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Animal & Food Sciences

Want to shape the future of agriculture, nutrition, and animal welfare through science-backed solutions? Explore our programs and join our community making a positive impact on global food innovation and sustainability.

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Where Students are Empowered to Explore Solutions That Impact Society

The Department of Animal and Food Sciences is a dynamic academic center serving over 1,000 undergraduates and 90 graduate students. With five specialized teaching and research labs, our department is celebrated for its pioneering work in food science, food safety, muscle biology, nutrition, animal welfare, and beyond.

Our faculty help students delve into diverse research areas including breeding and genetics, physiology, with a special focus on cattle, horse, sheep & goats, swine, and canine studies. Discover our state-of-the-art amenities, including the largest retail meat cooler on a university campus and Raider Red Meats Cafe, offering a unique blend of academic excellence and practical application.

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Raider Red Meats

Raider Red Meats exists to provide hands-on, real-world experiences for students and to support scholarships for students in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. We carefully choose our products from the top 7 percent of US Beef to consistently ensure tenderness, juiciness and flavor in every bite. All of our steaks are aged a minimum of 30 days for enhanced beef flavor and tenderness, hand-selected using only the highest quality products, and hand-cut in-house by our students.

You can experience the magic yourself by visiting the grill, shopping in our retail store, and ordering online.

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TTU Therapeutic Riding Center

The mission of the Texas Tech Therapeutic Riding Center is to provide the highest quality of equine-assisted services in the South Plains for people with disabilities and special needs as well as veterans progrmas. Through a collaborative effort of medical and universal professional, our goal is to enhance the quality of life of each person participating in hippotherapy and therapeutic riding. It is further a mission of the program to train students in all aspects of equine-assisted therapy and to contribute to the scientific knowledge in this area through research.

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Getting Involved

Through competitive teams, student organizations, and student-run clubs, there are several ways to get involved in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences from the moment you step foot on campus. 

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Discovering Solutions, Serving Society

The Department of Animal and Food Sciences is engaged in various areas of research. From improving the food industry to specialized canine training, faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students are conducting ongoing research to make advancements in their respective fields. 

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To serve the needs of research and hands-on student learning, the Department of Animal and Food Sciences has seven facilities, each focused on specific areas of research and teaching, such as food safety, ruminant nutrition, canine training, meat science, hippotherapy, and more. 

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