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The Next Fifty Years of Animal Science

Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana

Abstract

Research is the foundation of all true and permanent progress, but research results hid in the "Ivory Towers" of a laboratory are of little value until they are applied to the basic problem of livestock production. The so-called arts of Animal Husbandry will gradually become the science of animal production. Science and technology will become an everyday part of the breeding, feeding and management of livestock on the farms, the ranches and feedlots of this nation in the next half century. Animal husbandmen will become animal scientists basically trained in the fields of animal breeding, genetics, nutrition, physiology, meats and production. More basic research will be done through collaboration or even employing men to work with livestock who are highly specialized in the fields of biophysics, bacteriology, chemistry, climatology, endocrinology, mathematical statistics, metabolism, pharmacy and medicine. More institutes and laboratories will be established for pure basic research free from the pressure for immediate application; this will lead to great discoveries for the livestock industry.