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Detailed below are science projects undertaken for, or managed on behalf of, Defra by the Contractor/Funded Organisation selected.
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AN0201: Delta-6-desaturase activity, dietary factors and coronary heart disease.Nutritional approaches to prevention.
Description - Objective - Time Scale & Cost
From 1991 To 1994, Cost £209,382
Theme:   Role of dietary lipids in the development of heart disease
 
 
AN0302: The development and use of methods to identify the various actions of dietary complex carbohydrates
Description - Objective - Time Scale & Cost
From 1990 To 1994, Cost £71,776
Theme:   Role of complex carbohydrates in the diet
 
 
AQ01045: Study of global integrated assessment of long range transport air pollution
Description - Project Documents - Time Scale & Cost
From 1999 To 2002, Cost £188,736
Field of Study:   Air Quality
Theme:   Quantifying Exposure (AQ01)
Keywords:  
Environmental monitoring, Environmental Protection, Air quality monitoring
 
 
AW0226: Effects of stocking density, cage height on health, behaviour, physiology & production of laying hens in enriched cages
Description - Objective - Project Documents - Time Scale & Cost
From 2000 To 2004, Cost £616,384
Field of Study:   Animal Welfare
Theme:   Applied research into on farm poultry welfare
Keywords:  
Animal Welfare, Plants and Animals, Poultry
 
 
AW0930: Effect of driver behaviour on the behaviour of sheep in transit
Description - Project Documents - Time Scale & Cost
From 2002 To 2002, Cost £38,923
Field of Study:   Animal Welfare
Theme:   Biological solutions to improve welfare during handling and transport of farm livestock
Keywords:  
Animal Welfare, Plants and Animals, Sheep
 
 
AW0934: Effects of handling & transport on unbroken ponies
Description - Objective - Project Documents - Time Scale & Cost
From 2005 To 2008, Cost £244,329
Field of Study:   Animal Welfare
Theme:   Biological solutions to improve welfare during handling and transport of farm livestock
Keywords:  
Livestock, Animal Welfare, Plants and Animals, Transport
 
 
AW0936: Effect of driver behaviour on the behaviour of cattle & pigs in transit
Description - Objective - Project Documents - Time Scale & Cost
From 2005 To 2007, Cost £140,742
Field of Study:   Animal Welfare
Theme:   Biological solutions to improve welfare during handling and transport of farm livestock
Keywords:  
Livestock, Animal Welfare, Plants and Animals, Transport
 
 
AW0937: The development of methods to assess fatigue in sheep
Description - Time Scale & Cost
From 2005 To 2008, Cost £179,062
Field of Study:   Animal Welfare
Theme:   Biological solutions to improve welfare during handling and transport of farm livestock
Keywords:  
Animal Welfare, Plants and Animals, Sheep
 
 
AW1003: Development for commercial application of more humane methods for castration & tail docking of lambs.
Time Scale & Cost
From 1996 To 1999, Cost £256,991
Field of Study:   Animal Welfare
Theme:   On-farm ruminants welfare
 
 
AW1015: Development of a web-based progrma to illustrate guidelines for recognition & assessment of animal pain
Description - Objective - Project Documents - Time Scale & Cost
From 2002 To 2003, Cost £62,800
Field of Study:   Animal Welfare
Theme:   On-farm ruminants welfare
Keywords:  
Livestock, Animal Welfare, On-Farm, Plants and Animals
 
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