Animal Health & Welfare Projects

Investigation of alternative control measures for post-weaning E. coli diarrhea in pigs

Lead Applicant: Robert Friendship

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Arkell Swine Research Facility

Research Summary: Assessing vaccines, probiotics and proteobiotics as alternative approaches to manage E. coli in post-weaning pigs.

 

Herd level transition cow management and cow level genetic markers for determining ketosis risk in lactating dairy cattle

Lead Applicant: Todd Duffield

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Investigating genetic markers for prevention and treatment of ketosis, an imbalance of energy use and intake, in dairy cattle.

 

Understanding how bovine respiratory disease risk factors promote development of pneumonia as a strategy to develop novel methods to prevent disease

Lead Applicant: Jeff Caswell

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Dairy Research Centre- Elora,  Ontario Beef Research Centre- Elora

Research Summary: Evaluating how risk factors for bovine respiratory disease promote inflammation within the respiratory tract.

 

Airflow patterns and animal welfare in pigs transported at different space allowances in an actively ventilated vehicle in summer and winter

Lead Applicant: Renee Bergeron

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Investigating the interactive effects of space allowance, airflow patterns, and pig welfare on an actively ventilated pig transportation vehicle.

 

Penicillin depletion study in dairy sheep: Determining milk withholding time for an on-label claim

Lead Applicant: Cathy Bauman

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Determining the length of time a Health-Canada-approved drug for dairy sheep remains in their system.

 

Identifying the Eimeria species causing coccidiosis in young sheep and goats: On-farm epidemiology and anticoccidial sensitivity

Lead Applicant: John Barta

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Summary: Investigating patterns of a highly detrimental disease, Coccidiosis (Eimeria species), in the Ontario sheep and goat industries.