Elora Beef Projects

Does dietary guanidinoacetic acid and rumen protected methionine supplementation improve performance, carcass yield, and meat quality traits of beef finishing steers?

Lead Applicant: Marcio Duarte

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Beef Research Centre - Elora

Optimization of crossbred (beef on dairy) calf performance, health, and welfare

Lead Applicant: Michael Steele

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Beef Research Centre – Elora

Effects of pasture management strategies on carbon sequestration, soil health, and forage productivity for optimizing cow-calf performance using sustainable production practices

Lead Applicant: Ira Mandell

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Beef Research Centres - Elora and New Liskeard

Evaluating economic and environmental outcomes of N fertility management and incorporating supplementary annual forages in a cool-season perennial pasture operation.

Lead Applicant: Kim Schneider

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Beef Research Centre - Elora

The impact of biochar supplementation on enteric methane emissions and the relationships between methane and feed efficiency in beef cows

Lead Applicant: Katie Wood

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Beef Research Centre - Elora

Research Summary: Improving the understanding of feed efficiency and methane emission measures in beef cattle and investigating whether a form of activated charcoal (biochar) can help to improve methane emissions in Ontario beef herds.

 

Depletion of Dexamethasone in cattle: Food safety study in dairy and beef cattle

Lead Applicant: Ron Johnson

Research Priority: Food Safety

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

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

Research Summary: Determining the length of time a Health-Canada-approved drug for dairy and beef cattle remains in their systems.

 

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.

 

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.