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APPLICATION OF BIOINFORMATICS TO LIVESTOCK GENOMES APPLICATION OF BIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND CONTROL OF AVIAN INFLUENZA AND OTHER EMERGING POULTRY PATHOGENS AVIAN GENOMIC AND IMMUNOLOGIC APPROACHES FOR CONTROLLING MUCOSAL PATHOGENS AVIAN GENOMIC AND IMMUNOLOGIC APPROACHES FOR CONTROLLING MUCOSAL PATHOGENS AVIAN INFLUENZA MONITORING OF WILD BIRDS AT NON-US SITES AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS ECOLOGY AND PHYLOGENETICS IN WILD BIRDS AVIAN INTESTINAL MICROARRAY ANALYSIS BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF LOW PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA(AI) VIRUSES AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES ON ROUTES OF TRANSMISSION OF AI IN FARMS BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF LOW PATHOGENIC H7 SUBTYPE AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUSES AND THE EFFECTS OF AI VIRUS INFECTION ON GENE EXPRESSION BOVINE COPY NUMBER POLYMORPHISM AND ITS IMPLICATION IN EARLY EMBRYONIC LOSS COMPARATIVE GENOMICS OF THE FOOD-BORNE PATHOGEN CAMPY JEJUNI FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF GENETIC MARKERS SPECIFIC TO ISOLATES CAUSING DISEASES CONTROL OF ZOONOTIC AVIAN VIRUSES COUNTERMEASURES TO PREVENT AND CONTROL AVIAN MYCOPLASMOSIS DETECTION AND SAFE MANAGEMENT OF MICROORGANISMS IN SWINE WASTE (PRESTAGE FARMS OF MS) DETECTION OF CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI IN CHICKENS BY IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY DETECTION, SOURCE IDENTIFICATION, ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT, FATE, AND TREATMENT OF PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS DERIVED FROM ANIMAL WASTES DETERMINANTS OF AVIAN COCCIDIOSIS INFECTION AND PATHOGENICITY DETERMINATION OF EGGSHELL MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ASSOCIATED PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILES IN MG-VACCINATED EGG-LAYING CHICKENS DETERMINATION OF TEMPERATURE AND TIME PARAMETERS TO INACTIVATE H5N1 HIGH PATHOGENICITY AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS IN DRIED EGG WHITES DETERMINATION OF THE FREQUENCY PATHOBIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERSISTENCE OF WILD BIRDS AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUSES DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF RECOMBINANT FOWL POXVIRUS VACCINES AGAINST AVIAN INFLUENZA DEVELOPMENT AND FIELD EVALUATION OF GENOME-WIDE MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION (GWMAS) OVER MULTIPLE GENERATIONS IN COMMERCIAL POULTRY DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF BIOSENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR RAPID DETECTION OF AVIAN INFLUENZA DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA AND NEWCASTLE DISEASE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO ANTIBIOTICS FOR CONTROLLING BACTERIAL RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS IN POULTRY DEVELOPMENT OF ASSAYS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF NEWLY EVOLVED VIRULENT STRAINS OF NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS. DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTIONAL GENOMIC AND IMMUNOLOGIC APPROACHES TO CONTROL AVIAN MUCOSAL PATHOGENS DEVELOPMENT OF REAGENTS AND PROTOCOLS FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND IMAGING OF NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS DEVELOPMENT OF RESISTANCE TO 4TH GENERATION CEPHALOSPORIN DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSGENIC CHICKENS RESISTANT TO AVIAN INFLUENZA AND NEWCASTLE DISEASE DIETARY SUPPORT EFFECTS ON EGGSHELL MICROSTRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE SUBSEQUENT TO PULLET AND EARLY LAY PERIOD MG VACCINATION IN EGG-LAYING CH DNA VACCINE TECHNOLOGY DOES GENETIC SELECTION FOR BODY WEIGHT IN CHICKENS ALTER THE BRAIN'S ABILITY TO REGULATE FEED INTAKE AND ENERGY BALANCE? EIMERIA DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION - EARLY DIAGNOSIS EMERGENCY VETERINARY MEDICAL RESEARCH ON VACCINES, ENVIRON. SURVEILLANCE, GENOMICS & BIOSECURITY FOR H5N1 HIGH PATHOGENICITY AVIAN INFLUENZA EPIDEMIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF AVIAN INFLUENZA EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANT OF FOODBORNE PATHOGENS & OTHER BACTERIAL ISOLATES OF ANIMAL ORIGIN AS PART OF NARMS EPIDEMIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS AND CONTROL OF RETROVIRUS INFECTION IN POULTRY EPIDEMIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND MOLECULAR GENETICS OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IN PATHOGENIC AND COMMENSAL BACTERIA FROM FOOD ANIMALS EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINES AND VACCINE SEED STRAINS FOR H5N1 HIGH PATHOGENICITY AVIAN INFLUENZA CONTROL IN INDONESIA EVALUATION OF AVIAN INFLUENZA ISOLATES FOR SUITABILITY AS VACCINES EVALUATION OF CHEMICALS TO REDUCE HATCHING EGG CONTAMINATION AND TRANSMISSION OF SALMONELLOA TO BROILER CHICKS EVALUATION OF LIGHT PROGRAMS ON BROILER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES FOR THE POTENTIAL TO EFFECT COLONIZATION OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA.... EVALUATION OF NOVEL ADJUVANT IN RECOMBINANT POULTRY VACCINE EVALUATION OF NOVEL ADJUVANT ON EIMERIA EVALUATION OF VACCINE EFFICACY OF AVIAN INFLUENZA IN VIETNAM FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS AND GENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE REQUIRED TO RESIST FOOD-BORNE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN POULTRY FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS FOR DIETARY IMMUNOMODULATION FUTURE SCIENTISTS STUDENT OUTREACH INITIATIVE GENETIC AND BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF AVIAN TUMOR VIRUS SUSCEPTIBILITY GENOME-WIDE SCREEN FOR GENES WITH POLYMORPHIC CIS-ACTING ELEMENTS THAT RESPOND TO MAREK'S DISEASE VIRUS CHALLENGE IN CHICKEN GENOME-WIDE SCREEN FOR POLYMORPHIC GENES WITH CISACTING REGULATORY ELEMENTS THAT RESPOND TO MAREK'S DISEASE VIRUS CHALLENGE IN CHICKEN GENOMIC AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE MUCOSAL IMMUNE RESPONSE AND ITS ROLE IN PROTECTION AGAINST RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS IN POULTRY GENOMIC STRATEGIES FOR CONTROL OF MAREK'S DISEASE VIRUS GENOMICS AND IMMUNOGENETICS OF NEOPLASTIC DISEASE OF POULTRY HIGH RESOLUTION MICROARRAY AND PROTEIN ANALYSIS OF CHICKEN IMMUNE RESPONSES HIGH RESOLUTION MICROARRAY AND PROTEIN ANALYSIS OF CHICKEN IMMUNE RESPONSES IDENTIFICATION OF PROTECTIVE INNATE IMMUNE MECHANISMS IN COCCIDIOSIS AND SALMONELLOSIS IDENTIFY SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS CONFERRING MAREK'S DISEASE RESISTANCE IN CHICKENS IDENTIFYING BIOMARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH POULTRY LEG/SKELETAL PROBLEMS IDENTIFYING SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS CONFERRING MAREK'S DISEASE RESISTANCE IMPACTS OF IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY PERSISTENCE AND TRANSMISSION OF E.COLI O157:H7 FROM SOIL TO PLANTS IMPROVING BROILER HOUSE ENVIRONMENT BY REDUCING AMMONIA AND MORTALITY IN VITRO TESTING OF IMMUNOSTIMULATING PLANT EXTRACTS IN VIVO EFFECTS OF MHC 1 DOWN REGULATION IN HERPES VIRUSES IN VIVO EFFECTS OF MHC CLASS 1 DOWN REGULATION IN HERPES VIRUSES INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF STRESS ON FOODBORNE PATHOGEN COLONIZATION IN TURKEYS INVESTIGATION OF GENETIC MECHANISMS FOR IMPROVING THE REGULATION OF FEED INTAKE AND NUTRIENT UTILIZATION IN POULTRY LABORATORY ASSESSMENT OF AVIAN INFLUENZA TRANSMISSION TO AGRICULTURAL ANIMALS AND HUMANS THROUGH MEAT INFECTED WITH ...AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS LABORATORY ASSESSMENT OF RESPIRATORY RISK FOR HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS TRANSMISSION LABORATORY ASSESSMENT OF RESPIRATORY RISK FOR HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS TRANSMISSION MANAGERIAL AND NUTRITIONAL STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY OF HEAVY BROILER CHICKENS MANAGERIAL AND NUTRITIONAL STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY OF HEAVY BROILER CHICKENS MANAGERIAL/NUTRITIONAL STRATEGIES OF BROILER CHICKENS TO IMPROVE PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS AND INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE TRANSMISSION OF FOODBORNE PATHOGENS THROUGH POULTRY MICROBIOLOGICAL COMPARISON OF TABLE EGGS HARVESTED FROM CAGED LEGHORN HENS AND CAGE-FREE FLOOR REARED LEGHORN