Dairy Research Centre

Projects

Projects per year 2012 2022 2027

• 26 Active
• 55 Finished

Projects per year

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• Finished

  Climate Smart Cattle Farming: Development of novel technologies, solutions and systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in animal production systems

  Rees, B. (PI), Eory, V. (CoI), Hargreaves, P. (CoI) & Hoebe, P. (CoI)

  UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/10/19 → 30/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Production System 100%
  • Greenhouse Gas 100%
  • Animal Production System 100%
  • Robot 50%
  • Field Study 50%

• Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) Technologies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity of pasture-based cattle systems

  Dewhurst, R. (PI), Nicoll, L. (CoI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoI), Broadbent, C. (CoI), Miller, G. (CoI) & Ferguson, H. (CoI)

  UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/10/19 → 30/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Greenhouse Gas 100%
  • Precision Agriculture 100%
  • Methane 30%
  • Herd 30%
  • Grazing System 10%

• 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%

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.1 Crop and grassland production and disease control

  Creissen, H. (PI), Harrison, B. (CoI), Gorniak, K. (CoI), Bain, R. (CoI), Yoxall, T. (CoI), Paterson, L. (CoI), Evans, A. (CoI), Burnett, F. (CoI), Havis, N. (CoI) & Laing, A. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• RESAS Centres of Expertise: CxC

  Barnes, A. (PI), Hyslop, J. (CoI), Bell, J. (CoI), Rees, B. (CoI), Eory, V. (CoI), Leinonen, I. (CoI), Flockhart, J. (CoI) & MacLeod, M. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• Pathways of Diffuse Pollution to the Water Environment; state of knowledge and communicating best practice

  Cloy, J. (PI), Hargreaves, P. (CoI), Murphy, S. (CoI), Kerr, S. (CoI) & Audsley, R. (CoI)

  11/02/19 → 30/06/21

  Project: Research

  • Runoff 100%
  • Pollutant Load 50%
  • Soil Sampling 50%
  • Land Management 50%
  • Diffuse Pollution 50%

• 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

• STEM database for Scottish Secondary Schools (Data-4-Schools)

  March, M. (PI)

  12/11/18 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• 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%

• Follow up development of nutrition modelling and farm rationing software

  Dewhurst, R. (PI)

  1/08/18 → 30/04/19

  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

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.1 Crop and grassland production and disease control

  Hoad, S. (PI), Crawford, C. (CoI), Bingham, I. (CoI), Hoebe, P. (CoI), Brennan, M. (CoI), Paterson, L. (CoI), Topp, K. (CoI), Baddeley, J. (CoI), Miller, S. (CoI), Stanisz-Migal, M. (CoI), Taylor, J. (CoI), Harrison, B. (CoI), Baker, L. (CoI), Gorniak, K. (CoI), Whyte, F. (CoI), Bain, R. (CoI), Yoxall, T. (CoI), Laing, A. (CoI), Griffiths, B. (CoI), Watson, C. (CoI), Evans, A. (CoI), Burnett, F. (CoI), Irvine, S. (CoI), Lawson, D. (CoI), Havis, N. (CoI), Creissen, H. (CoI), Dussart, F. (CoI), Houdijk, J. (CoI), Walker, R. (CoI) & Swaney, J. (CoI)

  1/04/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Agri CIEL - Re-defining nutrition standards for improving beef production efficiency

  Dewhurst, R. (PI) & Miller, G. (CoI)

  AHDB Beef & Lamb

  1/03/18 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Microbial Proteins 100%
  • Protein Synthesis 100%
  • Rumen 100%
  • Feeds 92%
  • Beef Cattle 92%

• 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%

• Dairy 4 Future - Propagating innovations for more resilient dairy farming in the Atlantic area

  Dewhurst, R. (PI), Ramsay, N. (Project manager), March, M. (CoI), Hargreaves, P. (Researcher), Ferguson, H. (Researcher) & Shewbridge Carter, L. (Researcher)

  European Commission

  1/10/17 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Transition paths to sustainable legume based systems in Europe (TRUE)

  Rees, B. (PI), Toma, L. (CoI), March, M. (CoI), Akaichi, F. (CoI), Shrestha, S. (CoI) & Barnes, A. (CoI)

  European Commission

  1/04/17 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Climate Change 100%
  • Life Cycle Engineering 71%
  • Farm Animal 69%
  • Food Security 69%
  • Greenhouse Gas Emission 61%

• Soils Programme Research Partnership: Management for Soil Biology and Health

  Jones, S. (CoI), Hargreaves, P. (CoI), Watson, C. (PI) & Parker, J. (CoI)

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• Understanding short-term measurement techniques and proxies for methane emissions from cattle

  Dewhurst, R. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/16 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

• Enhanced monitoring systems for improved health management of dairy-bred beef youngstock

  Duthie, C.-A. (PI), Mason, C. (CoI), Haskell, M. (CoI), Parker, J. (CoI) & McCubbin, I. (CoI)

  AHDB Beef & Lamb

  1/09/16 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research

  • Dairy Calves 100%
  • Bovine Respiratory Disease 100%
  • Dairy Breeds 20%
  • Precision Agriculture 20%
  • Starter Diets 20%

• Development of an easy to use metagenomics platform for agricultural science

  Dewhurst, R. (PI)

  European Commission

  1/04/16 → 30/11/19

  Project: Research

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

• TANZANIA: Investigation of farmer-led breeding goals and strategies

  Dewhurst, R. (PI)

  2/02/16 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research

  • Breed 100%
  • Dairy Cattle 100%
  • Semen 66%
  • Sires 66%
  • Cow 66%

• Stress effects on the ovine rumen microbiome

  Dewhurst, R. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/12/15 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• Whole farm modelling of specialist beef systems in Scotland and Ireland

  Dewhurst, R. (PI)

  1/10/15 → 30/09/19

  Project: Research

• TANZANIA: The use of cow-side milk progesterone tests

  Dewhurst, R. (PI)

  1/09/15 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research

• PrecisionBeef

  Ross, D. (PI), Duthie, C.-A. (PI), Hyslop, J. (CoI), Rooke, J. (CoI) & Dewhurst, R. (CoI)

  1/04/15 → 30/06/18

  Project: Research

  • Feed Intake 100%
  • Feeds 85%
  • Feeding Behavior 64%
  • Feed Efficiency 42%
  • Support Vector Machine 40%

• The BUG consortium Building upon the genome: Using H. contortus genomic resources to develop novel interventions to control endemic GI parasites

  Milne, C. (PI), Stott, A. (CoI) & Pate, L. (CoI)

  REF Funding

  28/03/15 → 27/03/21

  Project: Research

• Improving the sustainability and competitive position of the UK beef industry through selective breeding

  Wall, E. (PI), Pritchard, T. (CoI), Dewhurst, R. (CoI), Coffey, M. (CoI) & Moran, D. (CoI)

  UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/01/15 → 30/07/19

  Project: Research

  • Feed Intake 100%
  • Farm Animal 66%
  • Feed Conversion 66%
  • Feed Efficiency 66%
  • Greenhouse Gas 66%

• Improved timing of curative blight fungicides for superior control of late blight and greater cost effectiveness

  Bain, R. (PI)

  1/10/14 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• Improving the control of liver fluke infection in cattle in the UK - FLAG

  Tongue, S. (PI), Stott, A. (CoI), Weldegebriel, H. (CoI), Vosough Ahmadi, B. (CoI), Milne, C. (CoI), Gomes, C. (CoI), Eze, J. (CoI), Henry, M. (CoI) & Barratt, A. (CoI)

  1/10/13 → 31/07/18

  Project: Research

• Increasing efficiency of dietary nitrogen use in dairy systems

  Roberts, D. (PI), Bagnall, A. (CoI), Flockhart, J. (CoI), Bell, D. (CoI), Dickinson, J. (CoI) & McCubbin, I. (CoI)

  21/06/12 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research