Laboratories, Research Centers, and Animal Facilities
Farms and facilities for research, teaching and extension
The Department of Dairy and Animal Science maintains an exceptional set of laboratories, farms, and other facilities for research, teaching and extension.
Laboratories and Research Centers
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Beef-Sheep Center
The Penn State Beef-Sheep Center, located on Orchard Road, houses between 300 and 500 Dorset ewes, rams, and lambs and about 200 cows, steers, and bulls. More about the Beef-Sheep Center...
Haller Farm
The 200-acre Haller Farm houses 200 head of Angus and crossbred beef cattle. About 75 percent of the Haller beef calves born each year are marketed to meat processors. Beef animals also are used for education as well as genetics, nutrition, and forage research. More about Haller Farm...
Dairy Barns
The Dairy Barns are located off of Park Avenue, directly across from Beaver Staduim. Approximately 500 animals are housed at the high quality teaching and reseach dairy facilities. More about the Dairy Barns and Standard Operating Procedures...
Deer Pens
The Penn State Deer Research Center is located in a 22 acre fenced enclosure northeast of campus off of Big Hollow Road. The current facility includes a handling facility and nine outdoor paddocks ranging in size from 0.3 to 3.5 acres. The handling facility, centrally located within the enclosure, contains 24 individual holding pens, chutes for deer restraint, an animal scale and a feed room. The facility typically maintains a herd of 150-200 captive white-tailed deer. More about the Deer Pens...
Horse Barns
Equine facilities include two horse barns with approximately 35 stalls, an indoor arena, a round pen, and paddocks and pastures. There is also a breeding shed and lab for semen collection and artificial insemination which are incorporated into the production program as well as teaching and research. Most equine facilities are located within walking distance of most major buildings on the main campus. More about the Horse Barns...
Meats Lab
The 16,000-square-foot facility is equipped for conducting livestock slaughter and meat cutting and processing in support of meats teaching, research and extension. The Meat Lab has over 1200 square feet of refrigerated space including freezers and coolers for storage and processing of carcasses, cuts and processed meat products. Separate refrigerated and frozen storage areas are available for research projects. Equipment is available to do most types of commercial meat processing including sawing, grinding, chopping, macerating, injecting, massaging, cooking/smoking and packaging operations. The Meat Lab operates as a USDA inspected meat processing facility. More about the Meats Lab...
Swine Center
The Swine Center maintains a herd of about 75 purebred Yorkshire sows. All sows are bred artificially using purebred Yorkshire semen purchased from two commercial suppliers. The offspring from these matings are used for teaching and research at Penn State. More about the Swine Center...
