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 Why?
Commentary by Mike McMorris, LRIC CEO, February 2021: Kids have a natural tendency to ask “Why?”. It can be fun, annoying and challenging all at the same time having to answer that repeatedly. And yet it may be the best question of all.
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Join us for our first "Horizon Series" webinar!
Our first "Horizon Series" webinar will be held February 17. Join us as we discuss regenerative agriculture with Dr. Rene Van Acker, Dean of the Ontario Agricultural College.
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Funding opportunities
- Beef Cattle Research Council Expressions of Interest for research projects
- Technology transfer and production economics Expressions of Interest for the Canadian beef industry
- Canadian Poultry Research Council Letter of Intent call in three areas
- African Swine Fever prevention and mitigation
- Egg Farmers of Ontario/Dr. Donald Shaver Scholarships in sustainable poultry production
- 2021 Canadian Meat Science Association Scholarships
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Poultry: Genetics could help with Camplyobacter resistance
Researchers at the Roslin Institute in Scotland say they've identified areas in the chicken genetic code that can be linked to Camplyobacter prevalence in the gut - but that environmental and non-genetic factors also contribute significantly to oubreaks. Camplyobacter is a leading cause of food-borne illness in humans.
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Swine: German pig farm testing feed that could reduce boar taint
A 5,000-head sow farm in Eastern Germany has started testing pig feed called Taintstop, which its manufacturer claims can reduce boar taint. Additives and fibres in the feed break down skatole, one of two compounds behind boar taint, in the intestines, freeing up the liver to break down the other compound, androstenone. Boar taint results in unpleasant smelling pork, and pigs are generally castrated to avoid the problem. As of January 2021, producers in Germany may only castrate pigs with full anaesthesia.
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Beef: Consumers still prefer beef to plants, report says
New research from the United States shows consumers believe beef taste, appearance, price and "naturalness" great exceeds that of plant-based alternatives. The "natural" and "unprocessed" attributes of animal protein were identified as key competitive advantages over plant-based protein products.
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Dairy: Investigating the link between Canadians' health and dairy consumption
Three research projects currently underway are focusing on the link between the health of Canadians and their consumption of dairy products. Specficially, they are looking at the impact dairy products have on appetite, body weight, glycemic control, metabolic health and prevention of Type 2 diabetes.
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Small ruminants: A closer look at the goat gut
A chemical engineering professor at the University of California Santa Barbara is characterizing gut microbes in goats. Her goal: to understand the powerful enzymes goats use to extract nutrition from a variety of vegetation in hopes of being able to use microbes to create industrially important chemicals from plant fibres.
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Animal protein: Calculating the true cost of food products
Scientists from the University of Augsburg in Germany have found that incorporating the environmental emissions of production into the cost of meat and dairy products would dramatically increase their price. If those products were sold at their "true" costs, researchers predict less food waste and a shift in consumer dietary habits.
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Animal health: Creating livestock microbiome medicines
A start-up in North Carolina has built a drug discovery platform that can identify and validate microbiome-based biotherapeutics to prevent and treat respiratory infections in livestock. The company's flagship product to date is a non-antibiotic treatment administered through the nose to prevent bovine respiratory disease, a leading cause of illness in cattle, but potential treatments for swine and poultry respiratory diseases are also in the works.
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Animal welfare: Tracking on-farm welfare via app
British grocery retailer Waitrose has launched an app to monitor and improve welfare of livestock on the farm. The app is designed to help field teams better understand, recognize and record emotionally expressive behaviour that, in part, contributes to an animal's quality of life. The tool was developed by animal behavioural scientists at Scotland's Rural College.
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Food security: Newly launched institute to focus on sustainable development
A new centre of excellence dedicated to food security and sustainability has been launched in the United Kingdom. The Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines to tackle challenges around food security, climate change, sustainable food production and the environment.
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