Project Grant 20266701545718
- This $300,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program aims to develop a new molecular tool called BRDSEQ to capture and identify the specific bacteria and viruses associated with Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) in cattle. The project, conducted by Texas A&M AgriLife Research, will analyze genetic material from cattle respiratory samples...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $225,000 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) project grant to the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas. The grant will fund a 2-year research project to characterize the probiotic capabilities of commensal Corynebacterium bacteria isolated from the bovine respiratory microbiota. The goal is to evaluate the potential of these bacterial isolates to inhibit the growth...
- Long Island University received a three-year, $627,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The grant will fund research to develop an improved vaccine for bovine respiratory disease (BRD) in cattle. BRD costs the U.S. beef industry over $3 billion annually. Current commercial vaccines have limited effectiveness. The university will generate...
- 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...
- The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $650,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop a rapid diagnostic system for bovine respiratory disease complex. The funding is provided through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. Under the three-year award ending in April 2026, the research team will optimize detection strategies for viruses, multi-viral...
- 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...
- The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $299,941 Project Grant to Texas A&M Agrilife Research under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The grant will fund research from March 2022 to February 2025 to evaluate the timing of bovine viral diarrhea virus and bovine herpesvirus vaccinations in cattle herds. The research aims to determine the optimal interval between vaccination and the start of breeding seasons...
- This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program supports research at Texas Tech University to investigate the impact of Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV) on dairy cow immune systems. The project will employ advanced single-cell RNA sequencing techniques to examine changes in blood cell function at the molecular level in BLV-infected cattle. The goal is to uncover specific weaknesses in...
- The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Purdue University $650,000 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program to conduct research from June 2023 to May 2027 related to beef cattle production efficiency and health. Specifically, the university will analyze changes in the ruminal, intestinal, and cecal microbiome of grain-finished cattle administered tylosin and monensin antibiotics to characterize...
- This 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 (AFRI) CFDA 10.310 program, will evaluate a new, data-driven approach to treating bovine metritis in commercial dairy cows. The $650,000 award to Texas Tech University System will be used to compare the effectiveness of selectively treating affected cows versus the current practice of treating all cows with antibiotics....
This federal Project Grant award of $779,000 from 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 the understanding and management of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) in cattle. The key objectives are to study how the bacterium Mycoplasma bovis contributes to BRD, particularly in the early stages of the disease, and how it interacts with other pathogens. This research aims to help identify earlier warning signs of BRD and support more targeted treatment decisions to reduce disease losses, improve animal welfare, and lower production costs for beef producers. The 3-year project will be conducted by Texas A&M AgriLife Research, a prominent state government research entity within the Texas A&M University System.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $779.0k | 12/30/25 |