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  Unravelling the mechanisms of resistance to the macrocyclic lactones in the sheep scab mite, Psoroptes ovis

  Hearn, J. (PI)

  1/09/24 → 31/08/27

  Project: Research

• Soil acoustics and biodiversity

  Newbold, J. (PI) & Hargreaves, P. (CoI)

  1/08/24 → 31/01/26

  Project: Research

• 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

• RDE463: Improving the quality of environmental impact data for food: supporting Food Data Transparency Partnership and development of company reporting and eco-labelling.

  March, M. (PI)

  30/06/24 → 31/03/25

  Project: Research

• Transform Dairy Net

  Haskell, M. (PI), March, M. (CoPI) & Ferguson, H. (CoPI)

  1/06/24 → 31/05/27

  Project: Research

• FK010823: Predicting bone quality in laying hens

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

  27/05/24 → 29/11/24

  Project: Commercial

• Developing further evidence requirements for precision bred animals

  Haskell, M. (PI), Dwyer, C. (CoPI), Li, B. (CoPI), Prentice, P. (Researcher), Banos, G. (Researcher) & Jessiman, L. (Researcher)

  15/04/24 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research

• 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

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

  Khattak, F. (PI), Hasan, M. H. (Researcher) & Steel, M. (Technician)

  1/04/24 → 31/03/25

  Project: Research

• FIRNS bid with Woodland Carbon Code and Peatland Code on bundling and stacking in ecosystem markets

  Reed, M. (PI), Littlewood, N. (Researcher), Cole, L. (Consultant) & McCarthy, J. (Researcher)

  21/03/24 → 31/03/25

  Project: Research

• well-calf TFP follow-on

  Duthie, C.-A. (PI) & Haskell, M. (Researcher)

  1/03/24 → 28/02/25

  Project: Research

• The impact of withdrawing of zinc oxide supplementation during piglet weaning on AMR, pathogens and the microbiome

  Beechener, S. (PI), Rodrigues da Costa, M. (Researcher), Hutchinson, I. (Researcher), Webster, C. (Technician) & Chalmers, G. (Consultant)

  1/03/24 → 28/02/27

  Project: Research

• The Evaluation of Market Ready agricultural Technology Options (TEMaRTO)

  Barnes, A. (PI), Mckay Fletcher, D. (CoI), Eory, V. (CoPI) & MacLeod, M. (CoPI)

  19/02/24 → 18/02/27

  Project: Research

• Understanding the Influence of Compensation on bTB Disease Management Behaviours

  Barnes, A. (PI), Thompson, B. (Researcher) & Botero Degiovanni, H. (Researcher)

  7/02/24 → 6/02/25

  Project: Research

• the use of miRNAs for TB diagnosis

  Athanasiadou, S. (PI)

  1/02/24 → 31/01/25

  Project: Research

• Optibeef - TFP follow on funding

  Duthie, C.-A. (PI), Miller, G. (CoI) & Nicoll, L. (Technician)

  1/02/24 → 31/01/25

  Project: Research

• Digitizing Water Resilience – Acting on Water Stress in Basins

  Bolton, S. (PI), Watson, C. (CoI) & Audsley, R. (CoI)

  25/01/24 → 18/10/24

  Project: Commercial

• Feasability study for development of methane yield breeding value in Welsh Hill flocks

  Lambe, N. (PI), McLean, K. (Technician) & Gordon, J. (Technician)

  8/01/24 → 31/03/25

  Project: Other

• CHERI: Calf Health Evaluation and Remote Inspection

  Duthie, C.-A. (PI), Haskell, M. (CoI) & Bell, D. (CoI)

  1/12/23 → 30/11/25

  Project: Research

• 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

• LUNZ-Hub: Land-use for Net Zero Hub

  Bolton, S. (PI), Atterton, J. (CoI) & Sellars, A. (Researcher)

  1/11/23 → 28/02/27

  Project: Research

• Understanding activities of the rumen microbiome during herbivore digestion to advance sustainable ruminant farming

  van Munster, J. (PI)

  1/10/23 → 30/09/31

  Project: Research

• Understanding, Predicting And Preventing The Welfare Costs Of Inappropriate Body Condition In Suckler Cows

  Turner, S. (Supervisor) & Smith, I. (PhD Student)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/23 → 30/04/28

  Project: PhD project

• Calf housing and ventilation: CEVEC – Cost Effective Ventilated Environment for Calves

  Bell, D. (CoI), Barraclough, R. (Researcher), Haskell, M. (PI), Duthie, C.-A. (PI) & Mason, C. (CoI)

  1/10/23 → 31/08/25

  Project: Research

• Metabolic Interactions Between Fungi And Bacteria In The Rumen Microbiome

  van Munster, J. (Supervisor) & Monino Ramos, S. (PhD Student)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/23 → 30/09/27

  Project: PhD project

• Molecular Epidemiology Of Neoparamoeba Perurans, Causative Agent Of Amoebic Gill Disease (agd) In Farmed Salmonids

  Boerlage, A. (Supervisor) & Dagen, S. (PhD Student)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/23 → 30/09/27

