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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Dairy Research and Innovation Centre is part of the South and West Faculty in the Department of Agriculture and Business Management.
The Dairy Research and Innovation Centre is based at Crichton Royal Farm, Dumfries. It aims to develop, implement and provide information from sustainable breeding and management systems for dairy cows. Critical objectives include finding ways to improve the health and welfare of UK dairy herds and measuring different systems’ effects on the environment. Our work increasingly considers the carbon footprint, biodiversity and soil health aspects of dairy production.
Dairy systems research is performed with the Langhill pedigree herd, selected since 1970 as a high genetic merit line and a control line for the production of milk solids (fat and protein).
These cattle are managed on two distinctly different management systems – the design of these systems changes every 5 years, with comparisons designed to both challenge the genetic potential of the different genetic lines and test innovative concepts in dairy systems.
The detailed recording of these animals presents many opportunities for a diverse range of add-on monitoring projects – from lameness detection through to proxies for feed efficiency and methane emissions.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Profiles
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Loubna Abou El Qassim
- Agriculture & Business Management, Dairy Research Centre - Research Associate
- Scotland's Rural College - Research Associate
Person: Academic contract that is research only
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Matt Broadbent
- Agriculture & Business Management, Dairy Research Centre - Reader
- Scotland's Rural College - Reader
Person: Academic contract that is research only
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Soil acoustics and biodiversity
Newbold, J. (PI) & Hargreaves, P. (CoI)
1/08/24 → 31/01/26
Project: Research
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Transform Dairy Net
Haskell, M. (PI), March, M. (CoPI) & Ferguson, H. (CoPI)
1/06/24 → 31/05/27
Project: Research
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Adoption of precision livestock farming technologies has the potential to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from beef production
McNicol, L. C., Bowen, J. M., Ferguson, H., Bell, J., Dewhurst, R. & Duthie, C.-A., 27 Jun 2024, (First published) In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 8, 1414858.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Analysis of genotyping data reveals the unique genetic diversity represented by the breeds of sheep native to the United Kingdom
Salavati, M., Kerr, E., Marr, M., Collins, L., Dubarry, K., Scinto, A., Woolley, S. & Clark, E., 2 Sept 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: BMC Genomic Data. 25, 82.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A synthesis of evidence on the implications of applying lime on agricultural soils in a Scottish context
Hargreaves, P., Boyko, R. & Jones, S., 1 Sept 2024Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report
Open Access
Datasets
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Comparative analysis of the anthelmintic efficacy of European heather extracts on Teladorsagia circumcincta and Trichostrongylus colubriformis egg hatching and larval motility
Shepherd, F. (Creator), Chylinski, C. (Creator), Hutchings, M. R. (Creator), Lima, J. (Creator), Davidson, R. (Creator), Kelly, R. (Creator), Macrae, A. (Creator), Salminen, J.-P. (Creator), Engström, M. T. (Creator), Maurer, V. (Creator), Steinshamn, H. (Creator), Fittje, S. (Creator), Perez, A. M. (Creator), García, R. R. (Creator) & Athanasiadou, S. (Creator), Figshare, 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6283832, https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Comparative_analysis_of_the_anthelmintic_efficacy_of_European_heather_extracts_on_Teladorsagia_circumcincta_and_Trichostrongylus_colubriformis_egg_hatching_and_larval_motility/6283832
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Additional file 2 of Microbiome-driven breeding strategy potentially improves beef fatty acid profile benefiting human health and reduces methane emissions
Martínez-Álvaro, M. (Creator), Mattock, J. (Creator), Auffret, M. (Creator), Weng, Z. (Creator), Duthie, C.-A. (Creator), Dewhurst, R. J. (Creator), Cleveland, M. A. (Creator), Watson, M. (Creator) & Roehe, R. (Creator), Figshare, 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.21285707.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Additional_file_2_of_Microbiome-driven_breeding_strategy_potentially_improves_beef_fatty_acid_profile_benefiting_human_health_and_reduces_methane_emissions/21285707/1
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Prizes
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New technology & data - tools for advisors Workshop at EUFRAS - Sep2024
Salavati, M. (Speaker)
10 Sept 2024Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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Hannah Dairy Research Foundation Conference 2024
Salavati, M. (Speaker)
18 Nov 2024Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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British Standards Institution (External organisation)
Salavati, M. (Member)
Mar 2024Activity: Membership types › Membership of panel
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COP26 round table discussion (podcast)
Newbold, J., Rees, B., Reed, M., McCracken, D., Lindsay, P., Fischer-Moller, M. & Thomson, S.
23/09/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media