Animal Health & Welfare Projects

Identifying factors associated with ewe colostrum quality and lamb health and performance, and validating an on-farm assessment method for colostrum quality in ewes

Lead Applicant: Charlotte Winder

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Exploring adoption of best management practices for health and welfare by Ontario cow-calf producers

Lead Applicant: Charlotte Winder

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Investigation of the efficacy, animal welfare, and pharmacokinetic impacts of needle-free administration of iron dextran and meloxicam compared to intramuscular injection in piglets

Lead Applicant: Terri O'Sullivan

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Swine Research Centre - Arkell

Current state of lesson horse welfare in Ontario and best practices for their management

Lead Applicant: Katrina Merkies

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Using in situ eDNA and sediment bioassays to determine the assimilative capacities of benthic invertebrate communities to aquaculture inputs

Lead Applicant: Neil Rooney

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Investigation of mucosal immunity to gastrointestinal nematodes in Ontario goats

Lead Applicant: Emma Borkowski

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Effect of housing- and management-related stressors in late gestation and early lactation on the health, welfare, and performance of Ontario dairy cattle

Lead Applicant: Trevor DeVries

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

Field trial of non-antibiotic treatment of postpartum uterine disease in dairy cows

Lead Applicant: Stephen LeBlanc

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

Impact of feeding broiler breeders hydroxychloride trace minerals on lifetime reproductivity and subsequent impact on chick quality and growth performance

Lead Applicant: Elijah Kiarie

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: Ontario Poultry Research Centre - Arkell

Evaluating the contribution of colony characteristics, indoor overwintering facilities, environmental factors and the Jerrard feeder on overwintering success in honeybee nucleus colonies

Lead Applicant: Nigel Raine

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA