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Steven D. Lukefahr
Regents Professor
Department of Animal & Wildlife Sciences
Campus Box 228
Texas A&M University
Kingsville, TX 78363
Phone: (361)593-3699, Fax: (361)593-3788
E-Mail: s-lukefahr@tamuk.edu
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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.
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Courses Taught by Dr. Lukefahr:
Teaching
Schedule for Spring Semester of 2008
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