News Animal Sciences
On this page you can read the news about Animal Breeding and Genetics, Adaptation Physiology, Animal Nutrition, Animal Production Systems, Aquaculture and Fisheries, Behavioural Ecology, Cell Biology and Immunology, Experimental Zoology, Host Microbe Interactomics, Human and Animal Physiology, Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology and Marine Animal Ecology.
Latest news of our 12 chair groups
Animal Breeding and Genetics Group
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Efficient estimation of genetic correlations in beef cattle international evaluations
October 14, 2020 -
New insights in cattle genetic diversity
September 14, 2020 -
UFW-KLV Thesis Award 2019 for Dries Hulst of ABGC
June 12, 2020 -
Analysis of cattle genetic diversity conserved in the Dutch genebank
February 18, 2020 -
PhD course Genotype by environment interaction, uniformity and resilience was successful
February 14, 2020
Adaptation Physiology Group
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Customizing dry-period strategies of individual dairy cows
February 11, 2021 -
Broilers’ natural behaviour and welfare stimulated by eating fly larvae
January 11, 2021 -
Dairy farmers realize equal daily production and fertility in deliberately extended lactations
October 20, 2020 -
Bas Rodenburg appointed professor
July 2, 2020 -
Pigs' natural needs central to new pig farm
January 23, 2020
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Animal Nutrition Group
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Power to the pellet: Challenges in the circular agriculture
July 30, 2020 -
Sub-optimal growth performance in pigs under low sanitary conditions can be partly compensated by adjustments of the diet
May 20, 2020 -
Kelly Nichols receives Pieter Walstra Award
March 13, 2020 -
How zinc influences gut health and immune competence of pigs
October 7, 2019
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Animal Production Systems Group
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Wageningen team awarded Top Visionary title for their vision for the Dutch Food System 2050
January 13, 2021 -
Working together towards circular agriculture in the North of the Netherlands
December 1, 2020 -
Enlighted Pigs consortium starts with a successful kick-off
October 6, 2020 -
Wageningen team finalist for the Food System Vision Prize for their vision for the Dutch Food System 2050
August 10, 2020 -
The Dutch food system in 2050: Healthy and circular
June 11, 2020
Aquaculture and Fisheries Group
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Jaap van der Meer appointed special professor of Sustainable Marine Food Production
February 1, 2021 -
Limits to marine food production
December 11, 2020 -
International acknowledgement for unique respiration cells for fish
December 8, 2020 -
Restoration of nature in rivers requires maintenance
October 27, 2020 -
16 oktober boekpresentatie "10 Miljard monden"
October 5, 2020
Behavioural Ecology Group
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Guppies with friends eat more
January 21, 2021 -
Aggressive wasp eats baby bird's head
October 12, 2020 -
Animal Behaviour MOOC awarded!
October 9, 2020 -
Wageningen World: Koolmeesvrouwtje mijdt de beste zangers
October 7, 2020 -
Introduction to Animal Behaviour MOOC in the new Class Central's best online courses of all-time ranking!
September 24, 2020
Cell Biology and Immunology Group
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Better treatment of allergies through collaboration between WUR and Rijnstate
February 4, 2021 -
5 questions on the impact of vitamin D on corona
November 2, 2020 -
Dietary fiber and probiotics stimulate porcine immune cells in petri dish
June 19, 2020 -
Unique footage of trypanosome may result in new opportunities to fight sleeping sickness
September 24, 2019
Experimental Zoology Group
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Vacancy: Postdoc position: Integrated data collection for automated behavioural pattern recognition
February 23, 2021 -
The soft grip of animals inspires scientists to improve robots
December 17, 2020 -
Seven Wageningen researches receive Vidi grants for their own research group
November 4, 2020 -
New trap eliminates more malaria mosquitoes
October 15, 2020 -
Biofluidmechanics of flying insects and bio-inspired drones
September 30, 2020
Host Microbe Interactomics Group
Human and Animal Physiology Group
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Costermans graduates Cum Laude
October 30, 2020 -
Jeske Hageman defended her PhD thesis succesfully
January 9, 2020 -
Jose Fernandez Calleja successfully defended his PhD thesis
November 21, 2019 -
Lianne Bouwman successfully defended her PhD thesis
October 18, 2019 -
Bart Lagerwaard wins TiFN poster prize
October 1, 2019
Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology Group
Marine Animal Ecology Group
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Sponges can clean water at fish farms
February 19, 2019 -
Bringing more technology to nature: Talk by Reindert Nijland
March 11, 2019 -
Mapping North Sea bottom-dwellers via automated DNA-recognition
April 26, 2019 -
Formulating strategies to protect sharks and rays in the North Sea and Dutch Caribbean
May 2, 2019 -
Charting the benthic life of the North Sea
May 15, 2019