News by Wageningen Livestock Research
Take a look at the news and articles about our research into sustainable livestock farming.
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Six decisions for a new perspective on agriculture
- Societal debate on agriculture and nature often revolves around halving the livestock population or whether we should meet nitrogen targets by 2030 or... -
‘Blended’ estimated breeding values for increased model adequacy and predictivity
- Researchers from Wageningen University & Research, Animal Breeding and Genomics (WUR-ABG) developed an integration procedure to integrate... -
Matchmaking for zoo animals
- Love at first sight? Think again. Nowadays, matchmaking for zoo animals is serious business. Mirte Bosse is a geneticist who uses DNA-research to find... -
Looking for a new approach for preserving chicken reproductive material
- What is the best way to freeze chicken sperm, without damaging its motility? A new project called CRYOCHICK will be testing alternative methods. -
Genomic selection: More allele frequency changes and fixation of favorable and unfavorable loci
- In order to understand the long-term consequences of selection on complex traits, it is important to investigate the impact of selection on the... -
The 74th EAAP Annual Meeting: Award for PhD candidate Wenqi Lou
- Wenqi Lou – PhD candidate at Animal Breeding and Genomics (ABG) – received the 2023 Animal Journal award at the 74th EAAP (European... -
Milk yield resilience indicators and sensor features for a more diverse and sustainable dairy production landscape
- Scientists from Wageningen University & Research, Animal Breeding and Genomics (WUR-ABG) have demonstrated the potential of using milk yield... -
A new turkey genome sequence
- 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?
- 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%
- Unilever (which works with Ben & Jerry’s and CONO Cheesemakers) and Nestlé (which works with Vreugdenhil Dairy Foods) both have...