Monogastric Science Research

Projects

Projects per year 2014 2019 2022 2023 2027

• 8 Active
• 18 Finished

Projects per year

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  FK231123: Enhancing Livestock Welfare & Performance with Hyper-oxygenated Water

  Khattak, F. (PI), Hussein, M. A. (Researcher) & Steel, M. (Technician)

  1/04/24 → 31/03/25

  Project: Research

  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Digestibility 100%
  • Broiler Chicken 75%
  • Drinking Water 50%
  • Pig 50%

• Artimeal: Farmed marine proteins for poultry feed

  Houdijk, J. (PI)

  1/04/23 → 31/03/25

  Project: Research

  • Artemia Salina 100%
  • Feeds 100%
  • Starter Diets 50%
  • Fish Meal 50%

• Nitrogen efficient plants for climate smart arable cropping systems

  Houdijk, J. (PI)

  1/04/23 → 31/03/27

  Project: Research

  • Soybean 100%
  • Cropping System 100%
  • Digestibility 100%
  • Vicia faba 100%

• Nutritional Strategies To Stimulate Endogenous Antimicrobial Peptides In Poultry: A Promising Alternative To Antibiotics With A Smart Solution For Safe And Sustainable Poultry Farming

  Khattak, F. (Supervisor) & Payne, H. (PhD Student)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/22 → 30/09/27

  Project: PhD project

• RESAS 22-27: SRUC-a3-3 Solutions To Improve Laying Hen Welfare.

  Sandilands, V. (PI), Lawrence, A. (CoI), Baker, E. (CoI), D'Eath, R. (CoI) & Jessiman, L. (CoI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/22 → 31/03/27

  Project: Research

  • Feather 100%
  • Beak 95%
  • Hen 79%
  • Laying Hens 71%
  • Pelleted Feeds 63%

• RESAS 22-27: SRUC-b6-2 A Systems Understanding Of The Flow Of Amr From Livestock Production To The Environment And Humans: Informing Risk Analyses

  Hutchings, M. (PI), Baker, E. (CoI), Galgano, S. (CoI), Pollock, J. (CoI), Holden, N. (CoI), Smith, L. (CoI) & Lowe, A. (CoI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/22 → 31/03/27

  Project: Research

  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Antimicrobial Use 50%
  • Antimicrobial Resistance 50%
  • Animal Health 50%

• RESAS 22-27: SRUC-a2-2 Zoonoses And Emerging Diseases.

  Lawton, S. (PI), Whyte, F. (CoI), Khattak, F. (CoI), Baughan, J. (CoI), Tongue, S. (CoI), Boerlage, A. (CoI), Galgano, S. (CoI), Rodrigues da Costa, M. (CoI), Khalid, Z. (CoI), Denniston, J. (CoI), Athanasiadou, S. (CoI), Nale, J. (CoI) & Landeryou, T. (CoI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/22 → 31/03/27

  Project: Research

  • Campylobacter 100%
  • Bacteriophage 60%
  • Infectious Agent 57%
  • Antimicrobial Resistance 57%
  • Acinetobacter Baumannii 50%

• Using Behaviour and Technologies to Detect Early Signs of Disease in Cattle and Laying Hens

  Sandilands, V. (PI) & Kang, H. (CoI)

  University of Edinburgh

  13/09/21 → 31/03/25

  Project: PhD project

• Finished

  FK010823: Predicting bone quality in laying hens

  Khattak, F. (PI) & Whyte, F. (Technician)

  27/05/24 → 29/11/24

  Project: Commercial

  • Laying Hens 100%
  • Bone Quality 100%
  • Hen 54%
  • Keel Bone 30%
  • Pedigree 23%

• PotAleSheepNut: Use of recovered yeast and grain residues from pot-ale in the construction of a sheep pellet

  Houdijk, J. (PI)

  1/11/23 → 31/10/24

  Project: Research

  • Grains 100%
  • Feeds 100%

• VitroChick: In vitro digestibility - reducing animal use whilst meeting the demand to evaluate alternative proteins

  Houdijk, J. (PI) & Hussein, M. A. (CoI)

  1/01/23 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research

  • In Vitro Digestibility 100%
  • Digestibility 50%

• White paper on links between intestinal integrity scores and production and welfare outcomes in broilers

  Houdijk, J. (PI), Hussein, M. A. (PI) & Mucha, S. (PI)

  15/08/22 → 28/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Broiler Chicken 100%
  • Pig 50%

• Mezquite for broilers: The effect of Mezquite pod inclusion and processing on performance and ilieal digestibility in broilers

  Houdijk, J. (PI)

  1/03/22 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research

  • Pod 100%
  • Digestibility 100%
  • Broiler Feeding 50%

• Nanopig: Peracetic acid precursors as alternatives to supra-nutritional levels of zinc oxide in weaned pigs

  Galgano, S. (PI) & Houdijk, J. (CoI)

  18/10/21 → 28/02/22

  Project: Research

  • Precursor 100%
  • Peracetic Acid 100%
  • Zinc Oxide 100%
  • Stomach 66%
  • Sodium Percarbonate 41%

• RESAS Rd2.2.8

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

  1/04/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Other

• Blunting the blows: using naturally-occurring variation in beak morphology to reduce pecking damage in laying hens

  Sandilands, V. (PI) & Struthers, S. (PhD Student)

  1/10/19 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • Beak 100%
  • Laying Hens 50%
  • Bone Size 50%
  • Hen 31%
  • Feather 27%

• ChickenStress MCSA

  Sandilands, V. (PI)

  European Commission

  1/06/19 → 30/04/23

  Project: Research

  • Laying Hens 100%
  • Feed Deprivation 50%
  • Hen 50%
  • Rapid Eye Movement Sleep 50%
  • Climate Change 25%

• 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%

• 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%

• Delivery of on farm education visits

  Conington, J. (PI), Gordon, J. (CoI), McLean, K. (CoI) & Steel, M. (CoI)

  1/04/18 → 31/03/20

  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

• 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

• Rural Industries, funding for innovation, enterprise and impact: Alternative feeding strategies for Scottish pig, poultry and egg producers

  Houdijk, J. (PI)

  1/08/16 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research

• N-CIRCLE: Virtual Joint centre for Closed-Loop Cycling of Nitrogen in Chinese Agriculture

  Rees, B. (PI), Roehe, R. (CoI), Jones, S. (CoI), Bingham, I. (CoI), Tarsitano, D. (CoI), Buckingham, S. (CoI), Bell, M. (CoI), Topp, K. (CoI), Houdijk, J. (CoI), Crawford, C. (CoI), Anderson, C. (CoI) & Parker, J. (CoI)

  1/01/16 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research

  • Agricultural Soil 100%
  • Greenhouse Gas 100%
  • Common Wheat 100%
  • Cropping System 66%
  • Emissions 55%

• Strategic use of carbohydrase enzymes in broiler diets to increase productivity by improving gut health

  Khattak, F. (PI)

  1/10/15 → 30/09/19

  Project: Research

• Provision of facilities and personnel for carcass evaluation and incubation of hatching eggs

  Houdijk, J. (PI)

  1/04/14 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research