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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
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Apple
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Bees, honey, and other pollinators, general
Biological Cell Systems
Canola
Citrus, general/other
Climate
Coffee
Cool season perennial grasses (includes bluegrass, bromegrass, fescue)
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cotton, other
Cottonseed (for meal, oil, etc.)
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Dairy cattle, live animal
Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery
Durum wheat
Economy, general/other
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Fertilizers
Finfish
Food (not readily associated with specific plant and animal products)
Forage legumes, other
Freshwater shrimp
General Commodity
Goats, meat and mohair
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grain sorghum
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hard white wheat
Honey bees
Horses, ponies, and mules
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Laboratory animals
Land
Leguminous vegetables, other
Lentil
Long fiber cotton
Machinery and equipment
Marine shrimp
Meat, beef cattle
Meat, dairy cattle
Meat, sheep
Meat, swine
Meat-type chicken, live animal
Microorganisms, general/other
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Noncrop plant research
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Other animals, general
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other non-bee pollinators, general
Other swine products
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peanut
Peas (dry)
Pecan
People and communities, general/other
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Plant research, general
Potato
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Rangelands, other
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Rice
River basins
Sheep, live animal
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soil
Soil and land, general
Solar radiation
Soybean
Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods
Sugar beet
Summer annual grasses (includes forage sorghums, sudangrass, sorghum)
Sunflower
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
The family and its members
The farm as an enterprise
Turkey, live animal
Upland cotton
Vegetables, general/other
Viruses
Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems)
Water resources
Watersheds
Watersheds and river basins, general
Weather
Weeds
Wheat, other
Wild animals
Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other
Winter annual legumes (includes subterranean clover, arrowleaf clover)
Research Projects within Dairy cattle, live animal
item (AA2) - Greenhouse Gas Research Network - Bushland, TX, GHG and Ammonia Emissions from Pork Production in Texas/Oklahoma Panhandle region
item A Genetic Approach to Assess the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Disease Vectors
item African Swine Fever Collaborative Agreement
item Animal Studies in BSL-3 Containment at Pat Roberts Hall for Comparative Zoonotic Arbovirus Studies
item Assembly and Annotation of Rumen Protist Genomes to Determine Their Metabolic Contribution and Environmental Presence
item Assessing Arbovirus Effects on Sensory Function and Behavior of Female Culicoides Sonorensis Midges
item Assessing the Risk of Arthropod-Borne Disease in the Caribbean and the Americas (RACE Risk of Arthropod-borne diseases in the Caribbean)
item Assessment of the Effectiveness of Conservation Practices to Decrease Ammonia Emissions From Open Lot Cattle Operations
item Attachment and/or Entry Mechanisms of Bluetongue Virus into Bovine Red Blood Cells
item Biohazard Consultation and Review Services
item Biology and Management of Dipteran Pests of Livestock and Other Animals
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 BSL4ZNet Support and Maintenance
item Center for Tick Surveillance
item Characterization and Diagnostic Detection of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Strains Causing Outbreaks in North America
item Characterization of Arbovirus-mosquito-vertebrate Host Interactions
item Characterization of Cellular Receptors for Bluetongue Virus
item Collaborative Animal Research between ARS and Texas Animal Health Commission
item Collaborative Animal Research between Kansas State University and ARS
item Collaborative Animal Research between WTAMU and ARS
item Collection of Sheep Germplasm in the Mid-Atlantic Region
item Communications Best Practices for High-containment Laboratories
item Considering FMDV Recombination and Strain Emergence in Context of Development of Live-attenuated Vaccines
item Defining the Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Transcriptome of Cattle Health and Disease
item Demonstration of Long-term Protection Against RVFV Infection Afforded by a Single Dose of Rift Valley Fever Smithburn MLV Vaccine in Sheep
item Designing a Bioinformatics Training Strategic Partnership and Hub
item Detection and Characterization of Arboviruses and Environmental Influences on Transmission at the U.S. Wildlife and Livestock Interface
item Detection and Characterization of Potential Emerging and Emergent Arboviruses in Mosquitoes in the Caribbean
item Detection and Characterization of Potential Emerging Arboviruses in Brazil
item Detection and Fate of Environmental Chemical and Biological Residues and their Impact on the Food Supply
item Detection of Ivermectin Target-site Resistance in Rhipicephalus Microplus
item Determination of Pharmacokinetic Values of Cattle Treated with Pour-on and/or Injectable Formulations of Macrocyclic Lactones to Control Cattle
item Development and Evaluation of Nano-enabled Drug Carriers for Delivering Gene-editing Material to Targeted Sites
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 Diagnostic Reagents and Assays for Arbovirus Surveillance
