Animal Sciences Applied Research and Extension Programming Database
This database consists of applied research and extension programming updates from Purdue Animal Sciences Extension Faculty.
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| Title | Description | Species | Faculty | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooling pads to reduce heat stress in sows and boars. | Cooling pads can remove excess heat from boars and sows under high environmental temperatures. | Swine | Schinckel, Allan | 2024 | Applied Research |
| Shell Egg Academy | Education program for egg production quality and safety | Poultry | Karcher, Darrin | 2024 | Extension Programming |
| Extent and timing of skeletal muscle changing throughout a dairy cow lactation | Dairy cows mobilize a considerable amount of skeletal muscle in the first month of lactation but do not appreciably gain skeletal muscle until late lactation. | Dairy Cattle | Boerman, Jackie | 2024 | Applied Research |
| Using cameras to assess diet uniformity of dairy cow diets | Image analysis from video collected of the diet mixing process can differentiate well- and poorly-mixed diets. | Dairy Cattle | Boerman, Jackie | 2024 | Applied Research |
| Breeding pigs for improved heat tolerance through the integration of genomics and large-scale phenotyping | Genomic selection is a very effective tool for improving heat tolerance in pigs in the face of climate change. | Swine | Brito, Luiz | 2024 | Applied Research |
| Developing more sustainable dairy cattle breeding goals based on the integration of genomics and precision technologies | There are many welfare, behavior, resilience, and productive efficiency traits that can be derived for breeding purposes based on the integration of data from precision technologies and genomic information. | Dairy Cattle | Brito, Luiz | 2024 | Applied Research |
| Develop technologies to reduce the use of antibiotics in food animal production in low- and middle-income countries | Phage-based treatments effectively prevent fowl typhoid and colibacillosis in broilers. | Poultry | Ebner, Paul | 2024 | Applied Research |
| Assessing food awareness among food handlers and consumers in the Dominican Republic: A behavior theory approach | This study identifies barriers to food safety in the Dominican Republic and proposes a behavior-based strategy using education, incentives, regulations, and modeling to promote safer practices among consumers and food handlers. | Poultry | Ebner, Paul | 2024 | Applied Research |
| Individual differences in laying hen susceptibility to the northern fowl mite | Laying hens differ in their ability to combat northern fowl mites, which provides possibilities for identifying traits that can be used to breed more resistant hens. | Poultry | Erasmus, Marisa | 2024 | Applied Research |
| What's in a quack? Analyses of full repertoire of duck vocalizations and effects of vocalizations on conspecific physiology | Ducks have 19 distinctly different types of vocalizations based upon environmental and social context and these vocalizations have differential impacts on conspecific physiological responses. | Poultry | Fraley, Gregory S. | 2024 | Applied Research |
| Epigenetic impacts of heat stress on fear and the physiological stress response | Heat stress due to global climate change has negative impacts on poultry that costs millions each year, and may be transmitted to offspring thus multiplying the negative impacts on economics. | Poultry | Fraley, Gregory S. | 2024 | Applied Research |
| Sex differences of the impact of transportation on the stress response and brain neurochemistry associated with affective state | Sex differences of the impact of transportation on the stress response and brain neurochemistry associated with affective state. | Poultry | Fraley, Gregory S. | 2024 | Applied Research |
| Evaluation of soybean hulls (SBH) as an energy source to improve reproductive performance of replacement beef heifers during the early spring breeding season | The supplementation of 5 pounds of SBH per day immediately following fixed-time artificial insemination (FTAI), and turn-out to lush spring pasture, for a 45 day breeding season improved beef replacement weight gain (P = .04) with a tendency for increased FTAI conception (P = 0.17; 64% vs. 44%) and 45-day breeding season pregnancy rates (P = 0.20; 96% vs. 84%). | Beef Cattle | Nicholls, Griffin | 2024 | Applied Research |
| Lightweight pigs are surprisingly resilient to shipping stress | Lightweight pigs are a growing burden within the swine industry, but not because of their response to shipping stress. | Swine | Pasternak, Alex | 2024 | Applied Research |
| Characterizing the link between the gastrointestinal tract microbiome, microbial metabolism, and host response in grain-finished cattle fed low-dose antimicrobials | Low dose antibiotics have a significant impact on the GIT microbiome, which could have implications for host health and feedlot cattle performance. | Beef Cattle | Schoonmaker, Jon | 2024 | Applied Research |
| Development of the Dominican Republic National Monitoring and Surveillance Program for Pesticide Residues in Primary Foods: "Plan Nacional de Monitoreo y Vigilancia de Residuos de Plaguicidas en Alimentos Primarios en la República Dominicana" | Working in concert with the Dominican Republic Department of Food Safety, we created the National Pesticide Monitoring and Surveillance program now in use throughout the country. | Poultry | Ebner, Paul | 2024 | Extension Programming |
| Poultry Extension Collaborative | Translating poultry science into practice | Poultry | Erasmus, Marisa | 2024 | Extension Programming |
| Engagement projects with the Farm at Prophetstown | The Department of Animal Sciences is engaging the community through education programs and having a presence at the Farm at Prophetstown. | Swine | Karcher, Darrin | 2024 | Extension Programming |
| Indiana State Fair Animal Town Exhibits | Community engagement is imperative for sharing knowledge about animal sciences. | Poultry | Ebner, Paul | 2024 | Extension Programming |