
Animal Production Systems Group
Research of the Animal Production Systems Group focuses on unravelling the complexity of concerns in livestock systems and exploring trade-offs and synergies of innovations regarding environmental impact, animal welfare, and economic viability, to design a more sustainable future.
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Do animals have a role in future food systems?
Animals can convert leftovers from arable land and grass resources into valuable food and other ecosystem services. By converting these biomass streams, animals recycle nutrients into the food system that otherwise would have been lost for food production, thereby contributing to a circular food system.
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Estimation of Optimum Utilization of Ruminant Feed Resources on Tropical Dry-Land during Dry and Rainy Seasons
Iranian Journal of Applied Animal Science 12 (2022)2. - ISSN 2251-628X - p. 211 - 221. -
The compatibility of circularity and national dietary recommendations for animal products in five European countries : a modelling analysis on nutritional feasibility, climate impact, and land use
The Lancet Planetary Health 6 (2022)6. - ISSN 2542-5196 - p. e475 - e483. -
The effect of hides and parity on behavior of periparturient dairy cows at pasture
Journal of Dairy Science 105 (2022)7. - ISSN 0022-0302 - p. 6196 - 6206. -
A comparison of indoor and outdoor calf housing systems using automated and manual feeding methods and their effect on calf health, behavior, growth, and labor
Journal of Animal Science 100 (2022)4. - ISSN 0021-8812 -
Species-Enriched Grass–Clover Mixtures Can Promote Bumblebee Abundance Compared with Intensively Managed Conventional Pastures
Agronomy 12 (2022)5. - ISSN 2073-4395