Animal Sciences

Introduction

Education and research in veterinary and other animal sciences covering a diversity of animals from domestic and laboratory animals to wildlife with the aim of creating vibrant communities in which humans and animals coexist, and developing efficient livestock industries that pay attention to human-animal relationships, environmental issues, and other concerns

Research Projects

• Nutrient Metabolism in Ruminant
• Animal Reproductive Physiology and Endocrinology; Animal Reproductive Technology
• Nutrients as metabolism regulating factors, Animal feeds processed from food by-products
• Application of Chimeras for the production of useful animals
• Study of Super Early Pregnancy Factor, Study of Primordial germ cells, Study of Wild animals
• Physiological and Functional Aspects of Digestion and Metabolism in Ruminants
• Study of animal behavior for wildlife management
• Muscle information analysis by nondestructive methods
• Study of epigenetic systems in early embryos, Animal Reproductive Biotechnology
• Investigation of Species Differences in Drug-induced Target Toxicities
• Diagnostic and therapeutic study of animal renal disease, Therapeutic study of feline AIDS
• Placental function in Ruminant, Analysis of bovine gene expression
• Pathology of bovine leukosis and other virus-induced tumors
• Contolled reproductive disorder in cattle, Thriogenology
• Molecular biology of bacterial exotoxins
• Study on parasites
• Physiology and morphology of nervous system
• Phylogenetic studies on the olfactory system in vertebrates
• Studies on trophoblast differentiation, endometrial function and placental angiogenesis in cow.
• Biochemical studies on the regulation of homeostasis
• Studies on the development of vertebrate olfactory organs
• Chemical Hygiene on Environmental Pollutants
• Reproductive disorders in the cow, Large Animal Theriogenology
• Clinical Biochemistry and Dietetics in Ruminant
• Control technology of animal breeding, In vitro bovine embryo production

Academic Staff

Name Position	Research field Keywords	Profile
FURUHAMA， Kazuhisa Professor	Veterinary pharmacology and toxicology species difference, target toxicity, clinicopathology, drug disposition
HASHIZUME， Kazuyoshi Professor	Veterinasy Physiology bovine, placenta, genes, cell differentiation
HASHIZUME， Tsutomu Professor	Animal Reproduction, Reproductive Endocrinology pituitary hormones, hypothalamic hormones, endocrinology
ITAGAKI， Tadashi Professor	Parasitology parasites
IZAIKE， Yoshiaki Professor	Theriogenology reproductive efficency, fertility, infertility, breeding disorder
KITA， Kazumi Professor	Animal Nutrition, Biochemistry protein synthesis, poultry nutrition, amino-carbonyl reaction, IGF-I
OMOE， Katsuhiko Professor	Food safety science, Bacteriology food poisoning, foodborne infectious diseases, bacterial exotoxin
SANO， Hiroaki Professor	Animal nutrition and physiology protein synthesis, glucose metabolism, plant biomass, bioactive compound, ruminant
SATO， Reeko Professor	Veterinary internal medicine, Veterinary clinical immunology renal disease, kidney, NAG, FIV, Feline AIDS, lactoferrin, neutrophil
TAKAHASHI， Jutaro Professor	Laboratory Animal Science Chimera, Rat, Mice, Animal models for human diseases, heterosis, Experimental Animals
TANIGUCHI， Kazuyuki Professor	Veterinary anatomy systematic anatomy, topographycal anatomy, comparative anatomy
YAMAMOTO， Yoshio Professor	Histology, Cell biology sensory organs, nervous system, respiration
DEGUCHI， Yoshitaka Associate professor	Applied animal behaviour science wildlife management, captive animals, zoo, animal welfare
KIZAKI， Keiichiro Associate professor	Physiology and Biochemistry Trophoblast, Extracellular Matrix, Angiogenic factor
MATSUBARA， Kazuei Associate professor	Animal breeding and reproduction, Zoo and Wildlife Medicine Super-Early Pregnancy Factor, Primordial germ cells, Wild Animals
MURAMOTO， Takayuki Associate professor	Animal resources utilization, Meat science meat color stability, nondestructive analysis, wildlife
NAKAMUTA， Nobuaki Associate professor	Veterinary Anatomy neuron, olfactory system, apoptosis, development
ODA， Shinichi Associate professor	Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Feed functionality ruminants, antioxidative ability, antioxidative vitamines, cytokine, phagocytosis,
OKADA， Keiji Associate professor	Production medicine and herd health management Metabolic profile test, Cow comfort and foot care, Animal health and welfare, Clinical biochemistry
OSAWA， Takeshi Associate professor	Large animal theriogenology estrous synchronization, pregnancy loss, uterine diseases
SATO， Itaru Associate professor	Chemical Hygiene, Health Physics Environmental Pollutant, Radiation
YAMADA， Misuzu Associate professor	Basic veterinary science, Animal biochemistry and endocrinology homeostasis, hypoxia, cytokine
HIRATA， Toh-Ichi Assistant professor	Animal Reproduction Control technology of animal breeding, In vitro bovine embryo production
SAWAI， Ken Assistant professor	Animal Reproduction, Developmental Biology oocyte, embryo, fetus, implantation, nuclear transfer, in vitro fertilization, epigenetics