Clear Language Summaries: Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Clear language summaries, also called Research Snapshots, help to identify the important aspects of the research and who you can contact for more information. The format was developed and validated by York University.

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Title of Summary	Researcher	Link to Summary
Chickens given interferon-? along with HVT vaccine have more protection against very virulent Marek’s disease	Shayan Sharif	Read Summary
New method of growing tree clones may help scientists in conservation efforts	J. Alan Sullivan	Read Summary
New reporting guidelines for randomized controlled trial (RCT) studies in livestock	Annette O'Connor	Read Summary
The effects of plant age and flower bud removal on ginseng leaf characteristics	John Proctor	Read Summary
Although Campylobacter are common in Ontario sheep, few strains were resistant to important human antibiotics	Paula Menzies	Read Summary
While Ontario sheep receive fewer antimicrobials than other livestock, off-label drug use is common	Olaf Berke	Read Summary
Optimum seeding depth for seedling emergence and root growth in North American Ginseng	John Proctor	Read Summary
How to treat mastitis infections in milk-producing sheep and goats	Paula Menzies	Read Summary
Purple and red potato varieties are higher in antioxidants than yellow or white varieties	Mary Ruth McDonald	Read Summary
Community-produced videos allow communities to directly “speak” to, and influence, government decision-makers	George Ferreira	Read Summary
Holstein bull fertility linked to more copies of a testis-specific protein in the genome	W. Allan King	Read Summary
Spray-on-mulch helps apple trees grow and prevents weeds	John Cline	Read Summary
Health knowledge of consumers can influence the choice of sweeteners used by food manufacturers	Getu Hailu	Read Summary
Risk assessment-based control program leads to slightly lower prevalence of Johne's disease in dairy cows	Kerry Lissemore	Read Summary
Studying Actinobacillus suis infections in mice may improve understanding of this infection in pigs	Janet MacInnes	Read Summary
Cheaper and more efficient method of testing grains for multiple fungal toxins simultaneously	Perry Martos	Read Summary
Native Southern Ontario wasps are only mildly effective at controlling Tarnished plant bug populations	Simon Lachance	Read Summary
Combination drug therapy offers an effective means of treating bovine respiratory disease	Joanne Hewson	Read Summary
Tilling fields may reduce the diversity and resilience of helpful soil fungi communities	Michael Goss	Read Summary
Effect of Ontario's Greenbelt on land values depends on distance from urban areas	B. James Deaton	Read Summary
Community interaction may be more important than local food for Ontario's Farmer's Market consumers	John Smithers	Read Summary
Plum varieties with deficiencies in the plant hormone gibberellin may make good dwarf rootstocks	Jayasankar Subramanian	Read Summary
Antioxidants like vitamin C and E help counteract insulin resistance caused by excess glucocorticoids	David Wright	Read Summary
Measuring the air pollution that chicken facilities produce	Bill Van Heyst	Read Summary
The effectiveness of different wash processing methods on spinach and lettuce	Keith Warriner	Read Summary
Developing a mathematical tool to predict the pollution a broiler chicken facility will emit	Bill Van Heyst	Read Summary
Proteins involved in gene regulation help peaches fight bacterial spot disease	Gopi Paliyath	Read Summary
The impact of regulatory announcements on the financial performance of Canadian food manufacturers	Brandon Schaufele	Read Summary
Simple and low-cost methods for the long-term preservation of Agaricus brasiliensis fungi	Danny Lee Rinker	Read Summary
Corn's wild ancestors may have passed down beneficial bacterial species through seeds	Manish Raizada	Read Summary
New antibodies may help treat "shipping fever" in cattle	Azad Kaushik	Read Summary
Despite high viral counts, fowl adenovirus type-8 did not cause disease in infected chickens	Éva Nagy	Read Summary
Understanding variability in farm incomes can lead to more effective safety net programs	Ken McEwan	Read Summary
Airway protein may help identify cattle at risk of developing pneumonia	Jeff Caswell	Read Summary
Growing ryegrass in soil samples can be a useful measure of soil nitrogen availability	Ralph Martin	Read Summary
A thorough analysis of mastitis and lost milk production in dairy cows	David Kelton	Read Summary
A new method for accurately measuring the amount of inulin in dairy products	Arthur Hill	Read Summary
Soybean expansion in Ontario linked to better varieties and good economic returns	David Hume	Read Summary
In Canada, new apple rootstocks outperform the industry standard and produce more fruit	John Cline	Read Summary
Cattails in constructed wetlands can play a role in the removal of excess nutrients from agricultural wastewater	Anna Crolla	Read Summary
Peaches grow in Ontario outside of the Niagara Region	John Cline	Read Summary
Universities need to support and encourage faculty and staff to lead environmental sustainability projects	Josef Ackerman	Read Summary
Healthy humans are host to diverse communities of microbial organisms	Emma Allen-Vercoe	Read Summary
Early weaning affects gut development in piglets and increases he chance of intestinal diseases	Ming Fan	Read Summary
