Precision livestock farming
...VO, we regularly work on monitoring individual animals, for dairy and beef cattle, as well as for pigs and even poultry sporadically. Problems can be detected and solved faster using an individual ...
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Animal welfare
Research into the optimal housing and management of pigs, cattle, poultry and rabbits alike should improve the quality of life.
Alternatives to castration of piglets
Why castrate male piglets? About 4% of male pigs or "intact boars" have boar taint. This is an unpleasant odor or taste found in pork and fat. Boar taint is caused by the accumulation of androsten...
Klimaatmitigatie en klimaatadaptatie
...eder aan te passen,… Voorbeelden: EHBKOE, CoolChicks, CoolPigs Droogte en extreme neerslag kan je omzeilen door slim om te gaan met het beschikbare water. Dat kan door bvb. peilgestuurd te drai...
Gut health
... ILVO's expertise in nutrition and digestive physiology is applied to specific target groups and to pigs as a model in order to investigate the link between nutrition, the gut and health under cont...