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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
Almond
Animal research, general
Aquatic plants
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Banana
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Beef cattle, live animal
Berries and cane fruits, other
Blueberry
Broadleaf forests of the South
Catfish
Chemurgic Crops
Citrus, general/other
Climate
Cocoa
Coffee
Cole crops (includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower,
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cotton, other
Cottonseed (for meal, oil, etc.)
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Cucurbits, other (includes pumpkin, squash, gourd)
Dairy cattle, live animal
Deciduous tree fruits, other
Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery
Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems
Duck and goose, live animal
Edible tree nuts, general/other
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Eggplant
Eggs
Feed and feed additives
Fertilizers
Fiber crops, general/other
Finfish
Fish habitats
Forage legumes, other
Fungi (includes yeast)
General technology
Goats, meat and mohair
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grain sorghum
Grapefruit
Grapes, other
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Hard red winter wheat
Hemp
Herbaceous perennials and decorative greens
Honey bees
Horses, ponies, and mules
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Kenaf
Laboratory animals
Leguminous vegetables, other
Long fiber cotton
Machinery and equipment
Mango
Marine shrimp
Meat-type chicken, live animal
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Microorganisms, general/other
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Nectarine
Noncrop plant research
Nonfarm structures and related facilities, including those used in
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Orange
Ornamental trees and shrubs
Ornamentals and turf, general/other (includes cacti)
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other cultured finfish
Other poultry products
Oysters
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peach
Peanut
Pecan
Peppers
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Plant research, general
Plum
Potato
Potted plants
Poultry meat
Poultry, general/other
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Research on research management (not research management per se)
Rhizomes, tubers, bulbs, and root crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Rice
River basins
Sewage and waste disposal facilities and systems
Sheep, live animal
Soft red wheat
Soil
Soil and land, general
Solanaceous and related crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Soybean
Strawberry
Striped bass
Sugar beet
Sugar cane
Summer annual grasses (includes forage sorghums, sudangrass, sorghum)
Sweet potato
Sweet sorghum
Sweetcorn
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
Table grapes
The farm as an enterprise
Tilapia
Tomato
Trees, forests, and forest products, general
Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other
Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue)
Turkey, live animal
Upland cotton
Vegetables, general/other
Viruses
Walnut
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 habitats
Wine grapes
Research Projects within Meat-type chicken, live animal
item “NIAID Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response” (CEIRR)
item Alternatives to Antibiotics and Genomics of Antimicrobial Resistance to Control Foodborne Pathogens in Poultry
item Application of Electron Beam in the Inactivation of Viruses, Bacteria, Protozoan Parasites, and Fungi in Pure Culture and Different Matrices
item Application of Probiotics as an Alternative to Antibiotics for the Reduction of Salmonella in Poultry
item Biophotonics - Emerging Imaging Technologies for Food Animal Research
item Biophotonics – Emerging Imaging Technologies for Food Animal Research
item Characterization Avian Influenza Virus Immunology and Intervention Strategies in Poultry
item Characterization of Avian Pathogenic E. coli Field Isolates and Identification of Potential Vaccine Targets in Commercial Poultry
item Characterization of Avian Pathogenic E. coli Field Isolates and Identification of Potential Vaccine Targets in Commercial Poultry
item Characterization of Variant Avian Influenza Viruses to Evaluate Vaccines
item Control Strategies for Avian Mycoplasmosis
item Control Strategies to Prevent and Respond to Diseases Outbreaks Caused by Avian Influenza Viruses
item Develop Novel Vaccines Against Avian Reovirus and to Elucidate Mechanisms of Viral Pathogenesis
item Developing Plant-based Drinking Water Supplements for Controlling Salmonella and Campylobacter Jejuni in Broiler Chickens
item Development and Validation of Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) Sequencing as a Molecular Point-of-Care Diagnostic (POCD) Assay
item Development of an Antigenic and Sequence Database of U.S. Avian Influenza Viruses
item Development of Bioinformatic Tools for Omic Data Integration
item Development of mRNA-based Vaccines for Heterosubtypic Protection Against Infectious Bronchitis and Infectious Laryngotracheitis Viruses
item Dietary Manipulation to Improve Gut Health in Broiler Production
item Effect of Mycotoxins and Mitigation Strategies in Poultry
item Effect of Particle Size and Feed Quality on Performance and Intestinal Function in Broiler Chickens with Sub-clinical Enteric Infections
item Effect of Sub-clinical Enteric Infections on Protein Degradation Rate in Broilers
item Effects of Environmental Conditions in Live Production on Production Efficiency and Product Quality in Commercial Poultry
item Effects of Rearing Conditions on Behavioral and Metabolic Responses of Poultry
item Electron Beam (eBeam)-Killed Multivalent Vaccine to Control Clostridium Perfringens and Mycoplasma Gallisepticum in Chickens - Texas A&M
item Electron Beam (eBeam)-Killed Multivalent Vaccine to Control Clostridium Perfringens and Mycoplasma Gallisepticum in Chickens- Ohio State University
item Electron Beam (eBeam)-Killed Multivalent Vaccine to Control Clostridium Perfringens and Mycoplasma Gallisepticum in Chickens- University of Arkansas
item Electron Beam-Killed Multivalent Vaccines to Control Clostridium Perfringens, and Mycoplasma Gallisepticum in Chickens (Mississippi State)
item Electron Beam-Killed Multivalent Vaccines to Control Clostridium Perfringens, and Mycoplasma Gallisepticum in Chickens - Fayetteville, AR
item Elucidate Host-Pathogen Interactions of Polymicrobial Infections in Broiler Chicken Production
item Elucidation of Molecular Determinants of Avian Herpesviruses Virulence and Evolution to Inform the Development of Safe and Effective Vaccines
item Enhancing Genetic Resistance and Vaccinal Response to Control Marek's Disease, Infectious Laryngotracheitis, and Infectious Bursal Disease in Chicken
item Enhancing Microbiological Safety and Production Efficiency in Organic Poultry Farming: An Interdisciplinary Investigation of Innovative Strategies
item Enhancing the production of type I interferons to create rationally-defined and highly protective Marek's diseas vaccines in chickens
item Environmental Modeling for Enhanced Broiler House Design, Construction, and Operation to Improve Energy and Water Use Efficiency
item Evaluate the Ability of Insect Meal to Reduce Colonization of Foodborne Pathogens in Broiler Chickens
item Evaluation of Currently Available Vaccines for the Control of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
item Evaluation of Different Vaccines for Control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Poultry and Ruminants (Athens)
item Factors influencing the evolution of infectious diseases
item Generation of a Newcastle Disease Vaccines That Protect Against Infectious Laryngotracheitis and Marek's Disease which can be Delivered in Ovo
item Genomic and Epidemiological Parameters to Inform Interventions Strategies for Enteric Diseases of Poultry
item Genomic and Epidemiological Parameters to Inform Interventions Strategies for Enteric Diseases of Poultry
item Hatchery and Live Production Management Strategies for Improving Poultry Health
item Identify Environmental and Management Drivers of Foodborne Pathogen Ecology Under Pastured Poultry Rearing Systems
item Immune Divergent Chickens as a Novel Source of Probiotics Capable of Preventing Foodborne Pathogen Carriage in Broilers
item Immunological and Physiological Characteristics of Poultry Vaccinated and/or Challenged with Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC)
item Improving Health and Well-being in Broiler Chickens Through Environmental Management
item Improving Prevention of Newcastle Disease by Identification of Emerging Strains, Virus Evolution and Predicting Protection Conferred by Vaccination
item Improving Sustainability and Resiliency in Commercial Broiler Production
item In-field Grain Processing for Poultry Diet
item Influence of Vaccines, Host Genetics and Pathogen Mutation Rates on the Evolutionary Dynamics of Infectious Diseases - Purdue
item Influence of Vaccines, Host Genetics, and Pathogen Mutation Rates on the Evolutionary Dynamics of Infectious Diseases - Berlin
item Intervention Strategies to Mitigate Avian Escherichia coli Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance in the Poultry Environment
item Intervention Strategies to Predict, Prevent, and Control Emerging Strains of Virulent Newcastle Disease Viruses
item Investigating the Role of Lighting Photoperiods in Broiler Production on Pre-Harvest Foodborne Pathogen Carriage
item Leveraging Neuroimmune Pathways of Host-Microbe Interaction in the Development of Novel E-beam Antibiotic Alternative Strategies in Poultry
item Microbiome Transplantation as a Novel Approach to Prevent Climate Change Mediated Susceptibility to Foodborne Pathogen Carriage in Poultry
item Multi-hurdle Approaches for Controlling Foodborne Pathogens in Poultry
item Multi-hurdle Approaches for Controlling Foodborne Pathogens in Poultry: Salmonella Vaccine Potency Testing
item Network Service Agreement for ARS Mississippi State Location
item Next Generation Sequencing as a Diagnostic Tool for Poultry Pathogens
item Next-Generation Sequencing and Bioinformatics Procedures for Identification, Pathotype Prediction, and Subtyping of Influenza A viruses
item Novel Microbubble Technology to Reduce Contamination of Poultry Products and Fresh Produce for Small and Medium Veteran Farmers
item Nutritional Interventions to Prevent Chicken Breast Myopathies
item Pathogenesis of Egg Drop Syndrome (EDS) Virus and Improved Control Through Targeted Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines
item Prevention of Immunosuppressive Viruses of Poultry
item Rapid Detection and Characterization of Avian Foreign Animal Diseases Using Nanopore Sequencing
item Reducing the Impact of Subclinical Enteric Infections on Performance and Gastrointestinal Function of Broilers
item Reduction of Foodborne Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance in Poultry Production Environments
item Reduction of Foodborne Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance in Poultry Production Environments
item Response to APHIS SARS-CoV-2 Research Priorities Phase 1 (SEPRL)
item Salmonella and Campylobacter! Leveraging Odor Signatures of Microbial Metabolism as a Non-invasive Detection Method of Foodborne Pathogens
item Systems Biology Approaches to Develop Medical Countermeasures to Detect, Prevent, and Control Poultry Production Viral Diseases
item Systems-based Integrated Program for Enhancing the Sustainability of Antibiotic Restricted Poultry Production
item U.S. Egypt Science and Technology Joint Fund Cycle 21 U.S. Sub-Award PERUSE: Predicting Emerging Resistance in the US
item Updating Avian Influenza Diagnostic Tests and HPAIV Strain Characterization
item US-UK Collaboration: Genetic and Non-Genetic Drivers for Virus Transmission and Virulence Evolution
item US-UK-China Collab: Predictive phylogenetics for evolutionary and transmission dynamics of newly emerging avian influenza viruses
item US-UK-China Collab: Predictive Phylogenetics For Evolutionary and Transmission Dynamics of Newly Emerging Avian Influenza Viruses
item Vaccines to Reduce Salmonella Infantis in Chickens
item vIL4 Virus Characterization