Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
- Genetic and genomic aspects of sheep and goat production, performance, health, survival and greenhouse gas emissions
- Development and implementation of broader breeding goals and indices for sustainable sheep production
- Genetics of maternal traits in sheep and goats
- Quantitative and molecular genetic solutions for disease control in small ruminants
Teaching
- BSc Animal Science
- BSc Agriculture
- MSc University of Edinburgh Quantitative Genetics and Genome Analysis
- Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security, University of Edinburgh
Other work
- Chair of International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR) Expert Advisory Group (EAG) for Sheep, Goat and Small camelid meat recording guidelines (2016- ongoing).
- President of the Sheep and Goat Commission, European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) (2014 - ongoing).
- Animal Breeding workstream leader, Farm Animal Welfare Committee (2008 - 2018).
- BSAS Science and Innovation Committee member (2013 – ongoing).
- BSAS representative for EAAP (2011- 2013).
Previous employer
| 2019 - present | Head of Department Professor 2022+ |
| 2014 - 2022 | Reader in Applied Livestock Genetics, SRUC |
| 2012 - 2014 | Senior Livestock Geneticist, SRUC |
| 1992 - 2012 | Livestock Geneticist, SAC (part time (60%) 1995 – 2000) |
| 1990 - 1992 | Sheep Specialist, Meat and Livestock Commission, England. |
| 1987 – 1989 | Livestock Specialist, United Nations Association International Service, Bolivia. |
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Animal Breeding , University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 Aug 1999
Master, Livestock Production Science, University of Aberdeen
Award Date: 1 Aug 1990
Bachelor, Agriculture and Food Marketing, Newcastle University
Award Date: 1 Aug 1984
External positions
EAAP
1 Jan 2015 → 1 Jan 2020
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UltraGreenCow: Comprehensive greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions measurement capacity for large ruminant production
Miller, G. (CoPI), Roehe, R. (PI), Conington, J. (CoI) & Duthie, C.-A. (CoI)
1/08/24 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
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Reducing sheep methane emissions: sustainability in practice via new breeding goals
Lambe, N. (PI), Conington, J. (CoI), MacLeod, M. (CoI), McLaren, A. (Researcher), McLean, K. (Technician) & Gordon, J. (Technician)
1/04/24 → 30/04/27
Project: Research
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Understanding metrics for effective environmental measures under the Agricultural Reform Programme for Scotland
Miller, G. (PI) & Conington, J. (CoI)
6/09/23 → 15/12/24
Project: Research
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Breeding low methane sheep
Lambe, N. (PI), Kaseja, K. (CoI) & Conington, J. (CoI)
1/06/23 → 31/05/26
Project: Research
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PAC: Portable Accumulation Chambers to measure greenhouse gas emissions in sheep
Conington, J. (PI) & Lambe, N. (CoPI)
21/05/21 → 20/05/22
Project: Research
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Genetic profile of adaptive immune traits and relationships with parasite resistance and productivity in Scottish Blackface sheep
Pacheco, A., Conington, J., Corripio-Miyar, Y., Frew, D., Banos, G. & McNeilly, T. N., Feb 2024, In: Animal. 18, 2, 101061.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Genome wide association studies for carcass traits measured by video image analysis in crossbred lambs
Kaseja, K., Lambe, N., Yates, J., Smith, E. M. & Conington, J., Aug 2024, In: Meat Science. 214, 109518.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Genome-wide association studies of parasite resistance, productivity and immunology traits in Scottish Blackface sheep
Pacheco, A., Banos, G., Lambe, N., McLaren, A., McNeilly, T. N. & Conington, J., Feb 2024, In: Animal. 18, 2, 101069.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Metrics for effective environmental measures in agriculture
Pakeman, R. J., Baggaley, N., Negassa, W., Glendell, M., Hawes, C., Karley, A., Loades, K., Neilson, R., Paterson, E., Stutter, M., Conington, J., Miller, G. A., Skuce, P. & Potts, J., Apr 2024, (First published) The James Hutton Institute. 37 p.Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report
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15. Strategies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from pasturebased sheep systems – an EU project consortium view
Conington, J., Lambe, N., Tortereau, F., McGovern, F., Navajas, E., De Barbieri, I., Ciappesoni, G., Jakobsen, J., Smith, E., Yates, J., Le Graverand, Q., McDermott, K., Steinheim, G., Aspeholen Aby, B., Dønnem, I., McHugh, N., Farrell, L., Marie-Etancelin, C., Johnson, P. & Rowe, S., 9 Feb 2023, (First published) Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP): Technical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges. Wageningen Academic Publishers, p. 107-110Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Transforming genomic selection in commercial breeding programmes for pigs, dairy goats and poultry
Hickey, J. M. (Participant), Coffey, M. (Participant), Mrode, R. (Participant), Conington, J. (Participant), Woolliams, J. (Participant), Archibald, A. L. (Participant), Tenesa, A. (Participant), Kranis, A. (Participant) & Visscher, P. (Participant)
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