Alan Stewart B.Sc., M.Sc.

Senior Lecturer

Alan Stewart Email: astewart@harper-adams.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1952 815348
Fax: +44 (0)1952 814783
Academic Department: Animals

Professional Memberships

  • Brittish Society of Animal Science
  • National Pig Association

Teaching Duties

Pig Production and Science at all levels and courses, Monogastric Nutrition and Growth Physiology.

Research Interests

Pig production sytems and Nutrition.  Recent major projects and programmes of work include:

  • The effect of weaning age on lifetime performance, health and welfare.
  • The effect of low protein diets on performance, meat quality and environmental impact.
  • The evaluation of a low phytate wheat germplasm.
  • The effect of supplementary milk to litters from birth.
  • The effect of weaning management on litter performance.

Other Roles

I oversee the opperations of the 230 sow research facility.  This is a modern facility that was established in 2000 and expanded in 2007.  I undertake a wide range of commercially sponsored research in addition to our more fundamental government funded projects.