Researchers will investigate how horses are managed when transported by air to optimize their welfare, identifying factors that increase or decrease the risk of health and behavioral problems.

Researchers will determine if being overweight or obese decreases fertility in stallions.

Researchers will investigate the role diet and gut microbiota plays in both health and disease sensitivity in critically endangered southern black rhinoceros.

Researchers will investigate costs of human-generated noise on crickets as a model for other invertebrates. Invertebrates make up more than 95% of all animal species on Earth and form the backbone of most healthy ecosystems.

This study will improve the alpaca whole genome sequence assembly for the discovery of genes and mutations responsible for important traits, genetic disorders and diseases in alpacas and other camelids.

Researchers will evaluate the safety and efficacy of vaccinating wild African dogs against canine distemper virus, a disease that threatens the long-term survival of this endangered species.