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News | 12/04/2021

Steering meat quality via breed (choice) and sex

Steering meat quality via breed (choice) and sex

Eline Kowalski investigated how to measure and improve meat quality and pork processing attributes (technological quality), taking the profitability of pig production as well as the recent ban on surgical castration into account .

Research projects

Development of methods for detection of infectious hepatitis E in pork meat products and optimization of processing practices to reduce infectivity

What is the effect of current meat processing practices on the infectivity of HEV in high-risk pork meat products? Currently there is a lack of methods that allow to identify HEV contaminated food products and that determine the risk for public health. This project will contribute to the development of such methods.

Development of methods for detection of infectious hepatitis E in pork meat products and optimization of processing practices to reduce infectivity

Research projects

Potential of protein transition by locally produced faba beans

Main research questionTo what extent are field beans a valuable and viable protein provider and soy substitute in dairy cattle rations? The MELKBOON project researches and demonstrates this for the dairy sector, in order to eventually achieve a reduced carbon footprint at farm level. Imported soy aggravates that footprint.

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