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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
Animal research, general
Beef cattle, live animal
Dairy cattle, live animal
General Commodity
General technology
Goats, meat and mohair
Horses, ponies, and mules
Insects
Sheep, live animal
Swine, live animal
Viruses
Wild animals
Research Projects within 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 Analysis of the Cross Protective Response Induced by ASFV Recombinant Vaccine ASFV-G-DeltaI177L
item Analysis of the Immune Response Elicited by Classical Swine Fever Virus Recombinant Vaccine Candidate FlagT4G
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 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 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 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 Environmental Effects on Mosquito Saliva Composition Using Mass Spectrometry
item Characterizing the Structure-Function of Various Families of Viroporins to Support African Swine Fever Virus Vaccine Candidates
item Classical Swine Fever (CSF) Vaccine FlagT4G Vaccine Efficacy: Assessing Oral Administration and Protection in Pregnant Sows
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 Considering FMDV Recombination and Strain Emergence in Context of Development of Live-attenuated Vaccines
item Curated African Swine Fever Genomic Database
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Exploration of Novel repRNA Vaccine Candidates for Japanese Encephalitis Virus
item Exploration of Novel Virus-like Particle Vaccine Candidates for Japanese Encephalitis Virus
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 Functional Genomics of African Swine Fever Virus Infections - An Effective System to Identify Pro-Tolerance and Resilience Pathways in Pigs
item Host Cellular Immune Responses to Arboviruses
item Identifying Flavivirus Determinants of Entry and Replication and Design of Potential Vaccine Candidates
item Improved Vector-Borne Disease Response in South Asia
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 Respond, Control, and Eradicate Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV)
item Investigating the Dynamics of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus in Endemic and Incursion Ecological Zones
item Japanese Encephalitis Virus Prevention and Mitigation Strategies
item Maximum-containment Capabilities for Animal Studies
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 Mosquito Vector Predictive Modeling in a Changing Climate
item New Tools for Vector-pathogen-host Investigations
item Novel Partnerships for an Early-career Pipeline to Enhance the Biodefense Veterinary Workforce
item Pathogenesis and Wildlife Host Range of Japanese Encephalitis Virus
item Planning and Conducting the 2025 Foot-and-Mouth Disease Symposium
item Predicting and Mitigating Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) Outbreaks in North America
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 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 Reversion to Virulene Studies for African Swine Fever Vaccines
item Safety and Efficacy Assessment of African Swine Fever Vaccines For Use in the Dominican Republic
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 The Agrosecurity Partnerships for Innovative Research (ASPIRE) Project for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
item Understanding Molecular Bases in the Production of Genetic Diversity of African Swine Fever Virus
item Understanding Pathogenesis and Epidemiology for Controlling Foreign Animal Diseases
item UTMB-USDA Collaboration on Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ticks and Animals
item Vector Surveillance at an Active Cache Valley Virus Focus