
Animal Nutrition Group
We generate and transfer knowledge of the nutrition of animals to improve their production, health and welfare in a sustainable manner and improve the quality of life.
Staff
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prof.dr.ir. WJJ (Walter) Gerrits Chair holder
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prof.dr.ir. WH (Wouter) Hendriks Professor in Animal Nutrition
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dr.ir. J (Jan) Dijkstra Associate professor
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dr.ir. RP (Rene) Kwakkel Associate professor
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dr.ir. S (Sonja) de Vries Associate professor
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dr. WF (Wilbert) Pellikaan Assistant professor
Featured
Variation in efficacy of new feed supplement to reduce methane emissions identified
A novel methane inhibitor feed supplement, 3-nitrooxypropanol (3NOP), reduces methane emissions. The efficacy of 3NOP varies widely though, showing no methane emission reduction in some trials up to 85 percent reduction in others.
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The Animal Nutrition (ANU) Group is one of the chair groups of the Department of Animal Sciences of Wageningen University & Research. In addition, ANU is the founding member of the Centre for Animal Nutrition; a collaboration between three internationally recognized animal nutrition groups in the Netherlands. The Centre develops fundamental and application-oriented expertise in animal nutrition and ensures the exchange and transfer of this expertise to government agencies, businesses, the primary animal nutrition sectors, societal institutions, NGOs and students.
Our research is focussed around the following areas:
- Resource efficiency
- Animal health, longevity and vitality
- Feed and pet food technology & quality
- Animal welfare
- Nutrigenomics
- Environmental issues related to animal nutrition
- Modelling of nutritional processes
Our latest publications
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Enriching table eggs with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids through dietary supplementation with the phototrophically grown green algae Nannochloropsis limnetica : Effects of microalgae on nutrient retention, performance, egg characteristics and health parameters
Poultry Science 101 (2022)6. - ISSN 0032-5791 -
Proteolytic enzyme-treated seaweed co-product (Ulva laetevirens) inclusion in corn-soybean and European broiler diets to improve digestibility, health, and performance
Poultry Science 101 (2022)6. - ISSN 0032-5791 -
Particle size distribution, energy consumption, nutrient composition and in vitro ileal digestion characteristics of hammer milled maize and soybean meal affected by moisture content
Animal Feed Science and Technology 288 (2022). - ISSN 0377-8401 -
In silico modelling of protein digestion: A case study on solid/liquid and blended meals
Food Research International 157 (2022). - ISSN 0963-9969 -
Growth efficiency, intestinal biology, and nutrient utilization and requirements of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae compared to monogastric livestock species : a review
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 13 (2022)1. - ISSN 1674-9782