Department's research programs are centered around the following three major areas:

I. Animal Production Systems and Resource Management
* Investigations into nutrition, reproduction, breeding & genetics, productivity and health of animals in various systems of production and husbandry including the effects of animal production systems on the surrounding environment , and the effect of surrounding environment on animal production systems.

II. Regulatory Biology
* Investigations into fundamental mechanisms of cell and molecular biology regulating animal life processes and protein production.

III Muscle Foods Science, Technology and Safety
* Investigations in muscle tissue biology, new/innovative food products, and novel processing technologies as well as the safety of foods of animal origin.