Animal Welfare
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SRUC offers UK first with new courses
An HND in Rural Animal Health is one of several new courses being introduced by SRUC as it moves towards growing the country’s first tertiary model of veterinary teaching and learning.…
- SRUC
- 12/07/2022
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Partnership working key for dairy-beef supply chain
The supply of dairy-bred calves has come under the spotlight as part of a project led by SRUC.…
- SRUC
- 17/06/2022
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Animal welfare app scoops another award
A groundbreaking animal welfare app developed by an SRUC scientist has led to another major award for Waitrose.…
- SRUC
- 15/06/2022
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SRUC Rural and Veterinary Innovation Centre gets go-ahead
Highland Council has approved plans for the development of an £11 million Rural and Veterinary Innovation Centre for SRUC on the Inverness campus.…
- SRUC
- 07/06/2022
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Project to reproduce sociable pigs
An innovative project will look at whether the social competence of pigs – and in turn their welfare – can be improved through management and breeding.…
- SRUC
- 29/03/2022
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Getting a stranglehold on equine disease
SRUC is hosting a special event to promote Strangles Awareness Week (SAW) which aims to highlight the dangers of the highly contagious equine disease and help prevent an outbreak. …
- SRUC
- 15/03/2022
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SRUC and Waitrose win top category at BBC Food & Farming Awards
SRUC and Waitrose have taken home one of the top prizes at the BBC’s Food & Farming Awards, which was held last night (24 November).…
- SRUC
- 25/11/2021
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Once bitten, twice shy
The outcome of a contest between two unfamiliar pigs can have an impact on their attitude towards subsequent aggressive encounters, according to new research.…
- SRUC
- 12/11/2021
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Agri-tech project highlights benefits to dairy-beef sector
A project which uses cutting-edge precision technology to tackle calf pneumonia and scours in the dairy-beef sector will highlight its work at a webinar later this month.…
- SRUC
- 13/10/2021
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Refining ‘rat tickling’ techniques
Researchers have been awarded more than £275,000 to refine ‘tickling’ techniques developed to improve animal welfare in laboratory rats.…
- SRUC
- 04/10/2021
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"Impactful" animal welfare course celebrates 30th anniversary
The world’s first postgraduate degree programme focusing on animal behaviour and welfare is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.…
- SRUC
- 30/09/2021
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Rooting out causes of hoof condition
Researchers at SRUC are calling on native-breed horse and pony owners in Aberdeenshire to help them with the next phase of their study into laminitis.…
- SRUC
- 11/06/2021