College of the Sequoias Tulare College Center has been open since 2013. The Tulare Campus is known for its Agriculture and Animal Science programs. In these courses, students learn through hands on experience, such as assisting in the birthing process of beef cattle. Quite recently, the campus welcomed seven new calves into the world. According to Professor Russell McKeith, an Animal Science Instructor at the Tulare Campus, the procedure is primarily led by student herdsmen with oversight from instructors.

Like a human pregnancy, a typical pregnancy for a heifer lasts roughly nine months. Student herdsman are trained on the Tulare Campus to assist during delivery. Although cows typically do not require assistance during the birthing process, there are rare occasions where a professional veterinarian must be contacted in the case of complications. Professor McKeith stated, “if there’s complications you would notice and then if we needed to, we would intervene or call the veterinarian to help, but those instances are far and few between, here at COS” (McKeith). 

The campus is home to many cows. Seventeen to be exact, with more calves expected. Only one dairy cow currently lives on campus, while the rest are beef cattle. A dairy cow is kept on the Tulare Campus for observation purposes due to a fistular hole in its stomach. According to Professor McKeith, the Tulare Campus has been housing cattle since its conception. Professor McKeith states that “Since it’s opened, I know, I started here in 2014 and there were like five Angus cows, now we have Short horned cows, it’s been part of the Animal Science Curriculum since probably the nineteen fifties or sixties I would think . . .”

College of the Sequoias Tulare College Center is a great campus to attend for its focus on Agriculture and Animal Science. More importunately it is a lovely place to raise cattle and crops. For more information on the program, visit the COS Animal Science academics page at:

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