Who here has degrees in Animal Science and what did you go on to do with it? I am nearing graduation and looking for some sort of direction as to where I want to go with this.
I graduated in 2005 from with an Applied Animal Science- Equine Management degree. I managed a boarding/training barn for a little while, but got burnt out with clients and 24/7/365 work days. After that I went on to be a vet tech for 10 years. I loved the veterinary world, but the rural area where I live has limited clinics that offer good insurance/benefits in addition to good pay. It was by far the most stressful but most rewarding job I’ve ever had! Good luck in whatever direction you choose!
I have a BS in Animal Science, a BS in Extension Education and a MS in Extension Education… I work with computers:) My plan was to go work for the Extension Service but the state I was in was on a hiring freeze at the time.
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I have a BS in Animal Science and am starting a dual DVM/PhD program this fall. I have friends who took their AnSci degrees and went into the pet food industry, research, or on to graduate school.
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Who here has degrees in Animal Science and what did you go on to do with it? I am nearing graduation and looking for some sort of direction as to where I want to go with this.[/QUOTE]
I have a BS Animal Science. Hired into a big pharma company, Got into Penn Vet school, had a horrible car accident (broken cervical vertebra, arm, hip, face). Ended up staying in pharma (thank goodness I had insurance) and getting a MS/PhD paid for by company (note- PhD you get cut back to 65% pay to take a year off and do real research).
After 16 years in basic research I transitioned to clinical. As I got older, the animal research (for which I am a huge huge huge proponent) got hard on me emotionally.
My husband has a BS, Master’s and PhD in Animal Science. He taught at a university for 20 years, plus coached their livestock judging team. Since going into private industry, he has worked for a company that formulates and manufactures animal supplements, mainly equine, and now works for a company that manufactures and sells direct fed microbials and probiotics.
My father-in-law has a degree in what was the equivalent of Animal Science when he graduated many, many years ago. He retired with 50+ years in extension, and is still actively volunteering in the 4-H program he ran for all those years.
I have a BS in animal science and I currently work in an animal research facility, mainly with monkeys.
Try Obamacare. They’re certainly trying to manage US like a herd of pigs . . . :winkgrin:
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Monkeys are my favorite!!! (rhesus, greens, cynos or marmoset?)
My BS is in Animal Science so I know the jobs a number of my fellow grads got.
I got a job with USDA-APHIS
Person 2 got a job in the quality control lab of a feed company
Person 3 got a job in marketing with a feed company
Person 4 went to grad school to study ruminant nutrition
Several went to vet school
Oh I almost forgot, one went to work in pharmaceutical sales marketing to vets
My daughter had a job interview with a pharmaceutical company. She was offered a fully funded spot in an emerging infectious diseases PhD program but went to vet school.
BS in an sci with an equine specialty. I work on a hog farm…a very nice, clean, exceptionally well managed one. Wanted to work with mares and foals, instead I do sows and piglets lol. But I like it, and I’m good at it, and as long as America likes bacon I have job security.
Mainly rhesus but there are quite a few pigtails and a few greens. We get an occasional cyno group but they’re usually only there for a quarantine period before moving on.
No marmosets but we did have 4 squirrel monkeys one time and a group of cebus.
The pigtails are my favorite. They’re so cute, smart and friendly! It helps offset their filthy ways, lol!
I have a BS in animal science.
Worked in the horse industry for three years. Got super burnt out.
Now I work in Risk Management for an insurance company. Took 6 years of hard work proving myself without a related degree but has been worth it. Running a horse farm is basically risk management… or at least harm reduction 
I have a BS in Animal Science with a minor in Biology. I thought I wanted to go to vet school, and then I encountered my true calling: Immunology!
Went to grad school right out of undergrad, got my PhD working on very basic research, went on to a postdoc in transplantation immunology, and I’m now an assistant professor at a medical school. I teach medical students basic science. And I’m doing research on Parkinson’s disease.
Life takes you interesting places…
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I have a BS in Animal Science from UConn. I work as a veterinary/human health medical writer. I went on the get an MS in Microbiology/Molecular Genetics. I was going for my PhD but quit early (long story).
I think my Animal Science degree has helped my career but not in a direct way with respect to the human health writing, which is 95% of what I do. But, it did teach me to think logically and it helps in my daily life dealing with my own dog/cat/horse.
PS. I love hearing what others are doing with their degrees.
youngest daughter’s degree is Animal Science … she took the alternate teaching test to tech high school science and math … she passed without a problem and has been teaching high school biology. (and she handles her kids as if they were untrained horses in a round pen)
Also Animal Science from UConn! Worked for USDA making loans, then as a 4-H Agent, then got Masters in Ed and taught Middle School Science for 20 years!
I have a BS in Animal Science from Cornell.
Got my DVM degree from Tufts, am now an emergency small animal vet.
