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Proposed Project SummaryInvestigation into Integrated Phosphorus and Ammonia Recovery in Swine ApplicationsPrincipal Investigator:Rick Johnson Applied Environmental Solutions LLCCo-Principal Investigator:Kayla Piezer Applied Environmental Solutions LLCCo-Principal Investigator: Hannah Cordes University of ToledoThis project will investigate the reduction of excessive phosphorus and ammonia in deep ...

Our water air soil farms and forests depend on birds as vital natural resources. Birds consumeinsects pollinate plants disperse seeds and maintain wetlands. Unfortunately transmission linecollisions kill 57 million birds annually in the United States. Installing markers that help birdssee and not hit power lines can decrease bird collisions by more than 70%. Today powerlinemen use bucket trucks an ...

Avian Influenza Virus (AIV) is persistent in wild birds and seasonal migration promotestranscontinental transmission between wild and domestic birds (poultry). Wild birds harbor lowpathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) viruses which can mutate into highly pathogenic avianinfluenza (HPAI). Recent HPAI epidemics resulted in the loss of 22 million (Europe 2020) and 50million domestic poultry (U.S. 2014) ...

African swine fever (ASF) is a transboundary foreign animal disease caused by ASF virus (ASFV)and remains one of the largest threats to pork production worldwide. ASF was recently reported inDominican Republic and Haiti increasing concerns about the potential spread to U.S. soil. ASF isroutinely diagnosed by serological assays which offer important surveillance tools for biosecurity.Enzyme linked ...

Project Summary/AbstractSwine influenza A Virus (IAV) is a highly contagious respiratory virus that is endemic in pigsworldwide. Swine IAV infections represent an enormous economic loss to producers and canresult in acute respiratory disease and severe pathology when acting in concert with otherpathogens. Zoonotic transmissions between pigs and humans are a threat to both human healthand animal pr ...

USDA-NIFA-SBIR-009301 Biofuels and Biobased Products-Topic Area 8.8Pretreatment of Animal and Vegetable Waste Fats for Renewable Fuels ProcessingP.I. Dr. Scott KohlProject Summary/AbstractRenewable fuels offer an opportunity to offset carbon emissions generated by heavytransportation industries such as trucking and aviation. A major issue hindering the ability forrenewable fuel producers to reach ...

BIO FLœF FOR IMPROVED WATER HOLDING CAPACITY AND SOIL HEALTH IN ARID CLIMATES Project Summary Farmers across the Texas High Plains and other arid regions in the United States face a perfect storm with consistent periods of drought urban pressures on vital water resources and economic hurdles. While climatic conditions create a barrier to production farmers face rising fuel and input costs alongsi ...

An excellent process to generate a biobased product with little environmental impact is to breakdown a single-use product like plastics into its monomers and reuse those monomers to recreatethe original product. If non-biodegradable plastics could be reused as high-quality plastics positiveimpacts on the environment could be realized. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is accumulating inthe environm ...

Farmed marine macroalgae present a carbon negative opportunity for feedstuff production as theydo not require land conversion fertilizers or freshwater. Macroalgae are already used in smallquantities in some animal diets but the complex polysaccharides are largely indigestible. Trials atOcean Era have shown that the microbes from herbivorous reef fish can be used as the inoculum fordeconstruction ...

The proposed device is a headgate that discharges water at a constant flow despite a variable headwater depth. This is possible due to a carefully designed adaptable float and track system. Through the funding of this grant the research could help greatly lower costs increase efficiency and decrease the size of water treatment systems irrigation systems and detention ponds. The innovation is alrea ...