SAC Research

Coltherd, J C; Babayan, S; Bunger, L; Kyriazakis, I; Allen, J E; Houdijk, J G M (2009). Effect of genetic growth potential and nutrition on immune response to Heligmosomoides bakeri infection. British Society of Parasitology Spring and Malaria Meeting. April, Edinburgh. p116.

Fofana, A; Toma, L; Moran, D; Gunn, G J; Stott, A W (2009). Measuring the economic benefits and costs of bluetongue virus outbreak and control strategies in Scotland. 83rd Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society. March, Dublin, Ireland.

Houdijk, J G M; Normanton, H; Knox, D P; Kyriazakis, I (2009). Effects of incremental protein supply on lactational performance and resistance to Nippostrongylus brasiliensis in lactating rats. World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology. August, Calgary, Canada. p15.

Houdijk, J G M; Jackson, F; Kyriazakis, I (2009). Nutritional sensitivity of periparturient resistance to parasites in sheep may differ between parasite species. World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology. August, Calgary, Canada. p15.

Huang, K; Acamovic, T; Offer, J E; Kemp, C (2009). Effects of feed restriction and strains on modern broiler performance. 20th Annual Australian Poultry Science Symposium. February, Sydney, Australia. p67-68.

Jones, L; Sakkas, P; Houdijk, J; Knox, D; Kyriazakis, I (2009). Nutritional manipulation of periparturient immunity to parasites. Annual British Society of Parasitology Spring and Malaria Meeting. April, Edinburgh, UK. p89. (Abstract S125)

Jones, L A; Sakkas, P; Houdijk, J G M; Knox, D P; Kyriazakis, I (2009). Dissecting the effects of protein and energy nutrition on expression of immunity to gastrointestinal parasites during the periparturient period. 2nd European Congress of Immunology. September, Berlin, Germany. p272.

Kidane, A; Houdijk, J G M; Athanasiadou, S; Kyriazakis, I (2009). Are Scottish blackface ewes more resistant to nematode parasite infection than greyface ewes? Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science. March, Southport, UK. p028.

Kidane, A; Parissi, Z M; Houdijk, J G M; Athanasiadou, S; Tolkamp, B J; Kyriazakis, I (2009). Chicory as promising bioactive forage for sheep production. Alternative Functions of Grassland. Proceedings of 14th European Grassland Federation Symposium. October, Brno, Czech Republic. p394-397.

Kidane, A; Houdijk, J G M; Athanasiadou, S; Tolkamp, B J; Kyriazakis, I (2009). Consequences of ewe protein nutrition and grazing on chicory (Cichorium intybus) on animal performance and parasitism. World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology. August, Calgary, Canada. p16.

Kidane, A; Houdijk, J G M; Athanasiadou, S; Tolkamp, B J; Kyriazakis, I (2009). Interactive effects of protein nutrition and breed on periparturient immunity to parasites in sheep. World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology. August, Calgary, Canada. p71.

Kidane, A; Houdijk, J G M; Athanasiadou, S; Tolkamp, B J; Kyriazakis, I (2009). Resistance to nematode parasites in Greyface ewes is more sensitive to protein scarcity than in Scottish Blackface ewes. 13th Seminar of the FAO-CIHEAM Sub-Network on Sheep and Goat Nutrition. October, Leon, Spain. p71.

Low, J C; Chambers, J; McKelvey, W A C; Jeffrey, M (2009). The role of the pre-implantation embryo in the vertical transmission of natural scrapie infection in sheep. Annual Conference of the International Embryo Transfer Society. January, San Diego.

Parissi, Z M; Athanasiadou, S; Houdijk, J G M; Kyriazakis, I (2009). Comparisons of the in vitro anthelmintic effects of five browse woody species. 13th Seminar of the FAO-CIHEAM Sub-network on Sheep and Goat Nutrition. October, Leon, Spain. p73.

Pemberton, A D; Brown, J K; Goldfinch, G; Athanasiadou, S; Smith, S W (2009). Mucus and the mucosal responses to parasites: lessons from proteomics. World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology. August, Calgary, Canada. p95-96.

Peron, A; Faurschou-Isaksen, M; Acamovic, T; Pirgozliev, V; Svihus, B; Snape, J; Angus, W; Wiseman, J (2009). Physico-chemical composition and nutritional value of UK wheat cultivars exhibiting a wide range of hardness. 17th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition, proceedings and abstracts. August, Edinburgh. p296.

Pirgozliev, V; Acamovic, T; Bedford, M R (2009). The effect of dietary nucleotides when fed to young chickens and turkeys, on performance, N and amino acid metabolisability. 17th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition, proceedings and abstracts. August, Edinburgh. p183.

Pirgozliev, V; Acamovic, T; Bedford, M R (2009). The effect of exogenous phytase on dietary energy and nutrient digestibility for laying hens. International Poultry Scientific Forum. January, Atlanta, USA. p66-67. (Abstract P213)

Pirgozliev, V; Acamovic, T; Bedford, M R (2009). The effect of exogenous phytase on dietary net energy for chickens. International Poultry Scientific Forum. January, Atlanta, USA. p35. (Abstract T109)

Pirgozliev, V; Acamovic, T; Bedford, M R (2009). The effect of supplemental dietary nucleotides when fed to young chickens, on performance and nutrient utilisation. Proceedings of the World Poultry Science Association; British Poultry Abstracts. April, Southport, UK. p21-22. (Abstract 5)

Pirgozliev, V; Acamovic, T; Bedford, M R (2009). The effects of phytase supplementation on egg quality and dietary energy, nitrogen and mineral metabolism for laying hens. 17th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition. August, Edinburgh. p167.

Rocha, R A; Bricarello, P A; Silva, M B; Almeida, F A; Cardia, D F F; Amarante, A F T (2009). Influence of dietary protein supply on resistance to experimental infections with Haemonchus contortus in Ile de France and Santa Ines ewes around parturation and during lactation. World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology. August, Calgary, Canada. p166-167.

Sandilands, V; Baker, L; Brocklehurst, S (2009). The reaction of brown and white strains of hens to enriched cages. British Poultry Abstracts. April, Southport, UK. 5, p31-32. (Abstract)

Sossidou, E N; Sandilands, V; Sparks, N H C; Acamovic, T (2009). Effects of phytase supplementation on plumage damage in caged laying hens. 17th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition. August, Edinburgh.

Stephen, K L; Tolkamp, B J; Topp, C F E; Houdijk, J G M; Kyriazakis, I (2009). Environmental impacts of UK pig production systems: analysis using life cycle assessment. Integrated Agricultural Systems: Methodologies, Modelling and Measuring. June, Edinburgh, UK. 93, p33-40.

Stott, A; Brulisauer, F; Fraser, F; Gunn, G J (2009). Measuring the benefits of farm animal health. 83rd Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society. March, Dublin, Ireland. p1-12.

Zaralis, K; Tolkamp, B J; Houdijk, J G M; Kyriazakis, I (2009). Consequences of protein supplementation for anorexia and expression of immunity in two parasitized sheep breeds. Options Mediterraneennes. October 2007, Thessaloniki, Greece. 85, p419-423.

Zaralis, K; Tolkamp, B J; Wylie, A R G; Houdijk, J G M; Stear, M; Kyriazakis, I (2009). Parasite-induced anorexia and its association with the immune response and plasma leptin concentrations in lambs of two genotypes. 13th Seminar of the FAO-CIHEAM Sub-Network on Sheep and Goat Nutrition. October, Leon, Spain. p70.