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Livestock Genetics & Management For Product Quality & Sustainability (WP 2.5) Posters
Programme 2 Review Day, 11th April, 2008, Moredun Research Institute
Continuing progress made by SAC and other research organisations to improve livestock health, welfare and product quality through the Scottish Government funded ' Profitable and Sustainable Agriculture: Animals' research programme was highlighted at a review day held on the 11th April, 2008 in Edinburgh.
More than 100 delegates, including representatives from funding bodies, the livestock industry and scientists, came to hear about the work being carried out by over 200 scientists from Scotland's 4 leading research bodies - SAC, the Moredun Research Institute, the Macaulay Institute and Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS).
Research underway not only includes livestock welfare and livestock management for product quality and sustainability (both SAC led), but also the control of diseases in livestock.
Professor Maggie Gill, the Scottish Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser for Rural Affairs and Environment, commented, “Livestock farming is an important part of agricultural production in Scotland. The research undertaken helps to support the rural economy, by addressing issues that affect both the welfare of animals and the continuing success of farm businesses through the application of world-class science.”
Posters for Work Package 2.5 Livestock Genetics & Management For Product Quality & Sustainability are available below.
- Profitable & Sustainable Agriculture: Animals [Review Of Progress In RERAD Programme 2] (PDF: 6.1 MB)
- Computer Tomography & Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy Show Substantial Potential To Predict Beef Carcass & Meat Eating Quality [Elly Navajas et al] (PDF: 99 kB)
- Investigations Into The Potential Of Video Image Analysis (VIA)And Computerised Tomography (CT) On Live Animals & Carcasses In Beef & Sheep [Dave Ross et al] (PDF: 66 kB)
- Overview Of Tested Improved Measurement Techniques For Meat Quality In Beef & Lamb To Be Used In Breeding Programmes [Rainer Roehe et al] (PDF: 74 kB)
- Livestock Products To Enhance Human Health [John Rooke et al] (PDF: 27 kB)
- An Update On Optimising Sustainable Breeding Programmes [Beatriz Villanueva et al] (PDF: 57 kB)
- Validating Commercially Relevant Genetic Markers [Lutz Bunger et al] (PDF: 61 kB)
- Biosecure Reproductive Technologies For Livestock ... [Tom McEvoy et al] (PDF: 63 kB)
- Informing Farm Level Disease Control Decisions [Ben McCormick et al] (PDF: 52 kB)
- Grazing Study Of Different Cattle Breeds In The Hills - Initial Results [Christina Umstatter et al] (PDF: 114 kB)
- Predicting The Impact Of Agri-Environment Options On Biodiversity: A Hill Farm Case Study [John Holland et al] (PDF: 108 kB)
- Hill Cattle: Interactions Between Genotype, Management & Biodiversity [Meg Pollock et al] (PDF: 56 kB)
- Biodiversity & Hill/Upland Livestock Systems - What Sort Of Land Use Options? [Claire Morgan-Davies et al] (PDF: 61 kB)
- The Biodiversity Value Of Riparian Field Margins In Intensively Managed Grasslands [Lorna Cole et al] (PDF: 58 kB)
- Testing New Dairy Farming Systems In Practice [Dave Roberts et al] (PDF: 6.2 MB)
- Structure Of WP2.5 “Livestock Genetics” [Geoff Simm et al] (PDF: 29 kB)
- Livestock Breeding Decision Support Tools [Tim Roughsedge et al] (PDF: 52 kB)
- Associations Of PrP Genotype With Survival Traits May Influence Scrapie Persistence [Andrea Wilson et al] (PDF: 45 kB)
- Role Of Genetics In Dairy System Methane Emissions [Matt Bell et al] (PDF: 61 kB)
- Breeding To Assist Mitigation In Dairy Cattle [Eileen Wall et al] (PDF: 42 kB)
- Knowledge Transfer From WP 2.5 [Dave Roberts et al] (PDF: 100 kB)