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No Easy Answers About Poultry Systems – New Book on Health, Welfare and Productivity
Published: 22 May 2012
Ask the average consumer whether poultry should lead better lives and the answer is affirmative and simple. Ask the contributors to a new compendium of research into the subject and the complexity of such a simple question soon becomes clear. In 17 clear chapters “Alternative Systems for Poultry – Health, Welfare and Productivity” delivers the latest science on an issue where vested interest, compassion, economics and conservation often collide.
SAC Establishes Further Links with China
Published: 17 May 2012
SAC Professors, Geoff Simm and David McKenzie have just returned from a productive visit to China where they continued SAC’s development of mutually beneficial relationships in teaching, research and consultancy. This time the contacts made were in Inner Mongolia and Nanjing on the lower Yangtze River Delta.
MSc-ing in France just Brrrrrrilliant
Published: 17 May 2012
A party of MSc students from SAC have just returned from an annual field trip to Cevenne region of France where, in addition to having fun, they saw vultures devour carcasses in record time, eagles with short toes, a herd of Przewalski's horses and considered various environmental management issues.
Brazilians Brave Scotland
Published: 17 May 2012
After the recent SAC trip to the warmth of Brazil it was the turn of a small, hardy party of Brazilians to brave May in the Pentlands and visit SAC’s research facilities outside Edinburgh. The party of three were from UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista, one of the largest universities in Brazil.
SAC Welfare Work Impresses Iowa Students
Published: 17 May 2012
A group of 14 students from Iowa State University include SAC Edinburgh in their recent UK study tour of Farm animal Welfare.
Hugh and Daisy Go Drive About for RHET
Published: 17 May 2012
SAC’ s shrinking violet Hugh McClymont, Research Farm Manager at SAC Crichton Royal Farm, recently spent a day in his home county of Wigtownshire visiting primary schools and promote food and farming on behalf of the Royal Highland Educational Trust. Regular readers will know that wherever Hugh goes there goes Daisy, the life size plastic cow.