Department of Animal Sciences
About
The Department of Animal Science has a long history within the University of Guilan. It is located on the first floor of the new Building of Faculty of Agriculture. It was established in 1977 to support research and teaching related to Animal Breeding and Genetics, Animal Nutrition, and Animal Physiology. Currently, the department has 12 full-time faculty members and 178 students.
Our mission is to create, extend and disseminate applied and theoretical scientific knowledge of the Animal Sciences through scholarly research, teaching, and service.
Department Values and Operating Principles
We offer graduate training with options for BSc, MSc, and Ph.D. degrees in three major areas of specialization: Animal Breeding and Genetics, Animal Nutrition, and Animal Physiology. Our Students, based on a regular educational program, learn the necessary skills for conducting relevant activities in the field of animal and poultry science. Therefore, the graduate students will be prepared to be employed by consulting companies in the animal and or poultry profession.
The graduate theses and research plans are financially assisted by the University of Guilan, the Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture of Iran, and local, regional, and or national animal companies and corporations.
The Department of Animal Science accepts willingly potential students from Iran and all over the world, in particular from the Middle East to take advantage of training in animal science and conducting research projects in tropical and or subtropical humid conditions.
Facilities and equipment
Our Department has access to high quality animal research facilities and a range of laboratory facilities in molecular genetics, genomics, nutrient analyses, physiology and microbiology both inside and outside the University for basic and advance research in various fields of animal sciences. The department also has on-campus large farms for experimental animal researches.
Labs
The department contains three laboratories for work in genetics, animal nutrition and animal physiology.
Equipped with the facilities [including PCR, spectrophotometer, feed evaluation facilities (soxhlet and kjeldahl), different types of laboratory incubator, atomic absorption, different type of microscope… etc.), to support research related to animal breeding and genetics, animal nutrition and animal physiology for graduate students.
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TeachingThe missions of Department of animal Science are to enhance the knowledge, insight and skills of volunteers in higher education in animal extension and education, so that they are creative, entrepreneurial and capable of intellectual independence and can be the source of effective services in Community. Graduates are provided with adequate knowledge and skills in various fields of Animal Sciences. It also conducts fundamental and applied research and adaptation and development in order to produce science and technology in related fields.
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ResearchOur Department members are professional researchers and authors with expertise in various fields of Animal Science. They are familiar with new technologies in animal science researches which led by four team members each having more than 10 years of experience working as professional researchers.
Research Groups
• Poultry nutrition
• Genomic selection
• Animal Breeding
• Animal physiology
Main Research
• Modelling nutrient requirements
• Feed processing technology
• In Ovo Technology applications in Poultry
• Genomic selection
• Animal breeding and genetics
• Reproductive molecular biology -
PublicationThe Animal Production Research Journal (APRJ) has been an academic journal of the Department of Animal Science at the University of Guilan (in Persian), since 2012. The APRJ is a scientific journal for the dissemination of both theoretical and applied research. It publishes papers from across the entire subject of Animal Science related issues.
