ILHAC funds are applied to research projects that advance knowledge of animal health, food safety and animal well-being in Iowa livestock. Several national studies have identified a critical shortage of veterinarians who pursue research-oriented careers. ILHAC funding provides ISU veterinary students with an opportunity to explore the field of research. For 13 weeks each summer, students gain first-hand experience in research by working with veterinary mentors on ILHAC-funded projects.
| 2024-2025 ILHAC Funded Projects | ||
| Principal Investigator | Title | Species |
| Beck, Josh | Identification of the apicomplexan target of triazine antiprotozoals and mechanism of drug-resistant coccidiosis | Multi-Species |
| Hashish, Amro – PI Transfer to El-Gazzar | Improving Infectious Coryza laboratory diagnosis through better characterization of different species within the genus Avibacterium | Poultry |
| Sato, Yuko | Resolving Current Dilemma in Diagnosis and Genotypic Classification of Avian Reoviruses in Commercial Poultry: Establishment and Validation of Immunohistochemistry Assay and Unified Genotypic Classification System | Poultry |
| Blitvich, Brad | Development of a novel vaccine candidate to protect against Cache Valley virus infections | Sheep |
| Hindman, Megan | Prevalence of Mycoplasma bovis in Iowa Beef Cattle Herds | Cattle (Beef) |
| Silva, Gustavo and Linhares, Daniel | “Evaluating Tonsil Oral Scrapings (TOSc) as a Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Surveillance Tool in Breeding Herds” & Effect of pooling and freeze-thaw on the probability of PRRSV RNA detection by a novel sow tonsil-oral scraping (TOSc) sample type” | Swine |
| Zhang, Jianqiang | Characterization of pathogenicity, antibody responses, and cross protection of the contemporary and historical porcine sapovirus isolates | Swine |
| Accelerated 6-month 2024-2025 ILHAC Funded Projects | ||
| Principal Investigator | Title | Species |
| Linhares, Daniel | Surveillance and Reporting Tools for Early Key Production Indicators of PRRSV Outbreak Recovery in Breeding Herds | Swine |
| Silva, Gustavo | Assessment of risk factors associated with antibiotic use in nursery pigs in commercial swine production | Swine |
| Nelli, Rahul | Characterization of bovine mammary organoids for inflammatory markers using advanced high-resolution imaging and high-throughput qPCR assays to evaluate coliform mastitis. | Ruminant/Dairy |
| El-Gazzar, Mohamed | Establishing Avian Metapneumovirus subtype A Turkey Infective Dose 50 for 3-Day-Old and 12-Day-Old Turkeys | Poultry |
| Fasina, Olufemi | Dairy bovine orthomyxoviral mastitis: Elucidating the role of bovine ANP32 protein isoforms in the pathogenesis and pathology of H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b | Ruminant/Dairy |