Projects
A better udder health by monitoring recovery in mastitis Ghent University
The prevention, detection and treatment of mastitis form the basis for contemporary udder health management. After detection and initiation of treatment, the recovery, being the suppression of the causal pathogen (bacteriological healing), the disappearance of clinical symptoms and the regeneration of the udder tissue (clinical healing), is almost objec- tively monitored. Due to lack of information about this recovery, it is impossible for ...
Physiological indicators of polluting emissions of livestock Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
This project focuses on the methane emissions from dairy cows. We look for parameters in the milk that are reliably related to the actual methane emissions from the animal. The larger underlying objective is to find realistic measures to decrease the emissions (with a main focus on methane) from ruminants. Finding these measures is the main topic of another project, "Methane emissions from cattle ...
Energy Smart Livestock Farming towards Zero Fossil Fuel Consumption Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Intensive livestock production is one of the subsectors of agriculture where large amounts of fossil fuels are used. The energy demand is diverse, ranging from barn cooling/heating, use of appliances and tractors, lighting and ventilation. The RES4LIVE project - Renewable Energy for Livestock - aims to replace the use of fossil fuels in European livestock farming with smart and renewable ...
Novel Sound Analysis Tools for Automated Welfare Monitoring of Livestock KU Leuven
The vocalizations of animals can serve as important indicators of health and emotional state. In livestock farming sound analysis is now emerging as a interesting component of automated ainimal welfare monitoring. In this project we will develop new sound analysis tools to monitor and enable timely management of the stress experienced by three farmed animals species: pigs, chickens and fish. For pigs we will work out new approaches to ...
GOED GePAST Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The (now completed) GoedGePASt project is a follow-up to the GoodGeRUND demonstration project. The aim of this project was to raise awareness among dairy and beef cattle farmers about the ammonia emission problem, and to inform them about ammonia-reducing techniques and measures that are listed on the so-called PAS (Ammonia Reduction Plan) list. In consultation with cattle farmers, solutions were ...
Strengthening democratic governance for climate transitions Ghent University
Ruminant farming is critically important in maintaining the viability of rural communities and ensuring food security. Because grazing
ruminants are permanently exposed to helminth parasites, efficient worm control is a requirement to guarantee their health, welfare
and productivity. Worm control is largely based on preventive use of anthelmintic drugs, but excessive use of anthelmintics has led to
anthelmintic resistance, ...
Towards a Pragmatic Approach to Nitrogen for Flemish cattle husbandry Inagro vzw
Optimization of cleaning and disinfection protocols in animal farming Ghent University
The main purpose of the CLEANDESOPT-project is to set up and test optimized and alternative cleaning and disinfection (C&D) protocols in hen houses, pig barns and dairy barns. Furthermore, an optimized measurement tool will be designed to evaluate the effectiveness of these C&D protocols.
Improving the quality of grass-clover mixtures for forage production Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
This project’s longer-term goal is to introduce interesting cultivars of grass and clover seed mixtures for farm produced forages, especially forage grasses with high linoleic acid and WSC content, good protein persistence and persistent clover cultivars with high protection factor for protein and lipids.
Research approach
We develop screening techniques for the ...