PowerPoint PresentationWelcomeSlide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13Slide 14Slide 15Slide 16Slide 17Slide 18ANS 150Introduction to Animal Science Fall, 2013WelcomeHello everyone!You are reading this file most likely because you are enrolled in ANS 150 – Introduction to Animal Science .As mentioned in the email, all the course materials are located within an on-line learning platform that can be found at •http://wolfware.ncsu.edu/WelcomeOnce you have entered the above URL, then you should be taken to the wolfware homepage. At the top left there is a login button. If you click on that and enter your N.C.S.U. unity I.D. and password, then if things are working right you should be taken to a page that lists all your classes on Moodle.WelcomeFor all of you there should be a link to ANS 150 listed.If you click on the link, then you’ll be taken to the course materialsThe course information is basically set up in a series of Topics. Within each Topic, there is specific information that should be helpful to you as we progress through the course.WelcomeThe first Topic listed is Announcements. You should see the Announcement that you received via email listed here.The remaining topics are mostly the lecture topics for the course and include copies of the Powerpoint files and other materials that I use in lecture.Copies of old examinations from last year are also included as will the answer keys from this year’s examinations once they are graded.WelcomeFeel free to take a look at the information in the folders. Most of the lectures and study guides have been added through the first two lecture examinations.Please take a look the Syllabus. We aren’t going to spend much time during the first class going over the syllabus so we can spend most of the time on a general overview of the course and begin the first lecture topic – Importance of Animals.WelcomeI teach 7 different classes – our introduction to animal science class and the laboratory; 2 swine production classes; 2 graduate-level classes – one on swine reproductive management and a second one dealing with swine surgery techniques; and an on-line swine class for students at other universities. I also help teach veterinary students in the swine medicine curriculum and teach continuing education credits for practicing veterinarians.This is me, Dr. Flowers. Since I’ll ask mostof you to fill out a student information sheet about yourselves, I thought it would be fairif I returned the favor.I teach and conduct research at N.C.S.U.WelcomeMy research program deals with swine reproductive management especially issues relating to artificial insemination and boar fertility. This year I have 7 graduate students and 6 undergraduate students working on different projects. The links below contain stories about my research and teaching programs if you want to read more about them.http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/magazine/spring07/college.htmlhttp://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/magazine/spring07/n_vet.htmlhttp://nationalhogfarmer.com/people/reproductive-physiologist-billy-flowers-0515Now, I live on about 15 acres in southwestern Wake county in NC justoutside of New Hill with my wife, Lynn, and my son, A.J., who is 9. We still have a menagerie of animals.*I grew up in Montgomery county, VA and had lots of fun with lots of differenttypes of animals.*I got my B.S. in Animal Science at Virginia Tech. I was accepted intoveterinary school, but decided to go to graduate school instead and got my M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Missouri in Animal Science. Inretrospect, my decision to go to graduate school instead of veterinaryschool was one of the best ones that I made although most people didn’t think so at the time including my parents and academic advisor.Welco meI’ve been at N.C.S.U. for 27 years which is longer than anyone currently in our department that teaches undergraduates and probably longer than most of you have been alive. I plan to stay here until I retire, teaching and conducting research. I currently advise about 70 undergraduate students. Eight of my current advisees are sons or daughters of some of my very first advisees which means I’ve startedtraining my “second generation” of animal scientists. My hobbies outside of work center around my family and animals. My wife is a certified wildlife rehabilitator so we have lots of “baby critters” at home until they can be released.Welco meI run about 25 miles per week and A.J. and I just earned our 2nd degree Black Belts in the Songham form of Tae Kwon Do.My two favorite stories about animals (pigs) are: (A)my parents gave me money to buy my high school class ring, but I used it to buy two bred gilts instead, and (B) I met my wife on a pig farm. Lynn was Dr. Terry Coffey’s research technician when I first began work here at N.C.S.U.My favorite piece of advice for students is “Don’t make a decision before you have a decision to make”.Welco meOver the years, we’ve had lots of animals as pets and rehabilitated and released several hundred squirrels, rabbits, opossums, etc. Our current inventory includes 2 horses, 1 mule, 1 dog, 3 cats, 6 guinea hens, a heritage-breed turkey, 3 ducks, 3 rabbits, 1 homing pigeon and 9 chickens. My most recent endeavor is that I have several honey bee hives at the moment.The next several slides contain collections of some of our current and past pets and patients (The horses are my wife’s, but the mule is mine). You’ll see lots more of some of them in ANS