USDA Animal and Natural Resources Institute, Agricultural Research Service

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ANRI Mission Statement

The Animal and Natural Resources Institute (ANRI) is located at the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) in Beltsville, Maryland. The research mission of the Animal and Natural Resources Institute (ANRI), is to conduct research and to develop technology transfer programs that ensure high quality and safe food while protecting the natural resource base and the environment.

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Focus on improved genetic evaluation of dairy cattle and goats. Animal Improvement Programs  [Research Programs and Reports]

Focus on reducing the footprint of solid, aqueous and airborne emissions from livestock systems and impacts on environmental systems. Animal Manure and By-Products   [Research Programs and Reports]

Focus on identifying, determining sources, and reducing transmission of pathogenic enteric microorganisms affecting the health of food animals and humans. Environmental Microbial Safety  [Research Programs and Reports]

Focus on discovering technologies for sustainable agricultural management strategies that protect our natural resources and maintain the safety of our food supply. Environmental Quality  [Research Programs and Reports]

Focus on technologies for evaluating, maintaining, and improving the quality and safety of meat and meat products. Food Technology and Safety   [Research Programs and Reports]

Focus on structure and function of genomes of livestock for improved production performance by improved genetic selection and new genetic material. Bovine Functional Genomics  [Research Programs and Reports]

Focus on improving the genetic, reproductive and productive efficiency of livestock and poultry through research on germplasm, gamete biology and embryology. Biotechnology and Germplasm  [Research Programs and Reports]

Focus on determinants influencing livestock technologies affecting animal health and product safety. Growth Biology  [Research Programs and Reports]

Focus on research on water resources and remote sensing concerns related to the production of food and fiber and the conservation of natural resources. Hydrology and Remote Sensing   [Research Programs and Reports]

Focus developing innovative instruments and sensors that are useful to consumers, agricultural producers and processors, and federal regulatory agencies. Instrumentation and Sensing  [Research Programs and Reports]

Focus on reducing the economic cost of parasitism in livestock and poultry and reducing the risk of transmission of parasite zoonoses to humans. National Parasite Collection (Part of The Animal Parasitic Diseases Lab )

Focus on reducing the economic cost of parasitism in livestock and poultry and reducing the risk of transmission of parasite zoonoses to humans. Animal Parasitic Diseases  [Research Programs and Reports]

Focus on principles and practices ro support sustainable agroecosystems. Sustainable Agricultural Systems  [Research Programs and Reports]

 

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Focus on administrative support for the Research Animal Services. Research Animal Services
Focus on program support to scientists conducting studies with or involving all species of animals. Veterinary Services

Animal and Natural Resources Institute
Dr. T. J. Sexton
Building 209, BARC–East
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
10300 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville, MD 20705-2350

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