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Research Programs and Projects at this Location

ARS research is organized into National Programs. Within each National Program are research projects. Listed below are  the National Programs and research projects currently conducted at this location.

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Food Animal Production (NP #101)
Approaches for Improving and Measuring Red Meat Quality and Composition
(In-House Appropriated)
Cattle and Carcass Grading Correlation and Training Center
(Memorandum of Understanding)
Food Safety, (Animal and Plant Products) (NP #108)
Holistic Tactics to Advance the Microbiological Safety and Quality of the Red Meat Continuum
(In-House Appropriated)
Identification, Genomic Characterization, and Metabolic Modeling of Foodborne Pathogens in the Meat Production Continuum
(In-House Appropriated)
Prevention and Mitigation of Pathogen Transmission from Cattle and Swine to Food, Water, and Environment
(In-House Appropriated)
Develop/Validate “Next Generation” Methods (e.g., Gene-based Approach) for Detecting Foodborne Pathogens of Concern
(Cooperative Agreement)
Precision Bacteriophage Identification Through Machine Learning for Mitigating Persistent Colonization of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 in Cattle
(Cooperative Agreement)
Improving Detection of Antimicrobial Resistant E. coli and Salmonella in Swine
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Precision Bacteriophage Identification Through Machine Learning for Mitigating Persistent Colonization of Shiga Toxin...
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Evaluation of Media Formulated to Aid in Isolation of Shiga Toxin-producing E. Coli
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
Collective Dynamics of Environmental Multispecies Biofilms That Facilitate Sanitizer Tolerance and Dissemination of Foodborne Pathogens
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Developing a Quantitative Salmonella Baseline and Characterizing Salmonella Isolates from Ground Beef in the United States
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Identifying AMR Gene Reservoirs and Bacterial Host-AMR Gene Associations To Identify Bacterial Host Range of AMR Genes in Swine
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Investigating the Emergence and Ecology of Antimicrobial Resistance in High Risk Beef Cattle
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
SARS-CoV-2 Impact on Meat Production: A Farm to Plate Approach
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Understanding the Risks Associated with Utilizing Genetically Engineered Microbes in Beef Cattle Production Systems: ...
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Enhanced Characterization of Sequence Differences Among Salmonella isolates within SNP Clusters Identified by the NCBI Pathogen Detection System
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Exploring the use of Probicon as a Direct-Fed Microbial to Reduce the Salmonella Burden in Market Hogs
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Understanding the Impact of the Farm and Lairage Environments on Salmonella Contamination in Market Hogs
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)