Animal Breeding and Genetics (Joint degree)

Overview

Key Facts

The Animal Breeding and Genetics (Joint degree) program at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna offers high quality training in the field of animal breeding and genetics.

EMABG fills a real need for the industry sector and the whole society. It is designed to answer the scientific, practical and societal challenges of animal breeding and genomics. These challenges can be summarised for both developed and low-income countries as follows:

• meet the increased demand for animal and fish products, while preserving or improving the quality of the products, the welfare of animals and minimizing the environmental impact;
• preserve natural resources, with special attention to biodiversity;
• make efficient use of novel tools and technologies to reach these goals while maintaining social acceptance of animal breeding;

• develop sustainable breeding programmes that contribute to improved health and welfare of companion animals, including populations in zoos and nature reserves.

EMABG graduates will be trained to formulate and provide effective and appropriate responses to these challenges. EMABG offers quality higher education in Animal Breeding and Genetics with a distinct European added value, which is attractive for students from all over the world.