Facilities

 The Animal Sciences Laboratory Building (ASLB) houses general teaching and research laboratories, along with faculty, staff, and graduate student offices.

The Ensminger Beef Center provides support for Animal Sciences courses and courses based out of other WSU departments including the Veterinary School and Crop and Soil Sciences.

Ryan Goodman
Beef Operations Manager

Ryan Goodman
Beef Operations Manager
📞 (509) 335-2280
✉️ AnSci.BeefOps@wsu.edu
🌐 Beef Operations Website

The Cattle Feeding Lab is a cattle feedyard that supports research, Extension, and teaching goals.

Ryan Goodman
Beef Operations Manager

📞 (509) 335-3777
✉️ AnSci.BeefOps@wsu.edu
🌐 Beef Operations Website

Clark Hall is home to the Department of Animal Sciences main office, faculty and staff offices, and three university classrooms.

Leila Styer
Assistant to Dept Chair
📞 (509) 335-5523

WSU’s Knott Dairy is a fully operating dairy that supports teaching, providing the milk used to make Cougar Gold Cheese and Ferdinand’s ice cream. In total, the dairy manages around 350 animals, including 180 lactating cows, dry cows, and developing heifers.

Alika Robinson
Dairy Manager

📞 (509) 335-1338
✉️ AnSci.KDC@wsu.edu
🌐 Knott Dairy Website

The Farm Shop crew maintains and repairs equipment used across the department and provides custom fabrication services to support Animal Sciences operations.

Damon Burke
Farm Shop Manager
📞 (509) 335-7514

The Feed Plant mixes raw ingredients to produce a variety of specialty feeds that support livestock across the Department of Animal Sciences. These custom-blended rations are formulated for the nutritional needs of cattle, swine, and other animals housed at WSU’s research and teaching facilities.

Bill Hotchkin

📞 (509) 335-8287
✉️ Cougar.QualityFeeds@wsu.edu

The Meats Lab is a USDA-inspected facility where high quality meat products are processed and sold.

Dan Snyder

  (509) 335-4353
  dansnyder@wsu.edu

The Veterinary and Biomedical Research Building (VBR) hosts research laboratories and offices supporting biomedical sciences. It houses the laboratories of Drs. Davenport, Phelps, Du, Jiang, and Seekford, supporting a broad range of ongoing research programs within the Department of Animal Sciences.

Rebecca Morton

📞 (509) 335-6621
✉️ bmorton@wsu.edu