Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENTAL FACULTY
AMERICO CASAS-GUERNICA, Assistant
Researcher, M.S., 1984, University of Puerto Rico.
DANILO S. CIANZIO-MUJICA, Professor, Ph.D.,
1980, Iowa State University.
ANGEL A. CUSTODIO-GONZALEZ, Associate
Professor, Ph.D., 1983, Texas A&M University.
JOHN A. FERNANDEZ-VANCLEVE, Professor,
Ph.D., 1986, University of Kentucky.
JORGE GONZALEZ-ORTIZ, Extension Specialist,
M.S., 1986, University of Puerto Rico.
JOSE R. LATORRE-ACEVEDO, Professor, Ph.D.,
1986, University of Arkansas.
CARLOS NAZARIO-PAGAN, Assistant Extension
Specialist, M.S., 1988, North Carolina State
University.
JOSE PANTOJA-LOPEZ, Extension Specialist,
Ph.D., 1994, Ohio State University.
DANIEL G. PESANTE-ARMSTRONG, Professor,
Ph.D., 1985, Louisiana State University.
LEYDA PONCE DE LEON-GONZALEZ,
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., 1999, University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
ARIEL RAMIREZ-RAMIREZ, Extension
Specialist, M.S., 1983, Louisiana State University.
PAUL RANDEL-FOLLING, Researcher, Ph.D.,
1963, Louisiana State University.
ERNESTO O. RIQUELME-VILLAGRAN,
Professor, Ph.D., 1975, Washington State University.
EDGARDO R. RIVERA-COLON, Associate
Professor, D.V.M., 1984, Tuskegee University.
BENJAMIN RIVERA-HERNANDEZ, Assistant
Professor, D.V.M., 1975, Michigan State University.
AIXA RIVERA-SERRANO, Assistant Specialist,
M.S., 1985, University of Puerto Rico.
ABNER RODRIGUEZ-CARIAS, Associate
Professor, Ph.D., 1996, Michigan State University.
HECTOR RODRIGUEZ-PASTRANA, Associate
Specialist, M.S., 1987, University of Puerto Rico.
TEODORO RUIZ-LOPEZ, Assistant Researcher,
Ph.D., 1993, University of Florida.
CARMEN SANTANA-NIEVES, Associate
Professor, Ph.D., 1993, University of Illinois.
HECTOR L. SANTIAGO-ANADON, Assistant
Researcher, Ph.D., 2002, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University.
VICTOR SIBERIO-TORRES, Professor, Ph.D.,
1996, Michigan State University.
SAUL WISCOVITCH-TERUEL, Extension
Specialist, M.S., 1985, University of Puerto Rico.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Undergraduate Courses
INPE 3005. FUNDAMENTALS OF ANIMAL
SCIENCE. Four credit hours. Three hours of
lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.
An introductory course in the raising of the most
important farm livestock in Puerto Rico.
INPE 3017. RABBIT PRODUCTION. Three
credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one threehour
laboratory per week. Prerequisite: INPE 3005.
Theoretical basis and management practices
involved in commercial rabbit production,
including breeds; reproductive, feeding and sanitary
management; genetic improvement; and processing
and marketing of the final product.
INPE 4005. VETERINARY PHYSIOLOGY.
Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one
three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites:
INPE 3005 and (BIOL 4015, or BIOL 3021, or
BIOL 3052).
The physiology of farm animals, comprising the
digestive, nervous, vascular, excretory, respiratory,
and endocrine system.
INPE 4006. REPRODUCTION OF FARM
ANIMALS. Three credit hours. Two hours of
lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: INPE 3005 and INPE 4005.
The anatomy, physiology and pathology of the
reproductive system of farm animals, including
artificial insemination.
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