Texas Tech University

Animal & Food Sciences

 
 
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Welcome to Texas Tech University's Department of Animal and Food Sciences. The department is home to approximately 1,000 undergraduate students and 90 graduate students. It is housed in a state-of-the-art teaching and research facility which features five specialized teaching and research labs, the largest retail meat cooler on a university campus and a retail store, Raider Red Meats Cafe.

Many faculty members are leading researchers in their respective fields, including food science, food safety, muscle biology, nutrition, animal wellbeing, human-animal interactions, breeding and genetics, physiology and with specialties in cattle, horse, sheep & goats, swine, and canine.

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Animal & Food Sciences