Animal Health & Welfare Projects

Post-weaning E. coli diarrhea on ontario swine farms and its relationship with the gut microbiome and pig genetics


Lead Applicant: Abdolvahab Farzan

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

The use of pecking blocks as foraging enrichment for improvement of feather condition in enriched colonies


Lead Applicant: Tina Widowski

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: Ontario Poultry Research Centre at the Arkell Research Station

Case-based peer learning to support Ontario dairy producers and improve dairy cattle welfare


Lead Applicant: David Kelton

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare Projects

Program Type: Knowledge Translation and Transfer- Mobilization

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Can we predict between-species spillover transmission of influenza viruses on the basis of their genetics?


Lead Applicant: Zvonimir Poljak

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Mitigation strategies for disruption of swine production in Ontario due to possible outbreaks of contagious diseases


Lead Applicant: Zvonimir Poljak

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Exploring a non-antibiotic alternative to improve calf health, growth, and welfare


Lead Applicant: Trevor DeVries

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Improving welfare and adding value to cull dairy cows through feedlot management


Lead Applicant: Todd Duffield

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Dairy Research Centre- Elora

Manipulation of the gut microbiome for control of necrotic enteritis in chickens


Lead Applicant: Shayan Sharif

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ponsonby General Animal Facility

Development of vaccines against necrotic enteritis in chickens


Lead Applicant: Shayan Sharif

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ponsonby General Animal Facility

Investigating stillbirth and neonatal mortality in pigs


Lead Applicant: Robert Friendship

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Arkell Swine Research Facility