Animal Health & Welfare Projects

Examination of Refinement of On-Farm Euthanasia in Nursery Pigs: Impacts on Welfare and Producer Experience

Lead Applicant: Terri O'Sullivan

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2026/2027

Research Centre: Ontario Swine Research Centre

Monitoring and Modulating Inflammation in Dairy Cows Around Calving

Lead Applicant: Stephen LeBlanc

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2026/2027

Research Centre: Ontario Dairy Research Centre

Strengthening Early Life Survival of Lake Whitefish for Indigenous Food Systems Under Warming and Nutritional Stress

Lead Applicant: Joanna Bernhardt

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2026/2027

Research Centre: Ontario Aquaculture Research Centre

Supporting Growth of Ontario’s Dairy Goat Industry Through Better Understanding of Extended Lactations and Udder Health

Lead Applicant: Charlotte Winder

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2026/2027

Research Centre: N/A

Uncovering Hidden Drivers of Sow Removal with Advanced Epidemiological Methods

Lead Applicant: Anne Deckert

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2026/2027

Research Centre: N/A

Dairy cattle housing modernization initiative

Lead Applicant: Derek Haley

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Knowledge Translation and Transfer – Mobilization

Funding Cycle: 2025

Research Centre: NA

Calving model kit for educating producers around best calving management practices

Lead Applicant: Todd Duffield

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Knowledge Translation and Transfer – Mobilization

Funding Cycle: 2025

Research Centre: NA

Turning insight into action: Roadmap to implement agri-food pathogen preparedness

Lead Applicant: Zvonimir Poljak

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Knowledge Translation and Transfer – Mobilization

Funding Cycle: 2025

Research Centre: NA

Bringing science to the stable: Exploring how research informs practice among horse owners

Lead Applicant: Kelsey Spence

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Knowledge Translation and Transfer – Research

Funding Cycle: 2025

Research Centre: NA

Farm-level trends in the quantity and duration of antimicrobial use and associations with health status, reasons for use, and farm demographics in grower-finisher pigs, 2009-2024.

Lead Applicant: Anne Deckert

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: NA