Projects

2024 M-AAA funded projects

Applied Research

  • Developing Salmonella Dublin vaccination guidelines: Duration of immunity and diagnostic interference - Angel Abuelo

  • Do corticosteroids heal or hurt joints? - Brian Nielsen

  • Genetic Alteration of MSU PBS-12SF Cells for High Level Poultry Vaccine Production - Paul Coussens

  • Improving the utilization of high oleic acid soybeans in dairy cattle diets - Adam Lock

  • Understanding the contribution of de novo milk fatty acids to milk fat yield on Michigan dairy farms - Adam Lock

  • Reducing risk of ketosis in dairy cows by supplementing nisin - Zheng Zhou

  • The Cost of Comfort - Establishing the Thermal Neutral Zone of Modern Hyperprolific Sows - Madonna Benjamin

  • Improving fertility in multiparous dairy cows to enhance herd longevity - Richard Pursley

  • Effect of lengthening proestrus on conceptus development in lactating dairy cows inseminated with sexed semen - Richard Pursley

  • Integrative genomic approach to improve female fertility in dairy cattle - Wen Huang

  • Biometric Monitoring and Early Detection for Bovine Leukemia Virus Infection in Young Dairy Animals - Tasia Kendrick

  • Can feeding transition milk set up calves for a healthier neonatal period? - Barry Bradford

  • Mitigating Temperature Fluctuation Impacts on Skeletal Muscle of Beef Cattle: The Role of Citrulline Supplementation - Jongkyoo Kim

  • Enhancing Strategies for Effectively Managing Tar Spot and Vomitoxin in Silage Corn Production - Martin Chilvers

  • On Farm and Processing Plant Trial of Nano-biosensor technology for Salmonella rapid testing - Mollie Woods

  • Lactational hyperketonemia or ketosis, the acidic difference - Andres Contreras

  • Effects of rumen and intestine epithelial health on the development of liver abscesses in beef x Holstein feedlot steers - Daniel Buskirk

Extension

  • Development of honey bee health protection tools: bacterial disease prevention and control - Meghan Milbrath

  • Evaluating strategies utilized in dairy farms to mitigate language barriers and their impact on, workforce management, recruitment, and retention. - Martin Carrasquillo-Mangual

Seed

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Mycoplasma bovis - Rinosh Mani

  • Antioxidant and inflammatory pro-resolving properties of colostrum - Angel Abuelo

  • Adipose Tissue Responses to Endotoxin Challenge During Negative Energy Balance in Cows: Macrophage Training or Endotoxin Tolerance - Andres Contreras

  • Can rumen-protected glutamine promote vaccine efficacy in dry dairy cows? - Barry Bradford

Michigan Alliance for Animal Agriculture

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