Completed research projects
- Project: Factors affecting pig production efficiency
- Project: Defining the nutritive value of cereals for pigs and poultry
- Project: Factors affecting pig performance
- Project: Alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters for broilers
- Project: On farm methods to improve pig meat quality
- Project: investigation of methods to improve the efficient use of feed by pigs
- Project: The use of alternative protein sources in diets for Northern Ireland pig and poultry production systems
- Project: Ammonia and odour abatement methods for the NI pig industry
- Project: Maximising the performance and welfare of piglets from large litters
- Project: Development of NIR methodology to predict the digestibility of key nutrients from rapeseed meal in pig and broiler chicken diets
- Developing a means to predict the nutritive value of wheat for broilers
- Dynamic movement of salmonella from farm to chill
- Identifying strategies to reduce tail biting
Publications and reports
- Ammonia and odour abatement methods for the NI pig industry
- Summary of research findings funded by Pig Regen Ltd 2009 - 2013
- Finishing pig performance when using single gender grouping and phase feeding
- Summary of current knowledge on sow nutrition in scientific literature
- A review of current knowledge on Salmonella control on-farm and within the processing plant relevant to the Northern Ireland pig industry
- Proceedings of the Northern Ireland pig event AFBI Hillsborough, September 2009
- Effect of breed, finish weight and sex on pork meat and eating quality and fatty acid profile
- Effect of average daily gain between weaning and slaughter (105 kg) on the meat quality of fast growing Landrace/large white pigs
- The effect of sire line breed on the lifetime performance of slaughter generation pigs
- The effect of drinker design on the performance, behaviour and water usage of growing pigs
- The effect of the 'Jetmix' feeder on the performance of small pigs
- The effect of 'Transition' and 'Jetmix' feeders on pig performance - mixed groups
- The evaluation of ultrasonic instruments used to measure the depth of back fat at p2 in live pigs
- The effect of feeder type and change on pig performance and behaviour
- An investigation into the influence of group size on the performance and behaviour of weaned pigs
- The effects of sire type on reproduction, production performance and carcass quality of pigs
- Strategies for reducing within group variation in slaughter weight of pigs
- Feed restriction prior to slaughter
- The use of non-conventional diet formulations for finishing pigs
- Providing additional wet feed for weaners
- Integrated pig research
- Northern Ireland pig event, November 2004
- Advances in pig research
- The formation of social relationships in pigs: implications for housing and management practices
- An investigation into factors affecting voluntary feed intake in pigs