Aquaculture at sea
...n culture ready for market in the Belgian part of the North Sea takes "only" 18 months and produces meat values of 40-45%. The Zeeland mussel from seabed culture usually only has a meat value of 30...
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Precision livestock farming
...easing in order to continue producing efficiently and economically. On the one hand, the demand for meat is increasing worldwide, while the pressure of livestock farming on the climate and environm...
Short chain
...is embedded in new networks. New chains from field to fork – such as a local bread or meat chain, in which a small number of players create added value in dialogue and transparency – form a new anc...
Food: taste and aroma research
...g to the research or the wishes of the applicant. Predicting consumer acceptance In the Optimeat research project, ILVO has built up expertise in the construction of mathematical models tha...
Nitrogen
...efore of crucial importance. It is defined as the ratio of nitrogen in the final product (the crop, meat, milk, etc.) to the nitrogen in the input (the fertilizers or feed). The higher the nitrogen...
Authenticity of food products
Determination species/variety (plants, meat, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, fungi, bacteria) based on DNA, proteins and other macro molecules
Protein diversification in food and nutrition
...reasons or simply because it tastes good.For conventional animal protein sources such as dairy, meat, fish or eggs, we rely on age-old nutritional wisdom and many decades of study. Alternative ...
Alternatives to castration of piglets
Advice and support for both pig farmers and the meat processing chain.
Evaluation of meat quality
Development of high-value meat analogs with improved texture, taste and aroma
The overall aim of this project is to improve the quality of meat analogues
Methane emissions in livestock farming (enteric emissions)
...nt part of total greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and help determine the climate impact of meat and dairy farming.
Development of methods for detection of infectious hepatitis E in pork meat products and optimization of processing practices to reduce infectivity
... consumer? Can methods be developed to assess the infectivity of HEV? What is the effect of current meat processing practices on the infectivity of HEV in high-risk pork meat products? Currently th...
Zinc source for broilers affects performance, intestinal health and meat quality
...ion results in rapid weight gain and a lower feed conversion (in the case of broilers, more chicken meat from fewer kilos of feed). This is an economic and ecological win-win situation, provided th...
Steering meat quality via breed (choice) and sex
Numerous factors influence meat quality For decades, Flemish meat pig production has been characterized by efficient production with high carcass quality and good animal performance. Meat qual...
Improved methodology for detection of antibiotic residues in milk and meat
ILVO and Ghent University have set up an analytical method for antibiotic residues in milk and meat matrices that are faster, cheaper, and at least as easy and reliable than what already exists. ...
Internet of Food and Farm 2020
...food sector. In total 33 use cases were set up in 5 sectors (arable, dairy, fruit, vegetables and meat), of which 14 were attracted halfway the project with an open call. ILVO, one of the lead part...
Fostering Precision Agriculture and Livestock Farming through secure access to large-scale HPC-enabled virtual industrial experimentation environment empowering scalable Big Data analytics
...a better usage of the vast amounts of data collected in a slaughterhouse, hyperspectral imaging for meat quality and the usage of sensor data to alert for pig diseases on-farm. The other demonstrat...
Reduction of Campylobacter in broiler flocks: identification of risk factors, evaluation of increased biosecurity measures and the protective effect of the microbiota of Campylobacter free flocks
...Finally, it was calculated that an increase of €0.03/kg live weight in the sales price of poultry meat should compensate for the economic loss of switching from 25% thinning to no thinning.Fina...
Research into the optimization of group housing of does
...what conditions it is possible to provide a regime of part-time group housing for does. Since 2016, meat rabbits must be kept in enriched group parks. For the time being, however, does are kept ind...
Optimal cultivation of protein crops for poultry feeding
...e determined the interactions between three elements: feed composition, quality of eggs and chicken meat respectively and the effects on nitrogen excretions in the animals. We analyzed the sustaina...
Toward a farm-economic and environmental win-win by more efficient feed use in pig farming
... developed for the prediction of net energy content.Relevance/ValorizationIn the rearing of meat pigs, 60-70% of the costs is due to the feed. Therefore, estimating feed quality and utiliza...
Sustainability in pork production with immunocastration
...al efficiency than barrows (surgically castrated bears) during their growth. After slaughter, their meat quality appears to score better on average in terms of taste, compared to other bears. There...
Creating added value in organic agriculture through sustainable combinations of crops and free range for poultry
...roduction systems (plant production for food, wood and/or biomass and animal prioduction of eggs or meat, soil and landscape, legislation, econmic feasibility,…). 2) A longitudinal experiment w...
Mobile housing systems for laying hens and broiler chickens
...rowing number of consumers are prepared to pay a premium price for animal-friendly produced eggs or meat. Citizens associate access to an outdoor area with good animal welfare. On commercial outdoo...
The welfare of broiler chickens produced in Brazil versus Belgium
...he market area. Therefore, we decided to focus on Brazilian production units that export broiler meat to the European market. Relevance/ValorizationBy comparing the welfare status of broile...
Variation in raw and cooked ham quality of pigs in Flanders: insight into the contribution of genetics and the potential of a minimal invasive measurement technique
The aim of this project was to get insight in the meat quality variation of sire and sow lines that currently form the genetic basis of our Flemish fattening pigs.
Creating added value by stimulating desired animal behavior via music
In recent years, consumers, producers, meat processors and retailers have been paying increasing attention to animal welfare.
Organic beef farming in a practical booklet
...lation on organic farming, cattle breeds and their needs, organic cultivation and feed, carcass and meat quality, sales market and profitability. Research approachILVO has put together a st...
Research into more animal-friendly catching and loading of broilers and reformed laying hens
The goal of KIPVANG is to catch and load meat chickens and spent laying hens for transport to the slaughterhouse in a more animal-friendly way.
Methane emissions from cattle in Flanders and opportunities to reduce methane emissions
... greenhouse gases and examine the manure for emissions. We verify that the product quality (milk, meat) is still guaranteed. Second, we translate this knowledge to the farm by working with our part...
Understanding of multispecies biofilms in the food industry is indispensible to control biofilm related food safety and quality issues
...hWe have examined interspecies interactions between dominant bacterial isolates from the dairy, meat and egg processing industries. Multispecies biofilms were made in the lab with different com...
Small-scale innovative food processing equipment
... simulated from various protein-rich raw materials to new end products in the fruit and vegetables, meat, bakery, dairy, ready meals, and the like. This unique test environment serves Flanders as w...
Animal Welfare Indicators at the SlaughterHouse
...hese two farm animal types we also believe a spread of knowledge and technologies to other types of meat-producing livestock can be expected, such as cattle, turkeys, or ducks.ILVO is coordinat...
Levers and bottlenecks for growing, processing and consuming pulses (legumes) in Flanders
...on of legumes. Legumes are known as healthy vegetable protein sources, a nutritional alternative to meat, with also a very low environmental impact, but they are not seen as equally easy in use, ta...