Animal And Veterinary Sciences

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• 149 Finished

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  CTLGH_Dairy Cow Improvement, Rwanda. JOA.

  Mrode, R. (PI)

  University of Edinburgh

  1/12/19 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research

• Grass to Gas: Strategies to mitigate GHG emissions from pasture-based sheep emissions

  Conington, J. (PI) & Lambe, N. (CoI)

  UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/10/19 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • Greenhouse Gas 100%
  • Methane 100%
  • Feed Efficiency 66%
  • Feed Intake 37%
  • Rumen 20%

• Quantifying The Impacts Of Parasitism On Livestock Ghg Emissions

  Fox, N. (Supervisor) & Booth, N. (PhD Student)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/19 → 30/09/23

  Project: PhD project

• Database design and data flows from farms

  Archibald, I. (PI)

  Agri-EPI Centre Ltd

  13/09/19 → 31/01/20

  Project: Research

• Welsh Sheep Breeding Project

  Coffey, M. (CoI), Id Lahoucine, S. (PI) & Kaseja, K. (CoI)

  Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

  1/08/19 → 31/01/24

  Project: Research

  • Flocks 100%
  • Genetic Improvement 20%
  • Parentage 20%
  • Rams 20%
  • Broodstock 10%

• Biomarkers Analysis

  Lowe, A. (PI) & Baker, E. (CoI)

  Teagasc - Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

  1/07/19 → 30/04/20

  Project: Research

• Egenes Evaluation Service

  Coffey, M. (PI) & Cosso, M. (CoI)

  Roslin Technologies Limited

  1/07/19 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research

• Welfare Consultancy

  Dixon, L. (PI)

  1/06/19 → 31/10/19

  Project: Research

• QBA Advice

  Wemelsfelder, F. (PI)

  The Donkey Sanctuary

  18/05/19 → 18/05/20

  Project: Research

• QBA Advisory SubContract

  Wemelsfelder, F. (PI)

  Evidence Group Limited

  1/05/19 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

• Elucidating bovine host genomic links with rumen microbial genes to improve sustainably feed conversion efficiency using unique selection criteria

  Roehe, R. (PI) & Dewhurst, R. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  1/05/19 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Microbiome 100%
  • Rumen 60%
  • Microbial Gene 41%
  • Methane 36%
  • Bovine 29%

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.3 Productive and sustainable land management

  Wall, E. (PI), Smith, S. (CoI), Nicoll, L. (CoI), Parker, J. (CoI), Robertson, D. (CoI), Davidson, R. (CoI), Donbavand, J. (CoI), Anderson, C. (CoI), Roehe, R. (CoI), Harrison, B. (CoI), Purcell, L. (CoI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoI), Gunn, G. (CoI), Pritchard, T. (CoI), Jones, S. (CoI), Bagnall, A. (CoI), Vosough Ahmadi, B. (CoI), Archibald, I. (CoI), Rees, B. (CoI), Eory, V. (CoI), Glenk, K. (CoI), Edwards, T. (CoI), Buckingham, S. (CoI), March, M. (CoI), Broadbent, C. (CoI), Cloy, J. (CoI), Hargreaves, P. (CoI), Wishart, H. (CoI), Griffiths, B. (CoI), Fox, N. (CoI), Sparks, N. (CoI), Shrestha, S. (CoI), Banos, G. (CoI), Henry, M. (CoI), Watson, C. (CoI), Dickinson, J. (CoI), Topp, K. (CoI), Burnett, F. (CoI), Kyle, J. (CoI), Denholm, S. (CoI), Dewhurst, R. (CoI), Lawson, D. (CoI), McCubbin, I. (CoI), Dwyer, C. (CoI), Holland, J. (CoI), McCracken, D. (CoI), Barratt, A. (CoI), Havis, N. (CoI), Stanisz-Migal, M. (CoI), Miller, G. (CoI), Bowen, J. (CoI), Hutchings, M. (CoI), Creissen, H. (CoI), D'Eath, R. (CoI), Baddeley, J. (CoI), Houdijk, J. (CoI), Coffey, M. (CoI), Morgan-Davies, C. (CoI), Walker, R. (CoI), Turner, S. (CoI), Haskell, M. (CoI), Barnes, A. (CoI), Athanasiadou, S. (CoI), Cole, L. (CoI), Sandilands, V. (CoI), McLaren, A. (CoI), MacLeod, M. (CoI) & Smith, L. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • Microbiome 100%
  • Methanogenesis 100%
  • Methanogen 50%
  • Protista 33%
  • Fibrobacter 33%

• Predicting the spread of the Great Spruce Bark Beetle in Scotland

  Hutchings, M. (PI) & Davidson, R. (CoI)

  1/03/19 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research

• Conception to consumption: Aligning farmers to consumers using modern data, decision support and precision agriculture technologies

  Wall, E. (PI)

