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Research Projects Subjects of Investigation at this Location

Each ARS research project has related subjects of investigation.  Listed below are the subjects of investigation currently conducted at this location.

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Subjects of Investigation
Agave
Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Apple
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Canola
Carrot
Climate
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cranberry
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Dairy cattle, general/other
Dairy cattle, live animal
Domestic and community water supply facilities and systems
Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems
Durum wheat
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Feed and feed additives
Fertilizers
Finfish
Fish habitats
Florist crops, other
Forage legumes, other
Fungi (includes yeast)
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grain sorghum
Ground covers
Guayule
Gums
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hemp
Honey bees
Horses, ponies, and mules
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Lentil
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Microorganisms, general/other
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Nematodes
Noncrop plant research
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Onion, garlic, leek, shallot
Ornamental trees and shrubs
Ornamentals and turf, general/other (includes cacti)
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other dairy cattle products
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peach
Peanut
Peas (dry)
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Plant research, general
Potato
Potted plants
Poultry, general/other
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Red clover
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Rice
Rye
Seeds and other plant propagules
Sheep, live animal
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soil
Soil and land, general
Soybean
Sugar beet
Sugar cane
Sugar crops, general/other
Sunflower
Sweet potato
Sweet sorghum
Sweetcorn
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
The farm as an enterprise
Tomato
Trees, forests, and forest products, general
Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue)
Turkey, live animal
Upland cotton
Vegetables, general/other
Viruses
Walnut
Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems)
Water resources
Watersheds
Watersheds and river basins, general
Weather
Weeds
Wetland and riparian systems
Wheat, other
Wild animals
Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other
Wood and wood products
Research Projects within Swine, live animal
item Algorithms to Identify Novel Influenza A Viruses in Genomic Surveillance Data
item Alternatives to Antibiotics: Neonatal Immunomodulation to Improve Disease Resilience in Food Animals - ISU
item Alternatives to Antibiotics: Neonatal Immunomodulation to Improve Disease Resistance in Animals
item Analysis of Genetic Factors that Increase Foodborne Pathogen Fitness, Virulence, and Antimicrobial Resistance Transfer, to Identify Interventions against Salmonella and Campylobacter in Food Animals
item Biosecurity Against Natural or Terrorist Exposures to Influenza Virus through Genetic Strategies
item Characterization of Influenza at the Human and Swine Interface
item Computational Analysis of Host, Bacteria, and Microbiome for Development of Strategies to Enhance Health and Food Safety
item Defining Antagonism Hierarchy of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus for Live Vaccines Design
item Development of Improved Diagnostic and Control Strategies for Brucellosis in Livestock and Wildlife
item Development of Strategies for Coordinated Expression of Pathway Genes
item Development of Vaccines for HPAI in Pigs Related to HPAI Virus in Food Products (HPAI Natural Course of Disease)
item Development of Vaccines for HPAI in Pigs Related to HPAI Virus in Food Products (HPAI Tissue Distribution)
item Development of Vaccines for HPAI in Pigs Related to HPAI Virus in Food Products (Swine Studies)
item Discovery, Improvement, and Testing of Genetics that are Socially Acceptable for Genome Editing in Animal Agriculture
item Establishment and Characterization of Liver Organoids from Layer Chickens
item Evolutionary Algorithms for Prioritizing Influenza A Viruses for Pandemic Risk Assessment
item Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - Iowa State University
item Intervention Strategies to Control Endemic and New and Emerging Influenza A Virus Infections in Swine
item Intervention Strategies to Control Endemic and New Emerging and Re-Emerging Viral Diseases of Swine
item Intestinal Microbial Ecology and Non-Antibiotic Strategies to Limit Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Antimicrobial Resistance Transmission in Food Animals
item Investigation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b in Cattle to Determine Pathogenesis, Vaccine Efficacy and Seroprevalence
item Mechanisms of Differential Pathogenesis and Risk Among Mammalian Isolates of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Strains in Swine
item NIAID Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response
item Online Algorithms to Identify Reassortment and Genetic Novelty in Genomic Influenza A Virus Surveillance Data
item Optimizing Welfare for Food Producing Animals
item Pathogenesis of Swine Acute Diarrhea Syndrome Coronavirus
item Physiological, Microbiological, and Nutritional Mechanisms to Maintain Animal Productivity in the Absence of Antibiotics
item Response to APHIS SARS-CoV-2 Research Priorities Phase 1 (VPR)
item Safe and Broadly Cross-Protective Live Attenuated Influenza Virus Vaccine for Use in Swine
item Survey of Intraspecific Variation within Swine ANP32A/B and Effects on Host Permissiveness to Avian Influenza Virus
item The Study of Influenza A Viruses in the Swine Host
item The Study of Influenza A Viruses in the Swine Host
item USDA Influenza A Virus in Swine Surveillance System – Genomic Epidemiology and Evolution
item Utilizing the University of Missouri Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
item Validate Causative Mutations in Agriculturally-Important Vertebrates
item Validate Causative Mutations in Agriculturally-Important Vertebrates
item Validate Causative Mutations in Pigs and Poultry Critical for Infection with HPAI and Other Common Livestock Viruses
item Validate Causative Mutations in Poultry
item Virulence Mechanisms, Microbiome Changes and Control Strategies for Priority Bacterial Infections in Swine