Cathy Dwyer

Projects

Projects per year 2014 2016 2017 2018 2022 2027

• 6 Active
• 17 Finished

Projects per year

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  RDE237: Review of welfare outcomes when transporting livestock, horses and poultry in commercially available temperature-controlled vehicles

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

  1/03/23 → 31/03/24

  Project: Research

  • Horse 100%
  • Poultry 100%

• Welfare outcomes for livestock transported on Northern Isles ferry routes

  Dwyer, C. (PI), Turner, S. (CoPI) & Mitchell, M. (CoI)

  1/02/23 → 30/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Farm Animal 100%

• RDE079 Sublot 8.2: Animal Welfare Implication of use of Precision Breeding Techniques

  Haskell, M. (PI), Dwyer, C. (PI) & Li, B. (PI)

  24/10/22 → 31/05/23

  Project: Research

  • Animal Welfare 100%
  • Pig 66%
  • Breed 44%
  • Case Study 44%
  • Salmo salar 33%

• Assessment of the welfare implications of alternative devices for sheep castration and tail docking

  Dwyer, C. (PI)

  1/02/22 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Tail 100%
  • Lamb 81%
  • Sheep 50%
  • Myiasis 12%
  • Animal Genetics 12%

• RESAS RD2.3.12 SD4 - 2021/22

  Dwyer, C. (PI), Beechener, S. (Researcher), Wemelsfelder, F. (Researcher), Lawrence, A. (Researcher), Athanasiadou, S. (Researcher) & Vigors, B. (Researcher)

  1/04/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Welfare 100%
  • Animal Welfare 100%
  • Farm Animal 33%
  • Decision Making 33%
  • Health Management 16%

• RESAS RD2.2.7 - 2021/22

  Dwyer, C. (PI), Wemelsfelder, F. (Researcher), Lawrence, A. (Researcher), Haskell, M. (Researcher), D'Eath, R. (Researcher) & Vigors, B. (Researcher)

  1/04/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Welfare 100%
  • Animal Welfare 100%
  • Farm Animal 33%
  • Decision Making 33%
  • Health Management 16%

• Development and validation of animal-based welfare indicators for a Precision-Livestock Farming approach to improving the welfare of small ruminants

  Dwyer, C. (PI)

  University of Edinburgh

  1/10/20 → 30/09/24

  Project: PhD project

• 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%

• 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

• 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

• 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%

• 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

• Can the survival of lambs from larger litters be improved?

  Dwyer, C. (PI)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

• Ewe and lamb behaviour and lamb mortality during the periparturient period - effects of nutrition and genotype

  Dwyer, C. (PI)

  Teagasc - Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

  1/10/16 → 31/08/23

  Project: PhD project

• Sharing expertise and experience towards sheep productivity through NET working (SheepNET)

  Dwyer, C. (PI), Vipond, J. (CoI), Morgan-Davies, C. (CoI), Camerlink, I. (CoI), Frater, P. (CoI) & McLaren, A. (CoI)

  European Commission

  1/07/16 → 31/10/19

  Project: Research

  • Lamb 100%
  • Pregnancy Rate 40%
  • Dairy Sheep 40%
  • Lambing 20%
  • Grassland 20%

• Collaborative development of positive welfare indicators for farm assurance

  Dwyer, C. (PI), Lawrence, A. (CoI), Dixon, L. (CoI), Mackay, J. (CoI), Wemelsfelder, F. (CoI) & Haskell, M. (CoI)

  14/03/16 → 31/03/18

  Project: Research

• Modelling effects of climate change on intensive animal production systems

  Dwyer, C. (PI)

  1/01/14 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research