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A five-year project assesses Scottish wildcat population and proposes measures to safeguard the species. This multi-partner project has established long-term plans to secure the future of the critically endangered wildcat in Scotland. Their findings suggest that there are too few wildcats for their populations to be sustainable, and the current wild population is no longer…

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Due to unprecedented challenges, Scottish salmon farms witnessed high losses of fish in 2022, double of the previous year, data from the Fish Health Inspectorate has shown. At the same time, and in spite of this, Scotland produced more farmed fish than ever before. Despite universal adoption of vaccination programs and an unrelenting focus on…

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The Roslin Institute in Edinburgh is benefiting from a share of £376m to support its research into pioneering animal bioscience. The strategic funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, part of UKRI, will support research into genes and traits for healthy animals and prevention and control of infectious diseases. It will enable Roslin’s…

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