Research
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Cow DNA offers clues to longer life
Research into the DNA of Scottish cows could help humans live longer and healthier lives, scientists at Scotland’s Rural College have announced.…
- SRUC
- 27/01/2020
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Graze expectations
Researchers are looking into more effective ways to monitor greenhouse gas emissions in grazing cattle.…
- SRUC
- 22/01/2020
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Grassroots approach
Researchers at Scotland’s Rural College are calling on pony owners to help them get to the root of laminitis – a painful condition which affects many ponies and horses.…
- SRUC
- 16/01/2020
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Scots scientists explore options on organic oilseed
Scientists have teamed up with farmers and industry to explore the possibility of growing organic oilseed rape (Canola) in Scotland for the first time.…
- SRUC
- 07/01/2020
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New fleece of life for sheep project
A European sheep network has been given a new lease of life after securing funding for three years.…
- SRUC
- 16/12/2019
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Back to the future
The importance of ensuring a future for ‘high nature value’ farmlands across the globe has been highlighted in a new paper published by a consortium of European scientists.…
- SRUC
- 10/12/2019
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Counting sheep
The Scottish sheep industry needs to process more animals at home and develop markets outside of the European Union in order to meet future challenges, new research has found. The research –…
- SRUC
- 19/11/2019
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Raising the bar on positive animal welfare
A review of positive animal welfare has found it represents an important evolution from the wider concept of animal welfare. Researchers at Scotland’s Rural College led a critical review of the…
- SRUC
- 18/11/2019
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The sheep of things to come
Research looking at ways of breeding sheep and goats to cope with climate change has found significant variations in how individual animals respond to fluctuating weather conditions. The study, led by…
- SRUC
- 14/11/2019
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Upland research farms reach 50-year summit
Scotland’s Rural College is this week celebrating the 50th anniversary of its innovative, influential and international upland research and demonstration farms.…
- SRUC
- 11/11/2019
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Climate change research wins PhD student prize
A postgraduate student at Scotland’s Rural College has won a prize for her research looking at the effects of climate change on European grassland yields.…
- SRUC
- 07/11/2019
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Good vibes in tickled rats are contagious
Just as laughter is contagious in humans, the positive mood induced in rats when tickled can be catching.…
- SRUC
- 18/10/2019