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Robert Friendship
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Latest papers
Machine learning models provide modest accuracy in predicting clinical impact of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome type 2 in Canadian sow herds.
American journal of veterinary research · 2025
The case for development of a core outcome set (COS) and supplemental reporting guidelines for influenza vaccine challenge trial research in swine.
Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025
Does Vaccine-Induced Maternally-Derived Immunity Protect Swine Offspring against Influenza a Viruses? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Challenge Trials from 1990 to May 2021.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
Latest funding
- $40,000
Novel antimicrobials for swine health
NSERC · 2017 · Co-investigator
- $20,000
Which variants of influenza viruses commonly circulate in Ontario swine?
NSERC · 2011 · Co-investigator
- $282,215
Development of swine liquid feeding technology in Canada
NSERC · 2003 · Co-investigator
39 publications.
Machine learning models provide modest accuracy in predicting clinical impact of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome type 2 in Canadian sow herds.
Melmer DJ, O'Sullivan TL, Greer A, Ojkic D, Friendship R, Poljak Z
The case for development of a core outcome set (COS) and supplemental reporting guidelines for influenza vaccine challenge trial research in swine.
Keay S, Alberts F, O'Connor AM, Friendship R, O'Sullivan T, Poljak Z
Does Vaccine-Induced Maternally-Derived Immunity Protect Swine Offspring against Influenza a Viruses? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Challenge Trials from 1990 to May 2021.
Keay S, Poljak Z, Alberts F, O'Connor A, Friendship R, O'Sullivan TL, Sargeant JM
Classification of group A rotavirus VP7 and VP4 genotypes using random forest.
Tran H, Friendship R, Poljak Z
Comparative efficacy of a novel Bacillus subtilis-based probiotic and pharmacological zinc oxide on growth performance and gut responses in nursery pigs.
Sudan S, Fletcher L, Zhan X, Dingle S, Patterson R, Huber LA, Friendship R, Kiarie EG, Li J
Effect of Varying Levels of Dietary Tryptophan on Aggression and Abnormal Behavior in Growing Pigs.
Henry M, Shoveller AK, O'Sullivan TL, Niel L, Friendship R
Study of the relationship between untypable and typable isolates of Streptococcus suis recovered from clinically ill and healthy nursery pigs.
Denich L, Farzan A, Friendship R, Arndt E, Ricker N, Gottschalk M, Poljak Z
Assessment of exposure to influenza A viruses in pigs between weaning and market age.
Ferreira JB, Poljak Z, Friendship R, Nagy É, Wideman G, Grgić H
The impact of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) genotypes, established on the basis of ORF-5 nucleotide sequences, on three production parameters in Ontario sow farms.
Melmer DJ, O'Sullivan TL, Greer A, Moser L, Ojkic D, Friendship R, Novosel D, Poljak Z
Veterinarian barriers to knowledge translation (KT) within the context of swine infectious disease research: an international survey of swine veterinarians.
Keay S, Sargeant JM, O'Connor A, Friendship R, O'Sullivan T, Poljak Z
Novel antimicrobials for swine health
Principal investigators: Gray, Christopher
Which variants of influenza viruses commonly circulate in Ontario swine?
Principal investigators: Poljak, Zvonimir
Development of swine liquid feeding technology in Canada
Principal investigators: DeLange, Cornelis
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Zvonimir Poljak and Robert Friendship: 16 shared papers
- Zvonimir Poljak and Cate Dewey: 9 shared papers
- Patrick Boerlin and Edward Topp: 5 shared papers
- Cate Dewey and Robert Friendship: 5 shared papers
- Patrick Boerlin and Robert Friendship: 4 shared papers
- Zvonimir Poljak and Amy Greer: 4 shared papers
- Lee-Anne Huber and Julang Li: 4 shared papers
- Robert Friendship and Terri O'Sullivan: 4 shared papers
- Patrick Boerlin and Zvonimir Poljak: 3 shared papers
- Patrick Boerlin and Anne Deckert: 3 shared papers
- Zvonimir Poljak and Nicole Ricker: 3 shared papers
- Marcelo Gottschalk and Zvonimir Poljak: 2 shared papers
- Marcelo Gottschalk and Robert Friendship: 2 shared papers
- Andrew Potter and Edward Topp: 2 shared papers
- Patrick Boerlin and Nicole Ricker: 2 shared papers
- Amy Greer and Zvonimir Poljak: 2 shared papers
- Zvonimir Poljak and Anne Deckert: 2 shared papers
- Zvonimir Poljak and Terri O'Sullivan: 2 shared papers
- Amy Greer and Robert Friendship: 2 shared papers
- Keith Warriner and Robert Friendship: 2 shared papers
- Marcelo Gottschalk and Nicole Ricker: 1 shared paper
- Andrew Potter and Robert Friendship: 1 shared paper
- Sarah Wootton and Zvonimir Poljak: 1 shared paper
- Sarah Wootton and Cate Dewey: 1 shared paper
- Sarah Wootton and Robert Friendship: 1 shared paper
- Edward Topp and Nicole Ricker: 1 shared paper
- Edward Topp and Robert Friendship: 1 shared paper
- Amy Greer and Amy Greer: 1 shared paper
- Amy Greer and Robert Friendship: 1 shared paper
- Lee-Anne Huber and Robert Friendship: 1 shared paper
- Lee Niel and Cate Dewey: 1 shared paper
- Lee Niel and Robert Friendship: 1 shared paper
- Julang Li and Robert Friendship: 1 shared paper
- Nicole Ricker and Robert Friendship: 1 shared paper
- Cate Dewey and Anne Deckert: 1 shared paper
- Anne Deckert and Robert Friendship: 1 shared paper
- Department of Population Medicine
- Department of Pathobiology
- Bioinformatics
- Department of Food Science
- Département de pathologie et microbiologie
- Biology Department
- Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
- Other
Co-authors at University of Guelph, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Zvonimir Poljak
Bioinformatics
16 shared papers, latest 2025
Cate Dewey
Department of Population Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2014
Terri O'Sullivan
Department of Population Medicine
4 shared papers, latest 2025
Patrick Boerlin
Department of Pathobiology
4 shared papers, latest 2018
Marcelo Gottschalk
Département de pathologie et microbiologie
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Amy Greer
Department of Population Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Keith Warriner
Department of Food Science
2 shared papers, latest 2013
Sarah Wootton
Department of Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Andrew Potter
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Lee-Anne Huber
Department of Animal Biosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Anne Deckert
Department of Population Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Lee Niel
Department of Population Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Julang Li
Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Nicole Ricker
Department of Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Edward Topp
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Amy Greer
Biology Department
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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