ANSC450

Animal Breeding Plans

Prerequisite: ANSC101; and 1 course with a minimum grade of C- from (MATH120, MATH130, MATH136, MATH140). Restriction: Junior standing or higher. Design of animal breeding programs for the genetic improvement of livestock and companion animal species. Principles of population and quantitative genetics. Genetic evaluations of animals, selection strategies and crossbreeding systems. Incorporation of statistics and biotechnology into animal breeding plans.

Fall 2025

R Apter

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Monica VanKlompenberg

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Monica VanKlompenberg

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Monica VanKlompenberg

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Monica VanKlompenberg

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Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.73 between 187 students*

A-: 8.56%

A: 10.7%

A+: 2.14%

B-: 12.83%

B: 15.51%

B+: 15.51%

C-: 9.63%

C: 6.95%

C+: 9.09%

D-: 1.07%

D: 1.6%

D+: 2.14%

F: 1.07%

W: 2.67%

other: 0.53%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.