Animal Health & Welfare Projects

How does asthma (heaves) develop and progress in horses?

Lead Applicant: Dorothee Bienzle

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Arkell Equine Research Facility

Research Summary: Continuing to explore how asthma develops and progresses in horses.

 

Wing use and disuse hypothesis: the missing link to understand keel bone damage in adult laying hens

Lead Applicant: Alexandra Harlander

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

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

Research Summary: Investigating the effects of wing use and movement on keel bone damage, a common health issue in laying hens.

 

Streptococcus suis infection and nursery diet in pigs

Lead Applicant: Abdolvahab Farzan

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Arkell Swine Research Facility

Research Summary: Developing an infection model for Streptococcus suis in nursery pigs and investigating the effects of low complexity nursery diet on Streptococcus suis infection in pigs.

 

Improving the care and management of down dairy cows through developing evidence-based best management practices

Lead Applicant: Charlotte Winder

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Dairy Research Centre- Elora

Research Summary: Identifying factors related to the recovery and management of down cattle (cows that are unable to stand up).

 

The impact of oral antimicrobial use in calves

Lead Applicant: Michael Steele

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Exploring how common feeding strategies for calves affect gastrointestinal tract function and development, and how they influence health and antimicrobial resistance.

 

Describing and characterizing neonatal dairy calf mortality in Ontario

Lead Applicant: David Renaud

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Exploring dairy calf mortality to inform and assist veterinarian diagnoses.

 

Characterization and validation of a potential probiotic with novel desired traits for animal application

Lead Applicant: Julang Li

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Arkell Swine Research Facility & Ontario Poultry Research Centre at the Arkell Research Station

Research Summary: Characterizing the novel Bascillus subtilis bacteria at the cell and animal levels for potential use in animal feed.

 

Development, implementation and evaluation of a bulk tank milk surveillance program for infectious and emerging diseases on Ontario dairy farms

Lead Applicant: David Kelton

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Establishing routine testing of bulk tank milk as part of an active surveillance system for common and emerging dairy cow diseases.

 

Pain control using various dosing regimens of meloxicam for band castration of newborn bull calves

Lead Applicant: Jessica Gordon

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Beef Research Centre - Elora  

Research Summary: Examining the effects of an oral pain reliever after band castration of newborn bull calves.

 

Ambient Alkaline Hydrolysis: a biosecure swine mortality and processed hide management tool

Lead Applicant: Brandon Gilroyed

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Investigating ambient alkaline hydrolysis, a process that uses alkaline solutions, for swine mortality management.