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贝尔法斯特女王大学博士招生
PhDOpportunities
·Queen’sUniversityBelfast
InstituteforGlobalFoodSecurity
·Location:Belfast
UnitedKingdom
·ApplicationDeadline:OpenUntilFilled
ProjectDescription
Recentworkhasindicatedworryinglevelsofanthelminticresistance(AR)ingastrointestinalnematodes(GIN)ofcattle,sheepandgoats.Thisshouldpromptare-evaluationofcurrentGINcontrolstrategies.
AttemptstoslowthedevelopmentofARingrazinglivestockincreasinglyfocusontargetedselectivetreatment(TST),wherebyonlysomeindividualswithinaherdaretreated,anduntreatedanimalsproviderefugiafordrug-susceptibleworms.ThisprojectwillevaluateTSTstrategiesindifferentfarmingsystemstoachievepragmaticandeconomicallyrealisticsolutions.
Theworkwillinvolvedatacollectiononfarmsandexplorationofalternativestrategiesunderclimatevariationandchangeusingsimulationmodels.Themostpromisingapproacheswillbediscussedwithfarmersinfocusgroupsandrefinedinthelightofconstraintstotheiradoption,priortobeingtrialedonselectedfarms.
ResultswillintegratenewunderstandingofthebiologicalprinciplesofARdevelopmentwithon-farmrealitiestodeveloprobustre