Progress 02/19/15 to 02/18/20
Outputs
Target Audience:Veterinarians. Poultry, swine, and horse industries. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Support for Dr. Ravi Kulkarni, Assistant Professor at College of Veterinary Medicine in the department of Population Health and Pathobiology in the area of poultry immunology and microbiolgy with purchase of bacteriology work station Ruskinn Bugbox. His research is in the area of poultry health, disease and vaccines.
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Progress 10/01/17 to 09/30/18
Outputs
Target Audience:Production animal workers particularly those involved in swine, poultry and cattle research Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Graduate students and veterinary students have been involved in the research and particularly with the invitro fertilization work. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will look for additional opportunities to facilitate and support research
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
We funded a staff member to assist with a study to identify key factors enabling Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome distribution and the importance of a new virus variant introduction on viral incidence We purchased additional pens for sows to facilitate additional swine disease studies We assisted with the purchase of a new light cycler for the development of new diagnostic tests for poultry pathogens, particularly Marek's virus We assisted with the purchase of an ultrasound for oocyte aspiration and invitro fertilization research in cattle We supported a study to look at prevention and treatment of dust induced asthma in horses
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Progress 10/01/16 to 09/30/17
Outputs
Target Audience:Swine, poultry, cattle and horse industries. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Three graduate students participated on the projects, Amanda Zigeler, Trina Westerman and Sicun Fan. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Publications are in process. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Continuation of the bovine project.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
We funded research needs in swine, bovine and equine health. These included a study on the impact of stress on the intestinal barrier in piglets, a study on the impact of intestinal antibiotic concentration on the microbiota and antimicrobial susceptibility of foodborne pathogens in cattle and a study on virulence factors of Salmonella in horses.
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Progress 10/01/15 to 09/30/16
Outputs
Target Audience:The Swine, poultry, cattle industry and horse owners. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?We funded 4 graduate students, Takiya Ball. Alix Berglund, Amy Steiler and Trina Westerman that studied antimicrobial resistance in chickens and pigs, salmonella infection in cattle and horses and gastrointestinal disease and dysfunction in horses. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?At this point, the data is still being collected. Publications will follow. The graduate students did present their research at the annual College ov Veterinary Medicine Research Day. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?For this period we are focusing the funds on a smaller number of research projects but providing a larger amount of funds to these efforts.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
We funded research and equipment needs in poultry, bovine and equine health including bacterial infections in chickens, antibiotic needs in cattle and gastrointestinal disease in horses.
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Progress 02/19/15 to 09/30/15
Outputs
Target Audience:Veterinarians, Pork Industry, Cattle Industry; Poultry Industry Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Post doctoral fellow mointored the porcine respiratory and reproductive virus in NC. Graduate student training in production medicine (pharmacokinetics). How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?The project will be farther along and we hope to have publications and abstracts produced in the next reporting period.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Ova Easy incubator, advance humidity pump and chicken egg tray were purchased for poultry studies. Funds were used to increase studies on Entreococcus cecorum, an important poultry infectious agent.
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