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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Sustainable livestock farming results from pluralism, regulation and creativity
- ‘Pluralism, diversity, regulation, social responsibility and creativity provide the future solution for sustainable livestock farming.... -
Predicting nitrogen use efficiency of individual dairy cows by mid-infrared spectra
- Mid-infrared (MIR) spectra of milk can be a useful tool in the prediction of nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of individual dairy cows. This is the main... -
Award for best PhD Course
- The WIAS (Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences) Annual Conference is a conference organized by and for PhD candidates to present their work. The... -
Successful first run of Sensor Data in Animal Sciences course
- In period 2, the new course ‘Sensor Data in Animal Sciences’ had a successful first run. The course is about sensors used in animal...
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Latest publications
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Producing natural functional and low-carbon milk by regulating the diet of the cattle—The fatty acid associated rumen fermentation, biohydrogenation, and microorganism response
Frontiers in Nutrition 9 (2022). - ISSN 2296-861X -
No-Till Mitigates SOC Losses after Grassland Renovation and Conversion to Silage Maize
Agriculture 12 (2022)8. - ISSN 2077-0472 -
Principles for the responsible use of farmed insects as livestock feed
Nature Food (2022). - ISSN 2662-1355 - 3 p. -
Ecosystem-Based Practices for Smallholders’ Adaptation to Climate Extremes : Evidence of Benefits and Knowledge Gaps in Latin America
Agronomy 12 (2022)10. - ISSN 2073-4395 -
Hoof lesions in partly housed pasture-based dairy cows
Journal of Dairy Science 105 (2022)11. - ISSN 0022-0302 - p. 9038 - 9053.