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Agave
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Apple
Apricot
Arboreta and botanical gardens
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Banana
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Bees, honey, and other pollinators, general
Berries and cane fruits, other
Biological Cell Systems
Blueberry
Broadleaf forests of the North
Broadleaf forests of the South
Canola
Carrot
Catfish
Cheese
Chemurgic Crops
Cherry
Citrus, general/other
Climate
Cocoa
Coffee
Cole crops (includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower,
Conifer forests of the South
Conifer forests of the West
Cool season perennial grasses (includes bluegrass, bromegrass, fescue)
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cotton, other
Cottonseed (for meal, oil, etc.)
Cranberry
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Cucurbits, other (includes pumpkin, squash, gourd)
Cut flowers, foliage, and greens
Dairy cattle, general/other
Dairy cattle, live animal
Date
Deciduous and small fruits, general/other
Deciduous tree fruits, other
Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery
Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems
Duck and goose, live animal
Durum wheat
Economy, general/other
Edible tree nuts, general/other
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Eggplant
Eggs
Endangered species
Experimental design and statistical methods
Feed and feed additives
Fertilizers
Fiber crops, general/other
Filbert
Finfish
Fish habitats
Florist crops, other
Food (not readily associated with specific plant and animal products)
Forage legumes, other
Fungi (includes yeast)
General Commodity
General technology
Goats, meat and mohair
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grain sorghum
Grapefruit
Grapes, other
Grasslands, other
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Ground covers
Guayule
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hard white wheat
Hemp
Herbaceous perennials and decorative greens
Herbs and spices
Honey bees
Hops
Horses, ponies, and mules
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Kenaf
Kiwi
Laboratory animals
Land
Leguminous vegetables, other
Lemon
Lentil
Lesquerella
Long fiber cotton
Machinery and equipment
Mango
Marine shrimp
Meat, beef cattle
Meat, dairy cattle
Meat, sheep
Meat, swine
Meat-type chicken, live animal
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Microorganisms, general/other
Milk
Mint
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Mixed conifer-broadleaf forests
Mountain grasslands, meadow, and alpine
Mushrooms and other edible fungi
Narcotic plants
Nectarine
Nematodes
Noncrop plant research
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Onion, garlic, leek, shallot
Orange
Ornamental trees and shrubs
Ornamentals and turf, general/other (includes cacti)
Other animals, general
Other beef cattle products
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other cultured finfish
Other dairy cattle products
Other non-bee pollinators, general
Other Pollinators
Other poultry products
Other swine products
Oysters
Papaya
Paper and pulp derived products
Parks and urban green space
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peach
Peanut
Pear
Peas (dry)
Peas (fresh, fresh-processed)
Pecan
People and communities, general/other
Peppers
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Pineapple
Pinyon-juniper
Plant research, general
Plum
Potato
Potted plants
Poultry meat
Poultry, general/other
Raisin grapes
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Rangelands, other
Raspberry
Red clover
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Research equipment and methods, general/other
Research on research management (not research management per se)
Rhizomes, tubers, bulbs, and root crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Rice
River basins
Rubber, gum, and resin plants, other
Rye
Salmon
Seeds and other plant propagules
Sewage and waste disposal facilities and systems
Sheep and wool, general/other
Sheep, live animal
Shellfish
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soil
Soil and land, general
Solanaceous and related crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Soybean
Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods
Strawberry
Striped bass
Sugar beet
Sugar cane
Sugar crops, general/other
Summer annual grasses (includes forage sorghums, sudangrass, sorghum)
Sunflower
Sweet potato
Sweet sorghum
Sweetcorn
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
Table grapes
Taro
Tea
The family and its members
The farm as an enterprise
Tilapia
Tomato
Trees, forests, and forest products, general
Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other
Trout
Tung
Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue)
Turkey, live animal
Upland cotton
Vegetables, general/other
Viroids, mycoplasmas, spiroplasmas, etc.
