Main research questionIn recent years, consumers, producers, meat processors and retailers have been paying increasing attention to animal welfare. To achieve higher welfare, the focus is often on adding positive (enriching) experiences for the animals, rather than removing negative experiences.
Creating added value by stimulating desired animal behavior via music
Europe is aiming for an ambitious combination of better productivity and animal welfare.
Plant Health at ILVO: research, diagnostics and Living Lab
What does ILVO do for plant health?
Veterinary advice has proven its economic added value for farms and animal-based measuring systems
The economic added value of an animal-based measuring system can be increased by taking the economic value into account during the technical development phase.
Zinc source for broilers affects performance, intestinal health and meat quality
Zinc source for broilers affects performance, intestinal health and meat quality
Genetic tools for ecosystem health assesment in the North Sea region
ILVO generates knowledge to promote more sustainable animal husbandry, fisheries and aquaculture. To do this, it is inevitable to that animals are kept and used for research (where the animals are kept in group housing or in their original ecosystem to the degree possible).
Transparency regarding animal trials
Quality control is an important element in the constant pursuit of integrated and sustainable quality assurance in animal and human nutrition.
Animal Related Analyses (ANIMALAB)
The ILVO plant health experts working in the accredited Diagnostic Centre for Plants focus every day on the detection and identification of plant pathogenic diseases and pests. This is necessary because healthy plants are essential for our food supply. The FAO estimates that up to 40% of the world’s food crops are lost due to diseases and pests.
Plant health