Sustainable Livestock & Research & Development

Anaerobic digestion
Animal welfare
Beef
Dairy
Nutrient Management
PhD Opportunities within AFBI
Pig research and development
Pigs
Poultry
Project: Alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters for broilers
Project: Ammonia and odour abatement methods for the NI pig industry
Project: Defining the nutritive value of cereals for pigs and poultry
Project: Developing breeding and management strategies to reduce lameness in the Northern Ireland sheep industry
Project: Developing easy-care systems of lowland sheep production
Project: Development of NIR methodology to predict the digestibility of key nutrients from rapeseed meal in pig and broiler chicken diets
Project: Evaluation of the factors influencing rates of adoption of research in the Northern Ireland sheep industry
Project: Factors affecting pig performance
Project: Factors affecting pig production efficiency
Project: Improving the genetic potential of hill ewes through crossbreeding
Project: Investigation of methods to improve the efficient use of feed by pigs
Project: Maximising the performance and welfare of piglets from large litters
Project: On farm methods to improve pig meat quality
Project: The use of alternative protein sources in diets for Northern Ireland pig and poultry production systems
Ruminant nutrition
Sheep
Sustainable & Competitive Livestock Systems
Sustainable beef systems
Sustainable pig/poultry systems