Researchers in the University of Lethbridge’s Southern Alberta Genome Science Centre (SAGSC) and its bioinformatics core are collaborating with scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to find viable solutions to mitigate Bovine Respiratory Disease. They are working with other scientists to advance a genomic-based diagnostic pipeline for BRD, based on Alberta herd-specific pathogens, that will increase the precision of antimicrobial use.
BRD pathogens are varied with potential origins in multiple bacterial families, and treatment requires pathogen identification. Many of the identified BRD pathogens house resistance to traditional antimicrobial agents used in livestock settings. The project is supported by a $352,000 Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) grant.
