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  Optimising the microbial quality of liquid feed for pigs: a microbiome-targeted approach
Waterford Institute of Technology Department of Research
  Dr G Gardiner, Dr P G Lawlor
Application Deadline: 26 April 2019
Post summary. Liquid feeding of pigs is popular in some EU countries and is the feeding method of choice in Ireland, where >70% of pigs are liquid-fed rather than dry-fed.
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  PhD Swine Welfare - the influence of early life management practices towards the development of resilience characteristics in pigs
University of Saskatchewan Western College of Veterinary Medicine
  Dr Y Seddon
Application Deadline: 15 May 2019
Research area. The focus of this work is to determine the contribution of specific early life management practices towards the development of resilience characteristics in pigs, and the relationship to pig welfare.
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  Pig stem cell-derived macrophages as a model for studying ASFV and PRRSV infection in pigs
University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
  Dr T Burdon, Dr P Beard, Dr C Burkard
Application Deadline: 21 April 2019
The spread of infectious diseases, such as African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) and Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV), is a serious threat to pig farming worldwide.
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  Identification of interferon stimulated genes that restrict cross-species transmission of influenza A virus
University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
  Dr F Grey
Application Deadline: 21 April 2019
Influenza A virus (IAV) causes major epidemic and pandemic outbreaks in humans and important livestock species such as pigs and chickens.
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  Self-assembled particulate vaccines for prevention of Q fever
Griffith University Centre for Cell Factories and Biopolymers, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery
  Prof Bernd Rehm
Applications accepted all year round
Q fever is an infection by the intracellular pathogen Coxiella burnetii that can cause a severe flu-like illness. For some people, Q fever can affect their health and ability to work for many years.
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  PhD: The application of methanotroph bacteria Methylococcus capsulatus as chicken feed
University of Nottingham School of Biosciences
  Dr Y Zhang
Applications accepted all year round
In this project, researchers from University of Nottingham and Rothamsted Research aim to develop and test a novel nutritional animal feed made from methanotrophic bacteria.
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  Myocardial biology with a specific focus on the mechanisms underlying cardiac fibrosis and atrial fibrillation
University of Oxford Radcliffe Department of Medicine
  Dr S Reilly, Assoc Prof M Lei
Application Deadline: 26 July 2019
Using a combination of extensive cell culture and molecular biology techniques, and functional cellular assays to understand molecular mechanisms underlying myocardial structural and electrical remodelling associated with atrial fibrillation.
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