Researchers will screen genomes of several strains of bacteria causing leptospirosis, a potentially fatal disease in dogs, to help identify vaccine candidates and improve protection against infections.
Researchers will use novel gene-editing tools to correct damaging mutations in heart cells to help advance gene therapies for dilated cardiomyopathy, a common canine heart disease.
Researchers will investigate methods to decrease stress and associated health and welfare complications during immobilization and translocation of eastern black rhinoceros.
Researchers will investigate costs of human-generated noise on crickets as a model for other invertebrates. Invertebrates make up more than 95% of all animal species on Earth and form the backbone of most healthy ecosystems.
Researchers will investigate the role diet and gut microbiota plays in both health and disease sensitivity in critically endangered southern black rhinoceros.