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These projects highlight the advancements that are improving animal health, on-farm productivity, and sustainability. The innovations shared here are delivering solutions that support more efficient and resilient livestock systems, helping build the future success of Alberta farming.

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OFCAF Intake to Pause May 15:

Showcase Project Spotlight: Livestock

Optimization trials to improve efficacy and safety of two novel Varroacides

Influence of diet, stock, and chemotherapeutics on Lotmaria passim infections in honey bees

Assessment of the population structure of E. coli O157 from cattle and associated food safety risks

Feed and water quality strategies to replace high zinc nursery pig diets

Combining omic technology and grassland management to enhance soil carbon sequestration and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

An alternative: Streptococcus zooepidemicus vaccine to reduce antimicrobial usage and mortality

Base funding to ARAs - A case study from Foothills Forage and Grazing Association

Investigating three pad materials with oxalic acid and glycerin for Varroa mite control

Developing an antimicrobial resistance surveillance program for bulk tank milk

Development of a rapid pen-side molecular test and the investigation of Ivermectin drug resistance in cattle lice

Expanding opportunities for Western Canadian faba bean (Vicia faba) as a feedstuff for broiler chickens and laying hens and mineral composition of Alberta pasture grass over the grazing period

Metabolic modeling to create competitive exclusion communities that control poultry pathogens and antimicrobial resistance

Development of a mucosal vaccine against the bovine respiratory pathogen Mannheimia haemolytica

Designing omics-informed vaccines and live tests for chronic wasting disease management

A targeted and AI-driven approach to the discovery of new anthelmintic drugs

Engineering Next-Generation Phages to Protect Dairy Calves from Johne’s Disease

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