# Studentship: Understanding the role of sheep & goat in pestiviruses

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Animal and Plant Health Agency.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Animal and Plant Health Agency](/buyers/animal-and-plant-health-agency/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [University of Surrey](/suppliers/university-of-surrey/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £37,200
- Tender value: £37,200
- Award date: 16 May 2025
- Published: 20 May 2025
- Contract start: 16 May 2025
- Contract end: 30 September 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 8a0c4f7c-0e69-49a7-89f5-5f4a98aa1d25-846147
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-089edf8d-b483-4692-838b-e3e8752727ca

## Description

Several newly emerged pestivirus species were introduced into cattle and pigs as well as wild ruminant populations during the last decades\. These new pestiviruses are associated with abortion, still birth, health problems of offspring\. Emerging pestivirus diseases frequently challenge prevention and control strategies in the swine and cattle industry\. ​This PhD proposal will explore pestiviruses in sheep and goat in the UK and its transmission between different animal host species in a multispecies grazing farm system\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8a0c4f7c-0e69-49a7-89f5-5f4a98aa1d25-846147)