Daina Kairiša Academic position Professor (Emeritus) Dr. agr. Field of research 2. Preservation of biological diversity in agro- and forest biocenoses, ecosystem protection and services 4. Development and adaptation of technologies for obtaining high-value agricultural and forest products, as well as in veterinary medicine E-mail daina.kairisa@lbtu.lv Telephone +37128300081 Obtained doctoral degree in 2005. Research areas: possibilities for increasing sheep productivity, selection of the Latvian Darkhead sheep breed, analysis of suckler cow productivity, application of precision technologies in livestock farming. The most important projects (2019-2025) Development of an innovative approach to identify biological determinants associated with differences in feed efficiency in sheep farming, 2022 , project leader Characterization of general and mastitis susceptibility genetic background for Latvia’s local (indigenous) breeds of ruminants, 2020 Efficient monitoring of the environment and animal welfare, 2022 , project leader Suitability of beef breeds and their crossbreeds for fattening with forage-based feeding, 2017 , project leader Assessment and accounting of greenhouse gas (GHG) and ammonia emissions from livestock under conventional and organic farming conditions, 2022 Research into the application of innovative dehydration technology in sapropel extraction, possibilities of using sapropel-based products in crop production and animal husbandry, 2018 The most important publications (2019-2025) D. Kairiša , (2024), Analysing the cost of concentrated feed and income from meat in relation to relative growth rate and Kleiber's ratio in intensive fattening of Latvian dark-headed lambs, Agriculture, ISSN 2077-0472 D. Gāliņa, D. Kairiša, S. Mešķis, I. Vircava, A. Valdovska , (2023), The effect of sodium humate feed additives in diets for Holstein breed heifers, Emerging Science Journal, ISSN 2610-9182 D. Kairiša , (2021), Slaughter results, meat chemical composition and pH of Aberdinangus, Hereford and Limousin bulls, Rural Sustainability Research : Scientific Journal of Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, ISSN 2256-0939 D. Kairiša, L. Paura, L. Degola, D. Jonkus, E. Aplociņa , (2023), Trends in milk yield productivity and emissions from the dairy sector in Latvia, Agronomy Research, ISSN 1406-894X D. Gāliņa, D. Kairiša, D. Jonkus, A. Valdovska , (2023), Genomic characterization and initial insight into mastitis-associated SNP profiles of local Latvian Bos taurus breeds, Animals, ISSN 2076-2615 D. Jonkus, D. Kairiša, A. Valdovska, D. Gāliņa , (2024), Genomic diversity of the locally developed Latvian Darkheaded sheep breed, Heliyon, ISSN 2405-8440
