List of Focus Areas of Research and Development for the Red Meat Industry and Projects

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LIST OF FOCUS AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE RED MEAT INDUSTRY AND PROJECTS RECENTLY FUNDED BY RMRDT:

FOCUS AREA / TITLES OF PROJECTS / INSTITUTE
Focus Area 1
Sustainable natural (including animal) resource utilization
• None
Focus Area 2
Livestock production with global competitiveness
* Selection indices in beef cattle
* Cattle Farming – Decision support system
* Stocking rate model for cattle
* Genetics of meat characteristics in cattle
* Genetic predictions for beef cattle
* Legume pastures for mutton / ARC – Animal ProductionInstitute
University Free State – Department Agriculture Economics
ARC – Animal Production Institute
ARC – Animal Production Institute
ARC – Animal Production Institute
ARC – Animal Production Institute
Focus Area 3:
Animal Health and Welfare
* Studies on Snotsiekte
* FMD Cattle vaccine stability and suitability / ARC – Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
ARC – Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
* Attenuated live heartwater vaccine for cattle
and small-stock
* Recombinant heartwater vaccine for cattle,
sheep and goats
* RT – PCR for bluetongue virus detection in
sheep and goats
* Laboratory tick challenge for heartwater vaccine
* Arthrosis with lameness in cattle
* ASF virus in soft tampans
* Porcine stunning techniques within humane
slaughter conditions
* MH – gene status in SA pigs
* Serological survey Eastern Cape Community Pigs
* Molasses components for ruminants / ARC – Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
ARC – Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
ARC – Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
ARC – Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
University of Pretoria – Faculty of Veterinary Science
ARC – Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
University of Pretoria – Faculty of Veterinary Science
ARC – Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
ARC – Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
ARC – Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
Focus Area 4:
Animal Products and Value-adding
* Beef Tenderness Model
* Nutrients in SA sheep meat / ARC – Animal Production Institute
ARC – Animal Production Institute
Focus Area 5:
Red Meat Safety and Quality / Value
* Packaging of fresh meat / University of Pretoria – Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science
Focus Area 6:
Market development, trade and enterprise support
* Informal Red Meat Markets / University Free State – Department of Agriculture and Economics
Focus Area 7:
Livestock based technology transfer and
dissemination / -