Project Grant 20266701545701
- The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded $650,000 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program to identify genetic and biological markers correlated with the development of liver abscesses in feedlot cattle. With a project period from June 2023 through May 2028, this Project Grant will support research at the Agricultural Research Service Plains Area in Fort Collins, Colorado to address the prevalent and costly issue of...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to Texas Tech University System to conduct research on addressing liver abscesses in beef cattle. The project aims to improve the quality and efficiency of beef production by investigating the pathogenesis of liver abscesses and developing nutritional strategies to decrease their prevalence. The research will be conducted in collaboration with the USDA...
- This $595,000 federal Project Grant was awarded on September 1, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310). The grant will support a 4-year research project at West Texas A&M University to investigate how gene activity changes in liver tissue surrounding abscesses in cattle. The project aims to create a detailed cellular-level map of gene expression changes...
- This Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) CFDA 10.310 program provides $650,000 to Kansas State University (KSU) to conduct research on assessing pain and heat stress in beef cattle. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) Optimize and validate a Bovine Rate of Consumption Index (BROCI) as an objective measure of acute pain and the efficacy of pain relief drugs after surgical...
- The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $650,000 Project Grant to the Agricultural Research Service to fund research under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The grant will support research from June 2023 to May 2027 focusing on the liver and blood microbiome changes and their relationship to ruminal acidosis in dairy cattle. The research aims to investigate membership and longitudinal shifts in the liver and...
- This $650,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) will support research at Utah State University to assess the impacts of hormone-based anabolic implants commonly used in beef production systems. The project aims to improve understanding of how these implants influence skeletal muscle growth, metabolism, and meat quality in beef cattle. Utilizing...
- This $221,322 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program supports research to improve antimicrobial stewardship and best practices for reducing illness and death in beef cattle herds due to bovine anaplasmosis. The project aims to measure the consumption of chlortetracycline-medicated mineral supplements by cattle on pasture and determine the resulting antibiotic...
- This $800,000 project grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program (CFDA 10.310), will support the validation of novel transcriptomic blood biomarkers of pain in cattle and swine. Kansas State University will work with the University of Adelaide to identify genetic markers in the blood of pigs and cattle that indicate the experience of pain after routine management procedures like tail docking and...
- The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded $1 million under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program to Colorado State University for a project titled "Improving Dairy Cattle Welfare Outcomes at End of Life." The four-year project aims to provide tools to stakeholders along the dairy supply chain to enhance welfare for dairy cattle at the end of their lives through timely euthanasia or shipment to processing...
- This $152,575.77 federal Project Grant award was made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310). The grant aims to identify key animal and resource-based measures of welfare, including health, and understand dairy producer perspectives on farms that use cow-calf contact to rear calves. To achieve these goals, the awardee, the University of Vermont & State...
This Project Grant award of $650,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) CFDA Program supports research to understand the welfare impacts of liver abscesses in feedlot cattle. The research aims to determine if liver abscesses cause pain and illness in cattle by evaluating physiological and behavioral outcomes. This will provide critical information needed to develop interventions to improve cattle welfare and economic outcomes during the feeding period. The research will be conducted by Colorado State University from February 1, 2026 through January 31, 2029. The goal is to fill a critical knowledge gap regarding the welfare impacts of this common metabolic disorder affecting millions of cattle annually in the United States.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $650.0k | 12/30/25 |