{"id":8777,"date":"2021-09-24T11:59:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/?post_type=contact&#038;p=8777"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:14:43","slug":"tejeda-oscar","status":"publish","type":"contact","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/contact\/tejeda-oscar\/","title":{"rendered":"Tejeda, Oscar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Tejeda has been involved in the animal industry for several years, working with beef and dairy cattle, poultry, swine, goats, and rabbits in different areas such as nutrition, reproduction, management, and disease and parasite control, among others. As an animal physiologist and nutritionist, he is interested in finding new ways to improve animal production using fewer resources.<\/p>\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 B.Sc., Animal Science, Zamorano University<br \/>\n\u2022 M.Sc., Animal Physiology, Auburn University<br \/>\n\u2022 Ph.D., Animal and Poultry Nutrition, The University of Georgia (UGA)<\/p>\n<h3>Research Interests<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Maternal nutrition and embryonic development in livestock and avian<br \/>\n\u2022 Assisted reproductive technologies in livestock<br \/>\n\u2022 Alternative feed ingredients for animal diets<br \/>\n\u2022 Disease control and management in livestock<\/p>\n<h3>Ongoing Research<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Bull sperm viability and survival using different extender media<br \/>\n\u2022 Nutritional manipulations and embryonic development in rabbits as a model for large animals<br \/>\n\u2022 Development of protocols to prevent and control Barber Pole worms (Haemonchus contortus) in meat-type goats<br \/>\n\u2022 Chicken embryo development under different environmental conditions<\/p>\n<h3>Courses Taught<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 ANSC 3013 \u2013 Livestock diseases and health<br \/>\n\u2022 ANSC 2002\/2001 \u2013 Animal nutrition I<br \/>\n\u2022 ANSC 3023 \u2013 Animal nutrition II<br \/>\n\u2022 POSC 3023 \u2013 Poultry nutrition<br \/>\n\u2022 ANSC 4003 \u2013 Advanced animal physiology<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 POSC 1003\/1001 \u2013 Introduction to poultry science\/lab<br \/>\n\u2022 ANSC 2013 \u2013 Animal anatomy and physiology<br \/>\n\u2022 ANSC 3113\/1311 \u2013 Non-ruminant animal production\/lab<br \/>\n\u2022 ANSC 4122\/4121 \u2013 Swine production\/lab<br \/>\n\u2022 ANSC 4132\/4131 \u2013 Poultry production\/lab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Tejeda has been involved in the animal industry for several years, working with beef and dairy cattle, poultry, swine, goats, and rabbits in different areas such as nutrition, reproduction, management, and disease and parasite control, among others. As an animal physiologist and nutritionist, he is interested in finding new ways to improve animal production&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/contact\/tejeda-oscar\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":415,"featured_media":11065,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"department":[65],"contact-tag":[],"building":[16356],"class_list":{"0":"post-8777","1":"contact","2":"type-contact","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"department-agriculture","8":"building-agriculture-agr","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contact\/8777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contact"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/contact"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/415"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contact\/8777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11071,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contact\/8777\/revisions\/11071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=8777"},{"taxonomy":"contact-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contact-tag?post=8777"},{"taxonomy":"building","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/building?post=8777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}