Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology

Precision feeding and animal monitoring

Experimental facilities for contract research and academic experiments

Facilities

  • 10 pens with 10 weaned piglets each
  • fully automated electronic feeder stations, suited for pellets
  • multi-phase feeding system
  • electronic weighing stations
  • electronic drinking stations
  • controlled room temperature
  • connected climate sensors and camera’s

Research focus

High-resolution assessment of dynamic responses in:

  • individual body weight
  • individual feed and water intake
  • individual feed efficiency
  • individual weaning stress response

    And more

    • digestive kinetics
    • nutrient digestibility
    • gut health
    • diarrhea incidence