Animal Health & Welfare Projects

Development of vaccines against necrotic enteritis in chickens


Lead Applicant: Shayan Sharif

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ponsonby General Animal Facility

Investigating stillbirth and neonatal mortality in pigs


Lead Applicant: Robert Friendship

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Arkell Swine Research Facility

Evaluation of environmental and cow health and welfare benefits of compost bedded pack housing systems


Lead Applicant: Renee Bergeron

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Biodegradable plastic truck liners for Ontario deadstock disposal


Lead Applicant: Manjusri Misra

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

SARS-CoV-2 in mink: development of a vaccine and serological testing


Lead Applicant: Leonardo Susta

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Transmission pathways of aquatic bird bornavirus for poultry species


Lead Applicant: Leonardo Susta

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ponsonby General Animal Facility

Maternal and perinatal dietary supplementation with enzymatically hydrolyzed yeast cell wall: immunocompetence and growth performance of piglets and broiler chicks


Lead Applicant: Elijah Kiarie

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Arkell Swine Research Facility & Ontario Poultry Research Centre at the Arkell Research Station

Exploring nutritional and non-antimicrobial methods to improve male dairy calf success through transportation


Lead Applicant: David Renaud

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Exploring the prevalence and identifying risk factors associated with Salmonella Dublin in Ontario dairy herds


Lead Applicant: David Renaud

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Investigating milk quality on Ontario dairy goat farms


Lead Applicant: Cathy Bauman

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA