News by Wageningen Livestock Research
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Looking for a new approach for preserving chicken reproductive material
September 22, 2023 - What is the best way to freeze chicken sperm, without damaging its motility? A new project called CRYOCHICK will be testing alternative methods. -
The 74th EAAP Annual Meeting: Award for PhD candidate Wenqi Lou
September 14, 2023 - Wenqi Lou – PhD candidate at Animal Breeding and Genomics (ABG) – received the 2023 Animal Journal award at the 74th EAAP (European... -
Genomic selection: More allele frequency changes and fixation of favorable and unfavorable loci
September 14, 2023 - In order to understand the long-term consequences of selection on complex traits, it is important to investigate the impact of selection on the... -
Milk yield resilience indicators and sensor features for a more diverse and sustainable dairy production landscape
August 29, 2023 - Scientists from Wageningen University & Research, Animal Breeding and Genomics (WUR-ABG) have demonstrated the potential of using milk yield... -
A new turkey genome sequence
August 3, 2023 - Scientists from Wageningen University & Research, Animal Breeding and Genomics (WUR-ABG) and Hendrix Genetics (Hybrid Turkeys) have used a novel... -
Methane emission reduction in dairy and pig farming. What needs to be done?
July 17, 2023 - At the behest of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, a study was conducted into what measures must be added to achieve the required... -
WUR is working with dairy supply chains to reduce carbon footprint of milk by 50%
July 12, 2023 - Unilever (which works with Ben & Jerry’s and CONO Cheesemakers) and Nestlé (which works with Vreugdenhil Dairy Foods) both have... -
Dry grass? Leave it alone, and it will recover
July 6, 2023 - Long dry spells are increasingly common in the Netherlands. What should farmers do if their meadows become dry? Bert Philipsen, animal nutrition... -
CRYOCHICK: new approach for cryopreservation of chicken genetic material
July 3, 2023 - Cryopreservation of chicken reproductive material is challenging for several reasons. Apart from the high cryosensitivity of spermatozoa and low... -
Animal Organoids: current research and future
June 12, 2023 - On November 28th, 2022, the seminar ‘Animal Organoids: current research and future’ was held at Wageningen University and Research...