There are three research programs carried out at the Department of Animal Science:

P4-0022 Agro-food and Natural Resources Economics (leader Prof. Dr. Emil Erjavec)

P4-0097 Nutrition and microbial ecology of gastrointestinal tract (leader Res. Couns. Dr. Bojana Bogovič Matijašić)

P4-0220 Primerjalna genomika in genomska biodiverziteta (leader Prof. Dr. Peter Dovč)