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
Master, University of Aberdeen
Bachelor, Newcastle University
External positions
President of the Sheep and Goat Scientific Commission, EAAP
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Projects 2014 2022
Delivery of on farm education visits
Conington, J., McLean, K., Gordon, J. & Steel, M.
1/04/18 → 31/03/20
Project: Research
Carcass trait phenotype feedback for genomic selection in sheep
Mucha, S., Lambe, N. & Conington, J.
1/02/17 → 31/01/20
Project: Research
Research Output 1995 2020
Genetic analyses of live weight and carcass composition traits in purebred Texel, Suffolk and Charollais lambs
Fitzmaurice, SF., Conington, JE., Fetherstone, N., Pabiou, T., McDermott, K., Wall, E., Banos, G. & McHugh, N., 7 Jan 2020, In : Animal. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Suffolk (sheep breed)
Texel
carcass composition
weaning weight
purebreds
Genetic analysis of novel phenotypes for farm animal resilience to weather variability
Sánchez-Molano, E., Kapsona, VK., Ilska-Warner, JJ., Desire, S., Conington, JE., Mucha, S. & Banos, G., 12 Nov 2019, In : BMC Genetics. 20, 84.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Domestic Animals
Weather
Phenotype
Climate Change
Goats
The genetics of tooth loss and longevity in Scottish Blackface hill ewes
McLaren, A., Conington, JE., Boman, I. A., Pabiou, T., McHugh, N., Waterhouse, A. & Lambe, NR., 10 Apr 2019, Animal Science Fit for the Future - Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science. 1 ed. Edinburgh: Cambridge University Press, Vol. 10. p. 124 1 p. 124Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
2
Citations
(Scopus)
9
Downloads
(Pure)
New mastitis phenotypes suitable for genomic selection in meat sheep and their genetic relationships with udder conformation and lamb live weights
McLaren, A., Kaseja, K., Yates, J., Mucha, S., Lambe, NR. & Conington, JE., 26 Mar 2018, In : Animal. 12, 12, p. 2470 - 2479 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
sheep meat
udders
marker-assisted selection
genetic relationships
mastitis
Genetic aspects of ewe longevity and fertility traits in Lleyn and Dorset sheep
McLaren, A., Kaseja, K., Moore, KL., Mucha, S., Boon, S. & Conington, JE., Apr 2017, p. 101. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract