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Eat Welsh Lamb & Welsh Beef

Welsh farmers are famous all over the world for producing distinctive, world-class tasting lamb and beef.

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Porc Blasus

In Wales, we do things differently. Our pigs are reared in small herds. And our farmers have visionary yet traditional values.

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Red Meat Hub

The Red Meat Hub provides free resources for teaching young people about where food comes from, cooking and healthy eating. Visit our dedicated health and education sections and take a Food Field Trip with plenty of worksheets, recipes, videos and interactive quizzes.

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Eat Welsh Lamb & Welsh Beef

Welsh farmers are famous all over the world for producing distinctive, world-class tasting lamb and beef.

Visit website
Porc Blasus

In Wales, we do things differently. Our pigs are reared in small herds. And our farmers have visionary yet traditional values.

Visit website
Red Meat Hub

The Red Meat Hub provides free resources for teaching young people about where food comes from, cooking and healthy eating. Visit our dedicated health and education sections and take a Food Field Trip with plenty of worksheets, recipes, videos and interactive quizzes.

Visit website

Studentships

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Project Title

Name

Sarah Beynon

Project Title

Resequencing and genetic profiling of native Welsh sheep breeds in lowering greenhouse gas emissions

Name

Lindsay Billsborrow

Project Title

Fetal Programming of Fertility in Ruminants

Name

Laura Cavill

Project Title

Methods of detection, elimination and control of Clostridium species in the red meat industry

Name

Neil Clelland

Project Title

Use of computer tomography based predictors of meat quality in sheep breeding programmes

Name

Clare Collett

Project Title

Penside detection of Triclabendazole (TCBZ) efficacy against liver fluke parasites in livestock

Name

Sophie Doran

Project Title

Development of proxy indicators for methane output by sheep using rapid throughput laboratory techniques

Name

Henry Gu

Project Title

The role of microRNAs in the host-parasite relationship in the veterinary nematode Haemonchus contortus

Name

Laurie Huxley

Project Title

Effects of rumen bacterial lipases on ruminal lipid metabolism

Name

John Hyland

Project Title

Reducing the environmental impact of the Welsh ruminant sector

Name

Anna Kaye Jones

Project Title

Identifying and costing climate mitigation options for sheep farmers in England and Wales

Name

Bethan Jones

Project Title

Cattle behaviour: methods for improving the movement of cattle into a stunning pen and the implications for the use of electrical goads

Name

Lucy Marum

Project Title

Use of stable isotopes to quantify carbon sequestration in managed grasslands

Name

Ann McLaren

Project Title

Optimising the UK sheep Industry by the inclusion of Genotype x Environment (GxE) interactions

Name

Sally O’Donovan

Project Title

Understanding the genetic basis for slow plant-mediated proteolysis in Festulolium hybrids

Name

Gareth O’Keeffe

Project Title

Development of novel feed strategies to improve protein utilisation in forage fed ruminants

Name

Florence Pethick

Project Title

Comparative genomic analysis of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

Name

Rory Shaw

Project Title

Project title: Use of real-time in situ nitrogen sensors to enhance sustainability and reduce costs in livestock systems

Name

Leigh Sullivan

Project Title

Project title: Identifying digital dermatitis infection reservoirs in beef cattle and sheep

Name

Sarah Thomson

Project Title

Epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in farm livestock, assessment of zoonotic risk and development of control strategies

Name

Hannah Vallin

Project Title

Effects of Echium oil of the rumen microbial ecosystem

Name

Beth Wells

Project Title

Development of a diagnostic test for sheep scab based on biomarkers

Name

Alexandra Wiffen

Project Title

Improving the environmental performance of beef production using Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)

Name

Cate Williams

Project Title

Effects of ruminal bacterial lipases on rumen lipid metabolism

Name

Non Williams

Project Title

Optimised management of upland pasture for economic and environmental benefits