EBLEX supports a number of PhD and MSc students to both provide information relevant to our research priorities and also to stimulate and encourage young people to consider careers in the livestock sector.
The current postgraduate programme includes research into the following six areas:
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Development of vaccine and diagnostic reagents for caseous lymphadenitis
Studentship Summary
| Sheep |
| Early detection of health & welfare problems in beef cattle through automated recording & monitoring of behaviour | Beef |
Development of a diagnostic test for sheep scab, based on biomarkers'
Studentship Summary | Sheep |
Variation in structure and virulence of the microbial community of sheep udders
Studentship Summary
| Sheep |
Determining the organisms and pathways of infection leading to mastitis in sheep
Studentship Summary | Sheep |
Epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in farm livestock, assessment of zoonotic risk and development of control strategies
Studentship Summary | Beef |
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Development of novel strategies for improving protein utilisation in forage-fed ruminants
Studentship Summary | Beef & Sheep |
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Improving the environmental performance of beef production using environmental life cycle assessment (LCA)
Studentship Summary | Beef |
Development of proxy indicators of methane output by sheep using rapid-throughput laboratory technologies
Studentship Summary | Sheep |
Identifying and costing climate mitigation options for sheep farmers
Studentship Summary | Sheep |
Use of real-time in situ nitrogen sensors to enhance sustainability and reduce costs in livestock systems
Studentship Summary | Beef & Sheep |
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Optimise breeding programmes for the UK sheep industry by the inclusion of genotype and environmental interaction
Studentship Summary | Sheep |
Understanding the genetic basis for slow plant-mediated proteolysis in festulolium hybrids
Studentship Summary | Beef & Sheep |
- Meat Eating Quality & Safety
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Methods of detection, elimination and control of Clostridium estertheticum in the red meat industry
Studentship Summary
| Beef & Sheep |
(MSc) Cattle behaviour: methods for improving the movement of cattle in to a stunning pen and the implications for the use of electrical goods
Studentship Summary | Beef |
Use of CT-based predictors of meat quality in sheep breeding programmes
Studentship Summary | Sheep |
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| Investigation of possible routes for foetal programming of reproduction in cattle and sheep | Beef & Sheep |