Using cultured cells, researchers will study how the horse's immune system responds to endotoxins, toxic substances in bacteria responsible for many horse diseases, including gastrointestinal disease and foal sepsis.

Researchers will evaluate the effectiveness of a new surgical suture technique to improve upper airway function in horses with recurrent laryngeal neuropathy, a common upper respiratory disease in horses.

Researchers will improve the quality of the feline genome assembly, an important tool for studying genetic causes and risks associated with diseases in cats.

Researchers will investigate the effectiveness of a new anticoagulant drug to prevent abnormal and deadly blood clotting complications in cats with heart disease.

Researchers will investigate the effectiveness of the antiviral drug famciclovir to treat and control infectious upper-respiratory disease associated with feline herpesvirus in shelter cats.

Researchers will investigate the effectiveness of a contraceptive vaccine to manage overpopulation of free-roaming cats.

Researchers will investigate an economical, rapid-imaging method to see if cancer cells are left behind following surgical removal of sarcomas in cats.

Researchers will investigate the use of a novel dietary supplement, avocado extract, to prevent and treat obesity in cats without the need for food restriction.

Researchers will investigate whether viral mutations associated with feline infectious peritonitis are valuable and effective diagnostic targets.

Researchers will investigate a vaccine strategy against feline enteric coronavirus, a common, nonlethal virus that can mutate into feline infectious peritonitis virus.