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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Update of phosphorus and calcium recommendations for swine
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Wageningen Livestock Research recently updated the CVB recommendations for dietary calcium and phosphorus. New scientific insights and data, and the...
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Revised regional methane emission factors required for dairy cattle
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An international consortium of animal scientists concludes that revised methane emission factors for specific regions are required to improve methane...
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New perspectives on cow transition
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Over 300 participants attended the 10th International Dairy Nutrition Symposium in Wageningen. Eight speakers discussed various aspects of the...
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Utilizing the growth potential of piglets in a multi-litter housing system
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Wageningen University & Research starts research to develop a novel, integrated, economically profitable multi-litter housing system for sows and...
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Fighting feather pecking from a feed perspective
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Feather pecking is a growing societal and economic concern, since the 2012 EU-ban on battery cages for laying hens. The upcoming ban on beak trimming...