Teaching
Teaching activities
include various labs for the Animal Science curriculum as well as a Swine
Techniques course. Labs can include reproduction, general pig husbandry,
and undergraduate research. Labs and individual projects are assisted by farm staff.
Other activities include
providing the University Meats Lab and other local consumers with stock for
sale, research, student work, and showing.
Students have the opportunity to show at local fairs as well as the
State Fair in October and the student run Little North American in the
spring.
Student
Opportunities
There is only so much you
can learn in class, so for students interested in how it actually feels to
work on our farm, we offer the chance to find out first hand. We have both
part-time work during the semester and year-round jobs for students.
Research
Research on the farm can
be conducted by undergraduates as a class or individually by faculty or
graduate students.
There are numerous
opportunities on the farm, such as nutrition, waste management, and
reproduction to name a few.
Biomedical pigs are sold for outside research, including skin
grafting, burn treatment, cancer, heart valve replacement, obesity and
digestion, and diabetes.