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
Wildlife habitats
Wine grapes
Winter annual legumes (includes subterranean clover, arrowleaf clover)
Wood and wood products
Wool fiber
Egg-type chicken, live animal
item A Novel, Translational, Multidisciplinary Approach to Control Poultry Respiratory Diseases in the U.S.
item Administration of a Continuous Flow Bacterial Culture to Poultry to Mitigate Social Behaviors Associated with the Spread of Foodborne Pathogens
item Alternative Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) Vaccination Regimens for Enhancement of Protection Against Field Strain MG Infections
item Antibiotic Alternatives for Controlling Foodborne Pathogens and Disease in Poultry
item Ascertaining the Microbiological and Functional Characteristics of Domestic and Imported Shell Eggs and Egg Products
item Assessing Effectiveness of Sanitation Programs in Egg Processing Facilities
item Assessment of Pathogenicity Enhancement of Avian Influenza Virus by Co-infection with Infectious Bronchitis Virus
item Assessment of Poultry Housing Systems for Optimal Production Operations and Biosecurity
item Broadly Protective Modified Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccines for Poultry
item Cage-free Pullet Density: Challenges in the Field
item Characterization of the Within Farm Dispersion of Respiratory Viruses of Poultry
item Collection and Cryopreservation of Honey Bee Germplasm
item Collection of Sheep Germplasm in the Mid-Atlantic Region
item Comparison of Marek’s Disease Virus Challenge Strains in Commercial Broiler Chickens
item Control of Zoonotic Avian Viruses
item Cryoconservation of Ovarian Tissue and Primordial Germ Cells in the Turkey
item Detection of Salmonella spp. in Single and Pooled Manure Swabs From Laying Hen Production System
item Determining the Thermal Preference of Weanling Pigs
item Developing Alternatives to Drug Strategies to Reduce Economic Losses Due to Enteric Diseases of Poultry
item Development and Evaluation of Poultry Vaccines Against Low and High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Viruses
item Development and Validation of a Universal rReal-time RT-PCR Assay to Distinguish Between Virulent and Non-virulent APMV-1
item Development of New Technologies and Methods to Enhance the Fertility, Utilization, and Long-Term Storage of Poultry and Swine Germplasm
item Development of Poultry Immune Reagents
item Development of Probiotic Strategies for Controlling Salmonella and Campylobacter in Poultry and Poultry Products
item Development of Vaccines to Control Campylobacter, Salmonella, Clostridium Perfringens, and Avian Pathogenic E. coli in Poultry
item Diagnostic and Epidemiology of Poultry Diseases
item Dynamics of Avian Influenza in a Changing World
item Early Stress Experiences and Stress Resilience and Emotionality in Pigs
item Effect of Probiotics on Aggression in Laying Hens
item Effect of Vaccination Programs on the Enhancement of Spontaneous Avian Leukosis-like Tumors in Broiler Chickens
item Effectiveness of Various Compounds in the Sanitation of Shell Egg Processing Equipment and Facility Surfaces
item Effects of Probiotics and Synbiotics on Skeletal Health in Broiler Chickens
item Enhancing Resource Use Efficiency Through Improved Environmental Control in Poultry Housing
item Enhancing the production of type I interferons to create rationally-defined and highly protective Marek's diseas vaccines in chickens
item Enhancing the Production of Type I Interferons to Create Rationally-Defined and Highly Protective Marek's Disease Vaccines in Chickens
item Environmental Enrichment Effects on Pig Welfare During Lactation, Nursery and Grow-Finish Phases
item Environmental Enrichment in Swine and Poultry
item Environmental Management and Animal Health as They Relate to Processing Yields and Food Safety of Broiler Meat and Table Eggs
item Environmental Management Strategies for Improving Health and Well-being in Poultry Production
item Environmental Management Strategies for Improving Production Efficiency in Poultry Production
item Evaluation of Management of Laying Hens and Housing Systems to Control Salmonella and Other Pathogenic Infections, Egg Contamination, and Product Quality
item Evaluation of Oral Recombinant Vaccines Against Avian Coccidiosis
item Genetic and Biological Determinants of Avian Herpesviruses Pathogenicity, Transmission, and Evolution to Inform the Development of Effective Control Strategies
