The cream of farming research
Employees of BOCM PAULS, the largest
manufacturer of animal feed in the UK, are in
constant contact with vets and farmers, offering
advice on feeding and cattle health issues.
However, rapid changes in the dairy market have
led to larger herds with new feeding regimes and
different problems.
The University devised a rolling program of training
courses for BOCM PAULS sales staff, using facilities
at the Tesco Dairy Centre of Excellence at the
University’s Wood Park Farm.
This programme offered access to cutting-edge
research into farm management and feeding
practices, helping BOCM PAULS to meet the needs
and challenges of today’s dairy industry.
Aquaculture
We offer state-of-the-art facilities and expertise to
promote innovation and address problems in aquaculture
production. We have expertise in designing and
implementing programmes to address; fish tolerance
to viral and bacterial pathogens, nutrition and growth,
oxygen stress, epidemiology of disease, respiratory and
thermal biology, behaviour, and welfare. Our studies are
underpinned by leading enabling technologies, such as
gene and protein expression profiling (using next-
generation sequencing and proteomic technologies),
bioinformatics and data interpretation.
Our life scientists work alongside colleagues with
expertise in environmental studies including water quality
and pollution monitoring, environmental impact analysis,
and marine stewardship.
We have broad, interdisciplinary skills and facilities that
can be applied to aquaculture, allowing us to provide
ample opportunities for exchange, collaboration and
training. We have experts in food choice (psychology)
marketing, management systems, operations and supply
chain excellence, and entrepreneurship. Alongside this,
we have engineering excellence in intelligent monitoring
systems, sensor design, coating technologies and
advanced manufacturing techniques.
Marine fisheries
The University has a strong record of leading research
projects in Europe on ecosystem-based fisheries
management (EBFM) and pushing the boundaries of
scientific knowledge that underpins management practices.
This is a highly interdisciplinary field; our marine scientists
work with social scientists, environmental economists, and
policy advisors throughout Europe and beyond.
We have developed fisheries ecosystem plans for Europe
that account for environmental, social/cultural and
economic aspects (the three pillars of sustainable use).
We also have expertise in methods for mapping the
pressures related to fisheries and the associated sensitivity
of habitats and species affected by these pressures.
Alongside our research activities we play an international
advisory role and have made evidence-based
submissions, policy evaluations and recommendations
to national governments, the European Commission,
NGOs and international marine organisations such as the
International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES).
Relevant centres and groups
•
Centre for Genomic Research
•
BBSRC Functional Proteomics Facility
•
Wood Park Farm.
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For further information
on all our specialist
centres, facilities and
laboratories
go to page
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