Development of genetics / management recording system for the Northern Ireland beef industry - B-10-07
Duration 3 years
Team and Leader Dr A. Carson
Organisations Involved AFBI Hillsborough
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On-farm research to direct low carbon beef production in the Northern Ireland beef industry. (RCF-02/2010)
Duration 2 Years
Leader and Team Dr Alistair Carson, AFBI - Hillsborough
Organisations involved AgriSearch (Lead Industry Partner and Co-Funder), DARD Research Challenge Fund (Co-Funder), AFBI - Hillsborough (Research Partner)
Background and Summary
The research team is comprised of 12 Northern Ireland beef producers in partnership with AFBI scientists. The project will develop management tools to accurately monitor greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from beef systems at individual farm level and evaluate selected mitigation strategies within an on-farm project.
Survey to Determine the Prevelance of infection with BVD Virus in Suckler and Dairy Herds in Northern Ireland (RCF-01)
Duration 2 Years
Team and Leader AFBI, Stormont
Organisations Involved AgriSearch (Project Leader and Co-Funder), DARD Research Challenge Fund (Co-Funder), Ulster Farmers Union, AFBI - Stormont (Research Partner)
Background and Summary
Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) is the most significant endemic viral disease in the United Kingdom from both a welfare and an economic perspective, and the prospect of control and eradication of BVDV is currently the subject of considerable attention in both the UK and Ireland.