HNSC 7490
The application of experimental techniques and procedures to agricultural and food sciences research. Recording, processing, interpretation, and critical appraisal of experimental data.
Students will be required to investigate and report on a nutrition problem in a species other than that of their thesis research. Projects may be avian, bovine, ovine, swine or laboratory animal species.
Assigned readings, papers and discussions specific problems in animal genetics. Analysis of original data may be required.
Students will investigate a minor research problem in an area of physiology other than that in which the major is being taken. Problems areas may include: digestion, environment, renal function or reproduction.
An advanced study of the theoretical and applied aspects of monogastric and ruminant nutrition. A laboratory component will provide training in current techniques in feed analyses and computer modeling.
Assigned readings, papers and discussions on specific issues in animal behaviour. A short behavioural experiment may be required.
Lectures and computer based laboratory exercises will be used to discuss various aspects of model development focusing on mechanistic (compartmental analysis), growth functions and an introduction to linear programming. Construction of a simulation model may be required. Not to be held with ANSC 4240 Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: MATH 1500 or MATH 1520