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Smaller needles make it easier to take bone marrow samples from small-breed dogs

Dr. A. Abrams-Ogg

Universities need to support and encourage faculty and staff to lead environmental sustainability projects

Gut bacteria linked to Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Healthy humans are host to diverse communities of microbial organisms

New DNA barcoding method contributes to identifying chicken parasites

Is progesterone responsible for follicular development in ewes?

Potential for less invasive alternatives to chemo- or radiation therapy

Using dietary thyroxine to induce molting in turkey hens

Better screening needed to prevent the spread of feline viral diseases in Canada

Weather affects water quality and health in Northern communities

Injected prostaglandins have different effects on early horse embryo development depending on embryo age

South Asians with Diabetes need culturally specific dietary resources and strategies

The relationship between calcium intake and body fat

A historic look at Canadian's attitude on water fluoridation

The debate to add fluoride to drinking water in Canadian cities

Airway protein may help identify cattle at risk of developing pneumonia

Understanding why the treatment of cattle pneumonia is failing

The Performance of specific membranes in membrane bioreactors

Peaches grow in Ontario outside of the Niagara Region

In Canada, new apple rootstocks outperform the industry standard and produce more fruit

Spray-on-mulch helps apple trees grow and prevents weeds

Men and older adults less likely to use specific foods to improve health

Cattails in constructed wetlands can play a role in the removal of excess nutrients from agricultural wastewater

More research needed on availability of support services for victims of violence in Canada

Declines of spousal homicide in Canada linked to trends in education, employment and divorce rates

Effect of Ontario’s Greenbelt on land values depends on distance from urban areas

Improved methods for pork production

Dr. C.F.M. de Lange

Mining company, Vale, still has mandate to repair environment and community relations further

Dr. J. Devlin

Dairy cows and Infection: Does standing after milking help?

Durum wheat can grow successfully in a closed, self-supporting ecosystem

How do sea salts differ from table salt?

Do adults with type 2 diabetes eat soy and understand the potential health benefits?

Soy protein lowers ‘bad’ cholesterol in adults with type 2 diabetes

The role of Pho1 enzyme in starch synthesis in wheat

Plants can regulate protein production in response to harvesting: implications for genetic modification

Early weaning affects gut development in piglets and increases the chance of intestinal diseases

Practicing veterinarians can play a role in determining new diseases in pigs

Can naturally occurring toxins in chicken feed affect a bird’s immune system?

Chemical activators induce defense mechanism against a fungus in N. benthamiana plants

Tilling fields may reduce the diversity and resilience of helpful soil fungi communities

Salmonella types from environmental samples from poultry breeder flocks in Ontario between 1998 and 2008

Salmonella types from fluff samples from poultry breeder hatcheries in Ontario between 1998 and 2008

Health knowledge of consumers can influence the choice of sweeteners used by food manufacturers

A new method for producing therapeutic agents: Can a breast cancer treatment be produced in plants?

In wild mustard, the development of resistance to auxinic herbicides is associated with less vigorous growth

Farmers should choose pesticides that kill soybean aphids but spare their natural insect enemies

Exposing diversity: using DNA barcoding to identify more fish species in North America’s fresh water ecosystems

What’s that fish on your fork? Widespread mislabelling of seafood in Canadian restaurants and stores.

Marginalized youth saying and playing who they are

Combination drug therapy offers an effective means of treating bovine respiratory disease

Development of the California sea slug

A new method for accurately measuring the amount of inulin in dairy products

Soybean expansion in Ontario linked to cold-tolerant varieties and good economic returns

Support for HIV positive mothers and their families

Dr. L. Hunter

Canadian orthopedic surgeons differ greatly in their approach to microfracture knee surgery

Only a small fraction of tumour-infiltrating immune cells possess special anti-tumour proteins

Understanding business innovation in the Australian outdoor hospitality park industry

ACCUTE plays a vital role in advancing the discipline of English

Single mutation can affect antibody’s ability to bind to and neutralize bovine herpes virus

A thorough analysis of mastitis and lost milk production in dairy cows

Holstein bull fertility linked to more copies of a testis-specific protein in the genome

Native Southern Ontario wasps are only mildly effective at controlling Tarnished plant bug populations

Determining the structure of a rhodopsin protein

Dr. V. Ladizhansky

Fertility, granulosa cells, and control of the protein Thrombos-pondin-1

In Inuit community, climate change has negatively impacted emotional health and connection to the land

Community-produced videos allow communities to directly “speak” to, and influence, government decision-makers

Effect of phospholipids on butter texture

The “handedness” of a molecule influences the crystal structure and properties of some solid fats

Growing factors in vineyards impact sensory profiles of Riesling wines

Building a model biological membrane at a gold electrode surface

Risk assessment-based control program leads to slightly lower prevalence of Johne’s disease in dairy cows

