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Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHNV) causes a significant proportion of disease in trout as well as in salmon. However, there is currently no commercial vaccine available to easily immunize fish against IHNV. A preventive treatment to reduce these considerable losses would be a significant contribution to the farmed salmonid industry. Bacteria belonging to the genera Pseudomonas, Achromo ...

Our assertion is that intensive tillage methods have destroyed the viability of our croplands over the last one half century. In order to maintain the ability of these lands to grow crops, we have used and over-used chemical fertilizers which pose an ongoing environmental threat to our air and waterways. The benefits of conservation tillage methods are widely known, however the time to successfull ...

Epoxidized soybean oil has not been evaluated as a composite matrix to create high performance composites A. Natural fibers and nanoclay particulates will be evaluated as matrix additives to the epoxidized soybean oil. B. The purpose of this study is to evaluate an extrusion based freeforming process to align the fibers and obtain improved mechanical properties.

Animal diseases caused by prions may be transmitted to humans and can now only be detected by examing brain tissue of slaughtered animals. The goal of this project is to develop a blood-based test for disease causing prions.

Forest Service and other first responder dispatchers need a tool to manage the migration from analog conventional to digital P25 transmissions and to link P25 control stations. In the long-term, conventional audio should be converted to the P25 format before it is routed across the network. In the short-term, some forests will need P25 audio converted to the analog format that they are using today ...

Understanding the dynamics of subsurface water movement is absolutely essential to managing water use and mitigating contamination of underground waters from surface sites or subsurface pumping. The goal of this project is to demonstrate a low-cost, highly accurate, quantitative autonomous monitor of groundwater flow dynamics.

Situation: The opportunity exists to help small, agricultural businesses in the U.S. dramatically increase their exports. This opportunity can be realized through the design, development and operation of an Agricultural Trade Network (ATN) that coordinates the activities and communication between all domestic and overseas stakeholders involved in the export/import process. Project Purpose: Design ...

Fecal contamination of water is widespread in the United States, and of particular concern to the animal/poultry-agriculture community. Accurate, timely, and cost-effective methods of identifying fecal sources are critical to correcting water contamination problems. Current methods of Bacterial Source Tracking (BST) include a variety of both molecular and non-molecular techniques; however, the reg ...

A. Ozone is the most important air pollutant in terms of damage to crops. B. Real-time monitoring of the ozone level in the atmosphere will be useful for preventing crop losses. A. This project is aimed to develop a reliable, accurate, precise and real-time ozone sensor. B. The sensor will be able to detect low ppb (10 to 180 ppb) levels of ozone in the atmosphere.

The broadband digital divide between urban and rural areas continues to be a social issue of significant concern, as it limits new opportunities for remote rural communities to access education, health and economic resources. This projects studies the feasibility of a technology that will allow rural mom&pop Broadband ISP's to be economically viable.