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