item Development of Lateral Flow Assays for Rift Valley Fever Virus Antigen and Antibody Detection
item Development of Short-term Experiential Opportunities to Enhance the Veterinary Workforce
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 Ecology of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
item Ecology of Hemorrhagic Orbiviruses in North America
item Elucidating Mechanisms of Pyrethroid Resistance in Stable Flies
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 Evaluation of Injectable Eprinomectin Treatment Regimens for Cattle Fever Tick Management on Pastured Cattle
item Evaluation of Transboundary Disease Mitigation Strategies in Kenya
item Expanding Precision-guided Sterile Insect Technique (pg-SIT) to Tick Species
item Exploration of Novel repRNA Vaccine Candidates for Rift Valley Fever Virus
item Exploring Alternative Uses for Muscid Antimicrobial Effectors
item Exploring Insecticide Resistance Mechanisms and Effects on House Fly Behavior and Biology
item Exploring the Biology and Ecology of Dipteran Pests to Improve Management and Mitigation Strategies
item Field Collections and Rearing of Tick Parasitoids from Italy
item Field Exposures of Cattle Fever Tick Eggs and Larvae in Vietnam to Rear Biological Control Agents
item Heritable Viruses in Insects
item Host and Vector Transcriptional Responses for Transboundary Arboviral Disease of Livestock
item Host Cellular Immune Responses to Arboviruses
item Impact of Timing of Virus Acquisition on Bluetongue Virus Coinfection
item Integrated Pest Management of Cattle Fever Ticks
item Integrating Vesicular Stomatitis Surveillance, Phylogenetic Analysis and Remote Sensing Toward an Early Warning System for Vector-borne Diseases
item Interstadial and Temporal Changes in Rhipicephalus Microplus Salivary Glands and Salivary Extracellular Vesicles
item Investigating Risk Factors of Rift Valley Fever Virus Direct Transmission in Kenya
item Investigating the Dynamics of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus in Endemic and Incursion Ecological Zones
item Investigation of Arboviral Infection Rates and Blood Meal Sources of Various Mosquito Species in Rift Valley Fever Endemic Areas in Kenya
item Maintaining and Refining Animal GRIN
item Mammalian Responses to Arboviruses and Sorghum Polyphenols
item Management of Stable Flies to Improve Livestock Production
item Management of Ticks of Veterinary Importance
item Mid-infrared Spectra (MIRS) Paired with Visual Spectrum Images for Deep Learning Based Classification of Surveillance Variables
item Modernizing Parasite Control in Cattle Using Data Automation
item Molecular Characterization and Epidemiological Surveillance of Arboviruses in Kenya’s Livestock
item Molecular Characterization and Epidemiological Surveillance of Arboviruses in Kenya’s Wildlife
item Molecular Characterization of Arbovirus-Mosquito-Vertebrate Host Interactions
item Molecular Characterization of Arboviruses in South African Livestock
item Mosquito Cis-regulatory Elements Associated with Arbovirus Infection
item Mosquito Dome Particles
item Mosquito Vector Predictive Modeling in a Changing Climate
item National Animal Germplasm Program
item Novel Insecticide Delivery and Formulation for Resistance Management in Zoonotic Disease Vectors
item Novel Insecticide Delivery and Formulation for Resistance Management in Zoonotic Disease Vectors
item Novel Model to Study Liver Abscesses in Cattle
item Novel Partnerships for an Early-career Pipeline to Enhance the Biodefense Veterinary Workforce
item Organic Compounds for the Control of Rhipicephalus Microplus on Cattle
item PFAS Fate and Remediation in Agricultural systems: Developing Conservation Assistance for Landowners
item Predicting and Mitigating Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) in North America
item Predicting and Mitigating Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) Outbreaks in North America
item Predicting Insect Contact and Transmission Using Historical Epidemiological Data
item Predilection Sites of Larvae, Nymphs, and Adults of Rhipicephalus Microplus
item RAV3N Phase II: Network of University and Federal BSL-3/4 Large Animal and Laboratory Agricultural Research Facilities
item Regeneration of Y Chromosome in Holstein Cattle
item Rift Valley Fever Pathogenesis and Epidemiology
item Southeastern USA Arbovirus Landscape
item Southwestern USA Arbovirus Landscape
item Strategic Safety Climate Management Initiatives for National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
item Strategies to Manage Feed Nutrients, Reduce Gas Emissions, and Promote Soil Health for Beef and Dairy Cattle Production Systems of the Southern Great Plains
item Supporting and Enhancing the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Grand Challenge Project
item Testing Natural Product Repellents to Gastropod Aid Eradication and Management
item The Agrosecurity Partnerships for Innovative Research (ASPIRE) Project for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
item The Role of House Flies in Harboring and Disseminating Antimicrobial-Resistant (AMR) Bacteria at Kansas Cattle Operations
item Towards Novel Acaricide Development Against Cattle Fever Tick: GPCR Target Validation, Tissue Localization and Bioactivity of Chemical Hits
item Using Genomics to Mitigate the Threat of the Invasive Asian Longhorned Tick, Haemaphysalis Longicornis, in the United States
item Using House Flies as Sentinels to Monitor Existing, Emerging and Cryptic Microbial Threats to U.S. Military Personnel
item UTMB-USDA Collaboration on Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ticks and Animals
item Vector Surveillance at an Active Cache Valley Virus Focus
item Vector-Enhanced Arboviral Vaccines
item Vesicular Stomatitis as a Model for a Predictive Disease Ecology
item Xenosurveillance Using Arthropod Vectors to Characterize Vector-borne Disease Epidemiology