Animal Science Harper Adams University in United Kingdom

Harper Adams University’s Animals in Education research team is recruiting for two PhD opportunities advertised through the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) . The first project, “Improving animal welfare practices in Veterinary Education: an evidence-based approach” , focuses on how live animals are used in veterinary education and aims to build an evidence base for better practice. The second project, “Balancing education and welfare: Quantifying the impact of farm ...

Harper Adams University is advertising a funded PhD opportunity in sustainable grazing systems . The project sits at the intersection of agriculture , environmental science , economics , and computer science , with a strong focus on Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning for forecasting UK pasture growth and supporting climate-resilient grazing management. The research aims to help shape more productive, resilient and sustainable livestock systems by examining the biological, environmental and econom...

Funded PhD studentships are being advertised through the MIBTP programme, with projects linked to animal behaviour, animal welfare, veterinary education, farm animal welfare, and epigenetics. The post highlights several opportunities associated with Harper Adams University and collaborators, including work on Eurasian red squirrels, welfare practices in veterinary education, the impact of farm animal use in education, and the long-term effects of captivity in common carp. These are research-focu...

PhD opportunity at Harper Adams University in dairy cattle welfare , animal behaviour , and environmental enrichment . The project asks whether enriching the rearing environment of dairy heifers can improve welfare and whether those benefits continue into first lactation. The research will follow heifers from rearing through early lactation and will combine behavioural observations , precision livestock technologies , and measures of health and physiology . The aim is to generate practical recom...

PhD opportunity at the University of St Andrews in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience, within the EASTBIO/BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership. This project is titled “Mapping the gut microbiome of an understudied poultry species: environmental and nutritional drivers of resilience in African Guinea fowl.” It sits at the intersection of biology , agriculture , microbiology , bioinformatics , environmental science , and statistics , with a strong focus on host–microbe interactions, animal w...