Dr Kirsty Kliem

Responsibilities:

Co-Head of Department of Animal Sciences (with Dr Caroline Rymer).
Module convenor and contributor, teaching topics including undergraduate Bioveterinary Science in practice, animal nutrition, growth and reproduction, and veterinary health and disease.
Research on improving the health quality of primarily milk and dairy products (but also monogastric-derived food products and ruminant-derived meat).
Research on nutritional physiology of domestic animals, and the effect of nutritional intervention on animal health.
Supervision and academic tutoring of undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Member of the SAPD Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Self-Assessment Team for Athena Swan.

Areas of interest

Research interests include:

Improving the health quality of ruminant products (meat, milk and dairy products) by changing the ruminant diet.
Effect of dietary interventions on the health and welfare of the dairy cow.
Development of biomarkers in milk for the detection of dairy cow disease.
Presence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in livestock.
In vitro digestion assessment of animal feeds; use of in vitro digestion models to determine effects on gut microbiome.

Primary supervisor:

Victoria Ham (PhD: Improving benchmarking techniques to support 21^st century dairy farming)

Second supervisor:

Nurul Fitri Sari (PhD: Additives of plant origin as modulators of rumen methane production)
Ahmed Musheer Abdulrahman (PhD: Evaluation of fermented sunflower meal in broiler chicken diets)
Claire Bailey (PhD based at Aberystwyth University; Cows, cannabinoids and terpenes: screening hemp-derived compounds for anti-inflammatory properties to tackle inflammatory disorders of the dairy cow).

In addition to module convening and classroom teaching, my interests include:

Enhancing undergraduate experience through teaching practical laboratory and research skills
Supervising laboratory-based undergraduate independent research projects and postgraduate students.
Increasing awareness of employment opportunities via contacts/visits with relevant employment sectors.

Accredited Animal Scientist (R. Anim. Sci.)
Active member of the British Society of Animal Science (former member of Council, Trustee and Chair of the Accreditation and Membership Committee).
Editor (Quality of Animal Products section) for the journal “Animal”.
Member of Food standards Agency Register of Experts for Animal Feeds.
Peer reviewer for Animal, Journal of Dairy Research, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Livestock Production Science, Journal of Agricultural Science, Lipids.
External and internal PhD and MSc examiner.