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  • Avian Sciences
    1202B Meyer Hall
    Davis, CA 95616
    Tel: (530) 752-2382
    Fax: (530) 754-4359
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  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Avian Sciences

Application Deadline

  • ADMISSION
  • Priority: Jan. 15
  • Final: May 31

  • FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Jan. 15
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan. 15

Degrees Offered

  • M.S. Plan I
  • M.S. Plan II

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Three letters of recommendation
  • GRE scores

Degree Requirements

Administrative Bylaws

The program offers specialized advanced work in several disciplinary areas, such as nutrition, physiology, reproduction, pathology, toxicology, immunology, food science, management, ecology, genetics, incubation, environmental physiology, and developmental biology. A variety of wild and domesticated birds is used as experimental animals, including psittacine, raptor, passerine, aquatic, and poultry species.

This program is an interdisciplinary Graduate Group.

For more information, visit the Avian Sciences Web site.

Contacts

Program Chair
John M Eadie Wildlife & Fisheries Biology (530) 754-9204
Academic Advisers
9/1/07 - 8/31/09
Chris C Calvert Animal Science 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 752-1269
John M Eadie Wildlife & Fisheries Biology 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 754-9204
Kirk C Klasing Animal Science 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 752-1901
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Alisha L Nork Animal Science (530) 752-2382
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Angela Sharma Office of Graduate Studies (530) 752-2772