Graduate Animal & Veterinary Science at UW
Through UW’s animal and veterinary sciences graduate programs, you’ll participate in projects in the following areas:
- Focus on health and infectious disease of wild and domestic species
- Livestock production and management
- Animal health and control of zoonosis
- Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory (WSVL)
- Research relevant to human and environmental health
*Interested in applying?
Email Dr. Jonathan Fox (jfox7@uwyo.edu) and Dr. Bledar Bisha (bbisha@uwyo.edu) your CV and resume to see if you'd be a good fit for the program. Students are encouraged
to officially apply after speaking with a faculty member.

Many faculty have their own granted-supported research projects that students can assist with in the Department of Animal Science and the Department of Veterinary Science. There are additional opportunities for graduate students in veterinary diagnostic medicine at the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory (WSVL) that is related to their research projects. There are also research collaborations with the USDA-APHIS, USDA-ARS, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, the National Park Service and allied industries.

The University of Wyoming’s animal and veterinary science graduate program courses
include education and training in:
- Animal Genetics
- Bacteriology
- Equine Science
- Immunology
- Livestock Management
- Food Science
- Animal Nutrition
- Parasitology
- Reproduction
- Virology
- Wildlife disease
View the full M.S. in animal and veterinary science program curriculum.
View the full Ph.D. in animal and veterinary science program curriculum.

What Can You Do With a Master’s or Doctoral Degree in Animal and Veterinary Science?
Graduates of the veterinary program at the University of Wyoming have gone on to earn a veterinary salary by securing full-time veterinary jobs in government and public and private sectors — and through academic positions at prominent veterinary schools.
- Veterinary school
- Research positions
- Feed companies
- Laboratory technician
- Educator
- Veterinary assistant
- Livestock research and extension
- Food scientist
- Wyoming State Veterinary Lab
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
- University of Wyoming
- Washington State University
- Foster Farms
- University of Idaho
- BYU-Idaho
Through the master's and Ph.D. animal and veterinary science graduate programs at the University of Wyoming, you’ll be on the forefront of health and disease issues affecting livestock, wildlife and companion animals and diseases that can be transmitted from animals to people.
Employers that are interested in ANVS grads range from veterinary pharmaceutical companies, biotech firms, animal feed and nutrition companies, government research labs, non-profits, universities, and livestock or agricultural businesses. The opportunities are extensive and exciting!