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 ...
...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 ...
Research into the optimal housing and management of pigs, cattle, poultry and rabbits alike should improve the quality of life.
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...
...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...
...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...
This project investigates effective and cost-efficient strategies to deal with this variation in fattening pigs.
Potential (research) approach to reduce/stop routine tail docking and keeping pigs with long(er) tails
... 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...
...le water source. The question is to what extent there would be (negative) effects, particularly for pigs (sows and piglets), if they were to use this water on a daily basis. The second question is ...
Electronic tracking of individual fattening pigs from birth to slaughter is already technically possible
...of days with elevated temperatures in Belgium can lead to heat stress in several animal species but pigs are particularly sensitive to this. In recent years, pig farmers have experienced much great...
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.
...GDARM is the start of a new Belgian multidisciplinary platform for research on intestinal health in pigs. The aim is to unravel even better the deeper mechanisms as a function of performance, healt...
Over the next 3 years, ILVO will study the phenomenon of tail biting in pigs, commissioned by Animal Welfare Flanders. The research is part of the transition to a pig husbandry system in which piglets...
...sthesia and/or pain control would be solved.Currently, different production methods of male pigs are used in Europe for a larger (fully colored) or a limited market segment (indicated with ...
...ance/ValorizationIn conclusion, we observed that manure used for fertilization, especially from pigs and veal calves, often contains several antibiotic residues and multidrug resistant (possibl...
...loped 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 utilization ...
This European research project aims to improve animal welfare in pigs and poultry that are raised organically and in free-range systems.
... castration of newborn male piglets, a practice that is under discussion in Europe. In IC, the male pigs receive two injections of a vaccine (low-invasiveness). The young boars then no longer devel...
...izations during the course of the project as a result of tests in energy-intensive livestock farms (pigs, dairy cattle and poultry) where the aim is to meet energy demand without or with minimal us...
...ance/ValorizationBoar taint is an unpleasant off-odour that can occur when fat from entire male pigs is heated. In order to avoid boar taint, it is common practice to surgically castrate male p...
...operational group is to objectively map the added value of music for the welfare and performance of pigs. In addition to pig farmer Piet Paesmans (who took the initiative), Breydel, PVL, ILVO, Vark...
... good practical results. We demonstrate the soy-free feed in the production of broiler chickens and pigs. The impact of the costs and benefits in terms of business profitability and environment is ...
...over, which are both green fodder crops, in order to mix that protein into the rations of (organic) pigs and poultry?
...se this data to give feedback and advice on best practices to those responsible for the chicken and pigs throughout their lifetime (farmer, catching team, transporter, slaughterhouse). This approac...
... can be transmitted to humans via raw or undercooked pork products. A majority (75%) of the Belgian pigs have antibodies against HEV. However, little is known about dynamics of HEV infection on Bel...