Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
- Genetic and environmental influences on sheep and goat production, performance, health and survival
- Development and implementation of broader breeding goals and indices for sustainable hill 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
| 2014 - present | Reader in Applied Livestock Genetics, SRUC (Grade 1) |
| 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, University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 Aug 1999
Master, University of Aberdeen
Award Date: 1 Aug 1990
Bachelor, Newcastle University
Award Date: 1 Aug 1984
External positions
EAAP
1 Jan 2015 → 1 Jan 2020
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PAC: Portable Accumulation Chambers to measure greenhouse gas emissions in sheep
21/05/21 → 20/05/22
Project: Research
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Delivery of on farm education visits
Conington, J., Gordon, J., McLean, K. & Steel, M.
1/04/18 → 31/03/20
Project: Research
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Across-country genetic evaluation of meat sheep from Ireland and the United Kingdom
Fitzmaurice, SF., Conington, JE., McDermott, K., McHugh, N. & Banos, G., May 2022, In: Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics. 139, 3, p. 342-350 9 p., 342-350.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Animal Board Invited Review: Meta-analysis of genetic parameters for resilience and efficiency traits in goats and sheep
Mucha, S., Tortereau, F., Doeschl-Wilson, A., Rupp, R. & Conington, J., Mar 2022, In: Animal. 16, 3, 100456.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Discovery of hidden pedigree errors combining genomic information with the Genomic Relationship Matrix in Texel sheep
Kaseja, K., Mucha, S., Yates, J., Smith, E., Banos, G. & Conington, JE., Mar 2022, In: Animal. 16, 3, 100468.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Variation in reticulo-rumen volumes between and within sheep breeds and genetic relationships with production traits
Lambe, N. R., McLaren, A., McLean, K., Gordon, J. & Conington, J., Apr 2022, In: Animal Production Science. 62, 7, p. 610-621 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Genetic parameters of animal traits associated with coccidian and nematode parasite load and growth in Scottish Blackface sheep
Pacheco, AFP., McNeilly, T. N., Banos, G. & Conington, JE., Apr 2021, In: Animal. 15, 4, 100185.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)32 Downloads (Pure)
Impacts
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Transforming genomic selection in commercial breeding programmes for pigs, dairy goats and poultry
John M Hickey (Participant), Mike Coffey (Participant), Raphael Mrode (Participant), Joanne Conington (Participant), John Woolliams (Participant), Alan L. Archibald (Participant), Albert Tenesa (Participant), Andreas Kranis (Participant) & Peter Visscher (Participant)
Impact: Technological
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