Faster and more effective analysis of antioxidant compounds in tomatoes using microwaves

Stress hormones may interfere with new mothers’ prolactin levels and negatively affect nurturing behaviour

Studying Actinobacillus suis infections in mice may improve understanding of this infection in pigs

Self-ratings of counterproductive work behaviour generally do not agree with ratings by peers

Turning vegetable oil into a gel creates healthy hotdogs with good 'mouth-feel'

Growing ryegrass in soil samples can be a useful measure of soil nitrogen availability

Red clover improved weight gain in lambs and ewes without harming reproduction

Cheaper and more efficient method of testing grains for multiple fungal toxins simultaneously

Birth origin affects the development of stereotypic behaviour in captive wild animals

Purple and red potato varieties are higher in antioxidants than yellow or white varieties

Dr. M. R. McDonald

Understanding variability in farm incomes can lead to more effective safety net programs

How does income affect a country's imports of agrifood?

Although Campylobacter are common in Ontario sheep, few strains were resistant to important human antibiotics

How to treat mastitis infections in milk-producing sheep and goats

While Ontario sheep receive fewer antimicrobials than other livestock, off-label drug use is common

Limited financial resources and poor infrastructure among barriers to development of African agri-food industries

Successful trial run of skills training program for food industry workers in Sub-Saharan Africa

Training in entrepreneurship and business-based skills can improve employment opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa

Diet, especially flaxseed, improves short-term
storage of boar sperm

Chicken viruses have the potential to be used to deliver vaccines

Despite high viral counts, fowl adenovirus type-8 did not cause disease in infected chickens

New antibodies may help treat “shipping fever” in cattle

Participatory Guarantee Systems: a certification idea for small organic farmers

A Cuban example – government’s role to advance healthy and sustainable farming

Results of a new procedure to treat naturally occurring chylothorax in dogs

New studies are needed to monitor the spread of drug-resistant bacteria in Canada

Cannabidiol, a component of cannabis, suppresses nausea and vomiting in rats and shrews

Cannabinoids found naturally in the brain may suppress vomiting and nausea

Measuring and predicting chloride leaching in soil using numerical models

Heart arrhythmias are fairly common in Standardbred racehorses during recovery period following races

Mexican women who work as migrant farmworkers in Canada endure difficult living and working conditions to provide opportunities for their children back home

Structure and magnetic characteristics of thiazyl and selenazyl radical ligand combinations with metal ions

Optimum seeding depth for seedling emergence and root growth in North American Ginseng

The effects of plant age and flower bud removal on ginseng leaf characteristics

Making beef tender with vitamins E
and C

Early horse embryos produce oestrogen sex hormones, which may encourage development

Corn’s wild ancestors may have passed down beneficial bacterial species through seeds

In deciding to close recreation facilities, communities must balance rational economics and emotional attachment

Design of helical heat exchangers affects liquid food processing

Simple and low-cost methods for the long-term preservation of Agaricus brasiliensis fungi

Fish oil prevents decline in muscle health caused by eating a high fat diet

Improving plant growth through increasing nitrogen-use efficiency

Understanding immigrants’ integration into new cultures using the Multidimensional Individual Difference Acculturation (MIDA) model

New reporting guidelines for randomized controlled trial (RCT) studies in livestock

New method of growing tree clones may help scientists in conservation efforts

Effects of chemical pesticides on helpful predatory insects

Effects of insecticides on the alfalfa leaf-cutting bee

Chickens given interferon-γ along with HVT vaccine have more protection against very virulent Marek’s disease

Fluorescent probes act differently with different lipids and other probes

Quality and success of embryo transfer in dairy cows fed whole flax seed

The effect of the herbicide atrazine on aquatic plant life and snail populations

Community interaction may be more important than local food for Ontario's Farmer's Market consumers

The impact of regulatory announcements on the financial performance of Canadian food manufacturers

Dietary compounds to control odour produced from pork fat in boars

In vitro testing for the effectiveness of dietary compounds to bind odour produced from pork fat in boars

Plum varieties with deficiencies in the plant hormone gibberellin may make good dwarf rootstocks

Proteins involved in gene regulation help peaches fight bacterial spot disease

In European plums, antifungal PR5 protein may also activate secondary defences against brown rot

Timing, effect, and recovery from competition in corn development

 Starch biosynthesis in developing seeds

 Weeds, sweet corn, and economics after cover crops

Developing a mathematical tool to predict the pollution a broiler chicken facility will emit

Measuring the air pollution that chicken facilities produce

The effectiveness of different wash processing methods on spinach and lettuce

Antioxidants like vitamins C and E help counteract insulin resistance caused by excess glucocorticoids

Exercise can improve energy production in fat, liver, kidney, and brain cells

Following exercise, complex chemical signals control the activity of energy-producing mitochondria in muscle cells