HENS MOLECULAR APPLICATION TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING BACTERIAL FUNCTIONALITY IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT OF POULTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENOMICS OF FOODBORNE PATHOGENS MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT ECOLOGY OF COMMENSAL HUMAN FOOD-BORNE BACTERIAL PATHOGENS IN THE CHICKEN NATIONAL ANIMAL GERMPLASM PROGRAM (NAGP) NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE COMPETITIVE CONFERENCE FOR 8TH INTERNATIONAL MAREK'S DISEASE SYMPOSIUM NEWCASTLE DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS, AND CONTROL OPTIMUM DIETARY RATIOS OF DIGESTIBLE THREONINE, VALINE, AND ISOLEUCINE TO DIGESTIBLE LYSINE PROVIDED TO MALE BOILERS FROM 14-28 DAYS OF AGE PHENOTYPIC AND GENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF SALMONELLA ISOLATES RECOVERED FROM SLAUGHTER PLANTS PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF E. COLI O157:H7 FROM 2006 NARHMS SWINE FECAL SAMPLES PROTECTION OF CHICKENS FROM AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) CHALLENGE FOLLOWING VACCINATION WITH A RECOMBINANT SALMONELLA EXPRESSING THE M2E GENE OF AI PROTEOME ANALYSIS OF MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM RECOMBINANT VACCINATION STRATEGY USING IN OVO INJECTION RECOMBINENT DNA VACCINE EVALUATION REDUCING AMMONIA LEVELS IN BROILER HOUSES REPLICATION DEFECTIVE ADENOVIRUS VECTORED PANDEMIC INFLUENZA SAFE MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION OF WASTE FROM ANIMAL PRODUCTION STUDIES TO REDUCE TRANSMISSION OF H5N1 HPAI VIRUS, AND ASSESS INFECTIVITY AND TRANSMISSIBILITY OF H5N1 HPAI VIRUSES FOR PIGS STUDY OF THE IMMUNE POTENTIAL OF VARIOUS STRUCTURES OF PARASITES PHASES SURVIVAL AND TRANSPORT OF PATHOGENS FROM ANIMAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS WITHIN LANDSCAPES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN USA SURVIVAL KINETICS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM IN SWINE FACILITY WASTES IN SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AND COASTAL PLAIN WATERSHEDS SYSTEM DYNAMICS OF SALMONELLA AND CAMPYLOBACTER IN CHILL TANK DURING BROILER PROCESSING THE DEVELOPMENT OF HYPERIMMUNED IMMUNOGLOBULIN FOR THE CONTROL OF COCCIDIOSIS THE EVALUATION OF THE PHYSIOLOGIC AND MICROBIAL PARAMETERS IN LAYING HENS DURING AN INDUCED MOLT USING ALTERNATIVE MOLTING DIETS THE ROLE OF PONDS IN REDUCING THE THREAT OF PATHOGEN CONTAMINATION FROM LIVESTOCK IN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS THE ROLE OF PONDS IN REDUCING THE THREAT OF PATHOGEN CONTAMINATION FROM LIVESTOCK IN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS TRANSPORT AND FATE OF NITRATE AND PATHOGENS AT DAIRY LAGOON WATER APPLICATION SITE TRANSPORT AND FATE OF NITRATE AND PATHOGENS AT DAIRY LAGOON WATER APPLICATION SITE UNITED STATES IMMUNE REAGENT NETWORK USE OF RNAI TO BLOCK VIRAL INFECTIONS IN POULTRY USING THE GENOME TO UNDERSTAND IMMUNOGENETICS OF POULTRY VACCINATION WITH ATTENUATED INFLUENZA VIRUSES AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUSES VALIDATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A HIGH-DENSITY CHICKEN SNP MAP VALIDATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A HIGH-DENSITY CHICKEN SNP MAP VALIDATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A HIGH-DENSITY CHICKEN SNP MAP VALIDATION OF MASTER MIX STORAGE AND RNA EXTRACTION METHODS FOR A REAL-TIME RT-PCR (RRT-PCR) ASSAY FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA       Plans & Reports USDA Research, Education, and Economics Task Force Report Annual Performance Report Annual Performance Plan Big Picture of ARS Research Strategic Plan ARS-CSREES Collaborative Relationship Related Links Research Timeline Hall of Fame Manuscripts (TEKTRAN) Publications for Sale at GPO Publications for Sale at National Technical Information Service Federal Depository Libraries Latest News   Techniques for Managing Cover Crops   ARS Researchers Search for Casuarina Biological Control Agents   Diptera Database Developed     Last Modified: 11/07/2008 ARS Home | USDA.gov | Site Map | Policies and Links  FOIA | Accessibility Statement | Privacy Policy | Nondiscrimination Statement | Information Quality | USA.gov | White House