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Livestock Environmental Initiative

Funded through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Canadian Adaptation and Rural Development (CARD) program, and delivered through the Canadian Pork Council, the Livestock Environmental Initiative (LEI) was designed to provide the livestock industry with information on scientifically verified, environmental management practices. LEI facilitates the development of research and technology, as well as information transfer. The program's emphasis is on promoting technologies and management practices that are technically ready for on-farm application.

To view the final reports for research funded through the Livestock Environment Initiative, please use the links below. Projects are categorized by the championing sector.

Championed by the Canadian Pork Council

Project ID	Researcher	Title
CPC -01	Lemay	Reduction of odour and gas emissions from swine buildings
CPC -02	Feddes	Odour emissions from treatment / storage systems for pig, poultry, beef and dairy manure
CPC -03	Laverdiere	Optimising use of swine slurries on sandy soils with respect to groundwater protection
CPC -04	Quessy	Prevalence and characterization of pathogens to humans present in farm fertilizers and the environment
CPC -05	Whittington	Environmental Issues Resource Centre - Further Development and Maintenance
CPC -06	Willson	Air borne bacteria and endotoxin around hog barns
CPC -07	Laguë	Systems engineering for handling and land application of solid and semi-solid animal manure and other organic fertilizers
CPC -08	Enright	Targeted phosphorus applications based on grid soil sampling
CPC -09	Solomon	Occurrence and Fate of Agricultural Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
CPC -10	Froese	A novel method for reduction of environmental hazards from swine slurry gases
CPC -11	Deen & Lauzon	A comparative study of the losses of N from various forms of manure applied either in the fall or in the spring
CPC -12	Choinire et al	The influence of natural shelterbelts on odours (Available in French only)
CPC -13a	Duchemin et al	Effectiveness of Strips of Grass and Trees in Reducing Non-point Source Pollution from Land Cultivated in Grain Corn and Fertilized with Hog Slurry (Available in French only)
CPC -13b	Duchemin et al	Effectiveness of Strips of Grass and Trees in Reducing Non-point Source Pollution from Land Cultivated in Grain Corn and Fertilized with Hog Slurry (Available in French only) Part 2 Part 3
CPC -15	MacKay	Livestock and the environment public education display
CPC -16	Caldwell	Livestock Production and Models for Conflict Resolution: Canadian Perspectives

Championed by Dairy Farmers of Canada

Project ID	Researcher	Title
DFC -01	Thompson	Reducing the amount and altering the form of nitrogen excreted by lactating dairy cattle
DFC -02	Petit	Improvement in nitrogen utilization by feeding flaxseed
DFC -03	Dube	Agri-Environmental study aimed at developing a safe method of storing solid dairy cattle manure in the field (Available in French only)
DFC -04	Martin	Effects of Rotational Grazing on the Dynamics of Carbon and Nitrogen on Commercial Dairy Farms
DFC -05	Murthy	Reduction in E. Coli O157:H7 contamination by manure and wastewater treatment using bacteriophages

Championed by Canadian Cattlemen's Association

Project ID	Researcher	Title
CCA-01	McAllister	Simple on-farm monitoring of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in beef and dairy cattle
CCA-02 (Phase II)	Gruber	Gene technology to develop tannin-accumulating alfalfa forage
CCA-03	Rudra	Vegetative Filters to Protect Streams in Areas with Manure Storage or Disposal
CCA-04	Goss	The occurrence, fate, and ecotoxicological effects of veterinary antibiotics used in poultry, swine and beef industries
CCA-05	Crolla & Kinsley	Coagulation system for treatment of veal and swine manure and poultry manure runoff
CCA-06	Larouche	Band of vegetation and refining zone in beef production

Championed by Poultry Industry Council

Project ID	Researcher	Title
PIC -01	Lefrançois & Joncas	Reduction of phosphorus in litter by feeding modified diets to broiler breeders (Available in French only)
PIC -02	Lefrançois	Reducing phosphorus residues in broiler litter (Available in French only)
PIC -03	Feddes	Odour emissions from treatment/storage systems for poultry manure

Championed by Canadian Sheep Federation

Project ID	Researcher	Title
CSF-01	Stanford	Use of composting for disposal of waste sheep pelts
CSF-02	Gordon	Enhancing carbon sinks in agroecosystems using a silvopasture approach
CSF-03	Martin	Environmental and economic benefits of grazing sheep and cattle
CSF-04	Christen & Miville	Pilot Project for the On-Farm Composting of Animal