  1/02/19 → 30/11/22

  Project: Research

• Encapsulated antimicrobial precursors for non-antibiotic treatment of MDRO in poultry Principal

  Houdijk, J. (PI), Whyte, F. (CoI), Sparks, N. (CoI) & Galgano, S. (Researcher)

  Innovate UK

  1/02/19 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

  • Broiler 100%
  • Precursor 83%
  • Antimicrobial Resistance 83%
  • Jejunum 58%
  • Cecum 58%

• Provision of analysis to quantify non-CO2 abatement in the UK agriculture sector by 2050, with an emphasis on the potential for innovative and novel measures

  Eory, V. (PI), Rees, B. (CoI), Topp, K. (CoI), Dewhurst, R. (CoI) & Wall, E. (CoI)

  3/01/19 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Predicting TB status of dairy cows from mid infra-red spectral data using machine learning

  Coffey, M. (PI) & Denholm, S. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  1/01/19 → 6/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Dairy Cows 100%
  • Dairy Cattle 71%
  • Cow 47%
  • Infrared Spectroscopy 38%
  • Herd 35%

• Aetiopathogenesis and genomic architecture of resistance to claw horn disruption lesions in dairy cattle

  Banos, G. (PI) & Coffey, M. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  2/12/18 → 31/01/23

  Project: Research

  • Sole 100%
  • Holstein 69%
  • Cow 68%
  • Claws 67%
  • Horn 66%

• Assessment of the welfare of calves following long-distance transport from Scotland to Spain

  Dwyer, C. (PI), Mitchell, M. (CoI) & Farish, M. (CoI)

  1/12/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• SMARTER - SMAll RuminanTs breeding for Efficiency and Resilience

  Conington, J. (PI)

  European Commission

  1/11/18 → 31/07/23

  Project: Research

  • Lamb 100%
  • Genome-Wide Association Study 94%
  • Sheep Meat 78%
  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism 63%
  • Scottish Blackface 58%

• Legumes Translated

  Revoredo Giha, C. (CoI), Topp, K. (CoI), Dewhurst, R. (CoI), Costa Font, M. (CoI), MacPherson, L. (CoI), Houdijk, J. (CoI), Walker, R. (CoI), Hargreaves, P. (CoI), Lawson, D. (CoI), Newbold, J. (CoI) & Watson, C. (PI)

  European Commission

  1/11/18 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

  • Arable Land 100%
  • Cropping System 97%
  • Pollinator 85%
  • Europe 85%
  • Nitrous Oxide 57%

• Advancing performance on Scottish beef farms through improving body condition scoring skills

  Rutherford, K. (PI)

  SFC GRANT

  16/10/18 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

• EmotiPig, Investigating automatic detection of emotion in biometrically identified pig faces using machine learning

  Baxter, E. (PI), Rutherford, K. (CoI), Farish, M. (CoI), Smith, M. L. (PI) & Hansen, M. F. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  1/10/18 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

  • Pig 100%
  • Face 50%
  • Automatic Detection 50%
  • Facial Recognition 50%
  • Cow 25%

• The role of cognitive ability and affective state during aggressive encounters: implications for contest behaviour and animal welfare

  Turner, S. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/18 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• Development of an integrated metagenomic analysis system using the microbial community, their genes and biological mechanisms to predict cattle phenotype

  Roehe, R. (PI)

  1/10/18 → 31/01/23

  Project: Research

  • Microbial Gene 100%
  • Thermal Diffusion 100%
  • Volatile Fatty Acid 60%
  • Metagenomics 40%
  • Metabolic Pathway 40%

• The effect of the presence or absence of maternal care on the neurobiological, emotional and cognitive development of lambs

  Dwyer, C. (PI)

  1/10/18 → 30/09/23

  Project: PhD project

• Replacement of contentious inputs in organic farming systems (RELACS)

  Athanasiadou, S. (PI)

  University of Edinburgh

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Chlamydospore 100%
  • Lamb 100%
  • Haemonchus contortus 100%
  • Supplementation 100%
  • Calluna vulgaris 100%

• Rat tickling as a model to understand and improve positive welfare in confined animals

  Lawrence, A. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/18 → 30/11/22

  Project: Research

• Estimating the economic costs of bovine TB incidents on cattle farms in the high risk edge areas of England and Wales

  Barnes, A. (PI), Stott, A. (CoI), Toma, L. (CoI), Vosough Ahmadi, B. (CoI), Barratt, A. (CoI) & Hutchings, M. (CoI)

  18/06/18 → 31/10/19

  Project: Research

• ICE Robotics Lying time curve

  Haskell, M. (PI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoI) & March, M. (CoI)

  1/06/18 → 31/05/19

  Project: Research

• Replacement of contentious inputs in organic farming systems (RELACS)

  Athanasiadou, S. (PI) & Hutchings, M. (CoI)

