A Visit of the Aberdeen Cropping Experimental Platform
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RESAS Science, Evidence and Policy Conference - 2025
The event will be hosted by Professor Mathew Williams, Chief Scientific Adviser for Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (ENRA) and will feature keynote addresses, breakout sessions, panel debate, networking and posters.
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Collaborate to Innovate - A Workshop on Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
Ticks are external blood-sucking parasites that feed on a variety of hosts including livestock, wildlife and humans. The most common tick in the UK is the sheep tick (Ixodes [I.] ricinus) which is indiscriminate, feeding on a wide range of hosts, from birds to small and large mammals, including humans, whereas many other species of ticks feed more selectively on specific animal species.
AI Assisted Animal Biosecurity Advice Tool - Project Report
An online tool is being developed using artificial intelligence to provide convenient access to biosecurity advice for farmers. Initial development and testing of the proof of concept has produced a shiny app
Available at: https://epidemiology.sruc.ac.uk/shiny/apps/bitesize-biosecurity/
SEFARI Fellowship: Mapping Land Use and Natural Capital Models and Research in Scotland - Report
This report presents the results from an online survey commissioned by SEFARI on behalf of the Scottish Government to assess the current coverage and capabilities of the Land Use and Natural Capital modelling and tools used and in development by the research community in Scotland. The purpose is to map and categorise the modelling capabilities available and understand how this capability can be better used and enhanced.
The report is a product of the SEFARI Fellowship Mapping Land Use and Natural Capital Models and Research in Scotland.
Land Use and Natural Capital Survey Responses - Spreadsheet
This is a redacted version of survey outputs where personal details have been removed. The response have been provided by individual researchers. For GDPR reasons their details are not provided here.
Should you wish to learn more about the models, please contact the named organisations directly.
AI Assisted Animal Biosecurity Advice Tool
An online tool is being developed using artificial intelligence to provide convenient access to biosecurity advice for farmers. Initial development and testing of the proof of concept has produced a shiny app.
Available at: https://epidemiology.sruc.ac.uk/shiny/apps/bitesize-biosecurity/
Developing alternative strategies to antibiotics for livestock animal welfare
Importance of farmed animals to Scotland
Dr Sonia Mitchell
I am a research software engineer at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, where I design and implement software solutions for open science applications. In addition to this, I've been involved in multiple mathematical and statistical modelling projects, e.g. developing statistical models of antimicrobial resistance and implementing novel Markovian methods with which to assess freedom from infection of groups of animals.
Sonia Mitchell
BioSS
James Clerk Maxwell Building
Peter Guthrie Tait Road, The King's Buildings
Edinburgh
EH9 3FD
Preliminary feasibility study for a sheep efficiency data tool
Ann McLaren & Nicola Lambe
The objective of this work is to determine what additional data would be beneficial, alongside the existing statutory data currently recorded through ScotEID, to incorporate into a “MyFlockStats” decision-making tool to help drive efficiency in the sheep sector. This report is intended to be a preliminary feasibility study to inform any future development, commissioning and operation of a “MyFlockStats” system to assist in the improvement of efficient sheep production in Scotland as part of the aims of the Vision for Agriculture.