Institute Research
The Institute was established to conduct collaborative, multi-disciplinary research that benefits society by improving the well-being of animal populations. Research activities within the Institute focus on preventing and controlling important diseases of animals, affecting public health by improving animal well-being and ensuring food safety, and aiding animal related policymaking processes. Major research areas include economically important infectious animal diseases, equine population health, and food animal diseases and production.
Economically Important Infectious Animal Diseases
Research concerning the prevention and diagnosis of animal diseases of economic importance is centralized in the federally-funded Program for Economically Important Infectious Animal Diseases (PEIIAD). The Program is sponsored by USDA:CSREES since 1999. The focus of PEIIAD is the advancement of research and outreach activities that are related to economically critical infectious animal diseases in order to prevent the introduction and spread of infectious diseases in US animal populations. Research strategies unite appropriate diagnostic measurements and surveillance systems through an integrated, broad-based approach. Research findings are synthesized so that an animal disease concern is pursued from its roots using basic science to policy development. As part of this effort, other countries are helped with formulating and implementing regional and national animal health monitoring and disease control programs. An additional priority research area includes the development of risk and decision analysis models for animal movement and food safety.
Related Faculty
- Dr. Mo Salman
- Dr. Josie Traub-Dargatz
- Dr. Robert Ellis
- Dr. Ashley Hill
- Dr. Doreene Hyatt
- Dr. Paul Morley
Equine Population Health
The Equine Population Health Program focuses on diseases of importance to the equine industry of the USA and Colorado. Emphasis areas have included the diagnosis and control of strangles and other causes of infectious upper respiratory disease, the epidemiology of vesicular stomatitis, the control of hospital acquired infection, in particular salmonellosis and multi-drug resistant infections, biosecurity for equine operations and hospitals, the diagnosis and control of equine clostridial enterocolitis, and the epidemiology of equine West Nile Virus.
Related Faculty
- Dr. Josie Traub-Dargatz
Food Animal Diseases & Production
Faculty with broad expertise in antimicrobial resistance, food animal internal medicine, bacteriology, biosafety/biosecurity, pre-harvest food safety, foreign animal/zoonotic diseases, disease transmission modeling, and clinical testing work together in the prevention and control of diseases in food animals and in livestock production.
Related Faculty
- Dr. Frank Garry
- Dr. Tony Knight
- Dr. Paul Morley
- Dr. Dave Van Metre