item Histopathology on Tissues From Chickens Infected with the California 2018 Newcastle Disease virus (NDV)
item Identification of the Ecological Niches and Development of Intervention Strategies to Reduce Pathogenic Foodborne Pathogens in Poultry
item Identification of the Molecular Determinants of Pathogenesis, Strain Variation, and Tissue Tropism of Different E. coli Strains
item Improvements in Poultry Production Management, Health, and Food Safety
item Improving Bovine Production Efficiency through Reproductive Biotechnologies
item Improving Health and Well-being in Broiler Chickens Through Environmental Management
item Integrative Strategies to Mitigate Enteric Diseases of Poultry
item Intervention Strategies to Predict, Prevent and Control Disease Outbreaks Caused by Emerging Strains of Virulent Newcastle Disease Viruses
item Intervention Strategies to Prevent and Control Disease Outbreaks Caused by Emerging Strains of Avian Influenza Viruses
item Intervention Strategies to Prevent and Control Enteric Diseases of Poultry
item Intervention Strategies to Prevent and Control Immunosuppressive Viruses of Poultry Associated with Secondary Pathogen Infections
item Maintaining and Refining Animal GRIN
item Molecular Basis for Egg Production Rates in Turkey Hens
item Molecular Studies of Avian Influenza Viruses to Understand Ecology and Epidemiology at the Wildlife-agriculture Interface
item Multi-Omics Approaches to Study Effect of Antibiotic Alternatives on Pathogen Colonization, Poultry Gut Microbiota Function, Health and Productivity
item Multidirectional Axes of Host-Microbiome Crosstalk as Novel Targets for the Development of Alternatives to Antibiotics to Control Foodborne..Poultry
item National Animal Germplasm Program
item Newcastle Disease Vaccines in Chickens
item Non-antibiotic Strategies to Control Enteric Diseases of Poultry
item One-two Punch for Organic Poultry Processing: Knocking Out Foodborne Pathogens
item One-two Punch for Organic Poultry Processing: Knocking Out Foodborne Pathogens with Plant Antimicrobials
item One-two Punch for Organic Poultry Processing: Knocking Out Foodborne Pathogens with Plant Antimicrobials
item One-two Punch for Organic Poultry Processing: Knocking Out Foodborne Pathogens with Plant Antimicrobials
item One-two Punch for Organic Poultry Processing: Knocking Out Foodborne Pathogens with Plant Antimicrobials
item One-two Punch for Organic Poultry Processing: Knocking Out Foodborne Pathogens with Plant Antimicrobials
item One-two Punch for Organic Poultry Processing: Knocking Out Foodborne Pathogens with Plant Antimicrobials
item One-two Punch for Organic Poultry Processing: Knocking Out Foodborne Pathogens with Plant Derived Antimicrobials
item Pathogenesis of Egg Drop Syndrome (EDS) Virus and Improved Control Through Targeted Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines
item Performance and Physiological Characteristics of Poultry Vaccinated and/or Challenged with Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC)
item Phytochemical Intervention of Foodborne Pathogens in Poultry: Testing Nanoemulsions for Solubility and Proteomics for Mechanistic Analysis
item Prevention of Immunosuppressive Viruses of Poultry
item Probiotic, Bacillus Subtilis, Prevents Injurious Behaviors And Increases Skeletal Health In Laying Hens
item Probiotic, Bacillus Subtilis, Prevents Injurious Behaviors and Increases Skeletal Health In Laying Hens-Purdue
item Protecting the Welfare of Food Producing Animals
item Reduction of Invasive Salmonella enterica in Poultry through Genomics, Phenomics and Field Investigations of Small Multi-Species Farm Environments
item Salmonella in Poultry: Improving Vaccine Efficacy
item Studies in Poultry Transmission, Airborne Spread and Mitigation Tools for H5 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the USA
item Support USDA Capital Management Plan through Partnership with Michigan State University
item Systems Approach to Understanding and Mitigating Avian Escherichia coli Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance in the Poultry Environment
item Systems-based Integrated Program for Enhancing the Sustainability of Antibiotic Restricted Poultry Production
item The Role of Host Genetic Resistance and Vaccination on Transmission of Marek’s Disease Virus in Poultry
item The Study of Influenza A Viruses in Avian Species
item The Transcriptome and Proteome of Feather Follicle Cells Infected with CHPK Mutants of Gallid Herpesvirus 2
item Transmission, Pathogenesis, and Control of Avian Mycoplasmosis