  Project: PhD project

• Impacts Of Larger Litter Size On Robustness And Resilience Of Pigs

  Baxter, E. (Supervisor) & Futro, A. (PhD Student)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/23 → 30/09/30

  Project: PhD project

• Investigating The Use Of Bark Compounds For Disease Control In Ruminants

  Athanasiadou, S. (Supervisor) & Lynas, C. (PhD Student)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/23 → 30/09/27

  Project: PhD project

• Seascape Nursery Habitat Quality And Juvenile Fish Growth

  Burns, N. (Supervisor) & Lowe, E. (PhD Student)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/23 → 30/09/27

  Project: PhD project

• ColdSpot: Using Data to Drive Sustained Improvements in Dairy Supply Chain Operations towards Net Zero

  Salavati, M. (PI) & March, M. (CoI)

  1/10/23 → 30/09/25

  Project: Research

• Life In The Belly Of A Whale: Genomic And Population Genetic Approaches To Disentangle The Adaptations Of The Parasitic Liver Fluke Campula Oblonga And How It Interacts With Its Cetacean Host

  Lawton, S. (Supervisor) & Beaton, K. (PhD Student)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/23 → 30/09/27

  Project: PhD project

• Sustainability Of Seal Tourism In The Ythan Estuary

  Marley, S. (Supervisor) & Stainfield, C. (PhD Student)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/23 → 30/09/27

  Project: PhD project

• Rapid Domestication Of Purslane (portulaca Sp.) In A Vertical Farm Environment.

  Powell, W. (Supervisor) & Irving, E. (PhD Student)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/23 → 30/09/27

  Project: PhD project

• Understanding Micronutrients Provision In A Changing Global Food System

  Eory, V. (Supervisor) & Waxenberg, K. (PhD Student)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/23 → 30/09/27

  Project: PhD project

• FLMS: Albasense: Development of a sensor system for farm level recording of methane emissions

  Hargreaves, P. (PI), Barraclough, R. (CoI) & McCubbin, I. (Technician)

  1/10/23 → 28/02/25

  Project: Research

• Developing forestry by-products as a novel therapeutic for parasite control in ruminants

  Athanasiadou, S. (PI)

  1/10/23 → 30/09/26

  Project: Research

• Cool Cows: Cool Cows (EnviroCow+): Accelerated breeding for low methane emissions and high feed efficiency

  Dewhurst, R. (PI), Coffey, M. (CoI) & Newbold, J. (CoI)

  1/10/23 → 30/09/25

  Project: Research

• Understanding Molecular Variations Of Cattle Genome By Machine Learning

  Li, B. (Supervisor) & Wells, A. (PhD Student)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/23 → 30/09/27

  Project: PhD project

• 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

• BIOservicES: Linking soil biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services in different land uses: from the identification of drivers, pressures and climate change resilience to their economic valuation

  McVittie, A. (PI) & Glenk, K. (CoI)

  1/09/23 → 31/08/28

  Project: Research

• A UK platform for the control of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea:Application of a novel disease simulation model to guide programme development & policy design

  Eze, J. (PI), Duncan, A. (CoI) & Beechener, S. (CoI)

  1/09/23 → 30/06/26

  Project: Research

• DETECT: A Non-Invasive and Automated Real-Time Disease Detection Tool for Cattle

  Duthie, C.-A. (PI) & Haskell, M. (CoI)

  1/09/23 → 31/08/26

  Project: Research

• A face-based automated on-farm pig health monitoring system: IntelliPig

  Baxter, E. (PI)

  1/09/23 → 30/09/26

  Project: Research

• Genetic and management solutions for lameness-associated endemic diseases in dairy cattle

  Banos, G. (PI) & Coffey, M. (CoI)

  1/09/23 → 31/08/26

  Project: Research

• Herd level dynamics of Salmonella Dublin infection in endemically infected herds

  Henderson, K. (PI) & Mason, C. (CoI)

  1/08/23 → 31/01/25

  Project: Research

• Towards a more circular blue economy: from aquaculture waste to re-use in sustainable water treatment and agriculture

  Boyko, R. (PI), Ross, M. (CoPI) & Taggart, M. (CoPI)

  1/08/23 → 31/01/26

  Project: Research

• BB/X008754/1: INTEGRATING CLINICAL, DATA-DRIVEN, AND IN-VITRO APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS IN BOVINE DIGITAL DERMATITIS

  Banos, G. (PI), Coffey, M. (CoI) & Li, B. (CoI)

  1/07/23 → 30/06/26

  Project: Research

• Comparison of the efficiencies of urea, protected urea and ammonium nitrate fertilizers in cereal production under Scottish conditions

  Bingham, I. (PI)

  1/06/23 → 31/03/25

  Project: Research

• Breeding low methane sheep

  Lambe, N. (PI), Kaseja, K. (CoI) & Conington, J. (CoI)

  1/06/23 → 31/05/26

  Project: Research

• RESAS 22-27: Centre Of Expertise For Plant Health 2023-26

  Burnett, F. (PI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/23 → 31/03/26

  Project: Research