News of the Animal Nutrition Group
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Pet owners test dog and cat food at home
- Pet-food producers usually test their products for flavour and digestibility in research facilities, but pet owners can also test them at home, shows... -
New project assesses methane mitigating feed additives and fat supplements
- An ambitious project has been launched focussing on assessment of efficacy of methane mitigating feed additives and fat supplements in dairy... -
Over 400,000 euros for humane research on equine digestive system
- Bacin2DLiver is to receive almost half a million euros in funding through the Dutch Research Council’s (NWO) Open Technology Programme. This... -
Pet owners test pet food quality with their pets
- Wageningen University & Research has developed guidelines for a different approach to test quality of pet food: at the pet owners’ home.... -
Supplementation of essential amino acids prevents negative effects of low-protein diet on pig welfare
- Pigs fed a low-protein diet can show more damaging behaviours, but this can be counteracted by supplementation of essential amino acids to their diet.... -
Coen Smits appointed special professor Functional ingredients for sustainable animal nutrition
- The executive board of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has appointed Prof Coen Smits as special professor of Functional ingredients for... -
Cum laude PhD degree awarded to Allyson Ipema
- On the 13th of January Allyson Ipema from the Adaptation Physiology group successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Fly in the coop –... -
Changing the cow’s diet reduces methane and nitrogen emissions
- Many people love milk, but dairy cows emit methane and nitrogen during its production. The greenhouse gas methane contributes to global warming, while...