Farmers should choose pesticides that kill soybean aphids but spare their natural insect enemies	Rebecca Hallett	Read Summary
Men and older adults less likely to use specific foods to improve health	John Cranfield	Read Summary
The "Handedness" of a Molecule Influences the Crystal Structure and Properties of Some Solid Fats	Robert Lencki	Read Summary
A New Method for Accurately Measuring the Amount of Insulin in Dairy Products	Arthur Hill	Read Summary
Injected Prostaglandins Have Different Effects on Early Horse Embryo Development Depending on Embryo Age	Keith Betteridge	Read Summary
Farmers Should Choose Pesticides That Kill Soybean Aphids But Spare Their Natural Insect Enemies	Rebecca Hallett	Read Summary
Plants can regulate protein production in response to harvesting: implications for genetic modification	Larry Erickson	Read Summary
Early weaning affects gut development in piglets and increases the chance of intestinal diseases	Ming Fan	Read Summary
Proteins involved in gene regulation help peaches fight bacterial spot disease	Gopi Paliyath	Read Summary
Plum varieties with deficiencies in the plant hormone gibberllin may make good dwarf rootstocks	Jayasankar Subramanian	Read Summary
Early horse embryos produce estrogen sex hormones, which may encourage development	James Raeside	Read Summary
Measuring and Predicting Chloride Leaching in Soil Using Numerical Models	Gary Parkin	Read Summary
Fluorescent probes act differently with different lipids and other probes	Frances Sharom	Read Summary
Growing ryegrass in soil samples can be a useful measure of soil nitrogen availability	Ralph Martin	Read Summary
Quality and Success of Embryo Transfer in Dairy Cows Fed Whole Flax Seed	Paul Sharpe	Read Summary
Weather Affects Water Quality and Health in Northern Communities	Scott McEwen	Read Summary
Participatory Guarantee Systems: A Certification Idea for Small Organic Farmers	Eric Nelson	Read Summary
The Effectiveness of Different Wash Processing Methods on Spinach and Lettuce	Keith Warriner	Read Summary
Understanding Why the Treatment of Cattle Pnuemonia is Failing	Jeff Caswell	Read Summary
Gut Bacteria Linked to Inflammatory Bowel Disease	Emma Allen-Vercoe	Read Summary
Holstein Dairy Cows: Total Mixed Rations and Sorting of Feed	Trevor Devries	Read Summary
Red or White Wheat for Bread and Cracker Products	Lisa Duizer	Read Summary
Farm Management Practices Connected with Cryptosporidium parvum Occurrence in Southern Ontario Dairy	Andrew Peregrine	Read Summary
Too Much Fertilizer? Machine-Harvested Cucumbers in Southwestern Ontario	Laura Van Eerd	Read Summary
Nitrogen Fertilizer Rates for Processing Butternut Squash in Ontario	Laura Van Eerd	Read Summary
Do Pollution Havens Exist in North America?	Alfons Weersink	Read Summary
Why are Ontarions still not Eating Enough Vegetables?	Sunghawan Yi	Read Summary
Using dietary thyroxine to induce molting in turkey hens	Gregoy Bedecarrats	Read Summary
Chemical activators induce defense mechanism against a fungus in N. benthamiana plants	Paul Goodwin	Read Summary
Mexican women who work as migrant farmworkers in Canada endure difficult living and working conditions to provide opportunities for their children back home	Kerry Preibisch	Read Summary
Practicing veterinarians can play a role in determining new diseases in pigs	Robert Friendship	Read Summary
The Performance of specific membranes in membrane bioreactors	S Chang	Read Summary
Soy protein lowers 'bad' cholesterol in adults with type 2 diabetes	Alison Duncan	Read Summary
Do adults with type 2 diabetes eat soy and understand the potential health benefits?	Alison Duncan	Read Summary
Determining the structure of a rhodopsin protein	Vladimir Ladizhansky	Read Summary
Starch biosynthesis in developing seeds	Ian Tetlow	Read Summary
Dietary Compounds to Control Odour Produced From Pork Fat in Boars	EJ Squires	Read Summary
The role of Pho1 enzyme in starch synthesis in wheat	Michael Emes	Read Summary
Design of helical heat exchangers affects liquid food processing	Timothy Rennie	Read Summary
Dairy cows and Infection: Does Standing After Milking Help?	Trevor DeVries	Read Summary
New DNA Barcoding Method Contributes to Identifying Chicken Parasites	John Barta	Read Summary
Can naturally occurring toxins in chicken feed affect a bird's immune system?	George Girgis	Read Summary
The effectiveness of different wash processing methods on spinach and lettuce	MJ Barrera	Read Summary
Weeds, sweet corn, and economics after cover crops	Laura Van Eerd	Read Summary
Timing, effect, and recovery from competition in corn development	Clarence Swanton	Read Summary
In vitro testing for the effectiveness of dietary compounds to bind odour produced from pork fat in boars	EJ Squires	Read Summary
Community interaction may be more important than local food for Ontario's Farmer's Market consumers	John Smithers	Read Summary
Improving plant growth through increasing nitrogen-use efficiency	Steven Rothstein	Read Summary
Improving meat quality with vitamins E and C	Peter Purslow	Read Summary
Chicken viruses have the potential to be used to deliver vaccines	Eva Nagy	Read Summary
How does income affect a country's imports of agrifood?	Karl Meilke	Read Summary
Growing factors in vineyards impact sensory profiles of Riesling wines	Isabelle Lesschaeve	Read Summary
Improved methods for pork production	Kees de Lange	Read Summary
Is progesterone responsible for follicular development in ewes?	Pawel Bartlewski	Read Summary