Projects in Progress
For further information on any of our projects in progress, please email feedback@cattle.ca
Animal Health & Welfare
Animal Health and Welfare [PDF / 860KB]
Cow-Calf Sector
- Improving diagnostic tests for Johne's Disease [PDF / 57KB]
- An improved diagnostic test for Johne’s Disease [PDF / 848KB]
- A calfhood vaccine and early detection test for Johne’s Disease [PDF / 851KB]
- Prevalence and transmission of an emerging parasite in beef cattle
- Factors affecting tick and biting fly risks [PDF / 850KB]
- A better test for anaplasmosis [PDF / 854KB]
- Causes of reproductive failure [PDF / 857KB]
Feedlot Sector
- Effect of transport practices on feedlot performance and health of weaned calves [PDF / 850KB]
- Developing technologies for the early detection of disease in feedlot cattle
- Does Bovine Respiratory Disease treatment influence the severity of chronic pneumonia and lameness?
- Is an increase of pneumonia and arthritis in feedlot cattle a result of genetic change in Mycoplasma bovis?
- Do DDGS affect feedlot cattle health [PDF / 850KB]
Forage & Grassland
Forage and Grassland Research [PDF / 864KB]
- The role of forages in sustainable beef production [PDF / 1.36MB]
Native Species
- Breeding drought tolerant forages [PDF / 850KB]
- Effect of grazing management on carbon sequestration and greenhouse production
Tame Species
- Grazing alfalfa more safely [PDF / 850KB]
- Development of bloat-safe alfalfa grazing through the development of improved saifoin germplasm
- Forage seed mixtures for different regions of Canada [PDF / 852KB]
- Effect of resting perennial pastures on beef cattle performance, alfalfa persistence, pasture productivity and water use efficiency
- Using late summer swath to rest grazing perennial pastures [PDF / 853KB]
Annual Species
- Improving yield and digestibility of barley and triticale silage
- New technologies to breed better barely [PDF / 1.2MB]
- Reducing swath grazing costs, Part 1 [PDF / 853KB]
- Reducing swath grazing costs, Part 2 [PDF / 853KB]
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Using late summer swath to rest grazing perennial pastures [PDF / 853KB]
Feed Efficiency
Feed Efficiency Research [PDF / 868KB]
Seedstock
- DNA panel development to predict genetic difference for feed efficiency and beef tenderness
- Finding DNA markers for feed efficiency [PDF / 852KB]
- Predicting feed efficiency more economically [PDF / 847KB]
- Effect of nutrition and genetics on fetal growth and winter feed costs [PDF / 851KB]
Feedlot
- Using wheat-based distillers' grains in feedlot cattle
- Optimizing protein levels in feedlot diets containing DDGS [PDF / 850KB]
- Strategies to use oats, barley and corn DDGS more efficiently [PDF / 852KB]
- Effect of feeding DDGS on nutrient value of beef manure [PDF / 852KB]
- Evaluating the impact of growth in the ethanol industry on the cost of feeding cattle in Canada
SRM Disposal
Specified Risk Material Disposal [PDF / 862KB]
- Can composting destroy BSE prions [PDF / 852KB]
Food Safety
Food Safety Research [PDF / 900KB]
Cattle Management
- Do wheat DDGS affect E.coli 0157:H7 shedding? [PDF / 852KB]
Processing Industry
- Improving the shelf life of ground beef Part 1 [PDF / 850KB]
- Improving the shelf life of ground beef Part 2 [PDF / 855KB]
- E-beam treatment to improve beef safety [PDF 855KB]
- Training new food safety researchers [PDF / 866KB]
Beef Quality
Beef Quality Research [PDF / 864KB]
Seedstock
- DNA panel development to predict genetic difference for feed efficiency and beef tenderness
- Developing a better DNA test for tenderness [PDF / 854KB]
Cattle Management
- How does forage finishing affect product quality? [PDF / 853KB]
- Will feeding DDGS affect beef composition and quality? [PDF / 853KB]
- Canada’s beef quality audit [PDF / 854KB]
Processing Industry
- Canada’s beef quality audit [PDF / 854KB]
- New Technologies to evaluate beef carcasses [PDF / 864KB]
- Providing consumers with more tender roasts [PDF / 848KB]
- Measuring the Canadian Beef Advantage [PDF / 767KB]
