Faculty. Consists of members from several departments in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Division of Biological Sciences, and the School of Veterinary Medicine.
Graduate Study. The Graduate Group in Avian Sciences offers the M.S. degree program to students who wish to pursue specialized advanced work on avian species. Specializations students may choose at present include nutrition, physiology, reproduction, pathology, toxicology, food chemistry, management, ecology, genetics, comparative incubation, environmental physiology, and cellular and developmental studies using wild and domestic birds as experimental animals. Both master's degree plans, thesis or comprehensive examination, are available.
Preparation. Applicants should have undergraduate preparation in a field appropriate to the course of study selected, including courses in most of the following subjects: general biology, general and organic chemistry, biochemistry, avian biology, genetics, nutrition, physiology, and statistics.
Graduate Adviser. C.C. Calvert (Animal Sciences).
UC Davis 1999-2000 Online General Catalog. Posted July 30, 1999.
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