Animal and Bioscience Department
Department Objectives
- To produce profitable animals and the corresponding management strategies to deliver the productivity, sustainability and product quality targets set out in the Food Harvest 2020 and FoodWise 2025 visions.
- Within this to be highly focused, relevant, collaborative, international, recognised, dynamic, well-financed, productive and give “value for money”
Department Structure and Staffing
The department functions across dairy, beef and sheep enterprises and across the Grange, Moorepark and Athenry centres.
Staff
- 17 Research staff,
- 3 Contract Research
- 9 Post Docs
- 7 Technologists (3 Permanent)
- 7.4 Technicians, (6.4 Permanent)
- 47 Walsh Fellows across – Moorepark, Grange, Athenry,
- 47 Research Projects
- 0.2 Administration
Budget
In 2018 the department had a core budget of €2.748 million with external funding of €1.588 million
Research Programme Areas
- Animal Breeding and Genetics + Bioinformatics
- Animal Nutrition and Product Quality
- Animal Reproduction
- Animal Health
- BETTER Sheep Farms
Read more about the department Animal Bioscience Research Department (pdf)