Publicaties
Supplementing oat hulls to the diet of suckling piglets altered their intestinal tract and colonic microbiota development Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek
Effect of Extended Photoperiod on Performance, Health, and Behavioural Parameters in Nursery Pigs Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek
Resilience capacities as perceived by European farmers Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek
The ability of a farm to cope with challenges is often conceptualised as resilience. Although improving resilience of farms is a major policy goal in the European Union, the current state of resilience is often unknown. Previous resilience assessments have been based either on pre-defined indicators or on perceptions. In particular, empirical research of perceived resilience is still limited and usually restricted to one ...
Impact of Covid-19 on farming systems in Europe through the lens of resilience thinking Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek KU Leuven
Objective: This paper assesses (i) how different farming systems were exposed to the crisis, (ii) which resilience
capacities were revealed and (iii) how resilience was enabled or constrained by the farming systems’ social and
institutional environment.
Methods: The 11 ...
COVID-19 impacts on Flemish food supply chains and lessons for agri-food system resilience Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek KU Leuven
great stress and disturbance offer opportunity to identify and confirm key contributors to agri-food system
resilience. The COVID-19 pandemic and its related consequences constituted major shock, challenging the
resilience of many agri-food systems worldwide.
Objective: This paper aimed to report the ...
Fibre supplementation to pre-weaning piglet diets did not improve the resilience towards a post-weaning enterotoxigenic E. coli challenge Universiteit Gent
Dietary fibre (DF) is implicated in gastrointestinal health of weaned piglets, either through its physiochemical properties, through modulation of gut microbiota and (or) improved gut integrity. We aimed to study the effect of DF enriched supplemental diets fed to suckling piglets ('creep feed') on health and performance after weaning when challenged with an enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC). Seventy-two piglets originating from 28 litters had ...
ILVO en UGent werken aan een hitteplan voor varkens Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek
Coronacrisis zware opdoffer voor meerderheid van boeren Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek
Factors influencing claw lesion scoring in sows Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek Universiteit Gent
Claw lesions have a multifactorial origin and may affect sow welfare and farm profitability. However, estimating the precise impact is hampered by several factors that interfere with the accuracy of claw lesion assessment. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of observer, scoring condition and claw cleanliness on claw lesion scoring in sows. The first experiment evaluated the impact of observer by calculating the inter- and ...