Phd Studentship

Below is a list of the Phd Studentships that HCC has helped fund:

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

Anna Kaye Jones - Identifying and costing climate mitigation options for sheep farmers in England and Wales

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

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

Beth Wells -Development of a diagnostic test for sheep scab based on biomarkers

Florence Pethick - Comparative genomic analysis of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

Gareth O'Keefe - Development of novel feed strategies to improve protein utilisation in forage fed ruminants

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

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

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

Sally O'Donovan - Understanding the genetic basis for slow plant-mediated proteolysis in Festulolium hybrids

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

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