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R&D at Bush
Current research being carried out using the farms.
BEEF
- Beef composition and eating quality
- AI and triple synchronisation of oestrus
- Evaluation and utilisation of wholecrop cereals
- Evaluation of purebred Charolais cows as sucklers
- Outwintering systems – cattle welfare
SHEEP
- Genetic and nutritional influences on maternal behaviour
- Pre- and perinatal effects on development of neonatal livestock
- Sustainable breeding strategies for hill sheep
- Incorporating x-ray computed tomography into selection programmes to improve the quality of sheep meat
- Methods to predict growth efficiency and carcase composition
- Selection indexes for crossing sire ("Longwool") sheep to breed crossbred ewes of superior economic performance
- Evaluating the anthelmintic effect of tanniniferous herbs on grazing lambs
PIGS
- Effects of early weaning of piglets on long term stress reactivity
- Behavioural and physiological changes which occur during lactation and the impact of providing long straw to sows farrowing in crates
- Methodology for qualitative behaviour assessment
- Influence of social learning on food acceptance and choice
- Impact of rearing environment on the development of social behaviour
- Relationships between genetics and individual aggressive tendencies
CROPS
- Variety testing for National List purposes
- Evaluation of grass seed mixes
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Management of set-aside land and habitat creation