On campus facilities for the Department of Animal and Avian Sciences and the nearby Gudelsky Veterinary Center housing the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Maryland-Virginia Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, have extensive facilities consisting of faculty research laboratories, animal holding area, campus farm, aquaculture facility and the outlying research farms. Additionally, the department maintains two computer laboratories with 30 workstations in the teaching laboratory, and a smaller laboratory exclusively for the use of graduate students on a 24 hour basis. The research laboratories comprise nearly 28,000 square feet for bench work, averaging over 1000 square feet per faculty member. Over 2800 square feet of cold room and 2000 square feet of freezer rooms are integral components of the research laboratories. The laboratories are fully equipped with state-of-the-art modern instrumentation and equipment for the entire range of research carried out by the faculty, e.g. research in biochemistry, cell-molecular biology, physiology, nutrition, behavior, virology, immunology, microbial pathogenesis etc. Individual laboratories are fully self-standing units, yet there is free exchange between laboratories having shared and collaborative interests. All the laboratories and offices are networked to the campus server for direct Internet access. Nearly 15,000 square feet of space is dedicated for animal holding in the Animal Wing of the Animal Sciences Center. This facility is capable of handling all kinds of animals such as different kinds of rodent, avian, fish for aquaculture and large animals for research in separate rooms. A new aquaculture facility, adjoining Gudelsky Center, will soon be operational for research. The Animal Wing is under the care of staff and is supervised by a professional veterinarian. The department maintains a state-of-the-art confocal microscope. Other facilities, such as the Electron Microscopy Unit, DNA Sequencing Laboratory etc., are available to the faculty and students as part of the Central Core Facilities on the campus. The following are off Campus Research Facilities:

1. University of Maryland/USDA-Beltsville Animal Biotechnology Facility A new 11,000 square foot cooperative facility for research in animal biotechnology was recently established at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. It includes laboratories specifically designed for research in cloning and transgenic biology. It has its own self-standing laboratories and animal facilities for rodents and avian. ANSC faculty engaged in nuclear cloning, stem cell and transgenic biotechnology would use this facility to investigate genes of significance for the growth, development and physiology of domestic animals.
2. Central Maryland Research and Education Center, Clarksville, MD This 925-acre dairy research center, located ~25 miles from the campus, houses 200 head of Holstein dairy cattle including 110 milking cows and 90 head of young stock. ANSC faculty engaged in nutrition, reproduction, physiology, herd health, behavior and management research, conduct their experiments at this facility.
3. Applied Poultry Research Laboratory, Upper Marlboro, MD This 202-acre facility is located approximately 20 miles from the campus. It is used for conducting research in nutrition, physiology and behavior. There is another Poultry Behavior Research facility on the campus farm adjoining the Animal Sciences Center.
4. Wye Beef Cattle Research Center This 450-acre facility is located on Maryland's Eastern Shore near Queenstown. It has 250 Registered Beef Angus Cows plus young stock and bulls which are direct descendents of Wye Angus herd. The facility is used to support research associated with beef cow-calf management, pasture management and growth physiology.