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USask awarded $5.2 million for livestock, forage research projects

Early detection of infectious diseases in chickens and developing regional influenza vaccines for pigs are among 28 innovative livestock and forage research projects at the University of Saskatchewan to be awarded a total of $5.2 million in new funding.

The money comes from Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Development Fund, a program jointly funded by the provincial and federal governments. 

In all, 25 USask researchers were awarded funding for projects that range from using artificial intelligence to monitor the well-being of pigs to developing vaccines to control diseases such as foot rot…

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