Ontario pork research is largely conducted by the University of Guelph, and funded mainly through the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMFRA) partnership. The research is conducted in various animal holding and laboratory facilities. Financial benefit from pork research can be long-term over the span of decades, or can be almost immediately applicable and economically beneficial. Pork research has an estimated cost-benefit ratio of 22.4 to 1. Some of the University of Guelph’s significant past projects include creating SPF pigs, understanding E. coli effects, discovering the PSS gene, and developing pig breeding strategies based on mathematical procedures. Some of the more recent research has included the creation of molecular tests for Salmonella, herd health monitoring projects, group housing research, and many more.