Browse 46 real Animal Sciences projects entered in 2020, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
In the aid of monitoring several poultry diseases, including Newcastle Disease (Avian Paramyxovirus) commercial poultry farm owners, managers, and veterinarians monitor antibody titers, whic…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Avian rotavirus and picornavirus are among the leading causes of gastrointestinal illnesses in poultry species around the world, and therefore, entail major economic loss for the global live…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Pika (Ochotona princeps) are lagomorphs found on boulder taluses in alpine environments across the Mountain West. Pika have a notably high resting body temperature, making them highly suscep…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
The mechanism by which recreational drugs are addictive is unclear. While a general understanding of addiction biology has been established, the molecular mechanism of addiction is not yet u…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
In the United States, Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) has become one of the most common mental disorders, affecting ~7.1% of American adults (under the DSM-5 definition). Thus, researching a…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
The human brain could be affected by various kinds of surrounding factors, including nutrition. However, it has not yet clearly understood how daily-encountered substances affect brain funct…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
In 2017, the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences journal linked ferromagnetic material in bees’ (Apis mellifera) abdomens to magneto-reception and bees’ ability to naviga…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Determination of estrus is very crucial for increasing fertility and milk production of dairy herds. Methods and techniques presently used are cumbersome and painful. A non-invasive phenol-b…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
To discover whether an ant's pheromones can determine the route taken by another ant to a destination, an experiment was designed using different combinations of pavement, fire, and carpente…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is the pest that has spread out in Thailand since August 2018. The outbreak of fall armyworm causes severe damage of corn plants and other field crops.…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Light pollution affects organisms throughout the entire ecosystem via disruption and interference of reproductive fitness. Drosophila melanogaster were chosen for this study because of the i…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
The Asiatic hornet Vespa velutina (from now on V.v) has become a big plague in Europe achieving an annual expansion radius of 50-100 km, growing exponentially and it is already present in mo…
AJAS · 2020
Animal Sciences (inferred)
Food colorants are common in our diets. They are found in candies, beverages, and medicines. Recent studies suggest a link between artificial food colorants and negative behavioral patterns…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
This project’s purpose was to determine if a malnourishing diet negatively affects development and cognition in D. melanogaster, if consuming eggs reduces those effects, and whether childhoo…
AJAS · 2020
Animal Sciences (inferred)
The connectivity of a species is the ability of its individuals to move, and importantly, to move between populations. We compare the connectivity of American marten (Martes americana), as w…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Using pesticide to kill rice field crabs (Somanniathelphusa germaini) leaves chemical residue in the paddy field, causing biological magnification, which is harmful to top consumers like hum…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Flower thrips, Frankliniella intonsa (Trybom) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), are worldwide pests that cause damage to a range of plants in agriculture, horticulture and forestry and are vectors…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Today there are at least 1,655 wolves in the northern Rockies (Frey, 2017). My question was: What effect do the Gray Wolf (Canis Lupus) characteristics (age, sex) and human (roads, railroads…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Each year deer and elk cause millions of dollars of damage to crops across Idaho. To reduce this impact, farmers are looking for non-lethal ways to keep them away. The purpose of this study…
AJAS · 2020
Animal Sciences (inferred)
Mosquitoes are estimated to kill between 700,000 and one million people per year through disease transmission, which is why effective mosquito control methods are imperative. An often-overlo…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Honeybees rely heavily on their circadian clock to achieve the orientation based on the solar compass and the "time memory", which allows them to locate food resources and return to the hive…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Climate change threatens to alter the distribution of numerous bird species globally. While predicting future distributional changes is critical in guiding management efforts, recent advance…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Supplemental herbs have been linked to improved layer performance in Gallus Gallus Domesticus studies. However, as these studies mainly focus on standard chickens, the relation between such…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Humans and some other animals detect non-nutritive artificial sweeteners (NAS). To elucidate whether honeybees perceive ‘sweetness’ from NAS, NAS (sucralose and acesulfame-K) were given to h…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Alcohol consumption, which leads to complex disorders involving neurological deficits, is one of the main contributors in chronic diseases around the world with overall global death reaching…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
The global amphibian extinction crisis necessitates the diligence of conservation practices. This project was designed to improve husbandry conditions for captive Dendrobates auratus, common…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Damage from insects is a major problem in agriculture. Using insecticide is harmful and expensive. We tried to introduce predator as the bio- control for the pest in a cultivation area. We o…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Aging is a process which adversely affects humans, particularly in the brain. However, aging is not well characterized. This study sought to investigate the changes in neuronal lipid droplet…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Regeneration is defined as a natural process that allows plants and animals to replace or restore damaged or missing cells, tissues, organs, and even entire body parts to full function (Rege…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Oysters are niche creatures within the marine ecosystem that filter phytoplankton to ensure clarity of water. As global plastic production reaches 4.8 - 12.7 million tonnes annually, their e…