  European Commission

  1/05/18 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

  • Anthelmintic 100%
  • Gastrointestinal Nematodes 89%
  • Teladorsagia circumcincta 82%
  • Organic Farming 59%
  • Organic Farming System 54%

• Database and reporting system to support Signet's Sheepbreeder and Beefbreeder Services

  Krzyzelewski, T. (PI), Wells, A. (CoI) & Coffey, M. (CoI)

  AHDB Beef & Lamb

  1/04/18 → 3/03/24

  Project: Research

  • Sheep 100%
  • Animal Genetics 100%
  • Tissue Distribution 33%
  • X-Ray Computed Tomography 33%
  • Artificial Intelligence 33%

• CTLGH African cattle genomic reference resource, SNP assays, and signature of selections

  Wall, E. (PI) & Mwacharo, J. (PI)

  University of Edinburgh

  1/04/18 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Africans 85%
  • Evolutionary Adaptation 85%
  • Dynamics 85%
  • Genetic Structure 85%

• CTLGH Genetic and genomic evaluation delivery tools

  Wall, E. (PI), Mwacharo, J. (PI) & Mrode, R. (PI)

  University of Edinburgh

  1/04/18 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Africans 85%
  • Evolutionary Adaptation 85%
  • Dynamics 85%
  • Genetic Structure 85%

• CTLGH Identification and selection of targets and development of analytical tools to optimize breeding programmes in African chicken populations

  Banos, G. (PI), Coffey, M. (CoI) & Sparks, N. (CoI)

  University of Edinburgh

  1/04/18 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Transcriptome 100%
  • Bird 100%
  • Campylobacter 100%
  • Quantitative Trait Locus 100%
  • Major Histocompatibility Complex 60%

• Tailtech: developing an early warning system for pig tail biting

  D'Eath, R. (PI)

  Innovate UK

  1/04/18 → 30/06/21

  Project: Research

  • Pig 100%
  • Tail 100%

• Innovations in aquaculture: Delivering operational methods for the control of infectious disease

  Hutchings, M. (PI) & Davidson, R. (CoI)

  1/04/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• The development of an alternative method to high concentration CO2 for the commercial stunning of pigs

  Baxter, E. (PI), Akaichi, F. (CoI) & Farish, M. (CoI)

  19/03/18 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

  • Hypoxia 100%
  • Carbon Dioxide 80%
  • Sclera 75%
  • Physiological Response 75%
  • Pig 75%

• Genetic Evaluations for Danish Genetics Pig Data

  Coffey, M. (PI)

  1/03/18 → 28/02/19

  Project: Research

• SMARTCOW : An integrated infrastructure for increased research capability and innovation in the European cattle sector

  Duthie, C.-A. (CoI), Ramsay, N. (CoI), Dwyer, C. (CoI), Ferguson, H. (CoI), Haskell, M. (CoI), Dickinson, J. (CoI), McCubbin, I. (CoI) & Dewhurst, R. (PI)

  European Commission

  1/02/18 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

  • Meta-Analysis 100%
  • Feed Efficiency 60%
  • Feeds 60%
  • Feed Conversion 50%
  • Europeans 50%

• UK Sheep Genetic Improvement Scoping Study

  Conington, J. (PI), Banos, G. (CoI), Coffey, M. (CoI) & Wall, E. (CoI)

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research

• CTLGH Dairy Genomics

  Mrode, R. (PI)

  1/01/18 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• Review of the evidence on welfare aspects of the transport of live animals

  Dwyer, C. (PI), Mitchell, M. (CoI) & Kettlewell, P. (CoI)

  10/11/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research

• Development of national genetic evaluations of beef cattle for resistance to bovine tuberculosis (bTB)

  Banos, G. (PI), Mrode, R. (CoI) & Coffey, M. (CoI)

  AHDB Beef & Lamb

  1/11/17 → 31/10/20

  Project: Research

• Modelling short & long-term resilience and efficiency of cattle production

  Wall, E. (PI) & Eory, V. (CoI)

  University of Edinburgh

  1/10/17 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

• Sleep behaviour as a novel indicator of animal welfare using laying hens as a model

  Sandilands, V. (PI), Baker, L. (CoI) & Dixon, L. (CoI)

  25/09/17 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Delivering the agricultural greenhouse gas and ammonia inventories and projections

  Wall, E. (PI) & Archibald, I. (CoI)

  UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  4/09/17 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

• Sensitivity of ideal protein nutrition to gut health

  Houdijk, J. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research

  • Supplementation 100%
  • Amino Acid 100%
  • Growth Performance 40%
  • Weight Gain 40%
  • Feed Intake 20%

• Precision breeding for piglet survival and the use of microbiome information to improve wellness in pigs

  Roehe, R. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

• Can technological solutions deliver positive welfare benefits in housing for dairy cattle?

  Haskell, M. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

  • Dairy Cows 100%
  • Cow 100%
  • Automatic Milking Systems 100%
  • Raceways 25%
  • Dairy Cattle 12%