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 David | Dec 14, 2023 | Media 2023, Event, P2a
Longevity Dairy UP’s P2a Longevity project aims to keep the best cows in herds for longer by predicting and preventing diseases that contribute to early culling. The team is combining information from existing large cow data sets with real-world, extensive monitoring...
by David | Nov 24, 2021 | Media 2021, P2a
Predicting and preventing disease to keep older cows milking Figure 1. Shows that low and very high producing cows are at reduced probability of pregnancy in a lactation. The figure also shows that odds of getting pregnant during a lactation reduce with increased...
