by Kirsty Jaensch | Sep 30, 2025 | Media 2025, P1a, P2 Project
Case definition and metabolic disorders: More accurate phenotypes Above: Dr Ian Lean Lead Author: Ian LeanProject P2: Unlocking the potential of the cow More accurate definitions (phenotypes) of metabolic disorders are needed to improve research, prevention, and...
by Kirsty Jaensch | Sep 30, 2025 | Media 2025, P2 Project, P2a
Congratulations David Above: PhD Student David Sheedy Congratulations to David Sheedy who has completed and formally submitted his PhD thesis on “Metabolic Investigation into Dairy Cow Longevity”, as part of Dairy UP P2a project! About Dairy UPDairy UP is a...
by Kirsty Jaensch | Aug 6, 2025 | Media 2025, P2a
Investigating genotype and environment effects on the rumen microbiome. Above: Dr Helen Golder Lead Author: Helen GolderProject P2a: Longevity There is currently a lack of capacity to rapidly and accurately detect an imbalance of the microbial community in the rumen....
by Kirsty Jaensch | Mar 7, 2025 | P2 Project, Media 2025, P2a
Markers for cow longevity Results from Dairy UP PhD student, David Sheedy’s, work have been published in the Journal of Dairy Science. He is investigating biomarkers associated with increased aging and number of calvings (parity). This project involved collecting...
by Kirsty Jaensch | Dec 16, 2024 | Media 2024, P1 Project, P1a, P2 Project, P2e, P6 Project, P9 Project
In conference Four Dairy UP PhD students presented their work at the 20th Australasian Dairy Science Symposium in Christchurch in November, thanks to support from the University of Sydney Postgraduate Research scheme. From left to right in the photo, Rezaul Rakib,...
by Kirsty Jaensch | Oct 29, 2024 | Media 2024, P2e
Calf husbandry Improving calf care reduces antimicrobial use, lowers mortality rate, improves dairy business profitability and helps maintain social licence. There are two elements to Dairy Up’s P2e Calf Husbandry project: automated calf rearing and rearing Holstein...
