New Research

Cattle:

Characterization of the rumen and fecal microbiome in bloated and non-bloated cattle grazing alfalfa pastures and subjected to bloat prevention strategies. – Robert Forster, Robert Gruninger & Tim McAllister

Essential oils inhibit the bovine respiratory pathogens Mannheimia aemolytica, Pasteurella multocida and Histophilus somni and have limited effects on commensal bacteria and turbinate cells in vitro – Danica Baines & Trevor Alexander

Comparative assessment of qPCR enumeration methods that discriminate between live and dead Escherichia coli O157:H7 on beef – Xianqin Yang

Comparison of the nasopharyngeal bacterial microbiota of beef calves raised without the use of antimicrobials between healthy calves and those diagnosed with bovine – Trevor Alexander

Evaluation of a genomic-enhanced sorting system for feeder cattle – Changxi Li

Crops:

Comparative analysis of oil and protein content and seed yield of five Brassicaceae oilseeds on the Canadian prairie – Yantai Gan

Improving the productivity and stability of oilseed cropping systems through crop diversification – Kui Liu & Yantai Gan

Lentil enhances the productivity and stability of oilseed-cereal cropping systems across different environments – Kui Liu

Climate change, agricultural inputs, cropping diversity, and environment affect soil carbon and respiration: A case study in Saskatchewan, Canada – Taras Lychuk

Manure:

Linking soil microbial biomass and enzyme activities to long-term manure applications and their nonlinear legacy – Newton Lupwayi & Xiying Hao

Impact of seasonal temperature transition, alkalinity and other abiotic factors on the persistence of viruses in swine and dairy manures – Tineke Jones

Water Quality:

The prevalence of nonlinearity and detection of ecological breakpoints across a land use gradient in streams – Henry Wilson

Seasonality of phosphorous and nitrate retention in riparian buffers –Sanjayan Satchithanantham

Berries:

Effect of Vitamin D3 Fortification and Saskatoon Berry Syrup Addition on the Flavor Profile, Acceptability, and Antioxidant Properties of Rooibos Tea (Aspalathus linearis) – Chris Siow

Biodiversity and conservation of wild small fruit species for a sustainable environment –Chris Siow

Pests:

Laboratory and field tests of predation on the cereal leaf beetle,Oulema melanopus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) – Héctor Cárcamo

Occurrence, pathogenicity and species identification of Pythium causing root rot of soybean in Alberta and Manitoba, Canada – Debra McLaren