Animal Health & Welfare Projects

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

Efficacy of novel nano-acaricide formulations and treatment frequency for the control of the mite Varroa destructor in honey bee colonies

Lead Applicant: Ernesto Gusman

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: NA

Development and testing of a robust and adaptable vaccine platform against highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses

Lead Applicant: Shayan Sharif

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Enhancing the resilience of the pork industry: A genome wide screen for key cellular factors in African swine fever virus entry and their potential applications

Lead Applicant: Ray Lu

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Using wearable sensors and molecular markers for health risk assessment and targeted preventive practices in transition cow management

Lead Applicant: Eduardo De Souza Ribeiro

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

The use of a new strategy to reduce pain during the tail docking of lambs

Lead Applicant: Tracy Burnett

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA