Animal Nutrition
Innovation, fundamental and application-oriented research on animal nutrition as well as knowledge transfer. That is what we do at Wageningen Livestock Research on the field of animal nutrition.
Since 2008, Wageningen Livestock Research has worked closely together with the Animal Nutrition Group of Wageningen University & Research and the Animal Nutrition Department of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Utrecht University as part of the Centre for Animal Nutrition. The Centre for Animal Nutrition develops fundamental and application-oriented expertise about 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.
Important themes and products in this field are:
- nutrigenomics in relation to systems biology
- animal nutrition in relation to environmental quality and production efficiency
- animal nutrition in relation to animal health
- animal nutrition in relation to product quality
- animal nutrition in relation to animal welfare
- feed value analysis (and systems), including research and by-products from the biobased economy
- studies into the effectiveness and safety of animal feed additives, raw materials and feeds
We invest in strategic expertise development (for example in the area of nutrigenomics), as well as in the related development of the international and research profile of our people and our work.
Animal Nutrition News
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CVB updates amino acids in forages- The amino acid contents in grass and maize silages in the CVB Table will be updated with new research data. -
Roselinde Goselink appointed head of the Animal Nutrition department- Wageningen Livestock Research has appointed R.M.A. (Roselinde) Goselink DVM as the head of the Animal Nutrition department. She has 11 years of... -
Energy requirements of dairy cattle: updating the Dutch VEM system- The energy requirements for maintenance of modern dairy cattle is higher than in 1975, the year in which the Dutch net energy system (the VEM system)... -
Origin of feed ingredients in Dutch compound feeds- Wageningen University and Research (WUR) studied the origin of protein-rich ingredients, which in 2018 were applied in Dutch compound feeds. 65% of...
