Universidad del Mar  
   
     
 
 
 
BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
Department Chair
Dr. José Guadalupe Gamboa Alvarado
Doctorate
alvaradozicatela.umar.mx
Licenciatura en Zootecnia
   
Graduate Profile
 
 The graduate of Animal Husbandry is able to:
  • Work in a rational and sustainable manner with domestic animals and wildlife.
  • Design installations and plans of livestock management suitable to different species.
  • Make a suitable natural or artificial environment for the comfort and well-being of animals as well as manage the ecosystems of wildlife.
  • Implement nutritional plans adequate for different species of animals, taking advantage of available natural resources.
  • Accomplish reproductive management, appraisal, and genetic selection of productive lines and their conservation.
  • Plan, apply, and evaluate sanitary programs for animals, their products and by-products, with the goal to improve animal and public health.
  • Create paths of transformation and commercialization of whole animals, their parts, and their products.
   
Field of Action
 
 The Animal Husbandry graduate has a large range of options for professional development, in both the public and private sectors. Some examples follow:
  In the Public Sector:
  • SAGARPA
  • SRA
  • SEMARNAT
  • SSA
  • SEDESOL
  • Bank of México
  • Zoological estates
  • Autonomous, State, and Federal Universities
  • SEP
  In the Private Sector:
  • Balanced feed manufacturers
  • Veterinary laboratories
  • Manufacturers of livestock equipment and technology
  • Commercial suppliers of semen and purebreds
  • Banks and insurance agents
  • Ranches, farms, and stables
  • Wildlife management (UMAS)
  • Cinegetic ranches
  • Zoological parks
  • Ecological reserves
  • Private livestock counseling
  • Trails and construction
   
Study Plan
 
FIRST SEMESTER

 Mathematics
 Chemistry
 Physics
 History of thought Philosophy
 Computing
SECOND SEMESTER

 Introduction to Animal husbandry
 Zoology
 Biology
 Physiochemistry
 General theory of systems
THIRD SEMESTER

 Pedology
 Biochemistry
 Fodder botany
 Ecology
 Animal anatomy
FOURTH SEMESTER

 Microbiology
 Probability and statistics
 Administration
 Animal physiology
 Plant physiology
FIFTH SEMESTER

 Animal genetics
 Animal nutrition
 Economy
 Reproductive physiology
 Animal pathology
 Fodder production
SIXTH SEMESTER

 Reproductive management
 Animal health
 Animal diet and feed
 Genetic improvement
 Meadow and pasture management
 Forest fauna I
SEVENTH SEMESTER

 Accounting
 Data systems Geography
 Cattle
 Forest Fauna II
 Design of units of animal production
EIGHTH SEMESTER

 Sheep and Goats
 Forest life and agricultural legislation
 Pigs
 Thesis seminar
 Elective I
NINTH SEMESTER

 Product technology Livestock I
 Poultry farming
 Marketing
 Experiment design
 Elective II
TENTH SEMESTER

 Product technology Livestock II
 Beekeeping
 Project creation and evaluation
 Cunicultura
 Elective III
ELECTIVES
 Animal Pharmacology and Therapeutics
 Agrosilvopastoral Systems
 Surgical techniques for animal husbandry
 Management and conservation of reptiles
 Special Problems in Nutrition
 Special problems in reproduction
 Special problems in genetics
 Special problems in wildlife
 Special problems in fodder
 Special Problems in Livestock Products Technology
 Special Problems in Business
 
   
 
The Oaxaca System of State Universities
 
   
     
 
Ciudad Universitaria, Puerto Ángel, Distrito de San Pedro Pochutla, Oax., México C.P. 70902
Ciudad Universitaria, Santa María Huatulco, Oax., México C.P. 70989
Ciudad Universitaria, Carretera Vía Sola de Vega, Puerto Escondido, San Pedro Mixtepec, Juquila, Oax., México C.P. 71980