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UNIVERSITIES
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
College of Agriculture
Animal Sciences Department
210 Upchurch Hall
Auburn Univeristy, AL 36849
www.agriculture.auburn.edu/research/ansc
Auburn University offers a range of animal
science programs spanning nutrition, meat
science, breeding and genetics, biochemistry
and molecular biology, microbiology
and more. The university offers four majors
with applications in animal science and nutrition
- Animal & Allied Industries, Equine
Science, Meat Science, and Pre-Vet Med
and Pre-Professional. Additionally, students
can select a minor in animal science to
study nutrition, health and management,
behavior, breeding and reproduction of
companion animal species, including dogs
and cats. The Auburn University College
of Agriculture is also home to a formidable
research platform called the Alabama
Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES).
The university offers custom short courses
and workshops to industry professionals to
support continued education and training.
Pet nutrition professionals can also pursue
thesis and non-thesis graduate programming
and degree opportunities through the
university.
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
201 Shellenberger Hall
1301 Mid-Campus Dr. North
Manhattan, KS 66506
www.k-state.edu
petfood@k-state.edu
The Kansas State University Pet Food
Program was started in 2011 to provide an
academic home for pet food and companion
animal nutrition sciences. K-State offers
a unique degree in Feed and Pet Food
Science, which has a special focus on pet
food processing, besides animal feed production.
It also offers masters and doctorate
degrees that emphasize pet food research.
K-State's Pet Food Program benefits from
the university's Extrusion Lab and Food
Safety and Grain Processing Lab. The
Extrusion Lab is equipped with bench- and
pilot-scale processing systems, including
pilot- and lab-scale extruders, a gas-fired
dryer and analytical equipment to test raw
and finished products. The program is also
supported by faculty expertise in extrusion,
thermal processing, canning, baking, sensory
analysis, and value-added processing.
The university also maintains a state-ofthe-art,
fully automated Feed Technology
Innovation Center on campus, which is run
in part by students to provide them with the
experiences they need for future internships
and jobs.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE
UNIVERSITY
Holmes Hall
2751 Cates Avenue
Campus Box 7304
Raleigh, NC 27695-7304
www.cals.ncsu.edu/animal-science
North Carolina State University has long
been focused on livestock and poultry
production and nutrition, but new developments
in its poultry, animal science and
extrusion programs aim to serve the growing
companion animal nutrition industry. NC
State offers several companion animal-focused
undergraduate- and graduate-level
courses through its animal science program.
Students can learn about pet food manufacturing
through comparative nutrition,
animal nutrition and companion animal
management courses, as well as through
the extrusion program. NC State also offers
continued education opportunities for
industry members, including a Preventive
Control for Animal Food training course.
The university also maintains an Animal
Food Safety Program, which covers food
safety and regulatory compliance under
the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
The university regularly works with pet
food processors through its NC State Feed
Milling Extension program to offer animal
food industry training and programming. In
addition, the university offers continued education
opportunities including a Preventive
Control for Animal Food training course.
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
(TEES)
125 Spence Street, Suite 403
3468 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843
teesedge@tamu.edu
www.teesedge.tamu.edu
Texas A&M University and its faculty offer
professional development opportunities for
various extrusion applications, including pet
food. Texas A&M also offers various animal
nutrition and feed processing tracks that
can be applied to the pet food industry.
Texas A&M offers several educational opportunities
for industry members throughout
the year, which are focused largely on
extrusion. This is done through a subset of
the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment
Station (TEES) program, called TEES
Educating Generations, or TEES EDGE.
Annual short courses specific to pet food
and treats include the Feeds and Pet Food
Extrusion, as well as an Extruded Pet Foods
and Treats short course. These courses
cover the gamut of extrusion processing for
pet nutrition, from raw materials and preparation
to extrusion, drying, coating and
packaging. Alongside these established
short courses, Texas A&M offers custom
programs in which companies can leverage
faculty and industry expertise to create a
professional development program specifically
for the benefits of their employees and
businesses.
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
Department of Animal Biosciences
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
www.animalbiosciences.uoguelph.ca
The University of Guelph is a valuable
resource for those studying to enter the
companion animal nutrition industry. Anna
Kate Shoveller, Ph.D., professor in the
Department of Animal Biosciences and
Champion Petfoods Chair in Canine and
Feline Nutrition, teaches several undergraduate
courses in animal science, including
companion animal nutrition. Graduate
students have several options to study
animal nutrition, either in the Department
of Biosciences or at the Ontario Veterinary
College at the University of Guelph.
Students and faculty at the University of
Guelph have made significant research contributions
to the industry's understanding of
pet nutrition. Pet nutrition students at the
University of Guelph regularly present their
research at industry events and conferences
in Canada and internationally.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
Department of Animal Sciences
1207 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-3131
www.publish.illinois.edu/companion-animal
The companion animal biology and nutrition
program at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign conducts research in
multiple disciplines, including evaluating
novel, alternative and sustainable ingredients,
as well as studying the impact of processing
technology on the quality and safety
of pet food. The university's food science
and human nutrition pilot processing plant
focuses on human and pet food technologies
with baking and retort equipment. It
includes a 10,000-square-foot processing
plant, product development kitchen and
walk-in cold storage. The university has an
online companion animal nutrition certificate
program, and courses include training on
canine and feline metabolism, nutrient functions
and requirements, pet nutrition and
disease, pet food ingredients, principles of
diet formulation, pet food processing technologies,
good manufacturing practices, pet
food regulations and market trends.
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http://www.agriculture.auburn.edu/research/ansc http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/animal-science http://www.animalbiosciences.uoguelph.ca http://www.k-state.edu http://www.publish.illinois.edu/companion-animal http://www.teesedge.tamu.edu http://www.petfoodprocessing.net
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