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2019 Update – Learn more about our new USDA NIFA Organic Transitions Program project entitled, Overcoming barriers to transitioning small ruminants to organic production:  Effects of feeding birdsfoot trefoil on parasite control, nutritional status & profitability, that builds from this project.

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Project partners and contacts

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Cornell University

Coordinate on-farm BFT demonstrations and field evaluations; and lead outreach and extension programs.

tatiana Stanton, Ph.D. – tls7@cornell.edu
Dept. Animal Science

University of Rhode Island

• Evaluate BFT accessions for agronomic traits, collection of material for tannin analyses and feeding trials, and increase seed of promising varieties.
• Evaluate response of H. contortus (barber pole worm) in sheep when exposed to BFT extracts.

Rebecca Brown, Ph.D. – brownreb@uri.edu
Dept. Plant Sciences and Entomology

Katherine Petersson, Ph.D. – kpetersson@uri.edu
Dept. Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences

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West Virginia University

• Manage field evaluations and conduct sheep grazing trials of commercially available BFT cultivars.
• Evaluate immunological responses in sheep fed BFT.

Jim Kotcon, Ph.D. – jkotcon@wvu.edu
William Bryan, Ph.D. – wbryan@wvu.edu
Div. of Plant and Soil Sciences

Scott Bowdridge, Ph.D. – scott.bowdridge@mail.wvu.edu
Div. of Animal and Nutritional Sciences

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Characterize tannin profiles of BFT cultivars and identification of bioactive components.

Jess Reed, Ph.D. – jdreed@wisc.edu
Chris Krueger – ckruger@wisc.edu
Dept. Animal Sciences

Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine; Virginia Tech

Project parasitologist leading the gastrointestinal nematode parasite research components in partnership with WVU and URI.

Anne Zajac, DVM, Ph.D. – azajac@vt.edu
Dept. Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative under Agreement No. 2012-51300-03654.