AFBI is currently looking for a post-doc researcher to work on a project on alternative production systems for pigs (21 month contract, start date early 2023).
Vacancy: Post-doc researcher, AFBI, Northern Ireland (deadline for application 30 september 2022)
The post-doc will design, conduct and analyse two trials and create scientific and popular outputs based on the results.
In the first trial pigs will be integrated into an agroforestry system, to study the effects of tree density on paddock quality and thus pig welfare and environmental impact.
The second trial will focus on the effect of different bedding materials on pig welfare in intensive conditions.
The post-doc will work in the Animal Welfare Unit of AFBI’s Livestock Production Sciences Branch, with further support from the Monogastric Unit and the Agri-Environment Branch.
The project sits within the larger project ONEWELPIG which is carried out in collaboration with Teagasc, Queen’s university Belfast and University College Dublin.
Detailed information is provided through the link below. This link can also be used to submit an online application.
For further questions concerning the job’s contents, please contact stephanie.buijs@afbini.gov.uk
Best regards,
Ophélie Menant, PhD
Pig Development Department,
Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Center,
Teagasc, Moorepark,
Fermoy, Co. Cork,
Ireland