Ridgeway Research Limited

Liver fluke (LF) infections in cattle/sheep are a major economic problem for farmers, and an animal welfare issue. Resistance to current drugs is growing rapidly worldwide, and there are few new drugs in development. Resistance reduces milk-yield and extends the time-to-market for meat, leading to significant additional methane production. Common ivy cont...

We aim to increase the longevity of dairy cows with a biosensing technology to improve the fertility management with an automated system for measuring progesterone in milk. It will allow better detection of ovulation for optimal insemination and pregnancy and allow cows to have longer more productive lives. It will reduce the number of animals kept as rep...

Controlling parasitic worms in livestock is of utmost importance in providing improved animal welfare and higher quality produce for consumers. Of particular note are the parasitic liver flukes and rumen flukes. Significant economic losses are attributed to both of these parasitic flukes in the sheep and cattle industries. Currently there are no farm base...

Liver fluke in cattle and sheep represents an increasing economic problem, particularly because of developing resistance to available drugs, as well as representing a serious animal welfare issue. This project will develop a nature based alternative treatment by using a bulk chemical that can be isolated in large quantities from a common non-food plant wh...

Parasitic worms pose a major challenge to the health and productivity of grazing livestock, and are controlled by frequent adminstration of anthelmintic drugs. This favours the development of drug resistance. Increasingly, targeted approaches to deworming are required, based on levels of infection and known drug efficacy. The most flexible and useful test...