My passion in raising rabbits as a youth motivated me to earn a B.S. degree in Animal Science in 1978 at Texas A&I University (now Texas A&M University-Kingsville [TAMUK]). From 1979 to 1982, I had the good fortune of being associated with the Rabbit Research Center at Oregon State University where I engaged in rabbit research experiments while earning graduate degrees (M.S. and Ph.D.) in Quantitative Genetics. Since 1983, I have worked in over 20 lesser-developed countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America & the Caribbean, assisting in global  and national rabbit program efforts to alleviate poverty and hunger. From 1983 to 1985, I was employed as a rabbit specialist by Heifer International in Cameroon, West Africa. My assignment was to develop a regional rabbit program, primarily involving training of farmers in rural villages on how to raise and benefit from small-scale rabbit production. From 1985 to 1993, I directed the Rabbit Research Center at Alabama A&M University and also served as coordinator of the International Small Livestock Research Center. I have been with TAMUK since 1994, which is the only state institution with a meat rabbit research program that conducts applied research and publishes in scientific journals. Another program activity includes graduate student training in rabbit production science. Outreach programs focus on small-scale and sustainable rabbit production systems that can be adopted by families in south Texas and throughout the developing world.

• Courses Taught by Dr. Lukefahr:

   Teaching Schedule for Spring Semester of 2008

• Rabbit Research Program

• World Rabbit Science Association

• Resume

• Publications List