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Agave
Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Annual grasses, other
Apple
Aquatic plants
Arboreta and botanical gardens
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Baitfish (minnows and shiners)
Banana
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Berries and cane fruits, other
Biological Cell Systems
Blueberry
Broadleaf forests of the South
Butter
Canola
Carrot
Catfish
Cheese
Chemurgic Crops
Cherry
Chinese tallow
Citrus, general/other
Clams and mussels
Climate
Cocoa
Coffee
Cole crops (includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower,
Conifer forests of the North
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
Crawfish
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Cucurbits, other (includes pumpkin, squash, gourd)
Cultured aquatic animals, general/other
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
Domestic and community water supply facilities and systems
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
Flax
Florist crops, other
Food (not readily associated with specific plant and animal products)
Forage legumes, other
Freshwater shrimp
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
Gums
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hard white wheat
Hemp
Herbaceous perennials and decorative greens
Honey bees
Hops
Horses, ponies, and mules
Ice cream
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Invertebrates, general/other
Kiwi
Laboratory animals
Land
Leguminous vegetables, other
Lemon
Lentil
Long fiber cotton
Machinery and equipment
Mango
Marine shrimp
Marketing, processing, and supply firms other than cooperatives
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
Mountain grasslands, meadow, and alpine
Mushrooms and other edible fungi
Narcotic plants
Nectarine
Nematodes
Noncrop plant research
Nonfarm structures and related facilities, including those used in
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 poultry products
Other swine products
Oysters
Papaya
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
Protozoa
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
Sensory evaluation/analysis methods (human senses)
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)
Solar radiation
Soybean
Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods
Strawberry
Striped bass
Structures, facilities, and equipment, general/other
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
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
Swine, live animal
item A Genetic Approach to Assess the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Disease Vectors
item A Scalable Vascularized Hydrogel System for Agricultural Vector-borne Disease Research
item Advance Development of FMD Diagnostics and Production of Mosaic FMD Virus-Like Particles to Globally Relevant FMDV Serotypes
item African Swine Fever Collaborative Agreement
item Agricultural Research Service - American Type Culture Collection Biological Repository Partnership
item Algorithms to Identify Novel Influenza A Viruses in Genomic Surveillance Data
item Alternatives to Antibiotics: Developing Novel Strategies to Improve Production Efficiency in Swine
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 Analysis of Reproductive Fitness Effect of Vaccination with ASFV-G-D177L
item Analysis of the Cross Protective Response Induced by ASFV Recombinant Vaccine ASFV-G-DeltaI177L
item Analysis of the Immunogenicity of ASFV Proteins
item Animal and Arthropod Studies in BSL3 Containment at Pat Roberts Hall for Comparative Zoonotic Arbovirus Studies
item Applied Epidemiological Approaches to Evaluate the Progressive Control Pathway for Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Endemic Regions
item Approaches for Improving and Measuring Red Meat Quality and Composition
item Aptamer-based Pen-side Diagnostics for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Variants
item Assessing Priorities for African Swine Fever Research Gaps for Outbreak Prevention and Response
item Assessing the Risk of Arthropod-Borne Disease in the Caribbean and the Americas (RACE Risk of Arthropod-borne diseases in the Caribbean)
item Assessing the Risk of Emergence, Transmission and Establishment of the Japanese Encephalitis Virus in the United States
item BioGene projects
item Biophotonics - Emerging Imaging Technologies for Food Animal Research
item Biophotonics – Emerging Imaging Technologies for Food Animal Research
item Biophotonics – Emerging Imaging Technologies for Food Animal Research
item Biosecurity Against Natural or Terrorist Exposures to Influenza Virus through Genetic Strategies
item Bovine and Porcine Research Projects Conducted at the Livestock Issues Research Unit's Liberty Farm Research Complex
item BSL4ZNet Secretariat Support and Maintenance
item Building Foundations for E. Ruminantium Vaccine Development
item Case Studies of Relatedness Between Salmonella Isolates from Foodborne Outbreaks Using a Recently Developed Analysis Pipeline
item Center for Tick Surveillance
item Characterization and Diagnostic Detection of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Strains Causing Outbreaks in North America
item Characterization of Environmental Effects on Mosquito Saliva Composition Using Mass Spectrometry
item Characterization of Influenza at the Human and Swine Interface
item Classical Swine Fever (CSF) Vaccine FlagT4G Vaccine Efficacy: Assessing Oral Administration and Protection in Pregnant Sows
item Collaborative Support for NBAF ARU Training and Research Program
item Communications Best Practices for High-containment Laboratories
item Comprehensive Mapping of Livestock B Cell Receptor Repertoire Using Single-cell Sequencing to Enhance Vaccine Development
item Comprehensive Mining of the Blood Cell Transcriptome for Improved Phenomics in Swine
item Computational Analysis of Host, Bacteria, and Microbiome for Development of Strategies to Enhance Health and Food Safety
item Considering FMDV Recombination and Strain Emergence in Context of Development of Live-attenuated Vaccines
item Consultation and Review Services for Biohazard Research
item Curated African Swine Fever Genomic Database
item Defining Antagonism Hierarchy of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus for Live Vaccines Design
item Defining Molecular Mechanisms of Viral Attenuation to Improve Livestock Vaccine Design
item Defining the Impact of Different Foods or Their Components, in the Context of A Western-Style Diet, on Gut Health
item Delivery of FMDV Protein Antigens Using a Programmable Transdermal Microneedle System
item Detection and Characterization of Arboviruses and Environmental Influences on Transmission at the U.S. Wildlife and Livestock Interface
item Detection and Management of Invasive Ants
item Determining a Fast-acting Treatment for the Rapid Elimination of Fire Ant Colonies
item Develop Alternatives to Antibiotics for Priority Diseases in Animal Agriculture
item Develop Novel Technology to Respond to Emerging Agriculture Problems in Animal and Food Caused by Pathogens
item Developing an Aptamer Magnetic Nanoparticle-Based Lateral Flow Assay for Detecting Pathogens
item Developing Detection and Modeling Tools for the Geospatial and Environmental Epidemiology of Animal Disease
item Development and U.S. Based Production of a Rugged Fully Encapsulating Suit for the ABSL-4 Ag and other BSL-4 Environments (Phase 3)
item Development of a Differential ELISA for ASV Vaccines
item Development of a Novel Epitope-based Vaccine Candidate for FMDV
item Development of Advanced Techniques and Systems for Management of Stable Flies, House Flies, and Other Filth Flies
item Development of an ASFV Nano-biosensor for Discriminating Between Infected and Vaccinated Animals
item Development of Diagnostic Reagents and Assays for Arbovirus Surveillance
item Development of Diagnostic Tools for Japanese Encephalitis Virus
item Development of Improved Diagnostic and Control Strategies for Brucellosis in Livestock and Wildlife
item Development of New Technologies and Methods to Enhance the Fertility, Utilization, and Long-Term Storage of Poultry and Swine Germplasm
item Development of Reagents and New Technology for Detection and Surveillance of Lumpy Skin Disease
item Development of Safe Vaccination Protocols for Pregnant Sows, Piglets and Boars Using ASFV-G-DI177L
item Development of Short-term Experiential Opportunities to Enhance the Veterinary Workforce
item Development of Short-term Opportunities for Experience in High Containment Research Animal Support Careers
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 Ecological Factors that Enable Colonization, Retention, and Dispersal of Foodborne Pathogens and Intervention Strategies to Control the Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance in Cattle and Swine
item Effects of Beta Glucan Supplementation on the Immune Response of Holstein Steer Calves During an Endotoxin Challenge
item Elucidating the Factors that Determine the Ecology of Human Pathogens in Foods
item Endemic Ecology and Molecular Epidemiology of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Asia and Africa
item Enhancement of Lumpy Skin Disease Diagnostic: Antigen Generation for an Indirect ELISA Kit and Development of New Monoclonal Antibodies
item Enhancing Biodefense Through Geospatial and Epidemiological Approaches
item Enhancing Boar Fertility in the Face of Climate Change through the Mitigation of In utero Heat Stress
item Enhancing Capacity for Veterinary Pathology
item Environmental and Management Influences on Animal Productivity and Well-Being Phenotypes
item Epidemiological Fitness Assessment of Segmented RNA Viruses
item Epidemiological Modeling of Vector-borne Diseases
item Epidemiology of FMD in Small Ruminants and Domestic Pigs in Uganda
item Establishment and Characterization of Liver Organoids from Layer Chickens
item Evaluating a Self-Boosting Vaccine Delivery Platform Using Ad5-FMD
item Evaluation of the Modification of Virulence in Recombinant ASFV with Specific Gene Deletions
item Evaluation of Transboundary Disease Mitigation Strategies in Kenya
item Evolutionary Algorithms for Prioritizing Influenza A Viruses for Pandemic Risk Assessment
item Exploration of Novel repRNA Vaccine Candidates for Japanese Encephalitis Virus
item Exploration of Novel Virus-like Particle Vaccine Candidates for Japanese Encephalitis Virus
item Food Safety Studies Related to HPAI Virus in Food Products
item Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Surveillance in Kenyan Livestock by Sampling at Animal Concentration Points
item Foreign Animal Disease Spatial Analysis and Mapping Collaborative Agreement
item FY23 Developing Biological Control and other Safeguarding Tools to Manage Invasive Pests
item Global Foot and Mouth Disease Research Alliance (GFRA) MOU (2022-2027)
item Holistic Tactics to Advance the Microbiological Safety and Quality of the Red Meat Continuum
item Host Cellular Immune Responses to Arboviruses
item Identification of Genetic Predictors and Molecular Indicators of Liver Abscesses in Beef Cattle
item Identification, Genomic Characterization, and Metabolic Modeling of Foodborne Pathogens in the Meat Production Continuum
item Identifying AMR Gene Reservoirs and Bacterial Host-AMR Gene Associations To Identify Bacterial Host Range of AMR Genes in Swine
item Identifying Flavivirus Determinants of Entry and Replication and Design of Potential Vaccine Candidates
item Immersive Internship Experiences for Federal Agency Careers
item Immune and Genomic Determinants of Host Responses Associated with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Infections
item Improved Vector-Borne Disease Response in South Asia
item Improving Lifetime Productivity in Swine using Systems Biology and Precision Management Approaches
item Improving Livestock Production through the Development of Precision Rangeland Management Technologies
item Infectious Disease Research Supporting Workforce Development for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility
item Influence of Maternal- and Embryonic- Derived Extracellular Vesicles on the Initiation of Porcine Conceptus Elongation.
item Influenza A Virus Serosurveillance in Feral Swine
item Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - Iowa State University
item Integrated Management of Resistance and Population Expansion of Disease Vector and Nuisance Mosquitoes
item Integrating Vesicular Stomatitis Surveillance, Phylogenetic Analysis and Remote Sensing Toward an Early Warning System for Vector-borne Diseases
item Intervention Strategies to Control and Eradicate Foreign Animal Diseases of Swine
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 Intervention Strategies to Respond, Control, and Eradicate Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV)
item Interventions to Aid the Production of Safe and Wholesome Meat and Dairy Products in an Environmentally Friendly and Sustainable Manner
item Intestinal Microbial Ecology and Non-Antibiotic Strategies to Limit Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Antimicrobial Resistance Transmission in Food Animals
item Investigating the Dynamics of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus in Endemic and Incursion Ecological Zones
item Investigation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b in Cattle to Determine Pathogenesis, Vaccine Efficacy and Seroprevalence
item Japanese Encephalitis Virus Prevention and Mitigation Strategies
item Joint Research Symposium Between NBAF and Kansas State University
item Mechanisms of Differential Pathogenesis and Risk Among Mammalian Isolates of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Strains in Swine
item Microbial Ecology of Antimicrobial Resistance
item Mid-infrared Spectra (MIRS) Paired with Visual Spectrum Images for Deep Learning Based Classification of Surveillance Variables
item Mosquito Distributions and Seasonal Abundance
item Mosquito Vector Predictive Modeling in a Changing Climate
item mRNA-LNP Vaccines for Pandemic Preparedness
item Multi-Dimension Phenotyping to Enhance Prediction of Performance in Swine
item National Animal Germplasm Program
item New Paradigms in Pig Disease Prevention and Heat Stress Alleviation through Artificial Intelligence
item New Tools for Vector-pathogen-host Investigations
item Novel Active Ingredients and Methods to Target Disease Vector Insects
item Novel Partnerships for an Early-career Pipeline to Enhance the Biodefense Veterinary Workforce
item Online Algorithms to Identify Reassortment and Genetic Novelty in Genomic Influenza A Virus Surveillance Data
item Optimizing Nutrient Management and Efficiency of Beef Cattle and Swine
item Optimizing Welfare for Food Producing Animals
item Pathogenesis and Wildlife Host Range of Japanese Encephalitis Virus
item Pathogenesis of Swine Acute Diarrhea Syndrome Coronavirus
item Physiological, Microbiological, and Nutritional Mechanisms to Maintain Animal Productivity in the Absence of Antibiotics
item Planning and Conducting the 2025 Foot-and-Mouth Disease Symposium
item Predicting and Mitigating Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) in North America
item Predicting and Mitigating Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) Outbreaks in North America
item Prevention and Mitigation of Pathogen Transmission from Cattle and Swine to Food, Water, and Environment
item Prevention of Pathogen Contamination in the Lettuce Production Continuum
item Prevention of Pathogen Contamination in the Lettuce Production Continuum - TTU
item Prevention of Pathogen Contamination in the Lettuce Production Continuum - UC Davis
item Prevention of Pathogen Contamination in the Lettuce Production Continuum- U-Arizona
item Probing the Genomic Complexity and Replication Competence of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus
item Production of Reagents for NBAF Diagnostic Mission
item Protecting American Farmers from Exotic Pests and Emerging Pathogens
item Proteomic Analysis and Species-Specific Immune Responses in Livestock Vaccination Strategies
item Quantifying Feral Swine Behavioral Ecology for Improved FMD Modeling of USA Outbreaks
item Quantifying the Long-Distance Dispersal Capacity of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD)
item Rapid Antemortem Tests for the Early Detection of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and Other Animal Diseases
item Rapid Immunoassays for Pen-side Detection of SARS-CoV2 Viral Variants
item RAV3N Phase II: Network of University and Federal BSL-3/4 Large Animal and Laboratory Agricultural Research Facilities
item RAV3N Phase III: Network of University and Federal BSL-3/4 Large Animal and Laboratory Agricultural Research Facilities
item Regulation of Reproduction in Turkey Hens by Thyroid Hormones
item Research Training for the Geospatial and Environmental Epidemiology of Plant and Animal Disease
item Response to APHIS SARS-CoV-2 Research Priorities Phase 1 (VPR)
item Revealing Mechanisms for Internal Salmonella Colonization and Persistence in Porcine Lymphoid and Fat Tissues
item Reversion to Virulene Studies for African Swine Fever Vaccines
item Safe and Broadly Cross-Protective Live Attenuated Influenza Virus Vaccine for Use in Swine
item Safety and Efficacy Assessment of African Swine Fever Vaccines For Use in the Dominican Republic
item Safety and Efficacy Induced by the Classical Swine Fever Vaccine FlagT4G in Pregnant Sows Using a Vaccine Dose Suitable for Large-scale Production
item Semi-field and Field Optimization of a New Mode-of-Action Repellent Active Ingredient
item Simulation and Epidemiological Parameter Development for Assessing Spread of Foreign Animal Diseases by Feral Swine
item Southeastern USA Arbovirus Landscape
item Strategic Safety Climate Management Initiatives for National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
item Structural Characterization of African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) Membrane Interacting Proteins
item Supporting and Enhancing the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Grand Challenge Project
item Surveillance of Arboviruses in the Southern United States in Support of NBAF’s Mission
item Survey of Bacterial Microbes on Fire Ant Nests
item Survey of Intraspecific Variation within Swine ANP32A/B and Effects on Host Permissiveness to Avian Influenza Virus
item Sustainable Management of Manure Nutrients and Environmental Contaminants from Beef and Swine Production Facilities
item Symposium on Biomanufacturing for Mitigating Global Infectious Animal Disease Threat
item Synthetic Genomics Combinatorial Engineering of ASFV Genotypes II and I/II
item The Agrosecurity Partnerships for Innovative Research (ASPIRE) Project for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
item The Global African Swine Fever Research Alliance (GARA)
item The Impact of Restricted Feeding Regimens on Reproductive Capacity and Successful Fertilization in Broiler Breeder Flocks
item The Study of Influenza A Viruses in the Swine Host
item The Study of Influenza A Viruses in the Swine Host
item Training a New Generation of Epidemiologists in Support of the NBAF Mission
item Training the Biodefense Research Workforce for the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF)
item Understanding Host, Microbial, Environmental, and Management Factors Towards Methane Mitigation in Ruminants
item Understanding Pathogenesis and Epidemiology for Controlling Foreign Animal Diseases
item Understanding Pig Behavior via Electronic Monitoring
item Understanding the Risks Associated with Utilizing Genetically Engineered Microbes in Beef Cattle Production Systems: ...
item US Meat Animal Research Center (Nutrition Growth and Physiology Research Unit) Contribution to Enteric Methane Monitoring – Midwest Area
item USDA Influenza A Virus in Swine Surveillance System – Genomic Epidemiology and Evolution
item Use of Gene Knockout Pigs to Understand Reproductive Development in Swine
item Utilize the Purdue Animal Care and Use Committee (PACUC)
item Utilizing the Iowa State University Animal Care and Use Committee
item UTMB-USDA Collaboration on Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ticks and Animals
item Validate Causative Mutations in Agriculturally-Important Vertebrates
item Validate Causative Mutations in Agriculturally-Important Vertebrates
item Validate Causative Mutations in Poultry
item Vector Surveillance at an Active Cache Valley Virus Focus
item Virulence Mechanisms, Microbiome Changes and Control Strategies for Priority Bacterial Infections in Swine