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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
Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Apple
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Canola
Carrot
Climate
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cranberry
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Dairy cattle, general/other
Dairy cattle, live animal
Deciduous and small fruits, general/other
Domestic and community water supply facilities and systems
Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems
Durum wheat
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Feed and feed additives
Fertilizers
Fish habitats
Florist crops, other
Forage legumes, other
Fungi (includes yeast)
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Ground covers
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hemp
Herbs and spices
Honey bees
Horses, ponies, and mules
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Microorganisms, general/other
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Nematodes
Noncrop plant research
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Onion, garlic, leek, shallot
Ornamental trees and shrubs
Ornamentals and turf, general/other (includes cacti)
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other dairy cattle products
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peach
Peas (dry)
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Plant research, general
Potato
Potted plants
Poultry, general/other
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Red clover
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Rice
Rye
Sheep, live animal
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soil
Soil and land, general
Soybean
Sugar beet
Sugar crops, general/other
Sunflower
Sweet potato
Sweet sorghum
Sweetcorn
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
The farm as an enterprise
Tomato
Trees, forests, and forest products, general
Trout
Tung
Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue)
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
Wetland and riparian systems
Wheat, other
Wild animals
Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other
Wood and wood products
Research Projects within Beef cattle, live animal
item Alternatives to Antibiotics: Neonatal Immunomodulation to Improve Disease Resistance in Animals
item Alternatives to Antibiotics: Neonatal Immunomodulation to Improve Disease Resistance in Animals
item Alternatives to Antibiotics: Neonatal Immunomodulation to Improve Disease Resistance in Animals
item Approaches to Minimize the Occurrence of Fescue Toxicosis in Livestock
item Approaches to Minimize the Occurrence of Fescue Toxicosis in Livestock
item Assessing the Potential Transmissibility of Bovine and Cervid Prions with a Human Prion Protein-based Model
item Assessment of Biochar- Chronic Wasting Disease Interactions and the Feasibility of Using Biochar to Reduce Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease
item Computational Analysis of Host, Bacteria, and Microbiome for Development of Strategies to Enhance Health and Food Safety
item Continued Development of an Immunological Toolkit and Profile for Bottlenose Dolphins
item Continued Development of an Immunological Toolkit and Profile for Bottlenose Dolphins
item Development and Testing of Mycobacterium Avium Subsp. Paratuberculosis Diva Vaccines in Dairy Cattle
item Development and Validation of TB Diagnostics for Deer and Cattle that have been Vaccinated with BCG
item Development of a Mucosal, Polyanhydride-based Nanoparticle Vaccine for Use Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in the Neonate
item Development of a Transgenic Mouse that Expresses the Bovine Prion Polymorphism T231
item Development of Improved Diagnostic and Control Strategies for Brucellosis in Livestock and Wildlife
item Development of Wireless Sensors for Detecting Misfolded Prion Proteins and Rumen pH of Deer
item Diagnostic and Mitigation Strategies to Control Tuberculosis in Cattle and Wildlife
item Elucidating the Pathobiology and Transmission of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
item Evaluate ARS Vaccine Candidates Against Mycoplasma Mycoides Subspecies Mycoides
item Experimental Infections of Elk With SARS-CoV-2
item Facilitated Expert Gap Analysis and Review of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP)
item Generation of a Transposon Mutant Library of Mycoplasma Mycoides Subspecies Mycoides
item Host-pathogen Interactions and Control Strategies for Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens in Cattle
item Host-pathogen Interactions and Control Strategies for Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens in Cattle
item Identification of Antigens and Host Innate Immune Responses for Control of Johne's Disease
item Improving Sustainability of Forage-based Production Systems
item Increasing Sustainability of Forage Production in Mid-South Agroecosystems
item Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - University of Kentucky
item Intervention Strategies for Spirochete Diseases
item Intervention Strategies to Prevent and Control Viral Respiratory Pathogens of Ruminants
item Intestinal Microbial Ecology and Non-Antibiotic Strategies to Limit Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Antimicrobial Resistance Transmission in Food Animals
item Investigation of a PRNP Polymorphism on Susceptibility to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
item Precision Bacteriophage Identification Through Machine Learning for Mitigating Persistent Colonization of Shiga Toxin
item Revealing Mechanisms for Internal Salmonella Colonization and Persistence in Porcine Lymphoid and Fat Tissues
item SARS-CoV-2 White-tailed Deer Infection Dynamics and Antibody Persistence
item SARS-CoV-2 White-tailed Deer Infection Dynamics and Antibody Persistence
item Severe acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 Research Priorities
item TB Diagnostics in Vaccinated Cattle and Deer
item The Agronomy of Hemp and its Uses in Forage-Animal Agriculture
item The Roles of Forage and Phytochemicals at the Plant-Microbe-Animal Nexus for Sustainable Ruminant
item Utilizing the University of Kentucky Animal Care and Use Committee