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etc. Viruses Walnut Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems, Water resources Watersheds Watersheds and river basins, general Weather Weeds Wetland and riparian systems Wheat, other Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other Wildlife habitats Wine grapes Winter annual grasses (includes annual ryegrass) Winter annual legumes (includes subterranean clover, arrowleaf clover) Wood and wood products Wool fiber Sheep, live animal A Comparative Genomics Data Resource for Pathogens A Ram Model of Neuroendocrine Function Objectives A Transgenic Mouse Model for Chronic Wasting Disease Ameliorating Livestock Losses from Abortifacient and Teratogenic Plants An Investigation of the Genome Structure of the Tick Boophilus Microplus and the Development of a Database to Support a Tick Genome Project Anaplasmosis: a Genomic Approach to Vaccine Development Animal Health Consortium Application of Bioinformatics to Livestock Genomes Astragalus and Oxytropis Poisoning in Livestock 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Application of Genomic Technologies to Improve Beef Cattle, Swine, and Sheep Development and Validation of Rapid Field Deployable Genetic Tests for Vesicular Stomatis Virus Development of a Pathogen Sequence Database Development of Assay Platforms for Viral Pathogens by Real-Time Monitoring of Antigen-Antibody Binding Development of Bioinformatics Tools for Livestock Development of New Technologies for Detection of Prions in Animal Feed and Environmental Samples Development of Novel Prp Monoclonal Antibodies and Improved Mouse Lines for Antibody Production Development of Rapid Real Time Pcr-Based Assays for Selected Oie Class a Diseases Development of West Nile Diagnostic Assays and Vector Control Chemicals Diseases at the Interface Between Domestic Livestock and Wildlife Species Effect of Furan Fatty Acids on Animal Reproduction Emerging Zoonotic Diseases Eradication of Ovine Scrapie Tse Through Selective Genetics Using a Two-Flock Model Evaluation of New Molecular Targets to Control 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Poisoning of Livestock by Various Larkspur Species(delphinium) Population Status of Livestock Genetic Resources in the United States Prevention of Infections by Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia Coli (Ehec) in Livestock Promote the Efficient and Safe Diagnosis and Surveillance of Emerging Arthropod-Borne Infectious Diseases in Wyoming Prp-Cwd Profiles in White Tailed Deer and Elk with Naturally Occuring Chronic Wasting Disease Research on Arthropod-Borne Diseases of Livestock and Wildlife Research on Bettering Surveillance of Arboviral Threats, Using West Nile Virus As a Model Research on Bettering Surveillance of Arboviral Threats, Using West Nile Virus As a Model Research to Improve Production Efficiency/meat Quality, Reduce Food Safety Pathogens, & Minimize Impact of Animal Agriculture on Environment Scrapie Control Through Prp Genetics: Production Traits and Economic Implications Sheep and Goat Embryo Cryopreservation for Conservation of Genetic Resources Sheep Grazing-Rangeland 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