Animal and Range Sciences

Degrees Offered:

Department Head: Professor Robert C. Thaler
Graduate Coordinator: Professor Douglas C. McFarland

For additional information contact:
Mailing address: SDSU Box 2170 Phone: 605/688-5166
Animal Science Complex – SAS 101 Fax: 605/688-6170
WWW: http://ars.sdstate.edu
E-mail: Robert.Thaler@sdstate.edu or Douglas.McFarland@sdstate.edu

Graduate Faculty

Kelly W. Bruns, Associate Professor, Ph.D., South Dakota State University, 2001 Ruminant Nutrition

Jeffrey A. Clapper, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1992 Reproductive Physiology

Roger Gates, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska- Lincoln, 1985 Agronomy and Range Management

Patricia S. Johnson, Professor, Ph.D., Utah State University, 1987 Range Science

Donald Marshall, Professor, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 1984 Animal Science

Douglas C. McFarland, Distinguished Professor, Ph.D., Washington State University, 1984 Muscle Biology

George Perry, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Missouri, 2003 Reproductive Physiology

Robbi H. Pritchard, Distinguished Professor, Ph.D., Washington State University, 1983 Ruminant Nutrition

Richard J. Pruitt, Professor, Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1983 Cow-Calf Management

Alexander J. “Sandy” Smart, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 2001 Range Science

Robert C. Thaler, Professor, Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1988 Swine Nutrition

Aimee Wertz-Lutz, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, 2001 Animal Science

Cody Wright, Associate Professor, Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 2000 Ruminant Nutrition

Duane M. Wulf, Professor, Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1996 Meat Science

Adjunct/Courtesy/Joint Faculty

Darwin G. Britzman, Adjunct Professor, Ph.D., South Dakota State University, 1964, Poultry Science

Gary E. Larson, Adjust Professor, Ph.D., North Dakota State University, 1980, Botany

Bruce K. Wylie, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., New Mexico State University, 1991, Range Science