Animal Science Roundup is a three-day immersive program for youth grades 8-12 that have an interest in one of the following areas: beef cattle, dairy cattle, dogs, horse, poultry, sheep, or swine. Youth spend time on the Iowa State University research and teaching farms working with animals learning about health, nutrition, behavior, genetics, and reproduction.
This year there were 108 students that participated and they began the event with a program in the meat lab where they learned about the science of meat, how ground meat is processed, different types of ground meat and factors that drive consumption.
Tuesday ended with a series of workshops on antimicrobial resistance where youth learned about the following: