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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)
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)
Precision Tool Development for Mitigating of Persistent Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia Coli O157:H7 in a Beef Feedlot
(Cooperative Agreement)
Precision Bacteriophage Identification Through Machine Learning for Mitigating Persistent Colonization of Shiga Toxin...
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Salmonella Grand Challenge Workshop 2024
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Collective Dynamics of Environmental Multispecies Biofilms That Facilitate Sanitizer Tolerance and Dissemination of Foodborne Pathogens
(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)
Understanding the Risks Associated with Utilizing Genetically Engineered Microbes in Beef Cattle Production Systems: ...
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Case Studies of Relatedness Between Salmonella Isolates from Foodborne Outbreaks Using a Recently Developed Analysis Pipeline
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Understanding the Impact of the Farm and Lairage Environments on Salmonella Contamination in Market Hogs
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)