For both working professionals and recent college graduates looking to obtain admission into veterinary school, our program provides students with additional educational experience in animal and food sciences.  

Our department faculty specialize in management, breeding and genomics,  growth and development biology, and nutritional, lactational and reproductive physiology. We also integrate the disciplines of chemistry, microbiology,  engineering, and nutrition to prepare qualified graduates for food-related careers.

The Ph.D. degree in Animal and Food Sciences will be granted in the following major areas: animal nutrition, physiology, pathology, immunology, molecular biology, biotechnology, food science, and food engineering.

Equine therapy is a treatment that includes equine activities and/or an equine environment in order to promote physical, occupational, and emotional growth in persons suffering from many different health problems. The University of Delaware is proud to offer a Certificate Program in Equine Therapeutics. 

One Health equally considers human, animal and environmental health as an integrated whole. Since its inception as a collaborative effort between human medicine and veterinary medicine, it has become an integral approach to the understanding and mitigation of infectious disease.