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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 Sheep, live animal
item A Genetic Approach to Assess the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Disease Vectors
item African Swine Fever Collaborative Agreement
item Agricultural Research Service - American Type Culture Collection Biological Repository Partnership
item Animal Studies in BSL-3 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 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 CCHV in Ugandan Cattle Corridor and Kenyan Arid North Tick Populations
item Assessment of the Immune Response to Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in Small Ruminant and the Influence of Other Viral Diseases Susceptibility
item Attachment and/or Entry Mechanisms of Bluetongue Virus into Bovine Red Blood Cells
item Biological Safety Level 3 (BSL-3) Training Program for Research Support Personnel
item Biology and Management of Dipteran Pests of Livestock and Other Animals
item BSL4ZNet Secretariat Support and Maintenance
item BSL4ZNet Support and Maintenance
item Building Foundations for E. Ruminantium Vaccine Development
item BVDV Challenge of Calves
item Case Studies of Relatedness Between Salmonella Isolates from Foodborne Outbreaks Using a Recently Developed Analysis Pipeline
item Cattle and Carcass Grading Correlation and Training Center
item CCHFV Prevalence Outside the Ugandan Cattle Corridor
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 Characterization of Risk for Emerging High-consequence Zoonoses in Liberia
item Collaborative Animal Research between Kansas State University and ARS
item Collection of Sheep Germplasm in the Mid-Atlantic Region
item Communications Best Practices for High-containment Laboratories
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 from Relevant Matrices on Sherlock Disposable Molecular Platform
item Developing a Genetic Solution to the Billion-dollar Horn Fly Problem
item Developing a Quantitative Salmonella Baseline and Characterizing Salmonella Isolates from Ground Beef in the United States
item Developing a Systems Biology Approach to Enhance Efficiency and Sustainability of Beef and Lamb Production
item Developing an Ovine Pangenome
item Developing Collaborative Research Partnerships with the BSL4 Zoonotic network (BSL4Znet): Responding to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases
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 Novel Epitope-based Vaccine Candidate for FMDV
item Development of a Population Genetics Pipeline for Characterizing Viral and Vector Population Diversity
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 Development of Short-term Opportunities for Experience in High Containment Research Animal Support Careers
item Discovery of Novel Traits to Improve Efficiency and Sustainability of Different Sheep Production Systems
item Ecological Investigations of Emerging High-consequence Zoonotic Viruses at High-priority Livestock, Wildlife, and Human Interfaces
item Ecology of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
item Ecology of Hemorrhagic Orbiviruses in North America
item Effects of Arbovirus Infection on Insect Feeding Behavior
item Effects of Environmental Temperature on Arbovirus Vector Competence of Various Mosquito Species
item Endemic Ecology and Molecular Epidemiology of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Asia and Africa
item Enhanced Characterization of Sequence Differences Among Salmonella isolates within SNP Clusters Identified by the NCBI Pathogen Detection System
item Enhancing Capacity for Veterinary Pathology
item Epidemiological Fitness Assessment of Segmented RNA Viruses
item Epidemiological Modeling of Vector-borne Diseases
item Evaluation of Transboundary Disease Mitigation Strategies in Kenya
item Exploration of Novel repRNA Vaccine Candidates for Rift Valley Fever Virus
item Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Surveillance in Kenyan Livestock by Sampling at Animal Concentration Points
item Genomes to Phenomes in Beef Cattle Research
item Host and Vector Transcriptional Responses for Transboundary Arboviral Disease of Livestock
item Host Cellular Immune Responses to Arboviruses
item Identification, Genomic Characterization, and Metabolic Modeling of Foodborne Pathogens in the Meat Production Continuum
item Immersive Internship Experiences for Federal Agency Careers
item Impact of Timing of Virus Acquisition on Bluetongue Virus Coinfection
item Improving Detection of Antimicrobial Resistant E. coli and Salmonella in Swine
item Improving Robustness and Climatic Resilience in U.S. Sheep Populations through Genomics
item Improving Robustness and Climatic Resilience in U.S. Sheep Populations through Genomics
item Increasing the Efficacy of the Ad5-FMD Vaccine Using a Multi-Gene Delivery System
item Infectious Disease Research Supporting Workforce Development for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility
item Integrating Vesicular Stomatitis Surveillance, Phylogenetic Analysis and Remote Sensing Toward an Early Warning System for Vector-borne Diseases
item Intervention Strategies to Prevent and Control Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)
item Intervention Strategies to Respond, Control, and Eradicate Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV)
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 Memorandum of Understanding Between the USDA, Agricultural Research Service and the USDA, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
item Mid-infrared Spectra (MIRS) Paired with Visual Spectrum Images for Deep Learning Based Classification of Surveillance Variables
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 Mosquito Cis-regulatory Elements Associated with Arbovirus Infection
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 Partnerships for an Early-career Pipeline to Enhance the Biodefense Veterinary Workforce
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 Prediction of Viral Zoonoses and Reverse Zoonoses Using Next Generation Serodiagnostics (NGSeroDx)
item Quantifying Genetic and Non-Genetic Factors Associated with Lamb Growth and Carcass Characteristics
item Quantitative Analysis of the Fomite Transport Risk Reduction Provided by Shower Out Practices in Various Containment Settings
item Rational Development of Recombinant Vaccines for African Swine Virus and Classical Swine Fever
item RAV3N Phase II: Network of University and Federal BSL-3/4 Large Animal and Laboratory Agricultural Research Facilities
item Rift Valley Fever Pathogenesis and Epidemiology
item Ruminant T2T Workshop 2023
item Simulation Modeling of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Livestock in the U.S.
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 Support Effort for Developing Scientific Information and New Technology to Solve High Priority Problems for U.S. Beef, Sheep, and Swine Industries
item Support Research Collaboration Efforts Between USDA/ARS and International Scientists Working on Priority Research Projects of Mutual Interest
item Support Research Collaborations, Scientific Trainings, and Conferences for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
item Supporting and Enhancing the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Grand Challenge Project
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 Training the Biodefense Research Workforce for the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF)
item Transmission Dynamics of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
item Tri-Partite Collaborative: Characterization of the Respiratory Microbiome and Virome Associated with Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex
item Understanding Pathogenesis and Epidemiology for Controlling Foreign Animal Diseases
item Understanding the Impact of the Farm and Lairage Environments on Salmonella Contamination in Market Hogs
item Using House Flies as Sentinels to Monitor Existing, Emerging and Cryptic Microbial Threats to U.S. Military Personnel
item Using Transcriptomics and Proteomics to Understand Arbovirus Effects on Midge Sensory Function
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