Research
- The role of confinement, partial confinement and zero grazing systems within the Northern Ireland dairy sector, and the identification of strategies to optimise these systems
- The role of higher protein forages and home grown protein sources within Northern Ireland dairy systems.
BovIS related projects
- Investigation of factors associated with achievement of market specification and development of in spec benchmarking and cost comparison tools for producers
- Investigation of factors associated with disease incidence detected in the abattoir and development of online benchmarking application for producers
- Review of existing and potential methods to facilitate sire recording in Northern Ireland and investigate the potential role of DNA traceability
Dairy youngstock projects
- Nutritional requirements of dairy youngstock throughout the rearing phase
- Efficient grazing systems for dairy youngstock incorporating precision technologies
- Immune system development in dairy calves
- Colostrum management
- Welfare and health indicators and early warning systems for dairy calves