History
Ondokuz Mayis University, Agricultural Faculty, Department of Animal Science was founded in 1982.

Department
Students who enroll to animal science department take basic courses in first two terms. In the terms of 3-6, they take some courses from different departments of Agricultural Faculty, and some basic courses from Animal Science Department. They take advanced courses from Animal Science Department in the terms of 7 and 8. Finally, they graduate after 4 years of education. There is post-graduate education in the programs of Institute of Graduate Studies, besides undergraduate education. There are three sub departments in Animal Science Department. The education is carried out in the sub departments of Animal Breeding, Animal Nutrition and Biometry and Genetics. Education and research facilities are carried out by the poultry species of chicken, turkey, quail, partridge etc., cattle, sheep, goat and honey bee. There are laboratories and research units for carrying out the studies about animal breeding and nutrition. The students of Animal Science department have applied education in the laboratories of Reproductive Biology, Nutrition and Feed, Microbiology and Breeding. The experiments about dairy cattle, sheep, goat, honey bee and different poultry species are carrying out in the Department.
Our department has 11 professors, 5 associate professors, 2 assistant professors, 5 research assistants and 1 lecturer.