Castration of piglets has been on the European animal welfare agenda for more than 20 years. As of Jan. 1, 2024, in Belgium this can only be done with local anesthesia and pain control. There are also...
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Linked Sectors: Pig farming
Keeping and processing intact boars is experiencing bottlenecks in organic pig farming. The goal is to address the challenges in primary production and processing and consumer acceptance.
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Electronic tracking of individual fattening pigs from birth to slaughter is already technically possible
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General introductionThe COOLPIGS project has produced practice-ready recommendations that enable pig farmers to develop a sustainable heat stress plan that reduces economic losses and improves ani...
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OPTEVAR aims to determine the optimal protein and amino acid composition of pig feed, taking into account farm-specific conditions.
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The aim is to give pig farmers individual guidance about implementing feasible climate-smart measures on their farms.
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How can piglets' iron requirements be met naturally and organically, without an iron injection?
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The main objective of this project is to demonstrate that European protein sources can be used as feed ingredients for pig and poultry feeds in a profitable way.
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This five-year project gathers 16 partners, including ILVO, from nine different countries with the core aim of strengthening the pig research infrastructures community.
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General introductionWhy do organic piglets, despite their higher weaning age, eat less around weaning than conventional piglets? And how can we formulate and produce organic weaning feed that the ...
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What is the contamination level and spread of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in Belgian pig farms?
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What are the underlying mechanisms behind anorexia in piglets immediately after weaning, and what can be done about it? These questions are the subject of doctoral research in the FEASTPIG research pr...
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...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 ...
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This European research project aims to improve animal welfare in pigs and poultry that are raised organically and in free-range systems.
Pig farmers, their customers, and their suppliers find here the answer to “what can ILVO do for me?”. A brief overview of relevant expertise, analyses, infrastructure, and the professional approach th...
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The aim was to investigate whether a switch would affect animal performance and meat quality in Piétrain-crossed fattening pigs, and whether genetic selection for growth traits would influence this.
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...over, which are both green fodder crops, in order to mix that protein into the rations of (organic) pigs and poultry?
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This project investigates effective and cost-efficient strategies to deal with this variation in fattening pigs.
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...n goal of the project is to implement agroecological principles to mixed animal production systems (pig and poultry), specifically through valorisation of waste streams via fermentation for use in ...
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Can pig farmers get a better grip on feed costs - and is that cost commensurate with the quality (nutritional composition) of the feed?
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...nd accelerate the implementation of circular raw materials and residual streams in animal feeds for pigs, poultry and cattle, it is necessary to identify the availability and bottlenecks of circula...
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...ntroductionBOWIE aims to address the knowledge gap on ammonia emissions in naturally ventilated pig and poultry barns with outdoor access, and to provide solutions for ammonia emission reductio...
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...ork: what exactly is sustainability and how sustainable is your farm? DUVAKI focuses on broiler and pig farms and takes a broad view of sustainability: the environment and animal welfare, but also ...
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Potential (research) approach to reduce/stop routine tail docking and keeping pigs with long(er) tails
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Which practical and affordable measures and strategies can pig farmers use to know and improve the feed conversion ratio in the future?
In context of Precision Livestock Farming, pig farms equipped with sensors and cameras that monitor environmental parameters, pigs’ weight, feed intake and water usage are actually big data producers....
...ations such as minced meat via the NIR-HSI technique. This makes it possible to distinguish between pig, beef, lamb or chicken and this both in pure ground meat and in mixed preparations. W...
...eer veel data gegenereerd. Met deze data wordt voorlopig nog niet veel gedaan. Obstakels zijn de hoge kostprijs, gebrek aan ervaring en onduidelijkheid over wat het opbrengt (kosten-baten). Een...
...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...
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.
AnalysesDetailsContactperssonZootechnical trials in pigsFeed and digestibility trials in piglets, meat pigs, sows and boarsSam Millet (animal husbandry), Annelies Van Nuffel (NEW CONTACT Agric...
ZELFVERMARKTEN VIA PIGFIJN EN KLEIN GISTELGOED De studienamiddagen‘Nichemarkten en alternatieve afzet van varkensvlees’(november 2015) focusten ondermeer op het vermarkten van de eigen producten via e...
Promising measures and techniques PIG PRODUCTION For pigs, this includes free-range farrowing pens with daily manure removal and feeding measures such as the addition of zeolites. POU...
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...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...
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