Dairy Research Centre

Projects

Projects per year 2012 2022 2027

• 26 Active
• 55 Finished

Projects per year

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  ColdZone: Developing more efficient milk bulk tank wash down procedure using Ozonated water technology

  Salavati, M. (PI) & Peyton, C. (Consultant)

  1/02/24 → 1/08/24

  Project: Research

  • Water Technology 100%
  • Disinfection 100%
  • Bulk Milk 100%
  • Tanks 100%
  • Processing Plant 50%

• FastBreederAPI: Programmatic data transfer to EGENES for genomic evaluation of Dourie Farming herd

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

  1/11/23 → 1/05/24

  Project: Research

  • Herd 100%

• RIFS: A Roadmap for delivering improved forage systems

  Newbold, J. (PI)

  8/09/23 → 29/02/24

  Project: Research

  • Nutritive Value 100%

• FAA Testing: FAA Group - PROFICIENCY TESTING SCHEME

  McCubbin, I. (Technician) & Dewhurst, R. (PI)

  1/08/23 → 31/05/24

  Project: Commercial

  • Whole Crop Silage 100%

• The fungal milk microbiome of dairy cattle and its implications on mastitis

  Ferguson, H. (PI), Lima, J. (CoPI), Pollock, J. (Researcher) & Cook, R. (PhD Student)

  15/02/23 → 15/08/24

  Project: Research

  • Microbiome 100%
  • Mastitis 100%
  • Bovine 100%
  • Mycobiome 66%
  • Cow 33%

• Nitrogen cycling associated with food production from livestock

  Miller, G. (PI), Young, M. (CoI), Shaw, L. (Researcher) & Newbold, J. (Researcher)

  15/02/23 → 8/03/23

  Project: Research

• The impacts of selenium sources on blood and milk selenium levels in lactating cattle

  Ferguson, H. (PI)

  14/10/22 → 28/02/23

  Project: Commercial

  • Bovine 100%
  • Selenomethionine 100%
  • Sodium Selenite 50%

• Tackling tick-borne disease in Tanzania with low-cost animal sensing (TBD)

  Duthie, C.-A. (PI) & Ferguson, H. (CoI)

  1/09/22 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

  • Tick-Borne Disease 100%
  • Breed 28%
  • Ear Tags 14%
  • Acaricide 14%
  • East Coast Fever 14%

• Dairy Resilience: Predicting and enhancing lifetime resilience in dairy cattle

  Dewhurst, R. (PI), Mason, C. (CoI), March, M. (Researcher), Green, M. J. (PI), Bradley, A. (CoI), Forde, N. (CoI) & Shewbridge Carter, L. (Researcher)

  1/07/22 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

  • Dairy Cattle 100%

• Carry-over Effect Of Enhanced Amino Acid Nutrition Of Dairy Cows In Very Early Lactation

  Newbold, J. (PI)

  15/06/22 → 30/06/24

  Project: PhD project

  • Inga 100%
  • Early Lactation 100%
  • Dairy Cows 100%
  • Amino Acid 100%

• 34614: Tender for Animal Health and Welfare, Productivity and Sustainability Impacts of Housed Cattle

  Shewbridge Carter, L. (PI), Bowen, J. (CoI), Haskell, M. (CoI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoI), Turner, S. (CoI) & Miller, G. (CoI)

  1/06/22 → 31/05/23

  Project: Research

  • Climate Change 100%
  • Animal Health 100%

• Review and evaluation of existing (or near-to-market) methane reducing feed additives and technologies, with associated (business and government) recommendations to deliver ‘best practice’, well-governed markets.

  Miller, G. (PI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoI), Newbold, J. (CoI) & Eory, V. (CoI)

  12/05/22 → 30/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Feed Supplements 100%
  • Feed Technology 100%
  • Feed Additives 100%
  • Methane 100%
  • Kelp 100%

• AANUE: Balancing amino acids to improve nitrogen use efficiency in dairy cows fed extensively fermented grass silage

  Newbold, J. (PI) & Dewhurst, R. (Project manager)

  1/05/22 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Dairy Cows 100%
  • Grass Silage 100%
  • Amino Acid 100%
  • Milk Protein 100%
  • Milk Protein Yield 50%

• Sefar Farm Tour Leadership And Co-operation

  Cole, L. (PI), Robertson, D. (CoI), Dewhurst, R. (CoI) & Burgess, P. (CoI)

  The James Hutton Institute

  5/10/21 → 30/11/21

  Project: Research

• CR/2021/03: Reducing emissions from agriculture – the role of new technologies

  Barnes, A. (PI), Eory, V. (CoI), Rees, B. (CoI), Newbold, J. (CoI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoI), Bowen, J. (CoI), Miller, G. (CoI) & Farquhar, J. (CoI)

  13/09/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Emissions 100%
  • Greenhouse Gas 50%
  • Feed Additives 25%
  • Methane 25%
  • Zero Emissions 12%

• FAA RING TEST: Forage Analysis Assurance Group - Proficiency Testing Scheme

  Dewhurst, R. (PI) & Bagnall, A. (CoI)

  1/08/21 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

  • Forage Analysis 100%
  • Annuals 50%

• Methane-inhibiting livestock feed supplements: review of net impacts, barriers to success and consumer acceptance

  Duthie, C.-A. (PI), Newbold, J. (PI), Miller, G. (PI) & Vigors, B. (Researcher)

  8/02/21 → 8/08/21

  Project: Research

  • Methane 100%
  • Feed Supplements 66%
  • Livestock Feeds 66%
  • Beef Cattle 33%
  • Dairy Cattle 33%

• Scoping Study on the Opportunities and Barriers of Improved Forages for Livestock Sustainability and Productivity

  Watson, C. (PI), Newbold, J. (CoI) & Topp, K. (PI)

  1/02/21 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Forage Crop 33%
  • Clover 22%
  • Onobrychis viciifolia 16%
  • Feeds 16%

• Novel approaches to improving calf health: new technology and data analytics

  Riley, B. (PhD Student), Haskell, M. (Supervisor), Dickinson, J. (Technician) & McCubbin, I. (Technician)

  14/09/20 → 31/08/24

  Project: PhD project

  • Feeding Behavior 100%
  • Birth Weight 82%
  • Dairy Breeds 70%
  • Milk Replacer 70%
  • Bovine Respiratory Disease 58%

• Dairy Sensors: Identifying best sensor technologies to deliver verifiable health and welfare, environment and processing quality benefits for Dairy Products

  Dewhurst, R. (PI), Ferguson, H. (Researcher), Haskell, M. (CoI) & Shewbridge Carter, L. (Researcher)

  1/08/20 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

  • Dairy Product 100%
  • Equipment 62%
  • Animal Welfare 41%
  • Cow 41%
  • Milk Yield 16%

• Developing analytical and advisory networks

  Dewhurst, R. (PI)

  Innovate UK

  1/07/20 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

  • Milk Production 100%
  • Milk Quality 100%
  • Dairy Farming 50%
  • Safety Standard 50%
  • Diagnostic Techniques 50%

• NZL: Carbon net zero & UK livestock systems

  Rees, B. (PI), Buckingham, S. (Researcher), Dewhurst, R. (Researcher), Sykes, A. (PI) & Bell, J. (PI)

  1/05/20 → 31/08/20

  Project: Research

  • Net Zero 100%
  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Land Use 50%

• Sefari Spark_Developing guidelines and policies for sustainable grassland systems

  Cole, L. (PI), March, M. (CoI), Watson, C. (CoI), McCracken, D. (CoI) & Maynard, C. (CoI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  20/02/20 → 31/05/21

  Project: Research

• Keeping Cow with Calf: bringing innovation to dairying in Scotland

  Haskell, M. (PI) & Ferguson, H. (Researcher)

  Scottish Government

  2/12/19 → 28/02/21

  Project: Research

  • Early Lactation 100%
  • Milk Yield 100%
  • Cow 100%
  • Milking Parlor 100%
  • Lactation Number 20%

• 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%
  • Farming System 100%
  • Animal Production System 100%
  • Robot 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 WP2.1 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

• 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%

• 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%