Animal Science: Principles of Production, Management, and Selection  introduces students to the important scientific and applied concepts within the global and domestic animal industries. Serving as an in-depth and hands-on resource for animal science courses, it begins by covering the basics of animal science, including careers, anatomy and physiology, animal health and nutrition, genetics, reproduction, scientific methods, products, and by-products, as well as current issues facing animal scientists. It proceeds with animal-specific sections on beef cattle, swine, sheep, goats, dairy cattle, equine, poultry, and companion animals, each with chapters covering the industry, production, management and care, selection and evaluation, and classification and breeds. Written by an outstanding team of authors who are all current educators with a long history in the animal science industry, this text is up-to-date, well-organized, and extremely image rich with modern, high-quality photos and diagrams. Special features include Before You Read, Did You Know?, Hands-On Animal Science, Safety Notes, Ag Ed Connections, Career Connections, and STEM Connections. It will also serve as a resource and learning tool for programs that don't have a school farm. Dr. John Rayfield is a Professor and serves as the program coordinator for Agricultural Education in the Department of Agricultural Education and Communications at Texas Tech University. Dr. Rayfield earned his bachelor’s degree in agricultural education from Auburn University, his master’s degree in agricultural extension from the University of Georgia, and his doctorate of education in agricultural education from Texas Tech University. In 2001, his school’s FFA chapter was recognized as the Outstanding Middle School Program in the nation by National FFA. Dr. Rayfield has been recognized at many levels for his teaching, research and service to agricultural education. He is a Texas Tech Integrated Scholar, Auburn University College of Education Outstanding Alumni, two time Journal of Agricultural Education Author of the Year and a Fellow in the American Association for Agricultural Education. Dr. Rayfield is actively involved in livestock showing and judging. He has served as superintendent for the National 4-H and National FFA Livestock Judging Contests and has judged junior and open livestock shows across the United States. Dr. Kasee Smith  is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Education, Leadership, and Communications at the University of Idaho, where she instructs undergraduate and graduate level courses related to training secondary high school agricultural educators and connecting people to agriculture. Dr. Smith earned her bachelor’s degree in agricultural education at Utah State University in 2002 and taught high school agriculture for 11 years. Dr. Smith’s high school program was focused on the integration of all portions of the three-component model of agricultural education. Her program, which was recognized as a National FFA Model of Innovation chapter, produced numerous CDE, LDE, and Proficiency winners. Dr. Smith was recognized as the Region I Ideas Unlimited winner and Teacher Turn the Key Winner through the National Association of Agricultural Education, and served as an officer within the Utah Association of Agricultural Educators. Dr. Smith served on the Utah State Department of Education Instructional Materials Review Committee, was recognized as an outstanding teacher, and completed numerous curriculum development projects for agricultural education classes. Dr. Smith completed her PhD at Texas A&M University in 2016 and began working at the University of Idaho. Since that time, she has been preparing agricultural educators in the Pacific Northwest and has a small flock of club lambs and an equine operation in Northern Idaho.   Dr. Jeremy Falk teaches high school agriculture in Ohio where he also raises sheep for show and production. As a teacher, he strives to incorporate the total program model for every student and develop career-ready skills. Dr. Falk has also served as an Associate Professor at University of Idaho in Agricultural Education to help prepare future teachers. His research focuses on community support, communications, and teacher behaviors. While in Idaho, Dr. Falk worked with the university sheep center to raise registered Suffolk that brought value as terminal sires and productive females. Dr. Falk earned his bachelor’s, master’s and PhD at The Ohio State University.   Kattlyn Wolf is a Professor of Agricultural Education at the University of Idaho. She earned bachelor’s degrees in Vocational Agriculture and Animal Science from the University of Wyoming, her MS in Agricultural Education from the University of Arizona and her PhD from Ohio State University. She was a member of the Collegiate Meat Judging Team, Sigma Alpha, Alpha Tau Alpha, Block and Bridle and Collegiate FFA and was one of two College